Administrator Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Administrator
England > East Midlands

The median Administrator daily rate in the East Midlands is £319, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 59 47
Rank change year-on-year +15 -12 +19
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 38 9 17
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.29% 1.20% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.73% 1.34% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £132 £238 £289
25th Percentile £153 £278 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £825 £475
Median % change year-on-year -61.36% +73.68% -5.00%
75th Percentile £441 £1,300 £581
90th Percentile £492 - £603
England median daily rate £438 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +9.38% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 7
10th Percentile £13.48 - £32.54
25th Percentile £14.63 - £45.22
Median hourly rate £19.00 - £48.56
75th Percentile £22.55 - £51.91
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £15.12
% change year-on-year +12.90% +2.51% -33.97%

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 1,019 670 752
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.23% 89.33% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 457 493
10th Percentile £235 £200 £200
25th Percentile £402 £325 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £410 £445
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -7.87% -6.32%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £560
90th Percentile £656 £600 £620
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 60 70
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.12 £12.10
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.12 £14.04
Median hourly rate £18.75 £23.21 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.20% +16.03% -8.08%
75th Percentile £27.00 £25.15 £40.44
90th Percentile £56.25 £30.97 £51.91
England median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator 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 28 July 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 +7 15 £413 - 12
Northamptonshire +25 10 - - 15
Nottinghamshire -13 9 £133 -89.81% 7
Lincolnshire -10 3 - -
Derbyshire - 1 - - 4
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 14 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (15.79%) Data Management
4 6 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (13.16%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (13.16%) Oracle
5 5 (13.16%) Windows
6 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
6 4 (10.53%) AI
6 4 (10.53%) Data Migration
6 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
6 4 (10.53%) Generative AI
6 4 (10.53%) Migration
6 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
7 3 (7.89%) Azure
7 3 (7.89%) Dashboard Development
7 3 (7.89%) Data Governance
7 3 (7.89%) GDPR
7 3 (7.89%) iTrent
7 3 (7.89%) Process Improvement
7 3 (7.89%) SAP
7 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
7 3 (7.89%) Software Packaging
7 3 (7.89%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (7.89%) User Experience
7 3 (7.89%) Validation
7 3 (7.89%) Workday

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 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) Azure
1 3 (7.89%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.63%) AWS
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.63%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.63%) MySQL
2 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.63%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.63%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) MSI
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.89%) Finance
5 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Billing
6 1 (2.63%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.63%) EPoS
2 1 (2.63%) NHS
2 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Replication
2 1 (2.63%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (2.63%) Linux
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (15.79%) Data Management
3 5 (13.16%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (10.53%) AI
4 4 (10.53%) Data Migration
4 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
4 4 (10.53%) Generative AI
4 4 (10.53%) Migration
5 3 (7.89%) Dashboard Development
5 3 (7.89%) Data Governance
5 3 (7.89%) Process Improvement
5 3 (7.89%) User Experience
5 3 (7.89%) Validation
6 2 (5.26%) Change Control
6 2 (5.26%) Contract Management
6 2 (5.26%) Data Entry
6 2 (5.26%) Software Distribution
6 2 (5.26%) Software Testing
6 2 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.63%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) GDPR
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible
2 1 (2.63%) SCCM
2 1 (2.63%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) Oracle
3 3 (7.89%) SAP
3 3 (7.89%) Workday
4 2 (5.26%) NEC
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) NetApp