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 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 148 153
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +36
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 881 524 532
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.93% 1.90% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.09% 2.08% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 211 279
10th Percentile £200 £188 £180
25th Percentile £356 £263 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £569
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 242 132 89
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.86 £13.46 £12.18
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -3.13% -31.15%
75th Percentile £21.08 £22.47 £23.75
90th Percentile £27.90 £26.51 £51.91
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +3.23% -3.13% -27.27%

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 42,233 25,214 30,900
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.54% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,442 16,270 19,985
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £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 3,231 1,370 1,701
10th Percentile £15.20 £13.64 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.45 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.23 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.48% -43.94% +2.60%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.68% -41.51% -1.58%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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
London -13 219 £450 +12.50% 93
North of England +9 214 £438 +7.36% 111
South East -12 160 £513 +29.75% 163
Midlands -4 136 £445 +27.14% 90
North West -8 120 £438 +34.62% 51
East of England +24 98 £300 -20.00% 54
West Midlands -21 83 £448 +32.59% 52
Yorkshire +8 69 £444 -19.32% 34
East Midlands +20 53 £319 -75.48% 39
South West -57 45 £463 -3.65% 67
North East -18 25 £438 +45.83% 28
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 (22.59%) Microsoft
2 192 (21.79%) Security Cleared
3 147 (16.69%) SC Cleared
4 116 (13.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 115 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
6 111 (12.60%) Migration
7 89 (10.10%) SharePoint
8 88 (9.99%) Oracle
9 78 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
10 77 (8.74%) SQL
11 74 (8.40%) SAP
12 71 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
13 67 (7.60%) Windows
14 66 (7.49%) Performance Tuning
15 62 (7.04%) SQL Server
16 61 (6.92%) Azure
17 60 (6.81%) Data Quality
17 60 (6.81%) ITIL
18 59 (6.70%) Active Directory
18 59 (6.70%) Customer Service
19 58 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
20 50 (5.68%) Validation
21 49 (5.56%) Change Management
22 48 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
23 46 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
23 46 (5.22%) Workflow
24 45 (5.11%) Data Entry
24 45 (5.11%) Linux
24 45 (5.11%) VMware
25 43 (4.88%) 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 89 (10.10%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.82%) SharePoint 2013
4 14 (1.59%) Confluence
5 12 (1.36%) CMS
6 5 (0.57%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.45%) JBoss
8 3 (0.34%) IIS
8 3 (0.34%) WordPress
9 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.11%) CICS
10 1 (0.11%) Mendix
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 116 (13.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.45%) Windchill
6 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.91%) NetSuite
1 8 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.68%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.45%) iTrent
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.34%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Maximo
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 71 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (6.92%) Azure
3 35 (3.97%) AWS
4 33 (3.75%) SaaS
5 26 (2.95%) Google Workspace
6 24 (2.72%) Power Platform
7 23 (2.61%) Entra ID
8 20 (2.27%) GCP
9 15 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.59%) Google Drive
11 12 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 10 (1.14%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.14%) ShareGate
14 9 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (0.91%) Asana
15 8 (0.91%) AWS KMS
15 8 (0.91%) Google Sheets
15 8 (0.91%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.97%) DNS
2 18 (2.04%) SSL
3 15 (1.70%) DHCP
4 14 (1.59%) Firewall
5 11 (1.25%) DKIM
5 11 (1.25%) DMARC
5 11 (1.25%) SAN
6 5 (0.57%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.57%) NAS
7 4 (0.45%) Network Security
7 4 (0.45%) SNMP
7 4 (0.45%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (0.34%) Intranet
8 3 (0.34%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
8 3 (0.34%) Wireless
9 2 (0.23%) Junos
9 2 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (3.52%) Oracle Database
4 25 (2.84%) MySQL
5 21 (2.38%) Power BI
6 16 (1.82%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.70%) Amazon Aurora
7 15 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.91%) Oracle Database 11g
9 8 (0.91%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.79%) Redis
11 6 (0.68%) GIS
12 5 (0.57%) Metadata
12 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.45%) Big Data
13 4 (0.45%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
13 4 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 39 (4.43%) JIRA
2 8 (0.91%) Git
2 8 (0.91%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.79%) GitLab
4 4 (0.45%) ScriptRunner
5 2 (0.23%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.23%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.23%) MSI
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.23%) Toad
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Hudson
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 226 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 106 (12.03%) Organisational Skills
3 87 (9.88%) Finance
