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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 168 117
Rank change year-on-year +18 -51 +63
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 738 421 722
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 1.72% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.86% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 199 343
10th Percentile £200 £191 £175
25th Percentile £350 £281 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £419 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.54% -1.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £528 £491 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £445 £400 £430
% change year-on-year +11.25% -6.98% -4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 78 235
10th Percentile £13.00 - £11.12
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.78
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +1.63% -46.92%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.38 £18.00
90th Percentile £34.62 £30.63 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.13 £14.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year +22.32% +1.63% -42.27%

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 39,391 22,646 34,789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.37% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,290 14,886 22,782
10th Percentile £325 £293 £288
25th Percentile £414 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,775 990 2,657
10th Percentile £15.86 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.04 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.99% -24.58% -13.54%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £27.64 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.57% -26.29% -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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -8 184 £438 +2.94% 58
North of England -7 163 £438 +21.87% 60
South East -27 112 £450 +5.88% 74
East of England +35 111 £356 -16.18% 36
Midlands -29 97 £440 +33.33% 53
North West -3 92 £416 +18.75% 37
West Midlands -43 66 £445 +34.85% 36
South West -16 62 £550 +15.79% 51
Yorkshire -21 53 £438 -20.45% 17
East Midlands +2 31 £413 +32.00% 18
North East -20 18 £438 +29.63% 6
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 188 (25.47%) Security Cleared
2 148 (20.05%) Microsoft
3 141 (19.11%) SC Cleared
4 102 (13.82%) Microsoft Excel
5 95 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (10.98%) Migration
7 75 (10.16%) SAP
8 69 (9.35%) SharePoint
9 64 (8.67%) Active Directory
10 63 (8.54%) Oracle
11 59 (7.99%) Change Management
12 58 (7.86%) Linux
12 58 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
12 58 (7.86%) Windows
13 54 (7.32%) Azure
14 52 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 46 (6.23%) Workflow
16 43 (5.83%) ITIL
17 42 (5.69%) DV Cleared
17 42 (5.69%) Performance Tuning
17 42 (5.69%) SQL
18 40 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
19 38 (5.15%) Data Quality
19 38 (5.15%) Degree
19 38 (5.15%) Google
19 38 (5.15%) VMware
20 37 (5.01%) SaaS
20 37 (5.01%) Salesforce
21 35 (4.74%) Data Management
22 34 (4.61%) 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 69 (9.35%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.90%) Confluence
4 13 (1.76%) SharePoint 2013
5 5 (0.68%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.41%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) CICS
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 102 (13.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (3.25%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.41%) Windchill
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.54%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.27%) Maximo
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
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 58 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (7.32%) Azure
3 37 (5.01%) SaaS
4 24 (3.25%) Google Workspace
5 23 (3.12%) Entra ID
6 22 (2.98%) Power Platform
7 20 (2.71%) AWS
7 20 (2.71%) GCP
8 14 (1.90%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 9 (1.22%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.22%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.08%) Asana
11 8 (1.08%) ShareGate
12 6 (0.81%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (0.68%) GitHub
13 5 (0.68%) IaaS
13 5 (0.68%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.68%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.47%) DNS
2 16 (2.17%) DHCP
3 11 (1.49%) DKIM
3 11 (1.49%) DMARC
3 11 (1.49%) Firewall
3 11 (1.49%) Network Security
3 11 (1.49%) SAN
4 8 (1.08%) SSL
5 6 (0.81%) LAN
5 6 (0.81%) NAS
6 4 (0.54%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (0.54%) NetScaler
7 3 (0.41%) Intranet
7 3 (0.41%) PSTN
7 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.41%) WebEx
7 3 (0.41%) Wireless
8 2 (0.27%) BGP
8 2 (0.27%) VLAN
8 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.47%) Oracle Database
2 29 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.30%) Power BI
5 10 (1.36%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.36%) MySQL
6 7 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.95%) Oracle Database 11g
6 7 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.81%) GIS
8 5 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.41%) Metadata
10 3 (0.41%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 34 (4.61%) JIRA
2 18 (2.44%) GitLab
2 18 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.17%) Git
4 5 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.27%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.27%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.27%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.27%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Hudson
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
1 160 (21.68%) Social Skills
