Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 138 163
Rank change year-on-year -28 +25 +89
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 542 554 597
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.79% 1.79% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 1.92% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 217 358
10th Percentile £163 £204 £181
25th Percentile £288 £306 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £515 £540 £500
90th Percentile £588 £625 £594
UK median daily rate £400 £423 £400
% change year-on-year -5.33% +5.63% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 65 53
10th Percentile £12.91 £12.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.27 £13.69 £16.40
Median hourly rate £16.43 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -20.00% +40.63%
75th Percentile £22.47 £26.50 £48.40
90th Percentile £25.51 £53.85 £60.21
UK median hourly rate £16.35 £18.57 £21.11
% change year-on-year -11.95% -12.03% +33.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,530 28,855 36,759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 93.00% 93.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,691 17,644 25,457
10th Percentile £281 £300 £296
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,638 1,081 1,411
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.22 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.05 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +60.48%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025. 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 -6 157 £400 -4.76% 138
North of England -27 100 £350 -10.26% 93
South East -18 97 £395 +1.94% 103
South West +12 79 £475 -9.52% 35
North West -18 65 £400 +45.45% 55
Midlands -23 64 £350 -8.62% 81
West Midlands -14 51 £325 - 50
East of England -14 42 £445 +135.76% 61
Yorkshire -30 28 £388 -35.42% 24
East Midlands -14 13 £1,300 +232.06% 31
North East -8 7 £143 -71.50% 15
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, 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.

1 145 (26.75%) Microsoft
2 117 (21.59%) Security Cleared
3 87 (16.05%) Windows
4 83 (15.31%) Microsoft Excel
5 73 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (12.92%) SC Cleared
7 67 (12.36%) Linux
8 59 (10.89%) Change Management
9 53 (9.78%) SAP
10 52 (9.59%) JIRA
11 49 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
11 49 (9.04%) Migration
12 48 (8.86%) SharePoint
13 46 (8.49%) Azure
14 44 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
15 43 (7.93%) ITIL
16 42 (7.75%) DevOps
17 41 (7.56%) Active Directory
17 41 (7.56%) Customer Service
18 40 (7.38%) Agile
19 39 (7.20%) Python
20 36 (6.64%) PowerShell
21 35 (6.46%) DNS
22 33 (6.09%) Data Entry
22 33 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
22 33 (6.09%) DV Cleared
23 32 (5.90%) Data Protection
23 32 (5.90%) SQL
24 31 (5.72%) AWS
24 31 (5.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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 48 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.98%) Confluence
3 14 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.55%) Apache
4 3 (0.55%) CMS
4 3 (0.55%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.55%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.55%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) CICS
6 1 (0.18%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 83 (15.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.55%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) ContrOCC
3 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.55%) Shopify
4 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) StreamServe
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (8.49%) Azure
2 44 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (5.72%) AWS
4 24 (4.43%) Power Platform
5 23 (4.24%) Entra ID
6 19 (3.51%) SaaS
7 11 (2.03%) GitHub
8 10 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 10 (1.85%) PowerApps
8 10 (1.85%) Serverless
9 9 (1.66%) GCP
10 8 (1.48%) IaaS
10 8 (1.48%) Slack
11 7 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.29%) OneDrive
11 7 (1.29%) PaaS
12 6 (1.11%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.46%) DNS
2 23 (4.24%) Firewall
3 21 (3.87%) Network Security
4 17 (3.14%) DHCP
5 15 (2.77%) SAN
6 10 (1.85%) VPN
7 7 (1.29%) VLAN
8 6 (1.11%) Wireless
9 5 (0.92%) BGP
9 5 (0.92%) OSPF
9 5 (0.92%) SSL
9 5 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.92%) WAN
9 5 (0.92%) WebEx
10 4 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.74%) iSCSI
10 4 (0.74%) LAN
10 4 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.74%) SMTP
11 2 (0.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.95%) Power BI
2 14 (2.58%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.85%) Oracle Database
4 9 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.29%) MySQL
6 5 (0.92%) DB2
6 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.74%) Metadata
7 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.55%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.55%) Sqoop
9 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (0.37%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 2 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (9.59%) JIRA
2 13 (2.40%) Git
3 9 (1.66%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.29%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.92%) Subversion
6 3 (0.55%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.18%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.18%) Log4j
General
1 170 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 68 (12.55%) Finance
3 49 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
4 44 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.06%) Retail
7 16 (2.95%) Legal
