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 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 149 157
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +36
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 891 523 534
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.95% 1.90% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 2.07% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 210 278
10th Percentile £200 £187 £180
25th Percentile £359 £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 242 134 88
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.77 £13.50 £12.18
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.87
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -2.30% -31.73%
75th Percentile £21.08 £22.22 £23.81
90th Percentile £26.90 £26.51 £51.91
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.87
% change year-on-year +3.23% -2.30% -27.89%

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 42,263 25,262 30,879
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.54% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,421 16,297 19,929
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,239 1,381 1,691
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.65 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.20 £17.38 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -1.44%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -11 220 £450 +9.76% 153
North of England +10 215 £438 +7.36% 128
South East -11 159 £525 +31.25% 203
Midlands +4 141 £446 +27.43% 104
North West -10 122 £438 +34.62% 60
East of England +23 99 £300 -20.00% 69
West Midlands -21 88 £447 +32.52% 56
Yorkshire -2 68 £444 -19.32% 42
East Midlands +22 53 £319 -75.48% 49
South West -59 45 £463 -4.64% 78
North East -20 25 £438 +45.83% 28
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 August 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 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 196 (22.00%) Security Cleared
3 149 (16.72%) SC Cleared
4 119 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
5 116 (13.02%) Microsoft Excel
6 113 (12.68%) Migration
7 93 (10.44%) Oracle
8 89 (9.99%) SharePoint
9 78 (8.75%) Microsoft Office
9 78 (8.75%) SQL
10 73 (8.19%) SAP
11 72 (8.08%) Performance Tuning
12 71 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
13 68 (7.63%) Windows
14 66 (7.41%) SQL Server
15 60 (6.73%) Azure
15 60 (6.73%) Data Quality
15 60 (6.73%) ITIL
16 59 (6.62%) Active Directory
16 59 (6.62%) Customer Service
17 57 (6.40%) Continuous Improvement
18 50 (5.61%) Validation
19 49 (5.50%) Change Management
19 49 (5.50%) Disaster Recovery
19 49 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
20 46 (5.16%) Linux
20 46 (5.16%) Workflow
21 45 (5.05%) Data Entry
21 45 (5.05%) VMware
22 43 (4.83%) 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 89 (9.99%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.80%) SharePoint 2013
4 14 (1.57%) Confluence
5 12 (1.35%) CMS
6 5 (0.56%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.45%) JBoss
8 3 (0.34%) IIS
8 3 (0.34%) WordPress
9 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.11%) CICS
10 1 (0.11%) Mendix
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 116 (13.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (8.75%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.45%) Windchill
6 2 (0.22%) 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 (0.67%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.45%) iTrent
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.34%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Maximo
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 71 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (6.73%) Azure
3 35 (3.93%) AWS
4 30 (3.37%) SaaS
5 26 (2.92%) Google Workspace
6 24 (2.69%) Power Platform
7 20 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 20 (2.24%) GCP
8 15 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.57%) Google Drive
10 12 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (1.12%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.12%) ShareGate
13 9 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (0.90%) AWS KMS
14 8 (0.90%) Google Sheets
14 8 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.93%) DNS
2 18 (2.02%) SSL
3 15 (1.68%) DHCP
4 14 (1.57%) Firewall
5 11 (1.23%) DKIM
5 11 (1.23%) DMARC
5 11 (1.23%) SAN
6 5 (0.56%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.56%) NAS
7 4 (0.45%) Network Security
7 4 (0.45%) SNMP
7 4 (0.45%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (0.34%) Intranet
8 3 (0.34%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
8 3 (0.34%) Wireless
9 2 (0.22%) Junos
9 2 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (3.48%) Oracle Database
4 28 (3.14%) MySQL
5 21 (2.36%) Power BI
6 16 (1.80%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
7 15 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
9 8 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.79%) Redis
11 6 (0.67%) GIS
12 5 (0.56%) Metadata
12 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.45%) Big Data
13 4 (0.45%) Db2
13 4 (0.45%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 39 (4.38%) JIRA
2 8 (0.90%) Git
2 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.79%) GitLab
4 4 (0.45%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.22%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.22%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.22%) MSI
6 2 (0.22%) Toad
7 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.11%) Hudson
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 229 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 107 (12.01%) Organisational Skills
