Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 147 152
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +43
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 885 528 539
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.94% 1.91% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 2.09% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 220 271
10th Percentile £200 £180 £180
25th Percentile £356 £263 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £569
90th Percentile £600 £588 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 132 84
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.31
25th Percentile £13.59 £13.50 £12.18
Median hourly rate £15.75 £15.50 £15.73
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -1.46% -37.08%
75th Percentile £19.25 £22.47 £24.50
90th Percentile £26.30 £26.51 £51.91
UK median hourly rate £15.75 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -28.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 42,208 25,248 30,773
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 91.56% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,337 16,299 19,707
10th Percentile £325 £281 £303
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £635 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,268 1,358 1,625
10th Percentile £15.18 £13.69 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.34 £21.00
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -44.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.74
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 England.

Administrator job vacancy trend in England

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in England

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in England over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in England

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in England

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in England over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in England

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 September 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
London -20 222 £450 +8.30% 161
North of England +14 216 £438 +9.38% 110
South East -15 161 £513 +29.75% 179
Midlands +4 139 £448 +27.86% 93
North West -11 123 £438 +34.62% 51
East of England +22 90 £300 -20.00% 74
West Midlands -24 86 £450 +38.46% 42
Yorkshire +10 68 £444 -15.48% 33
East Midlands +23 53 £319 -75.48% 52
South West -55 45 £450 -7.22% 69
North East -24 25 £438 +45.83% 29
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 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 England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 203 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 194 (21.92%) Security Cleared
3 147 (16.61%) SC Cleared
4 119 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (12.54%) Migration
6 110 (12.43%) Microsoft Excel
7 97 (10.96%) Oracle
8 91 (10.28%) SharePoint
9 80 (9.04%) SQL
10 78 (8.81%) Microsoft Office
11 73 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
12 70 (7.91%) Performance Tuning
12 70 (7.91%) Windows
13 68 (7.68%) SAP
13 68 (7.68%) SQL Server
14 62 (7.01%) Azure
15 61 (6.89%) Data Quality
16 59 (6.67%) ITIL
17 58 (6.55%) Active Directory
17 58 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
18 57 (6.44%) Customer Service
19 51 (5.76%) PostgreSQL
19 51 (5.76%) Validation
20 48 (5.42%) Linux
21 47 (5.31%) Change Management
21 47 (5.31%) Data Entry
21 47 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
22 46 (5.20%) VMware
22 46 (5.20%) Workflow
23 43 (4.86%) Salesforce

