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 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 148 128
Rank change year-on-year -2 -20 +57
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 791 495 660
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 1.82% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 1.98% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 215 320
10th Percentile £200 £192 £175
25th Percentile £350 £281 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -11.11% +5.88%
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 188 115 202
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.13
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.25 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% +8.93% -37.78%
75th Percentile £22.68 £22.63 £18.72
90th Percentile £28.85 £26.51 £48.72
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year +12.90% +10.71% -24.26%

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 41,375 24,958 34,084
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 91.99% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,305 16,240 22,316
10th Percentile £325 £293 £300
25th Percentile £423 £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 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,977 1,223 2,453
10th Percentile £16.03 £13.79 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.99 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.78% -29.55% -6.98%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.02 £75.00 £74.91
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £40.00
% change year-on-year +70.13% -33.88% -5.88%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +9 208 £438 +4.98% 73
London -37 175 £438 +5.29% 49
South East -17 139 £500 +25.79% 89
North West -12 119 £438 +21.87% 42
Midlands -20 109 £445 +31.85% 45
East of England +27 98 £300 -25.00% 37
West Midlands -51 72 £445 +36.92% 25
Yorkshire -5 70 £466 -11.33% 23
South West -40 51 £475 - 44
East Midlands +16 37 £319 -8.93% 20
North East -23 19 £438 -2.78% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 187 (23.64%) Security Cleared
2 156 (19.72%) Microsoft
3 136 (17.19%) SC Cleared
4 103 (13.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 103 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (11.88%) Migration
6 83 (10.49%) SharePoint
7 81 (10.24%) Oracle
8 76 (9.61%) SAP
9 59 (7.46%) Azure
9 59 (7.46%) Windows
10 58 (7.33%) Performance Tuning
11 57 (7.21%) SQL
12 56 (7.08%) Active Directory
12 56 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
13 55 (6.95%) Change Management
14 54 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 52 (6.57%) ITIL
15 52 (6.57%) SQL Server
16 47 (5.94%) Data Quality
17 45 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
17 45 (5.69%) Workflow
18 43 (5.44%) Linux
19 39 (4.93%) Degree
19 39 (4.93%) DV Cleared
20 37 (4.68%) Data Management
20 37 (4.68%) JIRA
20 37 (4.68%) VMware
21 36 (4.55%) DNS
22 35 (4.42%) DevOps

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 (10.49%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.90%) SharePoint 2013
4 14 (1.77%) Confluence
5 7 (0.88%) CMS
6 5 (0.63%) 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%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 103 (13.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.40%) Spreadsheet
4 13 (1.64%) 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 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.76%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.38%) iTrent
5 3 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
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 (7.46%) Azure
2 56 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (4.42%) SaaS
4 24 (3.03%) Google Workspace
4 24 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 21 (2.65%) AWS
6 20 (2.53%) Entra ID
6 20 (2.53%) GCP
7 14 (1.77%) Google Drive
8 12 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 11 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.26%) ShareGate
11 9 (1.14%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.14%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.01%) Asana
13 7 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (0.88%) GitHub
14 5 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (0.63%) IaaS
14 5 (0.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.55%) DNS
2 17 (2.15%) SSL
3 16 (2.02%) Firewall
4 15 (1.90%) DHCP
5 11 (1.39%) DKIM
5 11 (1.39%) DMARC
6 9 (1.14%) SAN
7 8 (1.01%) Network Security
8 6 (0.76%) NAS
9 4 (0.51%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (0.51%) NetScaler
10 3 (0.38%) BGP
10 3 (0.38%) Intranet
10 3 (0.38%) Junos
10 3 (0.38%) LAN
10 3 (0.38%) SNMP
10 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.38%) VPN
10 3 (0.38%) WebEx
10 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 35 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (3.79%) Oracle Database
4 19 (2.40%) MySQL
4 19 (2.40%) Power BI
5 10 (1.26%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.88%) Oracle Database 11g
8 6 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.76%) GIS
8 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.51%) Metadata
9 4 (0.51%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
9 4 (0.51%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (4.68%) JIRA
2 12 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.26%) GitLab
4 8 (1.01%) Git
5 5 (0.63%) 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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.25%) Toad
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%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 170 (21.49%) Social Skills
2 77 (9.73%) Finance
3 75 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.98%) Public Sector
5 66 (8.34%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (3.67%) Legal
7 25 (3.16%) Aerospace
8 24 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 23 (2.91%) Banking
10 16 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.77%) Aviation
12 12 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.39%) Marketing
13 11 (1.39%) Military
14 10 (1.26%) Law
15 9 (1.14%) Police
16 8 (1.01%) Publishing
17 7 (0.88%) Retail
18 5 (0.63%) Local Government
19 3 (0.38%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.65%) Middleware
2 15 (1.90%) ISPF
3 9 (1.14%) REST
4 8 (1.01%) SAP Basis
5 7 (0.88%) OAuth
6 5 (0.63%) LDAP
6 5 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.63%) Software Packaging
7 4 (0.51%) CSS
7 4 (0.51%) HTML
8 3 (0.38%) .NET
8 3 (0.38%) Kafka
8 3 (0.38%) XML
8 3 (0.38%) XMPP
9 2 (0.25%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.25%) jQuery
9 2 (0.25%) JSON
9 2 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Streams
9 2 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (3.92%) Management Information System
2 27 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.91%) Data Centre
4 22 (2.78%) Clustering
5 18 (2.28%) Mainframe
6 16 (2.02%) Replication
7 14 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.52%) Freedom of Information
9 10 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.14%) NHS
11 8 (1.01%) Taxonomies
12 7 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.63%) CMDB
15 4 (0.51%) Cloud Native
15 4 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.51%) PKI
15 4 (0.51%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.51%) Security Posture
16 3 (0.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 59 (7.46%) Windows
2 43 (5.44%) Linux
3 28 (3.54%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (1.90%) Unix
6 13 (1.64%) zOS
7 7 (0.88%) AIX
8 5 (0.63%) CentOS
9 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
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
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%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (11.88%) Migration
3 58 (7.33%) Performance Tuning
4 55 (6.95%) Change Management
5 54 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (6.57%) ITIL
7 45 (5.69%) Workflow
8 37 (4.68%) Data Management
9 35 (4.42%) DevOps
10 34 (4.30%) Validation
11 29 (3.67%) Customer Service
11 29 (3.67%) High Availability
12 28 (3.54%) Disaster Recovery
13 27 (3.41%) Data Protection
13 27 (3.41%) ERP
14 26 (3.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 26 (3.29%) Root Cause Analysis
14 26 (3.29%) Service Management
15 25 (3.16%) SAP Security
16 24 (3.03%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 57 (7.21%) SQL
2 32 (4.05%) PowerShell
3 27 (3.41%) Python
4 13 (1.64%) Shell Script
5 9 (1.14%) Bash
6 8 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.88%) C#
7 7 (0.88%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.63%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.51%) Java
10 3 (0.38%) Groovy
10 3 (0.38%) Perl
11 2 (0.25%) C++
11 2 (0.25%) COBOL
11 2 (0.25%) JCL
11 2 (0.25%) REXX
11 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.13%) Go
12 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 187 (23.64%) Security Cleared
2 136 (17.19%) SC Cleared
3 39 (4.93%) Degree
3 39 (4.93%) DV Cleared
4 27 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.14%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (1.01%) OCP
8 6 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.63%) 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 47 (5.94%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.16%) GDPR
3 24 (3.03%) SLA
4 15 (1.90%) QA
5 9 (1.14%) 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 56 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.77%) Oracle RAC
3 14 (1.77%) RACF
4 10 (1.26%) Firmware
4 10 (1.26%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.51%) Docker
7 3 (0.38%) PowerHA
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%) ACF2
9 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 19 (2.40%) Ansible
2 18 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (2.15%) SCCM
4 14 (1.77%) Data Guard
5 13 (1.64%) OMEGAMON
6 12 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.39%) Terraform
8 10 (1.26%) Oracle RMAN
9 7 (0.88%) Kubernetes
10 6 (0.76%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.76%) SCOM
10 6 (0.76%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.63%) Check_MK
11 5 (0.63%) Podman
11 5 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.51%) Grafana
12 4 (0.51%) WSUS
13 3 (0.38%) vMotion
14 2 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 156 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.24%) Oracle
3 76 (9.61%) SAP
4 37 (4.68%) VMware
5 35 (4.42%) Salesforce
6 34 (4.30%) Google
7 29 (3.67%) Avature
8 23 (2.91%) ServiceNow
9 22 (2.78%) IBM
10 18 (2.28%) Red Hat
11 17 (2.15%) Citrix
12 13 (1.64%) Cisco
13 9 (1.14%) Okta
14 8 (1.01%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.88%) Juniper
15 7 (0.88%) Qualys
15 7 (0.88%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.76%) Sage
17 5 (0.63%) Dynatrace
18 4 (0.51%) Brocade