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 10 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
10 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 160 130
Rank change year-on-year +13 -30 +50
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 785 494 662
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.83% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.99% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 219 314
10th Percentile £200 £191 £175
25th Percentile £350 £281 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £431
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -7.19% +1.41%
75th Percentile £525 £492 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 109 210
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.27 £11.95
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.25 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% +9.01% -37.82%
75th Percentile £22.68 £22.63 £18.50
90th Percentile £28.85 £26.51 £48.44
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £15.25 £13.99
% change year-on-year +14.75% +9.01% -24.48%

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 41,428 24,879 34,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 92.04% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,397 16,215 22,554
10th Percentile £325 £293 £300
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £738 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £522 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.40% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,961 1,195 2,501
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.76 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.10 £17.87 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £26.39 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.87% -29.64% -14.05%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +2 203 £438 +5.42% 67
London -41 174 £438 +3.73% 64
South East -16 137 £500 +26.58% 76
North West -7 117 £438 +21.87% 36
Midlands -23 107 £445 +27.14% 46
East of England +24 101 £325 -18.75% 32
West Midlands -50 72 £445 +31.85% 26
Yorkshire -1 67 £466 -11.33% 24
South West -41 52 £413 -13.16% 37
East Midlands +12 35 £319 -8.93% 20
North East -22 19 £438 +29.63% 8
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 July 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.

1 186 (23.69%) Security Cleared
2 157 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 136 (17.32%) SC Cleared
4 104 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 101 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (11.34%) Migration
7 81 (10.32%) SharePoint
8 77 (9.81%) SAP
9 74 (9.43%) Oracle
10 62 (7.90%) Windows
11 59 (7.52%) Azure
12 57 (7.26%) Active Directory
12 57 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
13 56 (7.13%) Change Management
14 54 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
15 53 (6.75%) Performance Tuning
16 51 (6.50%) ITIL
17 50 (6.37%) SQL
18 47 (5.99%) SQL Server
19 44 (5.61%) Data Quality
19 44 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
19 44 (5.61%) Workflow
20 43 (5.48%) Linux
21 38 (4.84%) Data Management
21 38 (4.84%) Degree
21 38 (4.84%) DV Cleared
22 37 (4.71%) VMware
23 36 (4.59%) JIRA
24 35 (4.46%) DevOps
24 35 (4.46%) DNS