4 81 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (8.74%) Public Sector
6 32 (3.63%) Manufacturing
7 24 (2.72%) Legal
8 21 (2.38%) Banking
9 20 (2.27%) Aerospace
10 15 (1.70%) Marketing
11 14 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.36%) Military
13 11 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.25%) Law
13 11 (1.25%) Police
14 10 (1.14%) Aviation
14 10 (1.14%) Retail
15 9 (1.02%) Local Government
16 5 (0.57%) Back Office
16 5 (0.57%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.27%) Middleware
2 16 (1.82%) Terraform
3 14 (1.59%) ISPF
4 11 (1.25%) REST
5 8 (0.91%) OAuth
5 8 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (0.79%) HTML
7 6 (0.68%) CSS
8 5 (0.57%) Kafka
8 5 (0.57%) SAP Basis
9 4 (0.45%) .NET
9 4 (0.45%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.45%) jQuery
9 4 (0.45%) LDAP
9 4 (0.45%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.34%) XML
11 2 (0.23%) JDBC
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Streams
11 2 (0.23%) PCRE
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.11%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.31%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.52%) Clustering
4 23 (2.61%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.61%) Replication
5 15 (1.70%) Mainframe
6 12 (1.36%) Freedom of Information
7 11 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.68%) NHS
10 5 (0.57%) CMDB
10 5 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.57%) PKI
10 5 (0.57%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.45%) Blog
11 4 (0.45%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.34%) BYOD
12 3 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.34%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 67 (7.60%) Windows
2 45 (5.11%) Linux
3 29 (3.29%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.93%) Unix
6 14 (1.59%) zOS
7 8 (0.91%) AIX
8 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.45%) CentOS
9 4 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.45%) Solaris
9 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.11%) Android
11 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (12.60%) Migration
3 66 (7.49%) Performance Tuning
4 60 (6.81%) ITIL
5 59 (6.70%) Customer Service
6 58 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (5.68%) Validation
8 49 (5.56%) Change Management
9 48 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 46 (5.22%) Workflow
11 45 (5.11%) Data Entry
12 41 (4.65%) High Availability
13 39 (4.43%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (4.31%) CRM
15 36 (4.09%) DevOps
16 35 (3.97%) Data Management
16 35 (3.97%) ERP
17 32 (3.63%) Data Protection
17 32 (3.63%) Root Cause Analysis
18 29 (3.29%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 77 (8.74%) SQL
2 34 (3.86%) PowerShell
3 29 (3.29%) Python
4 10 (1.14%) C#
4 10 (1.14%) Shell Script
5 9 (1.02%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.91%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.79%) Perl
8 6 (0.68%) Bash
9 5 (0.57%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.57%) Java
10 4 (0.45%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.34%) Groovy
12 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.11%) Bicep
13 1 (0.11%) COBOL
13 1 (0.11%) JCL
13 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.11%) SOQL
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 192 (21.79%) Security Cleared
2 147 (16.69%) SC Cleared
3 38 (4.31%) Degree
4 36 (4.09%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.79%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
8 6 (0.68%) OCP
9 5 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.45%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.45%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.34%) CCA
11 3 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.34%) MCSA
11 3 (0.34%) MCSE
11 3 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.11%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.81%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.41%) QA
3 25 (2.84%) GDPR
4 17 (1.93%) SLA
5 11 (1.25%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.57%) PMO
7 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.11%) GMP
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) GxP
9 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.11%) HL7
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (6.70%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.70%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.48%) RACF
5 12 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.14%) Firmware
7 9 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.57%) PowerHA
10 3 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.34%) Docker
10 3 (0.34%) 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 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.11%) OpenSSH
12 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (2.04%) SCCM
2 16 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (1.70%) Data Guard
4 14 (1.59%) Ansible
5 13 (1.48%) OMEGAMON
6 10 (1.14%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (0.91%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (0.79%) SCOM
9 6 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.68%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.57%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (0.57%) WSUS
11 4 (0.45%) Check_MK
11 4 (0.45%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.45%) Podman
11 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 199 (22.59%) Microsoft
2 88 (9.99%) Oracle
3 74 (8.40%) SAP
4 45 (5.11%) VMware
5 43 (4.88%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.97%) Google
7 28 (3.18%) Avature
8 23 (2.61%) IBM
9 16 (1.82%) Red Hat
10 14 (1.59%) Cisco
10 14 (1.59%) Citrix
11 11 (1.25%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.91%) Okta
12 8 (0.91%) Remedy
13 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.79%) Qualys
14 6 (0.68%) Juniper
14 6 (0.68%) Sage
14 6 (0.68%) SolarWinds
15 5 (0.57%) BMC