Administrator Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Administrator
England > East Midlands

The median Administrator daily rate in the East Midlands is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 46 47
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 +36
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 25 3 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.47% 0.60% 2.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.76% 0.66% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £408 £436 £100
25th Percentile £428 £453 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £160
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +200.23% -46.67%
75th Percentile £514 £508 £581
90th Percentile £530 £525 £603
England median daily rate £425 £415 £400
% change year-on-year +2.41% +3.75% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 11
10th Percentile £12.45 - -
25th Percentile £12.82 - £10.90
Median hourly rate £13.06 - £14.00
75th Percentile £13.18 - -
90th Percentile £14.52 - £51.91
England median hourly rate £17.85 £17.73 £13.78
% change year-on-year +0.65% +28.71% -36.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 905 454 714
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.52% 90.62% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 312 486
10th Percentile £190 £200 £160
25th Percentile £360 £320 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £416
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +2.29% -7.67%
75th Percentile £538 £520 £548
90th Percentile £625 £588 £638
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 20 77
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.67 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £18.34 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.75 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.46% +36.49% -5.52%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.08 £24.25
90th Percentile £30.48 £35.38 £33.95
England median hourly rate £40.00 £34.06 £32.70
% change year-on-year +17.46% +4.15% -23.68%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the East Midlands

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the East Midlands

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +3 11 £476 -11.06% 7
Nottinghamshire - 11 - -
Lincolnshire -10 3 £475 - 6
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (36.00%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (24.00%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (12.00%) Analytics
7 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (12.00%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (12.00%) Line Management
7 3 (12.00%) Power BI
7 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
7 3 (12.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (12.00%) SLA
7 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (12.00%) Statistics
7 3 (12.00%) Tech Ops
7 3 (12.00%) Windows
8 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
8 2 (8.00%) AI
8 2 (8.00%) Azure
8 2 (8.00%) Data Entry
8 2 (8.00%) Generative AI
8 2 (8.00%) Logistics
8 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
8 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
9 1 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (4.00%) Ansible
9 1 (4.00%) AWS

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (36.00%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.00%) MySQL
2 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) MSI
General
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Fire and Rescue
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) CCTV
1 1 (4.00%) Replication
1 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.00%) Analytics
3 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (12.00%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (12.00%) Line Management
3 3 (12.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (12.00%) Statistics
3 3 (12.00%) Tech Ops
4 2 (8.00%) AI
4 2 (8.00%) Data Entry
4 2 (8.00%) Generative AI
4 2 (8.00%) Logistics
5 1 (4.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.00%) Data Management
5 1 (4.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (4.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Ansible
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Google
2 1 (4.00%) NetApp
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle