Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 151 125
Rank change year-on-year -27 -26 +81
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 538 458 729
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.76% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 1.89% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 180 359
10th Percentile £168 £175 £174
25th Percentile £300 £294 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -8.05%
75th Percentile £500 £506 £553
90th Percentile £577 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £424 £400 £418
% change year-on-year +5.94% -4.19% -1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 36 193
10th Percentile £12.94 £12.25 £11.16
25th Percentile £14.31 £14.68 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £19.75 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +41.17% -39.17%
75th Percentile £20.40 £24.50 £18.50
90th Percentile £28.87 £57.62 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £16.13 £20.94 £13.99
% change year-on-year -22.99% +49.68% -37.82%

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 31,393 24,237 35,417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 93.02% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,928 15,142 23,779
10th Percentile £300 £300 £273
25th Percentile £409 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,007 710 2,124
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.99 £13.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.30 £16.54
Median hourly rate £31.46 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -2.23%

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 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 14 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 14 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 -25 150 £400 -3.61% 65
North of England -24 117 £402 +14.86% 78
South East -34 73 £350 -6.67% 91
South West -4 69 £529 -3.86% 31
North West -12 68 £400 +14.29% 42
East of England +4 67 £450 +31.39% 54
Midlands -36 64 £408 +23.48% 52
West Midlands -37 44 £363 +9.85% 31
Yorkshire -38 42 £425 -10.53% 28
East Midlands -20 20 £1,300 +170.62% 21
North East -15 7 £143 -36.67% 11
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 139 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 133 (24.72%) Security Cleared
3 99 (18.40%) SC Cleared
4 84 (15.61%) Microsoft Excel
5 79 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (12.27%) Linux
7 58 (10.78%) Windows
8 54 (10.04%) Migration
9 52 (9.67%) Azure
9 52 (9.67%) SAP
10 49 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
10 49 (9.11%) SharePoint
11 41 (7.62%) DevOps
12 40 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (7.25%) Change Management
14 38 (7.06%) Active Directory
14 38 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
15 37 (6.88%) SLA
16 35 (6.51%) ITIL
16 35 (6.51%) Time Management
17 33 (6.13%) DV Cleared
18 32 (5.95%) ServiceNow
19 31 (5.76%) Data Protection
19 31 (5.76%) Python
19 31 (5.76%) Red Hat
20 29 (5.39%) Customer Service
21 28 (5.20%) Agile
21 28 (5.20%) Entra ID
21 28 (5.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 28 (5.20%) SQL

