Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 167 122
Rank change year-on-year +9 -45 +53
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 703 406 706
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 1.69% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.83% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 194 337
10th Percentile £200 £192 £170
25th Percentile £338 £300 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £419 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -1.50% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £491 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 72 230
10th Percentile £13.00 - £11.11
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.64
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +2.66% -47.50%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.13 £17.84
90th Percentile £56.35 £30.59 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £14.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year +21.43% +1.63% -44.69%

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 38,587 22,165 34,087
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.40% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,812 14,615 22,428
10th Percentile £325 £289 £284
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -1.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +1.69% -4.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,713 946 2,578
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.27 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.74% -22.97% -15.56%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.70 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +52.48% -25.33% -16.67%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 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
London -16 180 £428 +0.59% 78
North of England -20 146 £438 +23.41% 73
East of England +33 112 £356 -16.67% 47
South East -23 101 £470 +17.50% 75
Midlands -27 94 £443 +34.09% 63
North West -15 78 £416 +18.75% 45
West Midlands -45 64 £445 +34.85% 42
South West -21 60 £525 +10.53% 52
Yorkshire -28 51 £438 -20.45% 20
East Midlands -2 30 £413 +32.00% 22
North East -16 17 £438 +94.44% 8
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 177 (25.18%) Security Cleared
2 146 (20.77%) Microsoft
3 133 (18.92%) SC Cleared
4 103 (14.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 90 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (10.81%) SAP
7 73 (10.38%) Migration
8 62 (8.82%) Linux
9 61 (8.68%) Active Directory
9 61 (8.68%) Oracle
10 58 (8.25%) Change Management
10 58 (8.25%) SharePoint
11 55 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
12 53 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (7.25%) Azure
14 50 (7.11%) Windows
15 45 (6.40%) Workflow
16 40 (5.69%) SaaS
17 39 (5.55%) DV Cleared
17 39 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
17 39 (5.55%) Performance Tuning
18 38 (5.41%) SQL
19 37 (5.26%) Google
19 37 (5.26%) ITIL
20 36 (5.12%) Data Quality
21 35 (4.98%) Degree
21 35 (4.98%) SLA
21 35 (4.98%) VMware
22 34 (4.84%) Data Management
22 34 (4.84%) High Availability

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 58 (8.25%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.85%) Confluence
4 10 (1.42%) SharePoint 2013
5 5 (0.71%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.57%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) Drupal
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 103 (14.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.56%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.28%) Windchill
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.43%) Maximo
4 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.43%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.28%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 55 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (7.25%) Azure
3 40 (5.69%) SaaS
4 25 (3.56%) Entra ID
5 24 (3.41%) Google Workspace
6 21 (2.99%) Power Platform
7 20 (2.84%) GCP
8 18 (2.56%) AWS
9 14 (1.99%) Google Drive
10 10 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 8 (1.14%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.14%) Asana
11 8 (1.14%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.14%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.14%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.85%) GitHub
12 6 (0.85%) IaaS
13 5 (0.71%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.71%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.55%) DNS
2 15 (2.13%) DHCP
3 12 (1.71%) Network Security
4 11 (1.56%) DKIM
4 11 (1.56%) DMARC
4 11 (1.56%) SAN
5 10 (1.42%) Firewall
6 6 (0.85%) LAN
6 6 (0.85%) NAS
7 5 (0.71%) SSL
8 4 (0.57%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (0.43%) Intranet
9 3 (0.43%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.43%) PSTN
9 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.43%) VPN
9 3 (0.43%) WebEx
9 3 (0.43%) Wireless
10 2 (0.28%) VLAN
10 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.55%) Oracle Database
2 26 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 19 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (2.28%) Power BI
5 10 (1.42%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.42%) MySQL
6 7 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.85%) GIS
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle Database 11g
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.43%) Metadata
10 3 (0.43%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.28%) DB2
Development Applications
1 32 (4.55%) JIRA
2 19 (2.70%) GitLab
2 19 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.28%) Git
4 5 (0.71%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.28%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.28%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.28%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Hudson