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 91 (10.28%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.81%) SharePoint 2013
4 13 (1.47%) Confluence
5 12 (1.36%) CMS
6 4 (0.45%) JBoss
6 4 (0.45%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.34%) IIS
7 3 (0.34%) WordPress
8 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) CICS
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 110 (12.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (8.81%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.56%) Windchill
6 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.90%) NetSuite
1 8 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.68%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.45%) iTrent
4 4 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.34%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Maximo
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 73 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (7.01%) Azure
3 35 (3.95%) AWS
4 30 (3.39%) SaaS
5 26 (2.94%) Google Workspace
5 26 (2.94%) Power Platform
6 22 (2.49%) Entra ID
7 20 (2.26%) GCP
8 15 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.58%) Google Drive
10 12 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.36%) Power Automate
11 11 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (1.13%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.13%) ShareGate
13 9 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (0.90%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.95%) DNS
2 18 (2.03%) SSL
3 15 (1.69%) DHCP
4 14 (1.58%) Firewall
5 11 (1.24%) DKIM
5 11 (1.24%) DMARC
6 9 (1.02%) SAN
7 5 (0.56%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.45%) NAS
8 4 (0.45%) Network Security
8 4 (0.45%) SNMP
8 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.45%) VPN
9 3 (0.34%) Intranet
9 3 (0.34%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.34%) WAN
9 3 (0.34%) Wireless
10 2 (0.23%) BGP
10 2 (0.23%) MPLS
10 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.68%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.76%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (3.39%) MySQL
3 30 (3.39%) Oracle Database
4 23 (2.60%) Power BI
5 16 (1.81%) MongoDB
6 15 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
6 15 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
8 8 (0.90%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.79%) Redis
10 6 (0.68%) GIS
11 5 (0.56%) Metadata
11 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.45%) Big Data
12 4 (0.45%) Db2
12 4 (0.45%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 40 (4.52%) JIRA
2 9 (1.02%) Git
3 7 (0.79%) GitLab
3 7 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.45%) ScriptRunner
4 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.23%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.23%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.23%) MSI
5 2 (0.23%) Toad
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Hudson
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 233 (26.33%) Social Skills
2 108 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
3 86 (9.72%) Finance
4 80 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.73%) Manufacturing
7 23 (2.60%) Legal
8 21 (2.37%) Banking
9 19 (2.15%) Aerospace
10 16 (1.81%) Marketing
11 14 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.36%) Military
13 11 (1.24%) Law
13 11 (1.24%) Police
13 11 (1.24%) Retail
14 9 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.02%) Local Government
15 8 (0.90%) Aviation
16 5 (0.56%) Back Office
16 5 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.26%) Middleware
2 16 (1.81%) Terraform
3 14 (1.58%) ISPF
4 11 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (1.13%) REST
6 8 (0.90%) OAuth
7 7 (0.79%) HTML
8 6 (0.68%) CSS
9 5 (0.56%) Kafka
10 4 (0.45%) .NET
10 4 (0.45%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.45%) jQuery
10 4 (0.45%) LDAP
10 4 (0.45%) SAP Basis
10 4 (0.45%) Software Packaging
11 3 (0.34%) JDBC
11 3 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.34%) XML
12 2 (0.23%) Oracle Streams
12 2 (0.23%) PCRE
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.20%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.41%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.39%) Clustering
4 24 (2.71%) Replication
5 21 (2.37%) Data Centre
6 17 (1.92%) Mainframe
7 12 (1.36%) Freedom of Information
7 12 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.68%) NHS
10 5 (0.56%) BYOD
10 5 (0.56%) CMDB
10 5 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.56%) PKI
11 4 (0.45%) Blog
11 4 (0.45%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.45%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.45%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.34%) EPoS
12 3 (0.34%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 70 (7.91%) Windows
2 48 (5.42%) Linux
3 32 (3.62%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.81%) Unix
5 16 (1.81%) zOS
6 6 (0.68%) AIX
6 6 (0.68%) Solaris
7 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.45%) CentOS
8 4 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.11%) Android
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (12.54%) Migration
3 70 (7.91%) Performance Tuning
4 59 (6.67%) ITIL
5 58 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (6.44%) Customer Service
7 51 (5.76%) Validation
8 47 (5.31%) Change Management
8 47 (5.31%) Data Entry
8 47 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
9 46 (5.20%) Workflow
10 41 (4.63%) High Availability
11 40 (4.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (4.41%) CRM
12 39 (4.41%) DevOps
13 38 (4.29%) Data Management
14 37 (4.18%) Root Cause Analysis
15 35 (3.95%) ERP
16 33 (3.73%) Data Protection
17 30 (3.39%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (9.04%) SQL
2 34 (3.84%) PowerShell
3 26 (2.94%) Python
4 11 (1.24%) Shell Script
5 10 (1.13%) C#
6 8 (0.90%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.90%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.68%) Bash
8 5 (0.56%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.56%) Java
8 5 (0.56%) Perl
9 4 (0.45%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.45%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.34%) Groovy
10 3 (0.34%) JCL
11 1 (0.11%) COBOL
11 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.11%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.11%) SOQL
11 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 194 (21.92%) Security Cleared
2 147 (16.61%) SC Cleared
3 38 (4.29%) DV Cleared
4 37 (4.18%) Degree
5 26 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
8 9 (1.02%) OCP
9 7 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (0.45%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.45%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.34%) CCA
12 3 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (0.34%) MCSA
12 3 (0.34%) MCSE
12 3 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (6.89%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.28%) QA
3 24 (2.71%) GDPR
4 17 (1.92%) SLA
5 11 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.68%) PMO
7 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.23%) GMP
8 2 (0.23%) GxP
8 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.11%) HL7
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.81%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.47%) RACF
5 12 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.79%) Firmware
7 7 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.45%) Docker
8 4 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 3 (0.34%) PowerHA
10 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.23%) XenApp
10 2 (0.23%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.11%) NFS
11 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.11%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 18 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 18 (2.03%) SCCM
2 15 (1.69%) Ansible
2 15 (1.69%) Data Guard
2 15 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (1.47%) OMEGAMON
4 10 (1.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 8 (0.90%) Red Hat Satellite
5 8 (0.90%) SCOM
6 6 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
6 6 (0.68%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.56%) Check_MK
7 5 (0.56%) Podman
7 5 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.56%) Puppet
7 5 (0.56%) WSUS
8 4 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.45%) Grafana
8 4 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 203 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 97 (10.96%) Oracle
3 68 (7.68%) SAP
4 46 (5.20%) VMware
5 43 (4.86%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.95%) Google
7 27 (3.05%) Avature
8 22 (2.49%) IBM
9 15 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 13 (1.47%) Citrix
11 12 (1.36%) Cisco
11 12 (1.36%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.90%) Remedy
13 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.79%) Okta
13 7 (0.79%) Qualys
13 7 (0.79%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.68%) Juniper
14 6 (0.68%) Sage
14 6 (0.68%) Splunk