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 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 163 119
Rank change year-on-year +10 -44 +59
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 733 414 717
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 1.70% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.84% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 198 340
10th Percentile £200 £191 £174
25th Percentile £350 £286 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £417 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.98% -1.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £490 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 74 233
10th Percentile £13.00 - £11.11
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.78
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +1.63% -46.92%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.38 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.22 £30.51 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.06 £14.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year +21.88% +1.63% -41.58%

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 39,165 22,521 34,505
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.41% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,166 14,805 22,602
10th Percentile £325 £289 £288
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,761 973 2,623
10th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.56 £29.33 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.32% -25.75% -12.22%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.73% -25.33% -16.67%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -15 186 £434 +2.06% 65
North of England -9 159 £438 +25.00% 68
East of England +31 111 £356 -16.67% 43
South East -12 110 £450 +12.50% 73
Midlands -27 96 £443 +34.09% 58
North West -12 87 £425 +21.43% 39
West Midlands -44 66 £445 +34.85% 39
South West -16 61 £525 +10.53% 53
Yorkshire -26 54 £438 -20.45% 20
East Midlands -5 30 £413 +32.00% 20
North East -12 18 £438 +94.44% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 185 (25.24%) Security Cleared
2 148 (20.19%) Microsoft
3 139 (18.96%) SC Cleared
4 103 (14.05%) Microsoft Excel
5 95 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (10.78%) Migration
7 78 (10.64%) SAP
8 65 (8.87%) SharePoint
9 62 (8.46%) Active Directory
9 62 (8.46%) Oracle
10 61 (8.32%) Linux
11 60 (8.19%) Change Management
12 57 (7.78%) Azure
12 57 (7.78%) Microsoft 365
13 55 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 55 (7.50%) Windows
14 46 (6.28%) Workflow
15 43 (5.87%) ITIL
16 42 (5.73%) Performance Tuning
17 41 (5.59%) DV Cleared
17 41 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
17 41 (5.59%) SQL
18 40 (5.46%) SaaS
19 38 (5.18%) Data Quality
19 38 (5.18%) Degree
19 38 (5.18%) Google
20 37 (5.05%) VMware
21 36 (4.91%) High Availability
22 35 (4.77%) Data Management
22 35 (4.77%) Salesforce

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 65 (8.87%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.91%) Confluence
4 12 (1.64%) SharePoint 2013
5 5 (0.68%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.55%) CMS
7 3 (0.41%) IIS
8 2 (0.27%) Drupal
8 2 (0.27%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 103 (14.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (3.27%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.41%) Maximo
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.41%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 57 (7.78%) Azure
1 57 (7.78%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (5.46%) SaaS
3 25 (3.41%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.27%) Google Workspace
5 21 (2.86%) AWS
5 21 (2.86%) GCP
5 21 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 14 (1.91%) Google Drive
7 11 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 8 (1.09%) Amazon S3
8 8 (1.09%) Asana
8 8 (1.09%) Power Automate
8 8 (1.09%) PowerApps
9 7 (0.95%) ShareGate
10 6 (0.82%) GitHub
10 6 (0.82%) IaaS
10 6 (0.82%) OpenShift
11 5 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.68%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.50%) DNS
2 16 (2.18%) DHCP
3 12 (1.64%) Network Security
4 11 (1.50%) DKIM
4 11 (1.50%) DMARC
4 11 (1.50%) Firewall
4 11 (1.50%) SAN
5 8 (1.09%) SSL
6 6 (0.82%) LAN
6 6 (0.82%) NAS
7 4 (0.55%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (0.55%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.41%) Intranet
8 3 (0.41%) PSTN
8 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.41%) VPN
8 3 (0.41%) WebEx
8 3 (0.41%) Wireless
9 2 (0.27%) OSPF
9 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.50%) Oracle Database
2 27 (3.68%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.32%) Power BI
5 10 (1.36%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.36%) MySQL
6 9 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.95%) Oracle Database 11g
7 7 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.82%) GIS
8 6 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.55%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.41%) Metadata
11 3 (0.41%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.27%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 33 (4.50%) JIRA
2 19 (2.59%) GitLab
2 19 (2.59%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.18%) Git
4 5 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.27%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.27%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.27%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Hudson
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 159 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 74 (10.10%) Finance
3 70 (9.55%) Public Sector
