Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 158 126
Rank change year-on-year -13 -32 +69
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 557 431 717
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.59% 1.70% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.83% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 183 349
10th Percentile £200 £176 £162
25th Percentile £305 £289 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -8.57%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £538
90th Percentile £575 £588 £588
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 43 195
10th Percentile £12.98 £12.36 £11.18
25th Percentile £14.44 £14.45 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £22.50 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% +60.83% -34.93%
75th Percentile £22.63 £28.73 £18.50
90th Percentile £43.12 £57.62 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £16.54 £22.00 £13.91
% change year-on-year -24.81% +58.22% -28.69%

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 32,138 23,598 35,085
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.97% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,392 14,950 23,516
10th Percentile £305 £300 £272
25th Percentile £410 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £746
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,058 716 2,160
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.24 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.34 £36.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% +3.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.68 £75.38 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% - -10.88%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -28 151 £415 +0.30% 80
North of England -17 123 £402 +14.86% 74
East of England +16 72 £450 +31.39% 53
North West -9 72 £400 +14.29% 40
South East -45 72 £381 +1.67% 98
South West +5 71 £529 +3.17% 34
Midlands -39 69 £438 +2.88% 61
West Midlands -44 47 £375 -9.09% 34
Yorkshire -24 45 £425 +6.25% 25
East Midlands -21 22 £1,300 +170.62% 27
North East -15 6 £145 -35.67% 11
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 February 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.

1 148 (26.57%) Microsoft
2 142 (25.49%) Security Cleared
3 107 (19.21%) SC Cleared
4 92 (16.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 82 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (12.03%) Linux
7 60 (10.77%) SAP
8 57 (10.23%) Windows
9 53 (9.52%) Azure
10 50 (8.98%) Migration
11 49 (8.80%) Microsoft 365
12 48 (8.62%) SharePoint
13 43 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (7.54%) Change Management
15 41 (7.36%) DevOps
16 40 (7.18%) Microsoft Office
17 38 (6.82%) Active Directory
17 38 (6.82%) SLA
18 36 (6.46%) Time Management
19 34 (6.10%) ServiceNow
20 32 (5.75%) DV Cleared
20 32 (5.75%) ITIL
21 30 (5.39%) Data Protection
21 30 (5.39%) Python
21 30 (5.39%) SQL
22 29 (5.21%) Customer Service
22 29 (5.21%) Oracle
22 29 (5.21%) Red Hat
23 28 (5.03%) Agile
23 28 (5.03%) Entra ID

