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 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 162 121
Rank change year-on-year +9 -41 +55
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 745 420 715
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.70% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.84% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 199 339
10th Percentile £200 £191 £173
25th Percentile £350 £281 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £419 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.54% -1.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £530 £491 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £445 £400 £431
% change year-on-year +11.25% -7.19% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 79 235
10th Percentile £13.00 - £11.12
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +3.70% -47.98%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.25 £17.34
90th Percentile £34.62 £30.33 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.16 £14.00 £13.51
% change year-on-year +22.59% +3.63% -42.02%

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 39,506 22,778 34,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.36% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,359 14,973 22,731
10th Percentile £325 £293 £286
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,786 999 2,664
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -26.58% -11.30%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.30 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +57.46% -26.67% -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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -26 182 £438 +2.94% 60
North of England -3 167 £438 +21.87% 56
South East -13 117 £450 +5.88% 83
East of England +31 110 £356 -16.18% 36
Midlands -19 98 £443 +34.09% 50
North West -9 93 £416 +17.24% 33
West Midlands -39 67 £445 +34.85% 34
South West -15 62 £550 +15.79% 53
Yorkshire -17 56 £452 -17.91% 17
East Midlands +1 31 £413 +32.00% 17
North East -19 18 £438 +29.63% 6
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 189 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 148 (19.87%) Microsoft
3 141 (18.93%) SC Cleared
4 103 (13.83%) Microsoft Excel
5 96 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (11.28%) Migration
7 76 (10.20%) SAP
8 74 (9.93%) SharePoint
9 65 (8.72%) Active Directory
10 63 (8.46%) Oracle
11 60 (8.05%) Windows
12 59 (7.92%) Change Management
13 58 (7.79%) Linux
13 58 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
14 57 (7.65%) Azure
15 52 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
16 46 (6.17%) Workflow
17 45 (6.04%) SQL
18 44 (5.91%) ITIL
18 44 (5.91%) Performance Tuning
19 43 (5.77%) DV Cleared
20 42 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
21 39 (5.23%) Degree
22 38 (5.10%) Data Quality
22 38 (5.10%) Google
22 38 (5.10%) VMware
23 37 (4.97%) SaaS
23 37 (4.97%) Salesforce
24 35 (4.70%) Data Management
25 34 (4.56%) 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 74 (9.93%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.88%) Confluence
4 13 (1.74%) SharePoint 2013
5 5 (0.67%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.40%) CMS
6 3 (0.40%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) CICS
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 103 (13.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.09%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Windchill
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.54%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.27%) Maximo
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) Magento
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.13%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 58 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (7.65%) Azure
3 37 (4.97%) SaaS
4 24 (3.22%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.22%) Google Workspace
5 22 (2.95%) AWS
5 22 (2.95%) GCP
5 22 (2.95%) Power Platform
6 14 (1.88%) Google Drive
7 12 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 9 (1.21%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.21%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.07%) Asana
9 8 (1.07%) ShareGate
10 6 (0.81%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.67%) GitHub
11 5 (0.67%) IaaS
11 5 (0.67%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.43%) DNS
2 16 (2.15%) DHCP
3 12 (1.61%) Firewall
4 11 (1.48%) DKIM
4 11 (1.48%) DMARC
4 11 (1.48%) Network Security
4 11 (1.48%) SAN
5 8 (1.07%) SSL
6 6 (0.81%) LAN
6 6 (0.81%) NAS
7 4 (0.54%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (0.54%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.40%) Intranet
8 3 (0.40%) PSTN
8 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.40%) WebEx
8 3 (0.40%) Wireless
9 2 (0.27%) H.323
9 2 (0.27%) VLAN
9 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.30%) Oracle Database
2 31 (4.16%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.28%) Power BI
5 10 (1.34%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.34%) MySQL
6 8 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.94%) Oracle Database 11g
8 6 (0.81%) GIS
8 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
10 4 (0.54%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.40%) Metadata
11 3 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 34 (4.56%) JIRA
2 18 (2.42%) GitLab
2 18 (2.42%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.15%) Git
4 5 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.40%) MSI
5 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.27%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.27%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.27%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) Hudson
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 162 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 76 (10.20%) Finance