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 81 (10.32%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.91%) SharePoint 2013
4 14 (1.78%) Confluence
5 7 (0.89%) CMS
6 5 (0.64%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.51%) WordPress
8 3 (0.38%) IIS
9 1 (0.13%) CICS
9 1 (0.13%) Mendix
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 104 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.55%) Spreadsheet
4 14 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Windchill
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 9 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.76%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.25%) iTrent
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.13%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (7.52%) Azure
2 57 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (4.46%) SaaS
4 25 (3.18%) Power Platform
5 24 (3.06%) Google Workspace
6 21 (2.68%) AWS
6 21 (2.68%) Entra ID
7 20 (2.55%) GCP
8 14 (1.78%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 11 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.27%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.27%) ShareGate
12 9 (1.15%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.02%) Asana
14 7 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (0.89%) GitHub
15 5 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.64%) Google Sheets
15 5 (0.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.46%) DNS
2 17 (2.17%) SSL
3 15 (1.91%) DHCP
3 15 (1.91%) Firewall
4 11 (1.40%) DKIM
4 11 (1.40%) DMARC
5 10 (1.27%) SAN
6 8 (1.02%) Network Security
7 6 (0.76%) NAS
8 4 (0.51%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (0.51%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.51%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.38%) Intranet
9 3 (0.38%) Junos
9 3 (0.38%) LAN
9 3 (0.38%) SNMP
9 3 (0.38%) VPN
9 3 (0.38%) WAN
9 3 (0.38%) WebEx
9 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.99%) SQL Server
2 32 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.44%) Oracle Database
4 20 (2.55%) Power BI
5 19 (2.42%) MySQL
6 10 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.89%) Oracle Database 11g
9 6 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.76%) GIS
9 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.51%) Metadata
10 4 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
10 4 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.25%) Db2
Development Applications
1 36 (4.59%) JIRA
2 14 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.53%) GitLab
4 9 (1.15%) Git
5 5 (0.64%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.38%) MSI
7 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.25%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) Hudson
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Developer 2000
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 173 (22.04%) Social Skills
2 79 (10.06%) Finance
3 74 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 66 (8.41%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (3.69%) Legal
7 25 (3.18%) Aerospace
8 23 (2.93%) Banking
8 23 (2.93%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.78%) Aviation
11 13 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.40%) Marketing
13 10 (1.27%) Law
13 10 (1.27%) Military
14 9 (1.15%) Police
15 8 (1.02%) Publishing
16 7 (0.89%) Retail
17 6 (0.76%) Local Government
18 3 (0.38%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.80%) Middleware
2 17 (2.17%) ISPF
3 9 (1.15%) REST
4 8 (1.02%) SAP Basis
5 7 (0.89%) OAuth
6 6 (0.76%) LDAP
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.64%) Software Packaging
8 3 (0.38%) CSS
8 3 (0.38%) HTML
8 3 (0.38%) Kafka
8 3 (0.38%) XML
8 3 (0.38%) XMPP
9 2 (0.25%) .NET
9 2 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.25%) JSON
9 2 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.25%) YAML
10 1 (0.13%) OpenTelemetry
10 1 (0.13%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.80%) Clustering
3 22 (2.80%) Data Centre
4 20 (2.55%) Mainframe
5 14 (1.78%) Replication
5 14 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.53%) Freedom of Information
7 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.15%) NHS
9 8 (1.02%) Taxonomies
10 7 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.64%) CMDB
11 5 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.51%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.51%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.51%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.38%) Fat Client
13 3 (0.38%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.90%) Windows
2 43 (5.48%) Linux
3 27 (3.44%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (1.91%) Unix
6 13 (1.66%) zOS
7 7 (0.89%) AIX
8 6 (0.76%) CentOS
9 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.38%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.38%) Solaris
10 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.13%) Android
12 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.13%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (11.34%) Migration
3 56 (7.13%) Change Management
4 54 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (6.75%) Performance Tuning
6 51 (6.50%) ITIL
7 44 (5.61%) Workflow
8 38 (4.84%) Data Management
9 35 (4.46%) DevOps
10 33 (4.20%) Validation
11 28 (3.57%) Customer Service
11 28 (3.57%) High Availability
12 27 (3.44%) ERP
12 27 (3.44%) ITSM
13 26 (3.31%) Data Protection
13 26 (3.31%) Disaster Recovery
13 26 (3.31%) Service Management
14 25 (3.18%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (3.18%) SAP Security
15 24 (3.06%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 50 (6.37%) SQL
2 31 (3.95%) PowerShell
3 27 (3.44%) Python
4 14 (1.78%) Shell Script
5 9 (1.15%) Bash
6 7 (0.89%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.89%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.76%) C#
7 6 (0.76%) MATLAB
8 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.51%) COBOL
8 4 (0.51%) Java
8 4 (0.51%) JCL
8 4 (0.51%) REXX
9 3 (0.38%) CLIST
9 3 (0.38%) Groovy
9 3 (0.38%) Perl
10 2 (0.25%) C++
10 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 186 (23.69%) Security Cleared
2 136 (17.32%) SC Cleared
3 38 (4.84%) Degree
3 38 (4.84%) DV Cleared
4 29 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (1.02%) OCP
8 6 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.51%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.38%) CCA
11 3 (0.38%) CCNP
11 3 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.38%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.38%) MCSA
11 3 (0.38%) MCSE
11 3 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.25%) CCIE
12 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.61%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.44%) SLA
3 24 (3.06%) GDPR
4 14 (1.78%) QA
5 9 (1.15%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.51%) PMO
7 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.38%) NIST
8 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 57 (7.26%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.04%) RACF
4 10 (1.27%) Firmware
4 10 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.27%) Oracle RAC
4 10 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.51%) Docker
7 3 (0.38%) ACF2
7 3 (0.38%) PowerHA
7 3 (0.38%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.38%) vSphere
8 2 (0.25%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.25%) XenApp
8 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (2.55%) Ansible
2 18 (2.29%) SCCM
2 18 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (1.66%) OMEGAMON
4 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.40%) Terraform
6 10 (1.27%) Data Guard
7 8 (1.02%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.02%) Oracle RMAN
8 7 (0.89%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.89%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (0.76%) Check_MK
9 6 (0.76%) Podman
9 6 (0.76%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (0.76%) SCOM
9 6 (0.76%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.64%) Grafana
11 4 (0.51%) CA Endevor
11 4 (0.51%) WSUS
12 3 (0.38%) vMotion
Vendors
1 157 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 77 (9.81%) SAP
3 74 (9.43%) Oracle
4 37 (4.71%) VMware
5 35 (4.46%) Salesforce
6 34 (4.33%) Google
7 29 (3.69%) Avature
8 24 (3.06%) ServiceNow
9 22 (2.80%) IBM
10 18 (2.29%) Red Hat
11 17 (2.17%) Citrix
12 12 (1.53%) Cisco
13 9 (1.15%) Okta
14 7 (0.89%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.89%) Qualys
14 7 (0.89%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.76%) Juniper
15 6 (0.76%) Sage
16 5 (0.64%) Dynatrace
17 4 (0.51%) Brocade
296 Administrator jobs in England