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 49 (9.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.49%) Confluence
4 5 (0.93%) CMS
5 2 (0.37%) Drupal
5 2 (0.37%) Moodle
5 2 (0.37%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 84 (15.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (3.72%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.74%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.56%) Maximo
3 3 (0.56%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) iTrent
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.19%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 52 (9.67%) Azure
2 49 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.20%) Entra ID
4 24 (4.46%) Power Platform
5 23 (4.28%) AWS
6 17 (3.16%) GCP
7 15 (2.79%) SaaS
8 13 (2.42%) OpenShift
9 12 (2.23%) GitHub
10 11 (2.04%) Power Automate
10 11 (2.04%) Serverless
11 10 (1.86%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.67%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.49%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.12%) IaaS
14 6 (1.12%) PaaS
15 5 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.90%) Network Security
2 19 (3.53%) Firewall
3 15 (2.79%) DNS
4 11 (2.04%) VPN
5 9 (1.67%) LAN
6 8 (1.49%) DHCP
7 7 (1.30%) Wireless
8 6 (1.12%) WebEx
9 5 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.93%) VLAN
9 5 (0.93%) WAN
9 5 (0.93%) WLAN
10 4 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.74%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.56%) BGP
11 3 (0.56%) OSPF
11 3 (0.56%) SAN
11 3 (0.56%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.56%) VoIP
12 2 (0.37%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
1 15 (2.79%) Power BI
2 14 (2.60%) Oracle Database
3 12 (2.23%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.86%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.67%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.93%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.93%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.74%) Tableau
10 3 (0.56%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.56%) Big Data
10 3 (0.56%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 3 (0.56%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 3 (0.56%) Impala
10 3 (0.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (4.09%) JIRA
2 17 (3.16%) GitLab
2 17 (3.16%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.97%) Git
4 5 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.56%) Subversion
6 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.19%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.19%) MSI
7 1 (0.19%) ScriptRunner
General
1 142 (26.39%) Social Skills
2 78 (14.50%) Finance
3 46 (8.55%) Organisational Skills
4 44 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.90%) Legal
8 20 (3.72%) Banking
9 14 (2.60%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.42%) Marketing
11 9 (1.67%) Retail
11 9 (1.67%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.30%) Local Government
13 6 (1.12%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.12%) Publishing
14 5 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.93%) Military
15 4 (0.74%) Aviation
15 4 (0.74%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
1 11 (2.04%) ISPF
2 9 (1.67%) JSON
2 9 (1.67%) SAP Basis
3 8 (1.49%) LDAP
4 7 (1.30%) .NET
4 7 (1.30%) Middleware
4 7 (1.30%) REST
5 5 (0.93%) XML
5 5 (0.93%) YAML
6 4 (0.74%) Node.js
6 4 (0.74%) XMPP
7 3 (0.56%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.56%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.56%) HTML
7 3 (0.56%) Kafka
7 3 (0.56%) OAuth
7 3 (0.56%) OpenID
7 3 (0.56%) SAML
8 2 (0.37%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.52%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.79%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.60%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.42%) PKI
5 11 (2.04%) Mainframe
5 11 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.86%) NHS
7 9 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.49%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.49%) Clustering
8 8 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.49%) Taxonomies
9 7 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.93%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.74%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.74%) Hedge funds
12 4 (0.74%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.74%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.74%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.27%) Linux
2 58 (10.78%) Windows
3 28 (5.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.04%) CentOS
5 9 (1.67%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.49%) Unix
7 7 (1.30%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.93%) Solaris
9 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.37%) Debian
10 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.19%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (10.04%) Migration
3 41 (7.62%) DevOps
4 40 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (7.25%) Change Management
6 35 (6.51%) ITIL
6 35 (6.51%) Time Management
7 31 (5.76%) Data Protection
8 29 (5.39%) Customer Service
9 28 (5.20%) Agile
10 27 (5.02%) CI/CD
11 25 (4.65%) High Availability
12 24 (4.46%) Project Delivery
12 24 (4.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (4.28%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (4.28%) Data Management
14 22 (4.09%) Disaster Recovery
15 21 (3.90%) ITSM
15 21 (3.90%) Logistics
15 21 (3.90%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.76%) Python
2 28 (5.20%) SQL
3 25 (4.65%) PowerShell
4 22 (4.09%) Shell Script
5 18 (3.35%) Bash
6 11 (2.04%) CLIST
6 11 (2.04%) COBOL
6 11 (2.04%) JCL
6 11 (2.04%) REXX
7 7 (1.30%) C#
7 7 (1.30%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.93%) Perl
9 4 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.56%) VBA
11 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.19%) Go
12 1 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 133 (24.72%) Security Cleared
2 99 (18.40%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.13%) DV Cleared
4 20 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.42%) Degree
7 10 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.49%) CCNP
8 8 (1.49%) MOS
9 7 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.93%) CCIE
11 3 (0.56%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.56%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.37%) OCP
12 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.37%) RHCE
12 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.88%) SLA
2 23 (4.28%) GDPR
3 14 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.23%) PMO
5 8 (1.49%) QA
6 5 (0.93%) NIST
7 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) GAMP
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 38 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.04%) ACF2
3 11 (2.04%) RACF
3 11 (2.04%) Time Sharing Option
4 8 (1.49%) Docker
5 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.74%) KVM
7 3 (0.56%) HDFS
8 2 (0.37%) Firmware
8 2 (0.37%) NFS
8 2 (0.37%) QEMU
8 2 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.37%) Veritas File System
8 2 (0.37%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (4.83%) Ansible
2 17 (3.16%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (3.16%) Terraform
3 14 (2.60%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.42%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.23%) Grafana
5 12 (2.23%) Red Hat Satellite
5 12 (2.23%) SCCM
6 11 (2.04%) CA Endevor
7 10 (1.86%) Tivoli
7 10 (1.86%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 9 (1.67%) Podman
9 8 (1.49%) Norton AntiVirus
10 7 (1.30%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.56%) QRadar
12 2 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.37%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 139 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.67%) SAP
3 32 (5.95%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.76%) Red Hat
5 25 (4.65%) Oracle
6 22 (4.09%) VMware
7 19 (3.53%) Google
8 18 (3.35%) Cisco
9 13 (2.42%) Workday
10 12 (2.23%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.86%) Dell
12 9 (1.67%) McAfee
12 9 (1.67%) Symantec
13 8 (1.49%) HP
13 8 (1.49%) Okta
14 7 (1.30%) Citrix
14 7 (1.30%) Sage
15 5 (0.93%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.93%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.93%) SolarWinds