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 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 173 124
Rank change year-on-year +20 -49 +54
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 690 382 690
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 1.57% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 1.69% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 186 335
10th Percentile £200 £198 £159
25th Percentile £318 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £575
90th Percentile £590 £580 £595
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -4.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 65 219
10th Percentile £13.10 - £11.09
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £11.95
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.01% -48.23%
75th Percentile £22.63 £23.00 £17.26
90th Percentile £56.60 £30.63 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £16.98 £14.90 £13.05
% change year-on-year +13.93% +14.18% -49.76%

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 37,365 22,563 34,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.56% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,363 15,023 22,839
10th Percentile £313 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,529 906 2,437
10th Percentile £15.72 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.45 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +54.35% -16.20% -18.83%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.66
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.42
% change year-on-year +51.72% -20.37% -19.07%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -20 177 £425 - 78
North of England -9 152 £425 +18.38% 78
East of England +32 111 £360 -16.28% 33
Midlands -22 95 £443 +34.09% 62
North West -14 86 £408 +14.95% 33
South East -27 86 £350 -15.15% 92
West Midlands -34 66 £440 +33.33% 41
South West -7 63 £525 +11.70% 37
Yorkshire -15 52 £438 -20.45% 32
East Midlands -6 29 £475 +17.21% 21
North East -9 14 £438 +29.63% 13
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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.

1 166 (24.06%) Security Cleared
2 146 (21.16%) Microsoft
3 130 (18.84%) SC Cleared
4 107 (15.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 88 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (11.16%) SAP
7 67 (9.71%) Linux
8 64 (9.28%) Migration
9 60 (8.70%) Change Management
10 58 (8.41%) Azure
11 55 (7.97%) Active Directory
11 55 (7.97%) Oracle
12 52 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
13 51 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (6.96%) SharePoint
15 45 (6.52%) Windows
16 41 (5.94%) Workflow
17 40 (5.80%) ITIL
17 40 (5.80%) SaaS
18 39 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
19 38 (5.51%) SLA
20 36 (5.22%) Google
21 35 (5.07%) SQL
22 33 (4.78%) DevOps
22 33 (4.78%) High Availability
22 33 (4.78%) Performance Tuning
23 31 (4.49%) Data Protection
23 31 (4.49%) DV Cleared
23 31 (4.49%) Python
24 30 (4.35%) ServiceNow