4 66 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (3.68%) Aerospace
7 25 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.00%) Legal
9 19 (2.59%) Banking
10 16 (2.18%) Aviation
11 14 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.64%) Military
12 12 (1.64%) Publishing
13 10 (1.36%) Law
13 10 (1.36%) Marketing
14 9 (1.23%) Local Government
14 9 (1.23%) Police
15 8 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.95%) Retail
16 7 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.86%) Middleware
2 15 (2.05%) SAP Basis
3 11 (1.50%) ISPF
3 11 (1.50%) LDAP
4 7 (0.95%) OAuth
4 7 (0.95%) REST
5 5 (0.68%) CSS
5 5 (0.68%) HTML
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.55%) .NET
6 4 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.41%) jQuery
7 3 (0.41%) JSON
7 3 (0.41%) Software Packaging
7 3 (0.41%) XML
7 3 (0.41%) XMPP
7 3 (0.41%) YAML
8 2 (0.27%) Kafka
9 1 (0.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.50%) Onboarding
2 31 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 14 (1.91%) Clustering
4 14 (1.91%) Mainframe
4 14 (1.91%) Taxonomies
5 12 (1.64%) Freedom of Information
6 10 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.36%) NHS
6 10 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.23%) Replication
8 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (0.95%) PKI
10 6 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.55%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.55%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.41%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.41%) Life Science
13 3 (0.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 61 (8.32%) Linux
2 55 (7.50%) Windows
3 25 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 23 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.91%) Unix
6 12 (1.64%) CentOS
7 7 (0.95%) AIX
7 7 (0.95%) zOS
8 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.27%) Debian
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.14%) Android
11 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.14%) MVS
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (10.78%) Migration
3 60 (8.19%) Change Management
4 55 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (6.28%) Workflow
6 43 (5.87%) ITIL
7 42 (5.73%) Performance Tuning
8 36 (4.91%) High Availability
9 35 (4.77%) Data Management
10 29 (3.96%) Data Entry
11 28 (3.82%) Data Protection
11 28 (3.82%) DevOps
12 27 (3.68%) Customer Service
13 26 (3.55%) Time Management
13 26 (3.55%) Validation
14 25 (3.41%) ITSM
14 25 (3.41%) SAP Security
15 24 (3.27%) Data Governance
15 24 (3.27%) ERP
16 22 (3.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.59%) SQL
2 31 (4.23%) PowerShell
3 26 (3.55%) Python
4 21 (2.86%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.50%) MATLAB
5 11 (1.50%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.23%) Bash
6 9 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.82%) C#
8 4 (0.55%) COBOL
8 4 (0.55%) JCL
8 4 (0.55%) REXX
9 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.41%) CLIST
9 3 (0.41%) Groovy
9 3 (0.41%) Perl
10 2 (0.27%) C++
10 2 (0.27%) Java
10 2 (0.27%) VBA
11 1 (0.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 185 (25.24%) Security Cleared
2 139 (18.96%) SC Cleared
3 41 (5.59%) DV Cleared
4 38 (5.18%) Degree
5 31 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.82%) OCP
7 6 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.68%) CCNP
8 5 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (0.55%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.41%) CCA
10 3 (0.41%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.41%) MCSA
10 3 (0.41%) MCSE
11 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.18%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.64%) SLA
3 22 (3.00%) GDPR
4 8 (1.09%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.09%) QA
5 4 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 4 (0.55%) PMO
6 3 (0.41%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.41%) NIST
7 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) HL7
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 62 (8.46%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.91%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.36%) RACF
6 9 (1.23%) Firmware
7 7 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.68%) Docker
10 3 (0.41%) ACF2
10 3 (0.41%) PowerHA
10 3 (0.41%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.41%) vSphere
11 2 (0.27%) HDFS
11 2 (0.27%) QEMU
11 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.27%) XenApp
11 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 25 (3.41%) Ansible
1 25 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (2.32%) SCCM
3 13 (1.77%) Podman
4 11 (1.50%) Check_MK
4 11 (1.50%) Red Hat Satellite
5 10 (1.36%) Oracle RMAN
6 9 (1.23%) Data Guard
6 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.23%) Terraform
7 8 (1.09%) Kubernetes
8 7 (0.95%) OMEGAMON
8 7 (0.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (0.82%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.82%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.68%) Grafana
10 5 (0.68%) SCOM
11 4 (0.55%) CA Endevor
11 4 (0.55%) WSUS
12 3 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 148 (20.19%) Microsoft
2 78 (10.64%) SAP
3 62 (8.46%) Oracle
4 38 (5.18%) Google
5 37 (5.05%) VMware
6 35 (4.77%) Salesforce
7 29 (3.96%) Avature
8 26 (3.55%) Red Hat
9 23 (3.14%) ServiceNow
10 16 (2.18%) IBM
11 15 (2.05%) Okta
12 14 (1.91%) Cisco
13 13 (1.77%) Citrix
14 8 (1.09%) SolarWinds
15 7 (0.95%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.95%) Sage
16 4 (0.55%) Brocade
16 4 (0.55%) Dell
16 4 (0.55%) NetApp
16 4 (0.55%) Qualys