Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 152 161
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +63
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 553 511 578
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.79% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 1.92% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 200 338
10th Percentile £163 £200 £175
25th Percentile £300 £305 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £407 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +1.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £522
90th Percentile £600 £601 £594
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +3.13% - -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 46 60
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.64 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £18.00 £21.32
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% -15.57% +25.41%
75th Percentile £22.47 £25.62 £47.26
90th Percentile £23.90 £57.62 £61.57
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £20.24 £19.75
% change year-on-year -15.99% +2.46% +16.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 29,026 26,600 34,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 92.93% 93.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,504 16,539 23,627
10th Percentile £296 £300 £285
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -0.57% -4.00%
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 1,775 836 1,432
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.74 £14.93
25th Percentile £18.47 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.96 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.00 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.21% -26.67% +46.39%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 +11 170 £400 -3.03% 80
North of England -34 110 £402 +0.50% 129
South East -27 90 £395 +5.33% 118
South West 0 76 £533 +5.97% 63
North West -8 68 £400 +18.52% 63
Midlands -36 63 £385 +0.52% 89
West Midlands -19 50 £325 -1.52% 45
East of England -11 45 £445 +74.51% 113
Yorkshire -28 36 £420 -23.64% 56
East Midlands -21 13 £1,300 +239.43% 39
North East -11 6 £140 -61.38% 14
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, 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.

1 155 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 134 (24.23%) Security Cleared
3 91 (16.46%) SC Cleared
4 87 (15.73%) Microsoft Excel
5 81 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (13.74%) Windows
7 66 (11.93%) Linux
8 58 (10.49%) Azure
9 57 (10.31%) Migration
10 55 (9.95%) SAP
11 54 (9.76%) Change Management
11 54 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
12 52 (9.40%) SharePoint
13 51 (9.22%) DevOps
14 49 (8.86%) ITIL
14 49 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
15 38 (6.87%) Active Directory
16 37 (6.69%) JIRA
16 37 (6.69%) PowerShell
17 36 (6.51%) Agile
17 36 (6.51%) Python
18 35 (6.33%) SQL
19 34 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
20 32 (5.79%) DV Cleared
20 32 (5.79%) Time Management
21 31 (5.61%) CI/CD
21 31 (5.61%) Data Protection
22 30 (5.42%) Customer Service
23 29 (5.24%) Entra ID
24 28 (5.06%) Data Entry

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 52 (9.40%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.07%) Confluence
2 17 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.08%) CMS
4 3 (0.54%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.54%) SAS
5 2 (0.36%) Drupal
5 2 (0.36%) Moodle
5 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 87 (15.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.99%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.72%) Trello
6 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.72%) ContrOCC
2 4 (0.72%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.54%) Maximo
3 3 (0.54%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.54%) Shopify
4 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) iTrent
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.18%) StreamServe
5 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (10.49%) Azure
2 49 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (5.24%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.70%) Power Platform
5 25 (4.52%) AWS
6 17 (3.07%) SaaS
6 17 (3.07%) Serverless
7 14 (2.53%) GCP
7 14 (2.53%) GitHub
8 13 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.63%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.63%) IaaS
11 9 (1.63%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.63%) OpenShift
11 9 (1.63%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.45%) Azure Functions
12 8 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.16%) DNS
2 22 (3.98%) Network Security
3 19 (3.44%) Firewall
4 16 (2.89%) DHCP
5 13 (2.35%) VPN
6 11 (1.99%) SAN
7 9 (1.63%) LAN
8 7 (1.27%) VLAN
8 7 (1.27%) Wireless
9 6 (1.08%) WAN
10 5 (0.90%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.90%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.90%) WebEx
11 4 (0.72%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.72%) WLAN
12 3 (0.54%) BGP
12 3 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.54%) OSPF
12 3 (0.54%) SSL
12 3 (0.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.07%) Power BI
2 16 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.35%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.17%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.99%) Oracle Database
5 11 (1.99%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.90%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.90%) Tableau
8 4 (0.72%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.72%) MySQL
9 3 (0.54%) Apache Hive
9 3 (0.54%) Big Data
9 3 (0.54%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 3 (0.54%) DB2
9 3 (0.54%) Impala
9 3 (0.54%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 37 (6.69%) JIRA
2 15 (2.71%) Git
3 6 (1.08%) GitLab
