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 7 January 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 147 155
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +61
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 527 490 582
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 1.79% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.93% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 190 342
10th Percentile £163 £206 £176
25th Percentile £300 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £594 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 42 70
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.64 £13.01
Median hourly rate £17.69 £19.75 £17.82
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +10.86% +4.79%
75th Percentile £21.44 £25.62 £33.75
90th Percentile £27.70 £57.62 £56.58
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £20.94 £17.63
% change year-on-year -18.82% +18.77% +3.71%

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 28,953 25,391 33,623
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 92.84% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,523 15,730 22,908
10th Percentile £300 £300 £280
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,747 792 1,477
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.15 £74.99 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.78 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.60% -26.97% +36.75%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -4 165 £400 -5.88% 52
North of England -29 103 £402 +0.50% 67
South East -36 79 £400 +8.84% 72
South West +3 74 £529 +5.22% 27
North West -15 59 £400 +18.52% 35
Midlands -28 58 £385 +0.52% 32
East of England -5 49 £450 +66.67% 56
West Midlands -21 45 £325 -1.52% 13
Yorkshire -37 38 £420 -23.64% 23
East Midlands -27 13 £1,300 +239.43% 17
North East -14 6 £140 -61.38% 10
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 January 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.

1 144 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 121 (22.96%) Security Cleared
3 87 (16.51%) SC Cleared
4 78 (14.80%) Microsoft Excel
5 75 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (11.95%) Linux
7 62 (11.76%) Windows
8 56 (10.63%) Migration
9 54 (10.25%) Azure
10 51 (9.68%) DevOps
10 51 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
11 50 (9.49%) SharePoint
12 48 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
12 48 (9.11%) SAP
13 45 (8.54%) Change Management
14 43 (8.16%) ITIL
15 39 (7.40%) Active Directory
16 36 (6.83%) Python
17 35 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (6.45%) Agile
18 34 (6.45%) SQL
19 33 (6.26%) PowerShell
20 32 (6.07%) Data Protection
20 32 (6.07%) JIRA
20 32 (6.07%) Time Management
21 30 (5.69%) DV Cleared
22 29 (5.50%) CI/CD
22 29 (5.50%) Oracle
23 28 (5.31%) Ansible
23 28 (5.31%) Customer Service