8 14 (2.58%) Marketing
9 13 (2.40%) Aviation
10 12 (2.21%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.03%) Banking
11 11 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.85%) French Language
12 10 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.66%) Electronics
14 8 (1.48%) Law
14 8 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.48%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.74%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.55%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.58%) REST
2 6 (1.11%) ISPF
2 6 (1.11%) YAML
3 5 (0.92%) .NET
3 5 (0.92%) OAuth
4 4 (0.74%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.74%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.74%) Node.js
4 4 (0.74%) SAML
5 3 (0.55%) LAMP
5 3 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.55%) OpenID
5 3 (0.55%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.55%) XMPP
6 2 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.37%) JSON
6 2 (0.37%) Middleware
6 2 (0.37%) PySpark
6 2 (0.37%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.75%) Onboarding
2 16 (2.95%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.77%) PKI
4 12 (2.21%) Enterprise Storage
4 12 (2.21%) Replication
5 11 (2.03%) Clustering
5 11 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.66%) Mainframe
8 8 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.11%) NHS
10 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.92%) SCADA
11 4 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.74%) Fat Client
11 4 (0.74%) LIMS
11 4 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 87 (16.05%) Windows
2 67 (12.36%) Linux
3 31 (5.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (3.32%) Unix
5 14 (2.58%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.85%) CentOS
7 8 (1.48%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.48%) Windows 10
7 8 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.29%) Solaris
9 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.55%) AIX
11 3 (0.55%) Debian
11 3 (0.55%) VMS
12 1 (0.18%) Android
12 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (10.89%) Change Management
3 49 (9.04%) Migration
4 43 (7.93%) ITIL
5 42 (7.75%) DevOps
6 41 (7.56%) Customer Service
7 40 (7.38%) Agile
8 33 (6.09%) Data Entry
8 33 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (5.90%) Data Protection
10 28 (5.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (4.80%) CI/CD
12 25 (4.61%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (4.61%) Performance Tuning
13 24 (4.43%) Service Delivery
13 24 (4.43%) Time Management
14 23 (4.24%) Network Management
15 22 (4.06%) CRM
15 22 (4.06%) Project Delivery
15 22 (4.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.20%) Python
2 36 (6.64%) PowerShell
3 32 (5.90%) SQL
4 27 (4.98%) Bash
5 25 (4.61%) Shell Script
6 9 (1.66%) Perl
7 7 (1.29%) CLIST
7 7 (1.29%) REXX
8 6 (1.11%) COBOL
8 6 (1.11%) JCL
9 5 (0.92%) C#
9 5 (0.92%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.37%) AWK
11 2 (0.37%) Bicep
11 2 (0.37%) PHP
11 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.37%) sed
12 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 117 (21.59%) Security Cleared
2 70 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.09%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.14%) Degree
5 15 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.29%) MOS
8 6 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.74%) CCNP
10 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.55%) HNC
10 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.37%) CCSA
11 2 (0.37%) OCP
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.37%) RHCE
11 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.61%) GDPR
2 15 (2.77%) QA
3 13 (2.40%) SLA
4 11 (2.03%) PMO
5 8 (1.48%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.92%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.92%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.74%) NIST
7 4 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) GAMP
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.66%) Firmware
3 9 (1.66%) NFS
3 9 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.29%) Docker
5 6 (1.11%) ACF2
5 6 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.11%) RACF
5 6 (1.11%) Time Sharing Option
6 4 (0.74%) KVM
6 4 (0.74%) Veritas File System
6 4 (0.74%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 3 (0.55%) GPFS
7 3 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.37%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.37%) vSphere
9 1 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 28 (5.17%) Ansible
2 14 (2.58%) SCCM
2 14 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (2.58%) Terraform
3 9 (1.66%) NetBackup
4 7 (1.29%) Norton AntiVirus
4 7 (1.29%) Progress Chef
4 7 (1.29%) Puppet
4 7 (1.29%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (1.11%) CA Endevor
5 6 (1.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 5 (0.92%) Tivoli
6 5 (0.92%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.74%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.74%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.74%) Nagios
7 4 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.74%) Salt
7 4 (0.74%) WSUS
Vendors
1 145 (26.75%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.78%) SAP
3 31 (5.72%) VMware
4 29 (5.35%) Red Hat
5 25 (4.61%) ServiceNow
6 24 (4.43%) Salesforce
7 22 (4.06%) Oracle
8 15 (2.77%) Cisco
9 13 (2.40%) Atlassian
10 12 (2.21%) Dell
10 12 (2.21%) Google
10 12 (2.21%) HP
11 11 (2.03%) Workday
12 10 (1.85%) Veritas
13 9 (1.66%) 3PAR
14 8 (1.48%) NetApp
14 8 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
14 8 (1.48%) Splunk
14 8 (1.48%) Symantec
15 7 (1.29%) McAfee