Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 148 161
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +23
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 862 540 504
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.89% 1.95% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 2.13% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 223 286
10th Percentile £200 £191 £179
25th Percentile £356 £281 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £444
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.04% +10.94%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £551
90th Percentile £600 £588 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 139 89
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.93 £13.50 £12.18
Median hourly rate £16.50 £15.50 £15.73
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -1.46% -32.40%
75th Percentile £22.55 £22.55 £25.99
90th Percentile £28.75 £26.81 £51.91
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £15.50 £15.73
% change year-on-year +6.45% -1.46% -26.12%

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 42,146 25,333 30,967
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 91.63% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,503 16,397 20,301
10th Percentile £325 £283 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,173 1,332 1,801
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.51 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.20% -44.11% +7.66%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.31 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.21% -41.51% +2.38%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 13 August 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
North of England +6 214 £438 +4.54% 124
London -28 208 £450 +9.76% 146
South East -11 157 £525 +27.27% 157
Midlands -12 126 £445 +18.67% 98
North West -11 122 £444 +10.94% 66
East of England +24 97 £300 -20.00% 59
West Midlands -31 78 £446 +18.93% 57
Yorkshire +7 70 £466 -15.36% 41
South West -50 50 £463 -2.63% 68
East Midlands +20 48 £319 -61.36% 41
North East -23 22 £438 -2.78% 20
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 August 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.

1 199 (23.09%) Security Cleared
2 186 (21.58%) Microsoft
3 150 (17.40%) SC Cleared
4 116 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
5 109 (12.65%) Microsoft Excel
6 105 (12.18%) Migration
7 89 (10.32%) Oracle
8 83 (9.63%) SharePoint
9 79 (9.16%) SAP
10 76 (8.82%) SQL
11 69 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
12 68 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
13 65 (7.54%) SQL Server
13 65 (7.54%) Windows
14 64 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
15 59 (6.84%) Azure
16 58 (6.73%) Active Directory
16 58 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
16 58 (6.73%) Data Quality
17 55 (6.38%) ITIL
18 54 (6.26%) Change Management
19 52 (6.03%) Customer Service
20 49 (5.68%) Validation
21 47 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
22 46 (5.34%) Workflow
23 44 (5.10%) Disaster Recovery
23 44 (5.10%) Linux
24 43 (4.99%) VMware
25 42 (4.87%) Data Entry
26 40 (4.64%) 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 83 (9.63%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.86%) Confluence
3 16 (1.86%) SharePoint 2013
4 12 (1.39%) CMS
5 5 (0.58%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.35%) IIS
6 3 (0.35%) JBoss
6 3 (0.35%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) CICS
7 1 (0.12%) Mendix
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 109 (12.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.35%) Windchill
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.93%) NetSuite
1 8 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.70%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.46%) iTrent
4 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.35%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) Maximo
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 64 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (6.84%) Azure
3 35 (4.06%) SaaS
4 33 (3.83%) AWS
5 25 (2.90%) Google Workspace
6 22 (2.55%) Power Platform
7 20 (2.32%) Entra ID
7 20 (2.32%) GCP
8 14 (1.62%) Google Drive
9 13 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (1.16%) ShareGate
13 8 (0.93%) Asana
13 8 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (0.81%) GitHub
14 7 (0.81%) Google Sheets
14 7 (0.81%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.18%) DNS
2 18 (2.09%) SSL
3 15 (1.74%) DHCP
4 14 (1.62%) Firewall
5 12 (1.39%) SAN
6 11 (1.28%) DKIM
6 11 (1.28%) DMARC
7 6 (0.70%) NAS
8 4 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (0.46%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.46%) Network Security
8 4 (0.46%) SNMP
8 4 (0.46%) VPN
9 3 (0.35%) Intranet
9 3 (0.35%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.35%) WAN
9 3 (0.35%) WebEx
10 2 (0.23%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.54%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (3.60%) Oracle Database
4 28 (3.25%) MySQL
5 19 (2.20%) Power BI
6 16 (1.86%) MongoDB
7 14 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (1.51%) Amazon Aurora
9 11 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.93%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.81%) Oracle Database 11g
13 6 (0.70%) GIS
13 6 (0.70%) Redis
14 5 (0.58%) Metadata
14 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database 12c
15 4 (0.46%) Oracle ODI
15 4 (0.46%) RDBMS
16 3 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 40 (4.64%) JIRA
2 8 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.81%) Git
3 7 (0.81%) GitLab
4 4 (0.46%) ScriptRunner
5 2 (0.23%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.23%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.23%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.23%) MSI
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.23%) Toad
6 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.12%) Hudson
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.12%) Selenium