4 5 (0.90%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.90%) Subversion
5 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.18%) Fiddler
General
1 161 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 78 (14.10%) Finance
3 48 (8.68%) Organisational Skills
4 43 (7.78%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (3.98%) Banking
7 19 (3.44%) Legal
8 16 (2.89%) Marketing
9 14 (2.53%) Retail
10 13 (2.35%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.35%) Aviation
11 11 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.63%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.90%) Electronics
14 5 (0.90%) French Language
14 5 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.72%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.72%) Military
16 3 (0.54%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.35%) REST
2 10 (1.81%) .NET
3 9 (1.63%) JSON
4 8 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (1.45%) ISPF
4 8 (1.45%) SAP Basis
4 8 (1.45%) YAML
5 7 (1.27%) Node.js
6 6 (1.08%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.08%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.90%) HTML
7 5 (0.90%) XML
8 4 (0.72%) CSS
8 4 (0.72%) OAuth
9 3 (0.54%) Kafka
9 3 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.54%) OpenID
9 3 (0.54%) SAML
9 3 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.54%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.95%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.71%) PKI
3 14 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 10 (1.81%) Enterprise Storage
5 9 (1.63%) Cloud Native
5 9 (1.63%) Clustering
5 9 (1.63%) Mainframe
5 9 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (1.45%) Replication
7 7 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.27%) NHS
8 5 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (0.90%) Taxonomies
9 4 (0.72%) Hedge funds
9 4 (0.72%) HP Storage
9 4 (0.72%) SCADA
9 4 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 76 (13.74%) Windows
2 66 (11.93%) Linux
3 27 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.17%) Unix
6 7 (1.27%) Solaris
6 7 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.72%) CentOS
7 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.54%) AIX
8 3 (0.54%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.54%) VMS
9 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.18%) Debian
10 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (10.31%) Migration
3 54 (9.76%) Change Management
4 51 (9.22%) DevOps
5 49 (8.86%) ITIL
6 36 (6.51%) Agile
7 34 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (5.79%) Time Management
9 31 (5.61%) CI/CD
9 31 (5.61%) Data Protection
10 30 (5.42%) Customer Service
11 28 (5.06%) Data Entry
11 28 (5.06%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (4.70%) Project Delivery
13 24 (4.34%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (4.34%) Data Management
14 22 (3.98%) Performance Tuning
14 22 (3.98%) Process Improvement
14 22 (3.98%) Service Delivery
14 22 (3.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.69%) PowerShell
2 36 (6.51%) Python
3 35 (6.33%) SQL
4 25 (4.52%) Bash
5 22 (3.98%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.81%) C#
7 8 (1.45%) CLIST
7 8 (1.45%) COBOL
7 8 (1.45%) JCL
7 8 (1.45%) REXX
8 7 (1.27%) Perl
9 5 (0.90%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.36%) Bicep
11 2 (0.36%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.36%) VBA
12 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 134 (24.23%) Security Cleared
2 91 (16.46%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.79%) DV Cleared
4 18 (3.25%) Degree
5 17 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.45%) MOS
8 7 (1.27%) CCNP
9 6 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.54%) CCIE
10 3 (0.54%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.54%) HNC
11 2 (0.36%) CCSA
11 2 (0.36%) OCP
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.36%) RHCE
11 2 (0.36%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.16%) GDPR
2 21 (3.80%) SLA
3 13 (2.35%) PMO
4 11 (1.99%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.45%) QA
6 4 (0.72%) NIST
6 4 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.36%) NCSC
7 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) GAMP
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 38 (6.87%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.45%) ACF2
3 8 (1.45%) Firmware
3 8 (1.45%) RACF
3 8 (1.45%) Time Sharing Option
4 7 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.08%) Docker
6 5 (0.90%) NFS
6 5 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.72%) KVM
7 4 (0.72%) Veritas File System
7 4 (0.72%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 3 (0.54%) HDFS
9 2 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.18%) GPFS
10 1 (0.18%) QEMU
10 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (4.16%) Ansible
2 19 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.07%) SCCM
4 15 (2.71%) Terraform
5 9 (1.63%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.63%) NetBackup
6 8 (1.45%) CA Endevor
6 8 (1.45%) Grafana
6 8 (1.45%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.27%) Norton AntiVirus
7 7 (1.27%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (1.27%) Tivoli
7 7 (1.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (0.72%) QRadar
9 3 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.36%) Packer
10 2 (0.36%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 155 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 55 (9.95%) SAP
3 28 (5.06%) Oracle
3 28 (5.06%) Red Hat
4 22 (3.98%) ServiceNow
4 22 (3.98%) VMware
5 18 (3.25%) Google
6 15 (2.71%) Cisco
6 15 (2.71%) Dell
6 15 (2.71%) HP
6 15 (2.71%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.53%) Workday
8 13 (2.35%) Atlassian
9 10 (1.81%) NetApp
9 10 (1.81%) Veritas
10 9 (1.63%) 3PAR
11 8 (1.45%) Nimble Storage
11 8 (1.45%) Symantec
12 7 (1.27%) McAfee
13 6 (1.08%) IFS