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 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.44%) Confluence
4 5 (0.90%) CMS
5 2 (0.36%) Drupal
5 2 (0.36%) Moodle
5 2 (0.36%) SAS
5 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 92 (16.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (7.18%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (3.95%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.72%) Trello
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.72%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.54%) Maximo
3 3 (0.54%) Shopify
4 1 (0.18%) iTrent
4 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 53 (9.52%) Azure
2 49 (8.80%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.03%) Entra ID
4 23 (4.13%) AWS
4 23 (4.13%) Power Platform
5 17 (3.05%) GCP
6 16 (2.87%) SaaS
7 13 (2.33%) OpenShift
8 12 (2.15%) GitHub
9 11 (1.97%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.97%) Serverless
10 10 (1.80%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.62%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.44%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.08%) IaaS
14 6 (1.08%) PaaS
15 5 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.59%) Network Security
2 19 (3.41%) Firewall
3 16 (2.87%) DNS
4 11 (1.97%) VPN
5 9 (1.62%) LAN
6 8 (1.44%) DHCP
7 7 (1.26%) WebEx
7 7 (1.26%) Wireless
8 5 (0.90%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.90%) VLAN
8 5 (0.90%) WAN
8 5 (0.90%) WLAN
9 4 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.72%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.72%) SAN
10 3 (0.54%) BGP
10 3 (0.54%) OSPF
10 3 (0.54%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.54%) VoIP
11 2 (0.36%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.51%) Oracle Database
3 14 (2.51%) Power BI
4 11 (1.97%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.62%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.26%) MySQL
7 6 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.90%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.72%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.72%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.72%) Tableau
10 3 (0.54%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.54%) Big Data
10 3 (0.54%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 3 (0.54%) Impala
10 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (3.95%) JIRA
2 17 (3.05%) GitLab
2 17 (3.05%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.87%) Git
4 5 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.54%) Subversion
6 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.18%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.18%) MSI
7 1 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
General
1 147 (26.39%) Social Skills
2 76 (13.64%) Finance
3 47 (8.44%) Organisational Skills
4 45 (8.08%) Public Sector
5 36 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (3.95%) Legal
8 20 (3.59%) Banking
9 16 (2.87%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.33%) Marketing
11 9 (1.62%) Retail
11 9 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.26%) Local Government
12 7 (1.26%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.26%) Publishing
13 6 (1.08%) Aviation
14 5 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.90%) Military
15 4 (0.72%) Fire and Rescue
16 3 (0.54%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
1 11 (1.97%) ISPF
2 10 (1.80%) SAP Basis
3 9 (1.62%) JSON
4 8 (1.44%) LDAP
5 7 (1.26%) .NET
5 7 (1.26%) Middleware
5 7 (1.26%) REST
5 7 (1.26%) YAML
6 5 (0.90%) XML
6 5 (0.90%) XMPP
7 4 (0.72%) Node.js
8 3 (0.54%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.54%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.54%) HTML
8 3 (0.54%) Kafka
8 3 (0.54%) OAuth
8 3 (0.54%) OpenID
8 3 (0.54%) SAML
9 2 (0.36%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.49%) Onboarding
2 16 (2.87%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.51%) Mainframe
4 13 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (2.15%) PKI
6 11 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.80%) NHS
8 9 (1.62%) Taxonomies
9 8 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.44%) Clustering
9 8 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.08%) Replication
11 5 (0.90%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.90%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.72%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.72%) Life Science
12 4 (0.72%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 67 (12.03%) Linux
2 57 (10.23%) Windows
3 26 (4.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.80%) CentOS
5 9 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.44%) Unix
7 7 (1.26%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.72%) Solaris
9 3 (0.54%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.36%) Debian
10 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.18%) AIX
11 1 (0.18%) MVS
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (8.98%) Migration
3 43 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (7.54%) Change Management
5 41 (7.36%) DevOps
6 36 (6.46%) Time Management
7 32 (5.75%) ITIL
8 30 (5.39%) Data Protection
9 29 (5.21%) Customer Service
10 28 (5.03%) Agile
11 27 (4.85%) CI/CD
12 26 (4.67%) High Availability
13 25 (4.49%) Data Management
14 24 (4.31%) Performance Tuning
14 24 (4.31%) Project Delivery
14 24 (4.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (4.13%) Collaborative Working
15 23 (4.13%) ITSM
16 22 (3.95%) Business Intelligence
16 22 (3.95%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 30 (5.39%) Python
1 30 (5.39%) SQL
2 27 (4.85%) PowerShell
3 18 (3.23%) Shell Script
4 17 (3.05%) Bash
5 12 (2.15%) REXX
6 11 (1.97%) CLIST
6 11 (1.97%) COBOL
6 11 (1.97%) JCL
7 7 (1.26%) C#
7 7 (1.26%) MATLAB
8 6 (1.08%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.90%) Perl
10 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.54%) VBA
12 2 (0.36%) C++
12 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 142 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 107 (19.21%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.75%) DV Cleared
4 24 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.69%) Degree
7 10 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.44%) CCNP
8 8 (1.44%) MOS
9 7 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.08%) OCP
10 6 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
11 5 (0.90%) CCIE
12 3 (0.54%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.54%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.18%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 1 (0.18%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.18%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.82%) SLA
2 24 (4.31%) GDPR
3 14 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.15%) PMO
5 6 (1.08%) NIST
5 6 (1.08%) QA
6 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.36%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) GAMP
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
8 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 38 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.97%) ACF2
3 11 (1.97%) RACF
3 11 (1.97%) Time Sharing Option
4 8 (1.44%) Docker
5 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.54%) Firmware
6 3 (0.54%) HDFS
6 3 (0.54%) KVM
7 2 (0.36%) NFS
7 2 (0.36%) QEMU
7 2 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Veritas File System
7 2 (0.36%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 1 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (4.67%) Ansible
2 18 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.05%) Terraform
4 14 (2.51%) Kubernetes
5 13 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.15%) Grafana
6 12 (2.15%) SCCM
7 11 (1.97%) CA Endevor
7 11 (1.97%) Red Hat Satellite
7 11 (1.97%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 10 (1.80%) Tivoli
9 9 (1.62%) Podman
10 8 (1.44%) Norton AntiVirus
11 7 (1.26%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.54%) QRadar
13 2 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.36%) Data Guard
13 2 (0.36%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 148 (26.57%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.77%) SAP
3 34 (6.10%) ServiceNow
4 29 (5.21%) Oracle
4 29 (5.21%) Red Hat
5 21 (3.77%) VMware
6 20 (3.59%) Cisco
7 19 (3.41%) Google
8 12 (2.15%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.80%) Dell
9 10 (1.80%) Workday
10 9 (1.62%) McAfee
10 9 (1.62%) Okta
10 9 (1.62%) Symantec
11 8 (1.44%) Citrix
11 8 (1.44%) HP
12 7 (1.26%) Sage
13 5 (0.90%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.90%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.90%) SolarWinds