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 155 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 67 (9.53%) Finance
2 67 (9.53%) Public Sector
3 59 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (3.56%) Aerospace
5 25 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (2.70%) Legal
7 15 (2.13%) Aviation
8 14 (1.99%) Banking
9 12 (1.71%) Military
9 12 (1.71%) Publishing
10 11 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.42%) Law
12 9 (1.28%) Local Government
12 9 (1.28%) Police
13 8 (1.14%) Marketing
14 7 (1.00%) Retail
14 7 (1.00%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.56%) Middleware
2 15 (2.13%) SAP Basis
3 11 (1.56%) LDAP
4 8 (1.14%) ISPF
5 7 (1.00%) OAuth
6 6 (0.85%) REST
7 5 (0.71%) CSS
7 5 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.71%) HTML
7 5 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.57%) .NET
9 3 (0.43%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.43%) jQuery
9 3 (0.43%) JSON
9 3 (0.43%) Software Packaging
9 3 (0.43%) XML
9 3 (0.43%) XMPP
9 3 (0.43%) YAML
10 2 (0.28%) Kafka
11 1 (0.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.69%) Onboarding
2 31 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.56%) Data Centre
4 14 (1.99%) Taxonomies
5 12 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
6 11 (1.56%) Clustering
6 11 (1.56%) Mainframe
7 10 (1.42%) NHS
8 9 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.28%) Replication
8 9 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.00%) PKI
10 6 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.57%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.43%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.43%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.82%) Linux
2 50 (7.11%) Windows
3 24 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 23 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (1.85%) Unix
6 12 (1.71%) CentOS
7 7 (1.00%) AIX
8 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.57%) zOS
10 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.28%) Debian
11 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.14%) Android
12 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.14%) MVS
12 1 (0.14%) Solaris
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (10.38%) Migration
3 58 (8.25%) Change Management
4 53 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (6.40%) Workflow
6 39 (5.55%) Performance Tuning
7 37 (5.26%) ITIL
8 34 (4.84%) Data Management
8 34 (4.84%) High Availability
9 28 (3.98%) Data Entry
10 27 (3.84%) Data Protection
10 27 (3.84%) Time Management
11 26 (3.70%) Customer Service
11 26 (3.70%) DevOps
12 25 (3.56%) SAP Security
13 23 (3.27%) Data Governance
13 23 (3.27%) ERP
13 23 (3.27%) ITSM
13 23 (3.27%) Validation
14 22 (3.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 38 (5.41%) SQL
2 30 (4.27%) PowerShell
3 26 (3.70%) Python
4 21 (2.99%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.56%) Bash
5 11 (1.56%) MATLAB
6 10 (1.42%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.28%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.71%) C#
9 4 (0.57%) COBOL
9 4 (0.57%) JCL
9 4 (0.57%) REXX
10 3 (0.43%) CLIST
10 3 (0.43%) Groovy
10 3 (0.43%) Perl
11 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.28%) C++
11 2 (0.28%) VBA
12 1 (0.14%) Java
12 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 177 (25.18%) Security Cleared
2 133 (18.92%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.55%) DV Cleared
4 35 (4.98%) Degree
5 31 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.85%) OCP
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.71%) CCNP
8 5 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.28%) CCA
11 2 (0.28%) CCIE
11 2 (0.28%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.12%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.98%) SLA
3 22 (3.13%) GDPR
4 8 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.71%) QA
6 4 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.57%) PMO
7 3 (0.43%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.43%) NIST
8 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 61 (8.68%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.99%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.28%) Firmware
6 7 (1.00%) RACF
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
8 5 (0.71%) Docker
8 5 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.43%) ACF2
9 3 (0.43%) PowerHA
9 3 (0.43%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.28%) HDFS
10 2 (0.28%) QEMU
10 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.28%) vSphere
10 2 (0.28%) XenApp
10 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 27 (3.84%) Ansible
2 25 (3.56%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.13%) SCCM
4 13 (1.85%) Podman
5 11 (1.56%) Check_MK
5 11 (1.56%) Red Hat Satellite
5 11 (1.56%) Terraform
6 10 (1.42%) Kubernetes
7 9 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
8 8 (1.14%) Data Guard
8 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (1.00%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 6 (0.85%) Grafana
11 5 (0.71%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.57%) CA Endevor
12 4 (0.57%) OMEGAMON
12 4 (0.57%) SCOM
12 4 (0.57%) WSUS
13 3 (0.43%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 146 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.81%) SAP
3 61 (8.68%) Oracle
4 37 (5.26%) Google
5 35 (4.98%) VMware
6 33 (4.69%) Salesforce
7 29 (4.13%) Avature
8 26 (3.70%) Red Hat
9 22 (3.13%) ServiceNow
10 15 (2.13%) Okta
11 14 (1.99%) Cisco
12 13 (1.85%) IBM
13 10 (1.42%) Citrix
14 8 (1.14%) Sage
15 7 (1.00%) Atlassian
16 6 (0.85%) SolarWinds
17 4 (0.57%) Brocade
17 4 (0.57%) Dell
17 4 (0.57%) F5
17 4 (0.57%) NetApp