Administrator Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Administrator
England > East of England

The median Administrator daily rate in the East of England is £356, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 65 58
Rank change year-on-year +39 -7 +26
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 111 22 53
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.01% 2.21% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.51% 2.53% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 13
10th Percentile £157 £250 £140
25th Percentile £251 £372 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 £428 £375
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £490 £445 £475
90th Percentile £492 £501 £535
England median daily rate £438 £417 £425
% change year-on-year +4.98% -1.94% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 3 28
10th Percentile £13.00 - £11.25
25th Percentile £14.69 - £12.13
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.79 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% +25.64% -44.36%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.40 £15.34
90th Percentile £22.68 £20.36 £18.00
England median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year +25.00% +1.63% -46.92%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 2,016 869 1,740
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 87.25% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 436 765
10th Percentile £193 £200 £206
25th Percentile £356 £356 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +9.94% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 174 607
10th Percentile £14.48 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.05 £16.30
Median hourly rate £34.87 £41.25 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.47% -4.07% -
75th Percentile £66.00 £72.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.70 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.59 £29.80 £38.50
% change year-on-year +52.97% -22.60% -14.44%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the East of England

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the East of England over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in the East of England

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in the East of England over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in the East of England

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Hertfordshire +35 92 £450 +12.50% 3
Cambridgeshire +5 9 £299 -30.12% 13
Essex -7 8 - - 7
Suffolk -6 1 - - 9
Bedfordshire - 1 £300 - 7
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 of England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 31 (27.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (27.03%) Security Cleared
3 29 (26.13%) SAP
4 26 (23.42%) Linux
5 25 (22.52%) SC Cleared
6 23 (20.72%) SLA
7 21 (18.92%) Microsoft
8 19 (17.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (16.22%) Red Hat
10 17 (15.32%) SAP Security
10 17 (15.32%) Shell Script
11 16 (14.41%) Ansible
12 15 (13.51%) Change Management
12 15 (13.51%) VMware
13 14 (12.61%) SDLC
14 13 (11.71%) Active Directory
14 13 (11.71%) Git
14 13 (11.71%) Podman
15 12 (10.81%) Logistics
16 11 (9.91%) CentOS
16 11 (9.91%) Check_MK
16 11 (9.91%) GitLab
16 11 (9.91%) Information Management
16 11 (9.91%) Infrastructure Monitoring
16 11 (9.91%) Jenkins
16 11 (9.91%) LDAP
16 11 (9.91%) MATLAB
16 11 (9.91%) Middleware
16 11 (9.91%) Red Hat Satellite
17 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Office

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (27.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (6.31%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.80%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (2.70%) Veeva
2 1 (0.90%) Azure
2 1 (0.90%) OneDrive
2 1 (0.90%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.70%) DNS
1 3 (2.70%) SAN
2 2 (1.80%) iSCSI
2 2 (1.80%) NAS
3 1 (0.90%) DHCP
3 1 (0.90%) Intranet
3 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (11.71%) Git
2 11 (9.91%) GitLab
2 11 (9.91%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (25.23%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.32%) Aerospace
3 11 (9.91%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.41%) Finance
5 6 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.50%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.60%) Aviation
8 3 (2.70%) Retail
9 2 (1.80%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.80%) Local Government
10 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.91%) LDAP
1 11 (9.91%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.91%) Data Centre
2 10 (9.01%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (5.41%) NHS
4 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 26 (23.42%) Linux
2 19 (17.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (9.91%) CentOS
4 5 (4.50%) Windows
4 5 (4.50%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.80%) Debian
5 2 (1.80%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.90%) Solaris
6 1 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (15.32%) SAP Security
2 15 (13.51%) Change Management
3 14 (12.61%) SDLC
4 12 (10.81%) Logistics
5 11 (9.91%) Information Management
5 11 (9.91%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 8 (7.21%) Performance Testing
6 8 (7.21%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (7.21%) Time Management
7 7 (6.31%) Customer Service
8 6 (5.41%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (5.41%) Asset Management
8 6 (5.41%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (5.41%) Project Delivery
9 5 (4.50%) Facilities Management
9 5 (4.50%) Order Management
10 4 (3.60%) ERP
10 4 (3.60%) ITSM
10 4 (3.60%) Test Automation
11 3 (2.70%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.32%) Shell Script
2 11 (9.91%) MATLAB
3 2 (1.80%) SQL
4 1 (0.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 25 (22.52%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.80%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.72%) SLA
2 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.80%) QEMU
3 2 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (14.41%) Ansible
2 13 (11.71%) Podman
3 11 (9.91%) Check_MK
3 11 (9.91%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (1.80%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (26.13%) SAP
2 21 (18.92%) Microsoft
3 18 (16.22%) Red Hat
4 15 (13.51%) VMware
5 7 (6.31%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.70%) Dell
7 2 (1.80%) HP
7 2 (1.80%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.90%) Facebook
8 1 (0.90%) Oracle