2 74 (10.03%) Finance
3 70 (9.49%) Public Sector
4 67 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.72%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (3.79%) Aerospace
7 25 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (3.12%) Legal
9 19 (2.57%) Banking
10 16 (2.17%) Aviation
11 15 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.63%) Military
13 11 (1.49%) Marketing
14 10 (1.36%) Law
14 10 (1.36%) Publishing
15 9 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.22%) Local Government
15 9 (1.22%) Police
16 7 (0.95%) Retail
16 7 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.85%) Middleware
2 11 (1.49%) ISPF
2 11 (1.49%) LDAP
2 11 (1.49%) SAP Basis
3 7 (0.95%) OAuth
3 7 (0.95%) REST
4 5 (0.68%) CSS
4 5 (0.68%) HTML
4 5 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.54%) .NET
5 4 (0.54%) Software Packaging
6 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.41%) jQuery
6 3 (0.41%) XML
6 3 (0.41%) XMPP
7 2 (0.27%) JSON
7 2 (0.27%) YAML
8 1 (0.14%) Kafka
8 1 (0.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.20%) Management Information System
2 30 (4.07%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.39%) Data Centre
4 14 (1.90%) Clustering
4 14 (1.90%) Mainframe
5 12 (1.63%) Freedom of Information
6 11 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.36%) NHS
7 10 (1.36%) Taxonomies
8 9 (1.22%) Replication
9 7 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.81%) PKI
11 5 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.54%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.41%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.41%) e-Learning
13 3 (0.41%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.41%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.86%) Linux
1 58 (7.86%) Windows
2 26 (3.52%) Windows Server
3 22 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (1.90%) Unix
5 11 (1.49%) CentOS
6 7 (0.95%) AIX
6 7 (0.95%) zOS
7 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.27%) Debian
9 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.14%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.14%) MVS
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
10 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (10.98%) Migration
3 59 (7.99%) Change Management
4 52 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (6.23%) Workflow
6 43 (5.83%) ITIL
7 42 (5.69%) Performance Tuning
8 35 (4.74%) Data Management
9 34 (4.61%) High Availability
10 28 (3.79%) Data Entry
10 28 (3.79%) Data Protection
11 27 (3.66%) DevOps
11 27 (3.66%) Validation
12 26 (3.52%) Customer Service
12 26 (3.52%) ITSM
13 25 (3.39%) SAP Security
13 25 (3.39%) Time Management
14 24 (3.25%) ERP
15 22 (2.98%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (2.98%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 42 (5.69%) SQL
2 32 (4.34%) PowerShell
3 23 (3.12%) Python
4 19 (2.57%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.49%) MATLAB
5 11 (1.49%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.08%) Bash
8 6 (0.81%) C#
9 4 (0.54%) COBOL
9 4 (0.54%) JCL
9 4 (0.54%) REXX
10 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.41%) CLIST
10 3 (0.41%) Groovy
10 3 (0.41%) Perl
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) Java
11 2 (0.27%) VBA
12 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 188 (25.47%) Security Cleared
2 141 (19.11%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.69%) DV Cleared
4 38 (5.15%) Degree
5 31 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.68%) CCNP
7 5 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.54%) OCP
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.41%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.41%) CCA
9 3 (0.41%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (0.41%) MCSA
9 3 (0.41%) MCSE
10 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.15%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.61%) SLA
3 21 (2.85%) GDPR
4 9 (1.22%) QA
5 8 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.54%) PMO
7 3 (0.41%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.41%) NIST
8 2 (0.27%) 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 64 (8.67%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.90%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.36%) RACF
4 10 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.22%) Firmware
6 7 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.41%) ACF2
8 3 (0.41%) Docker
8 3 (0.41%) PowerHA
8 3 (0.41%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.41%) vSphere
9 2 (0.27%) QEMU
9 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.27%) XenApp
9 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (3.25%) Ansible
2 21 (2.85%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (2.44%) SCCM
4 13 (1.76%) Podman
5 11 (1.49%) Check_MK
5 11 (1.49%) Red Hat Satellite
6 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (1.22%) Oracle RMAN
8 8 (1.08%) Data Guard
8 8 (1.08%) Terraform
9 7 (0.95%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.95%) OMEGAMON
9 7 (0.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 6 (0.81%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.68%) SCOM
12 4 (0.54%) CA Endevor
12 4 (0.54%) Grafana
12 4 (0.54%) WSUS
13 3 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 148 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 75 (10.16%) SAP
3 63 (8.54%) Oracle
4 38 (5.15%) Google
4 38 (5.15%) VMware
5 37 (5.01%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.93%) Avature
7 24 (3.25%) Red Hat
7 24 (3.25%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.17%) IBM
9 14 (1.90%) Cisco
9 14 (1.90%) Citrix
10 11 (1.49%) Okta
11 8 (1.08%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.95%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.81%) Sage
14 5 (0.68%) Qualys
15 4 (0.54%) Dell
15 4 (0.54%) F5
15 4 (0.54%) NetApp