3 70 (9.40%) Public Sector
4 69 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.92%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (3.76%) Aerospace
7 25 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (3.09%) Legal
9 19 (2.55%) Banking
10 16 (2.15%) Aviation
11 15 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.61%) Military
13 11 (1.48%) Marketing
14 10 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.34%) Law
14 10 (1.34%) Publishing
15 9 (1.21%) Local Government
15 9 (1.21%) Police
16 7 (0.94%) Retail
16 7 (0.94%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.82%) Middleware
2 11 (1.48%) ISPF
2 11 (1.48%) LDAP
2 11 (1.48%) SAP Basis
3 7 (0.94%) OAuth
3 7 (0.94%) REST
4 5 (0.67%) CSS
4 5 (0.67%) HTML
4 5 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.67%) Software Packaging
5 4 (0.54%) .NET
6 3 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.40%) jQuery
6 3 (0.40%) XML
6 3 (0.40%) XMPP
7 2 (0.27%) JSON
7 2 (0.27%) YAML
8 1 (0.13%) Kafka
8 1 (0.13%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.30%) Management Information System
2 30 (4.03%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.36%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.01%) Clustering
5 14 (1.88%) Mainframe
6 12 (1.61%) Freedom of Information
6 12 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.34%) NHS
7 10 (1.34%) Replication
7 10 (1.34%) Taxonomies
8 7 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.81%) PKI
10 5 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.54%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.54%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.40%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.40%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.40%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 60 (8.05%) Windows
2 58 (7.79%) Linux
3 26 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (2.01%) Unix
6 11 (1.48%) CentOS
7 7 (0.94%) AIX
7 7 (0.94%) zOS
8 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.27%) Debian
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.13%) MVS
11 1 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (11.28%) Migration
3 59 (7.92%) Change Management
4 52 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (6.17%) Workflow
6 44 (5.91%) ITIL
6 44 (5.91%) Performance Tuning
7 35 (4.70%) Data Management
8 34 (4.56%) High Availability
9 29 (3.89%) DevOps
10 28 (3.76%) Data Entry
10 28 (3.76%) Data Protection
11 27 (3.62%) ITSM
11 27 (3.62%) Validation
12 26 (3.49%) Customer Service
13 25 (3.36%) SAP Security
14 24 (3.22%) ERP
14 24 (3.22%) Time Management
15 23 (3.09%) Service Management
16 22 (2.95%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 45 (6.04%) SQL
2 33 (4.43%) PowerShell
3 24 (3.22%) Python
4 19 (2.55%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.48%) MATLAB
5 11 (1.48%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.21%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.07%) Bash
8 6 (0.81%) C#
9 4 (0.54%) COBOL
9 4 (0.54%) JCL
9 4 (0.54%) REXX
10 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.40%) CLIST
10 3 (0.40%) Groovy
10 3 (0.40%) Perl
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) Java
11 2 (0.27%) VBA
12 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 189 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 141 (18.93%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.77%) DV Cleared
4 39 (5.23%) Degree
5 31 (4.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.67%) CCNP
7 5 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.67%) 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 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.40%) CCA
9 3 (0.40%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (0.40%) MCSA
9 3 (0.40%) MCSE
10 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.10%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.43%) SLA
3 22 (2.95%) GDPR
4 9 (1.21%) QA
5 8 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.54%) PMO
7 3 (0.40%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.40%) NIST
8 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.13%) GRC
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (8.72%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.34%) RACF
4 10 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.21%) Firmware
6 8 (1.07%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.40%) ACF2
8 3 (0.40%) Docker
8 3 (0.40%) PowerHA
8 3 (0.40%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.40%) vSphere
9 2 (0.27%) QEMU
9 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.27%) XenApp
9 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (3.36%) Ansible
2 21 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
3 19 (2.55%) SCCM
4 13 (1.74%) Podman
5 11 (1.48%) Check_MK
5 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.48%) Red Hat Satellite
6 9 (1.21%) Oracle RMAN
6 9 (1.21%) Terraform
7 8 (1.07%) Data Guard
8 7 (0.94%) Kubernetes
8 7 (0.94%) OMEGAMON
8 7 (0.94%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (0.81%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.81%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.67%) SCOM
11 4 (0.54%) CA Endevor
11 4 (0.54%) Grafana
11 4 (0.54%) WSUS
12 3 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 148 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.20%) SAP
3 63 (8.46%) Oracle
4 38 (5.10%) Google
4 38 (5.10%) VMware
5 37 (4.97%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.89%) Avature
7 24 (3.22%) Red Hat
7 24 (3.22%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.15%) IBM
9 14 (1.88%) Cisco
9 14 (1.88%) Citrix
10 11 (1.48%) Okta
11 8 (1.07%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.94%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.81%) Qualys
13 6 (0.81%) Sage
14 4 (0.54%) Dell
14 4 (0.54%) Juniper
14 4 (0.54%) NetApp