3 88 (9.88%) Finance
4 81 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 32 (3.59%) Manufacturing
7 24 (2.69%) Legal
8 21 (2.36%) Banking
9 20 (2.24%) Aerospace
10 15 (1.68%) Marketing
11 14 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.35%) Military
13 11 (1.23%) Law
13 11 (1.23%) Police
14 10 (1.12%) Aviation
14 10 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.12%) Retail
15 9 (1.01%) Local Government
16 5 (0.56%) Back Office
16 5 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.24%) Middleware
2 16 (1.80%) Terraform
3 14 (1.57%) ISPF
4 11 (1.23%) REST
5 10 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
6 8 (0.90%) OAuth
7 7 (0.79%) HTML
8 6 (0.67%) 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%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.34%) XML
12 2 (0.22%) JDBC
12 2 (0.22%) Oracle Streams
12 2 (0.22%) PCRE
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.05%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.26%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.48%) Clustering
4 24 (2.69%) Replication
5 23 (2.58%) Data Centre
6 17 (1.91%) Mainframe
7 12 (1.35%) Freedom of Information
8 11 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.67%) NHS
11 5 (0.56%) CMDB
11 5 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.56%) PKI
12 4 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.45%) Blog
12 4 (0.45%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.45%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.34%) BYOD
13 3 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.34%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 68 (7.63%) Windows
2 46 (5.16%) Linux
3 30 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.91%) Unix
6 16 (1.80%) zOS
7 8 (0.90%) AIX
8 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.45%) CentOS
9 4 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.45%) Solaris
9 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.11%) Android
11 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (12.68%) Migration
3 72 (8.08%) Performance Tuning
4 60 (6.73%) ITIL
5 59 (6.62%) Customer Service
6 57 (6.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (5.61%) Validation
8 49 (5.50%) Change Management
8 49 (5.50%) Disaster Recovery
9 46 (5.16%) Workflow
10 45 (5.05%) Data Entry
11 42 (4.71%) High Availability
12 39 (4.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (4.26%) CRM
13 38 (4.26%) Data Management
14 36 (4.04%) DevOps
14 36 (4.04%) ERP
15 35 (3.93%) Root Cause Analysis
16 32 (3.59%) Data Protection
17 30 (3.37%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 78 (8.75%) SQL
2 35 (3.93%) PowerShell
3 29 (3.25%) Python
4 10 (1.12%) C#
4 10 (1.12%) Shell Script
5 9 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.90%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.79%) Perl
8 6 (0.67%) Bash
9 5 (0.56%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.56%) Java
10 4 (0.45%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.34%) Groovy
11 3 (0.34%) JCL
11 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.11%) Bicep
12 1 (0.11%) COBOL
12 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.11%) SOQL
12 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 196 (22.00%) Security Cleared
2 149 (16.72%) SC Cleared
3 37 (4.15%) Degree
4 36 (4.04%) DV Cleared
5 25 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.12%) Oracle Certification
8 9 (1.01%) 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 1 (0.11%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.73%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.37%) QA
3 25 (2.81%) GDPR
4 17 (1.91%) SLA
5 11 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.67%) PMO
7 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.11%) GMP
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) GxP
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 59 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.68%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.46%) RACF
5 12 (1.35%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.12%) Firmware
7 9 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.56%) PowerHA
10 3 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.34%) Docker
10 3 (0.34%) vSphere
11 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.22%) XenApp
11 2 (0.22%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.11%) OpenSSH
12 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (2.02%) SCCM
2 16 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.68%) Data Guard
3 15 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.57%) Ansible
5 13 (1.46%) OMEGAMON
6 10 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (0.90%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (0.79%) SCOM
9 6 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.67%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.56%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.56%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (0.56%) WSUS
11 4 (0.45%) Check_MK
11 4 (0.45%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.45%) Podman
11 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 203 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 93 (10.44%) Oracle
3 73 (8.19%) SAP
4 45 (5.05%) VMware
5 43 (4.83%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.93%) Google
7 28 (3.14%) Avature
8 25 (2.81%) IBM
9 16 (1.80%) Red Hat
10 14 (1.57%) Cisco
10 14 (1.57%) Citrix
11 11 (1.23%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.90%) Remedy
13 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.79%) Okta
13 7 (0.79%) Qualys
14 6 (0.67%) Juniper
14 6 (0.67%) Sage
14 6 (0.67%) SolarWinds
15 5 (0.56%) BMC