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 48 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.74%) Confluence
4 4 (0.58%) CMS
4 4 (0.58%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.43%) IIS
6 2 (0.29%) Drupal
6 2 (0.29%) Moodle
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 107 (15.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.62%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.58%) Maximo
2 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.58%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.14%) iTrent
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.14%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 58 (8.41%) Azure
2 52 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (5.80%) SaaS
4 28 (4.06%) Entra ID
5 22 (3.19%) AWS
5 22 (3.19%) GCP
5 22 (3.19%) Google Workspace
6 18 (2.61%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.17%) Google Drive
8 12 (1.74%) OpenShift
9 10 (1.45%) Amazon S3
9 10 (1.45%) Serverless
10 8 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.16%) GitHub
10 8 (1.16%) IaaS
11 7 (1.01%) PaaS
11 7 (1.01%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.87%) Asana
12 6 (0.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.06%) DNS
2 14 (2.03%) Firewall
2 14 (2.03%) Network Security
3 12 (1.74%) DHCP
4 9 (1.30%) DKIM
4 9 (1.30%) DMARC
4 9 (1.30%) SAN
4 9 (1.30%) VPN
5 8 (1.16%) LAN
6 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.58%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.58%) NAS
6 4 (0.58%) WAN
6 4 (0.58%) WebEx
6 4 (0.58%) WLAN
7 3 (0.43%) Intranet
7 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.43%) VoIP
7 3 (0.43%) Wireless
8 2 (0.29%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (3.62%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.33%) Oracle Database
4 16 (2.32%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.74%) Power BI
6 11 (1.59%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.30%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.16%) MySQL
9 7 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (1.01%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.72%) Oracle Database 11g
10 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.72%) Tableau
11 4 (0.58%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.58%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (0.43%) Apache Hive
12 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.43%) Big Data
12 3 (0.43%) Impala
Development Applications
1 29 (4.20%) JIRA
2 20 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.61%) GitLab
4 16 (2.32%) Git
5 5 (0.72%) ScriptRunner
5 5 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.29%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.14%) Hudson
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 145 (21.01%) Social Skills
2 73 (10.58%) Finance
3 65 (9.42%) Public Sector
4 56 (8.12%) Organisational Skills
5 55 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.04%) Aerospace
7 21 (3.04%) Legal
8 19 (2.75%) Banking
9 12 (1.74%) Marketing
9 12 (1.74%) Military
9 12 (1.74%) Publishing
10 10 (1.45%) Aviation
10 10 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.30%) Law
12 8 (1.16%) Local Government
13 7 (1.01%) Retail
13 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.87%) Police
15 5 (0.72%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.17%) SAP Basis
2 11 (1.59%) Middleware
3 10 (1.45%) ISPF
3 10 (1.45%) JSON
4 9 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (1.30%) LDAP
5 8 (1.16%) REST
6 7 (1.01%) .NET
7 5 (0.72%) HTML
7 5 (0.72%) OAuth
7 5 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.72%) XML
7 5 (0.72%) YAML
8 4 (0.58%) CSS
8 4 (0.58%) Node.js
8 4 (0.58%) XMPP
9 3 (0.43%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.43%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.43%) Kafka
10 2 (0.29%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.81%) Onboarding
2 23 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.04%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.03%) Taxonomies
5 13 (1.88%) Mainframe
6 11 (1.59%) NHS
7 10 (1.45%) Freedom of Information
7 10 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.16%) Clustering
8 8 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.16%) PKI
8 8 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.01%) Replication
10 6 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.72%) Life Science
12 4 (0.58%) CMDB
12 4 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.58%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.58%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.71%) Linux
2 45 (6.52%) Windows
3 20 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.74%) Unix
6 10 (1.45%) CentOS
7 5 (0.72%) AIX
7 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.29%) Debian
9 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.14%) MVS
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (9.28%) Migration
3 60 (8.70%) Change Management
4 51 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (5.94%) Workflow
6 40 (5.80%) ITIL
7 33 (4.78%) DevOps
7 33 (4.78%) High Availability
7 33 (4.78%) Performance Tuning
8 31 (4.49%) Data Protection
9 29 (4.20%) Customer Service
10 28 (4.06%) Time Management
11 26 (3.77%) Data Entry
12 25 (3.62%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (3.62%) Project Delivery
12 25 (3.62%) SAP Security
13 24 (3.48%) ITSM
13 24 (3.48%) Service Delivery
14 23 (3.33%) Data Management
14 23 (3.33%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.07%) SQL
2 31 (4.49%) Python
3 25 (3.62%) PowerShell
4 16 (2.32%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.59%) Bash
5 11 (1.59%) REXX
6 10 (1.45%) CLIST
6 10 (1.45%) COBOL
6 10 (1.45%) JCL
7 9 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.30%) MATLAB
8 8 (1.16%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.01%) C#
10 4 (0.58%) Perl
11 3 (0.43%) Groovy
11 3 (0.43%) VBA
12 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.29%) C++
12 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 166 (24.06%) Security Cleared
2 130 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 31 (4.49%) DV Cleared
4 28 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (4.06%) Degree
5 17 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.01%) CCNP
6 7 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.87%) OCP
7 6 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (0.58%) CCIE
8 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.43%) MOS
10 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.51%) SLA
2 21 (3.04%) GDPR
3 20 (2.90%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.16%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.01%) PMO
6 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.58%) QA
7 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.43%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.43%) NIST
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%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 55 (7.97%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.45%) ACF2
3 10 (1.45%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.45%) RACF
3 10 (1.45%) Time Sharing Option
4 7 (1.01%) Docker
4 7 (1.01%) Firmware
4 7 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.43%) HDFS
6 3 (0.43%) PowerHA
6 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.29%) QEMU
7 2 (0.29%) XenApp
7 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.14%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 29 (4.20%) Ansible
2 23 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (2.61%) Terraform
4 14 (2.03%) Kubernetes
5 12 (1.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 11 (1.59%) Podman
6 11 (1.59%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.45%) CA Endevor
7 10 (1.45%) Grafana
7 10 (1.45%) Tivoli
8 9 (1.30%) Check_MK
8 9 (1.30%) Red Hat Satellite
9 8 (1.16%) SCCM
10 7 (1.01%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (0.87%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.58%) WSUS
14 3 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.43%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.29%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 146 (21.16%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.16%) SAP
3 55 (7.97%) Oracle
4 36 (5.22%) Google
5 30 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 29 (4.20%) Avature
7 25 (3.62%) Red Hat
7 25 (3.62%) VMware
8 23 (3.33%) Salesforce
9 15 (2.17%) Cisco
9 15 (2.17%) Okta
10 9 (1.30%) Citrix
10 9 (1.30%) Sage
11 8 (1.16%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.16%) IBM
12 7 (1.01%) Dell
13 6 (0.87%) HP
14 5 (0.72%) SolarWinds
15 4 (0.58%) Cloudera
15 4 (0.58%) F5