6 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 214 (24.83%) Social Skills
2 93 (10.79%) Organisational Skills
3 84 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (9.74%) Finance
4 75 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 32 (3.71%) Manufacturing
6 25 (2.90%) Legal
7 21 (2.44%) Aerospace
7 21 (2.44%) Banking
8 15 (1.74%) Marketing
9 14 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.39%) Aviation
10 12 (1.39%) Military
11 11 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.28%) Law
11 11 (1.28%) Police
12 10 (1.16%) Retail
13 7 (0.81%) Local Government
14 6 (0.70%) Publishing
15 5 (0.58%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.32%) Middleware
2 14 (1.62%) ISPF
3 11 (1.28%) REST
4 8 (0.93%) OAuth
5 6 (0.70%) HTML
5 6 (0.70%) SAP Basis
6 5 (0.58%) CSS
6 5 (0.58%) Kafka
6 5 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.46%) LDAP
7 4 (0.46%) Software Packaging
8 3 (0.35%) .NET
8 3 (0.35%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.35%) jQuery
8 3 (0.35%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.35%) XML
9 2 (0.23%) JSON
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Streams
9 2 (0.23%) PCRE
9 2 (0.23%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.99%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.71%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.48%) Clustering
4 24 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.78%) Replication
5 18 (2.09%) Mainframe
6 12 (1.39%) Freedom of Information
7 11 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.70%) NHS
9 6 (0.70%) Taxonomies
10 5 (0.58%) CMDB
10 5 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.58%) PKI
11 4 (0.46%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.35%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.54%) Windows
2 44 (5.10%) Linux
3 27 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (1.97%) Unix
5 14 (1.62%) zOS
6 9 (1.04%) AIX
7 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.46%) CentOS
8 4 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.46%) Solaris
8 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.12%) Android
10 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.12%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (12.18%) Migration
3 69 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
4 58 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (6.38%) ITIL
6 54 (6.26%) Change Management
7 52 (6.03%) Customer Service
8 49 (5.68%) Validation
9 46 (5.34%) Workflow
10 44 (5.10%) Disaster Recovery
11 42 (4.87%) Data Entry
12 40 (4.64%) High Availability
13 39 (4.52%) Data Management
14 37 (4.29%) DevOps
15 36 (4.18%) CRM
16 35 (4.06%) Stakeholder Management
17 33 (3.83%) ERP
17 33 (3.83%) Root Cause Analysis
18 32 (3.71%) Data Protection
19 28 (3.25%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (8.82%) SQL
2 35 (4.06%) PowerShell
3 31 (3.60%) Python
4 10 (1.16%) Shell Script
5 9 (1.04%) Bash
5 9 (1.04%) C#
5 9 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.81%) Perl
6 7 (0.81%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.58%) Apex Code
7 5 (0.58%) Java
8 4 (0.46%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.35%) Groovy
10 2 (0.23%) C++
10 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.12%) Bicep
11 1 (0.12%) COBOL
11 1 (0.12%) JCL
11 1 (0.12%) REXX
11 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 199 (23.09%) Security Cleared
2 150 (17.40%) SC Cleared
3 39 (4.52%) Degree
4 37 (4.29%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.28%) Oracle Certification
8 10 (1.16%) OCP
9 6 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (0.46%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.35%) CCA
12 3 (0.35%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (0.35%) MCSA
12 3 (0.35%) MCSE
12 3 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.12%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.73%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.36%) QA
3 24 (2.78%) GDPR
4 18 (2.09%) SLA
5 10 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.46%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.23%) NIST
7 2 (0.23%) PMO
8 1 (0.12%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.12%) GMP
8 1 (0.12%) GRC
8 1 (0.12%) GxP
8 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.12%) HL7
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (6.73%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.62%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.51%) RACF
5 11 (1.28%) Firmware
6 10 (1.16%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.58%) PowerHA
10 3 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.35%) Docker
10 3 (0.35%) vSphere
11 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.23%) XenApp
11 2 (0.23%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.12%) OpenSSH
12 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (2.09%) SCCM
2 17 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (1.86%) Ansible
3 16 (1.86%) Terraform
4 14 (1.62%) Data Guard
5 13 (1.51%) OMEGAMON
6 11 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.16%) Oracle RMAN
8 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (0.81%) SCOM
9 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.70%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (0.70%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.58%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.58%) WSUS
11 4 (0.46%) Check_MK
11 4 (0.46%) Podman
11 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 186 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 89 (10.32%) Oracle
3 79 (9.16%) SAP
4 43 (4.99%) VMware
5 39 (4.52%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.94%) Google
7 29 (3.36%) Avature
8 25 (2.90%) IBM
9 15 (1.74%) Citrix
9 15 (1.74%) Red Hat
10 13 (1.51%) Cisco
10 13 (1.51%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.04%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.93%) Remedy
13 7 (0.81%) Okta
13 7 (0.81%) Qualys
13 7 (0.81%) Sage
14 6 (0.70%) Juniper
14 6 (0.70%) SolarWinds
15 5 (0.58%) BMC