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 50 (9.49%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.04%) Confluence
2 16 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.76%) CMS
4 2 (0.38%) Drupal
4 2 (0.38%) Moodle
4 2 (0.38%) NetWeaver
4 2 (0.38%) SAS
4 2 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 78 (14.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.09%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.76%) Trello
6 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.19%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.76%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.57%) Maximo
4 3 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.38%) ContrOCC
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.38%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.19%) iTrent
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.19%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (10.25%) Azure
2 48 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (5.12%) Entra ID
4 24 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 22 (4.17%) AWS
6 14 (2.66%) Serverless
7 13 (2.47%) GCP
7 13 (2.47%) GitHub
7 13 (2.47%) SaaS
8 12 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (1.90%) OpenShift
11 9 (1.71%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.71%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.52%) Azure Functions
12 8 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (1.52%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.33%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.61%) Network Security
2 17 (3.23%) Firewall
3 16 (3.04%) DNS
4 11 (2.09%) VPN
5 10 (1.90%) DHCP
6 7 (1.33%) LAN
7 5 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.95%) VLAN
7 5 (0.95%) WebEx
7 5 (0.95%) Wireless
8 4 (0.76%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.76%) WAN
9 3 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.57%) SAN
9 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.57%) VoIP
9 3 (0.57%) WLAN
10 2 (0.38%) H.323
10 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.38%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (2.85%) Power BI
3 13 (2.47%) MongoDB
3 13 (2.47%) Oracle Database
4 12 (2.28%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.09%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.95%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.95%) Tableau
9 4 (0.76%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.76%) MySQL
10 3 (0.57%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.57%) Big Data
10 3 (0.57%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.57%) DB2
10 3 (0.57%) Impala
10 3 (0.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 32 (6.07%) JIRA
2 20 (3.80%) Git
3 12 (2.28%) GitLab
4 11 (2.09%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.95%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.95%) Subversion
6 4 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
General
1 149 (28.27%) Social Skills
2 77 (14.61%) Finance
3 46 (8.73%) Organisational Skills
4 39 (7.40%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.36%) Banking
7 20 (3.80%) Legal
8 16 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.85%) Aerospace
9 15 (2.85%) Marketing
10 12 (2.28%) Retail
11 9 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.52%) Aviation
13 6 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.95%) Military
15 4 (0.76%) Electronics
15 4 (0.76%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.76%) French Language
15 4 (0.76%) Local Government
15 4 (0.76%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.28%) REST
2 10 (1.90%) .NET
3 9 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (1.71%) JSON
3 9 (1.71%) SAP Basis
4 8 (1.52%) ISPF
5 7 (1.33%) Node.js
5 7 (1.33%) YAML
6 6 (1.14%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.14%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.14%) LDAP
7 5 (0.95%) Middleware
7 5 (0.95%) XML
8 3 (0.57%) HTML
8 3 (0.57%) Kafka
8 3 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.57%) OAuth
8 3 (0.57%) OpenID
8 3 (0.57%) SAML
8 3 (0.57%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.63%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.85%) Management Information System
2 15 (2.85%) PKI
3 9 (1.71%) Cloud Native
3 9 (1.71%) Clustering
3 9 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (1.71%) Mainframe
3 9 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.33%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.33%) NHS
5 7 (1.33%) Replication
6 6 (1.14%) Taxonomies
7 5 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.76%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.76%) Hedge funds
8 4 (0.76%) SCADA
8 4 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 63 (11.95%) Linux
2 62 (11.76%) Windows
3 25 (4.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.71%) CentOS
5 9 (1.71%) Unix
6 7 (1.33%) Solaris
6 7 (1.33%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.76%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.57%) VMS
8 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.38%) AIX
9 2 (0.38%) Debian
9 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.19%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (10.63%) Migration
3 51 (9.68%) DevOps
4 45 (8.54%) Change Management
5 43 (8.16%) ITIL
6 35 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (6.45%) Agile
8 32 (6.07%) Data Protection
8 32 (6.07%) Time Management
9 29 (5.50%) CI/CD
10 28 (5.31%) Customer Service
11 27 (5.12%) Data Entry
12 25 (4.74%) Project Delivery
13 24 (4.55%) Data Management
14 23 (4.36%) High Availability
15 22 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (4.17%) Performance Tuning
15 22 (4.17%) Process Improvement
15 22 (4.17%) Task Automation
16 21 (3.98%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.83%) Python
2 34 (6.45%) SQL
3 33 (6.26%) PowerShell
4 24 (4.55%) Bash
5 20 (3.80%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.90%) C#
7 8 (1.52%) CLIST
7 8 (1.52%) COBOL
7 8 (1.52%) JCL
7 8 (1.52%) REXX
8 7 (1.33%) Perl
9 5 (0.95%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.95%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.76%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.57%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.38%) Bicep
12 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.38%) VBA
13 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 121 (22.96%) Security Cleared
2 87 (16.51%) SC Cleared
3 30 (5.69%) DV Cleared
4 18 (3.42%) Degree
5 17 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.52%) MOS
8 7 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.95%) CCNP
10 3 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.57%) CCIE
10 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.57%) HNC
11 2 (0.38%) OCP
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.38%) RHCE
11 2 (0.38%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.19%) CWSP
12 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.93%) SLA
2 22 (4.17%) GDPR
3 13 (2.47%) PMO
4 9 (1.71%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.52%) QA
6 4 (0.76%) NIST
6 4 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.38%) NCSC
7 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) GAMP
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 39 (7.40%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.52%) ACF2
3 8 (1.52%) RACF
3 8 (1.52%) Time Sharing Option
4 7 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.14%) Docker
5 6 (1.14%) Firmware
6 5 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.76%) KVM
7 4 (0.76%) NFS
7 4 (0.76%) Veritas File System
7 4 (0.76%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 3 (0.57%) HDFS
9 2 (0.38%) QEMU
9 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.19%) GPFS
10 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (5.31%) Ansible
2 18 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.23%) SCCM
4 12 (2.28%) Red Hat Satellite
4 12 (2.28%) Terraform
5 10 (1.90%) Kubernetes
6 9 (1.71%) Grafana
6 9 (1.71%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.52%) CA Endevor
8 7 (1.33%) Norton AntiVirus
8 7 (1.33%) Podman
8 7 (1.33%) Tivoli
8 7 (1.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (0.95%) Check_MK
10 4 (0.76%) QRadar
11 2 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.38%) Packer
11 2 (0.38%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 144 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.11%) SAP
3 29 (5.50%) Oracle
4 27 (5.12%) Red Hat
4 27 (5.12%) VMware
5 21 (3.98%) ServiceNow
6 17 (3.23%) Google
7 14 (2.66%) Workday
8 13 (2.47%) Cisco
8 13 (2.47%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.28%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.90%) Dell
11 8 (1.52%) Symantec
12 7 (1.33%) HP
12 7 (1.33%) McAfee
12 7 (1.33%) Okta
13 5 (0.95%) IFS
13 5 (0.95%) Splunk
14 4 (0.76%) Cloudera
14 4 (0.76%) CyberArk