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 1 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
1 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 158 142
Rank change year-on-year +32 -16 +44
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 1,013 507 561
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.18% 1.81% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 1.99% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 213 239
10th Percentile £162 £165 £186
25th Percentile £313 £275 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £430
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £557
90th Percentile £600 £598 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 133 71
10th Percentile £13.03 £13.00 £12.13
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.75 £15.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -30.04%
75th Percentile £18.67 £21.44 £26.47
90th Percentile £24.18 £24.33 £51.91
UK median hourly rate £15.04 £15.50 £16.65
% change year-on-year -2.97% -6.91% -21.79%

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 42,912 25,497 30,028
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 91.25% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,400 16,457 18,407
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £727 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,611 1,389 1,358
10th Percentile £14.65 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £17.33 £21.37
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -0.46%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -2.82%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +44 240 £450 +38.46% 148
London -22 218 £450 +9.42% 165
South East +5 193 £500 +26.58% 151
Midlands +24 170 £450 +25.87% 122
North West +18 142 £450 +38.46% 73
East of England +25 108 £325 -18.75% 74
West Midlands -1 97 £450 +38.46% 64
East Midlands +30 73 £150 -88.46% 58
South West -37 72 £385 -21.03% 69
Yorkshire +12 70 £466 -6.90% 59
North East -12 28 £400 +180.70% 18
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 October 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.

1 295 (29.12%) Microsoft
2 210 (20.73%) Security Cleared
3 170 (16.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 162 (15.99%) SC Cleared
5 143 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
6 129 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
7 118 (11.65%) Migration
8 109 (10.76%) Oracle
9 106 (10.46%) Customer Service
10 103 (10.17%) SAP
11 99 (9.77%) SharePoint
12 86 (8.49%) SQL
13 79 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
14 76 (7.50%) Data Entry
15 72 (7.11%) SQL Server
16 70 (6.91%) Data Quality
17 69 (6.81%) Windows
18 68 (6.71%) Performance Tuning
19 61 (6.02%) Azure
20 60 (5.92%) Data Management
20 60 (5.92%) ERP
21 58 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
22 56 (5.53%) Active Directory
22 56 (5.53%) Validation
23 55 (5.43%) Stakeholder Management
23 55 (5.43%) Time Management
24 54 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
25 53 (5.23%) Google
25 53 (5.23%) ITIL
26 52 (5.13%) JIRA

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 99 (9.77%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.58%) SharePoint 2013
4 13 (1.28%) CMS
5 8 (0.79%) Confluence
6 4 (0.39%) JBoss
7 3 (0.30%) IIS
7 3 (0.30%) WordPress
8 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.099%) Apache
9 1 (0.099%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.099%) CICS
9 1 (0.099%) Mendix
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 170 (16.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.79%) Windchill
6 1 (0.099%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.099%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.099%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.69%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.49%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.39%) iTrent
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.30%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.099%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.099%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.099%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.099%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.099%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 79 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (6.02%) Azure
3 41 (4.05%) Google Workspace
4 37 (3.65%) AWS
5 31 (3.06%) Power Platform
6 23 (2.27%) Entra ID
7 22 (2.17%) SaaS
8 21 (2.07%) GCP
9 20 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.48%) Google Drive
11 15 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.28%) Google Sheets
13 12 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (0.99%) ShareGate
16 9 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (0.89%) AWS KMS
16 9 (0.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.26%) DNS
2 18 (1.78%) SSL
3 14 (1.38%) DHCP
4 12 (1.18%) Firewall
5 11 (1.09%) DKIM
5 11 (1.09%) DMARC
6 10 (0.99%) SAN
7 6 (0.59%) Kerberos
8 5 (0.49%) NAS
9 4 (0.39%) Network Security
9 4 (0.39%) SNMP
9 4 (0.39%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.39%) VPN
10 3 (0.30%) NetScaler
10 3 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.30%) Wireless
11 2 (0.20%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.20%) Skype
11 2 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 54 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (3.65%) MySQL
4 33 (3.26%) Oracle Database
5 27 (2.67%) Power BI
6 18 (1.78%) Amazon Aurora
7 15 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 10 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.69%) Metadata
10 7 (0.69%) Oracle Database 11g
10 7 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.69%) Redis
10 7 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.59%) GIS
12 5 (0.49%) Db2
12 5 (0.49%) MS Access
12 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.39%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 52 (5.13%) JIRA
2 7 (0.69%) Git
3 5 (0.49%) GitLab
3 5 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.20%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.20%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.20%) MSI
5 2 (0.20%) Toad
6 1 (0.099%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.099%) Hudson
6 1 (0.099%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.099%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.099%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.099%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.099%) TestRail
General
1 338 (33.37%) Social Skills
2 171 (16.88%) Organisational Skills
3 99 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (9.48%) Finance
5 70 (6.91%) Public Sector
6 66 (6.52%) Manufacturing
7 32 (3.16%) Legal
8 30 (2.96%) Aerospace
9 21 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.88%) Banking
11 18 (1.78%) Retail
12 16 (1.58%) Marketing
13 15 (1.48%) Local Government
14 14 (1.38%) Military
15 11 (1.09%) Aviation
15 11 (1.09%) Billing
16 10 (0.99%) Law
16 10 (0.99%) Police
17 8 (0.79%) Advertising
18 6 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.78%) Terraform
2 17 (1.68%) Middleware
3 14 (1.38%) ISPF
4 12 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (0.79%) OAuth
6 7 (0.69%) REST
7 6 (0.59%) Kafka
7 6 (0.59%) XML
8 5 (0.49%) HTML
8 5 (0.49%) JDBC
9 4 (0.39%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.39%) CSS
9 4 (0.39%) jQuery
9 4 (0.39%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.30%) .NET
10 3 (0.30%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.20%) JMX
11 2 (0.20%) LDAP
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle Streams
11 2 (0.20%) PCRE
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.70%) Management Information System
2 53 (5.23%) Onboarding
3 29 (2.86%) Clustering
4 24 (2.37%) Replication
5 23 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 17 (1.68%) Mainframe
8 12 (1.18%) Freedom of Information
9 9 (0.89%) Driving Licence
9 9 (0.89%) NHS
10 7 (0.69%) BYOD
10 7 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.59%) Blog
11 6 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.59%) Housing Association
12 5 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.49%) CMDB
12 5 (0.49%) PKI
13 4 (0.39%) EPoS
13 4 (0.39%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 69 (6.81%) Windows
2 41 (4.05%) Linux
3 33 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.68%) Unix
5 16 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.58%) zOS
6 14 (1.38%) Solaris
7 5 (0.49%) AIX
7 5 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.30%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.20%) CentOS
11 1 (0.099%) Android
11 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.099%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
2 118 (11.65%) Migration
3 106 (10.46%) Customer Service
4 76 (7.50%) Data Entry
5 68 (6.71%) Performance Tuning
6 60 (5.92%) Data Management
6 60 (5.92%) ERP
7 58 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (5.53%) Validation
9 55 (5.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (5.43%) Time Management
10 53 (5.23%) ITIL
11 50 (4.94%) CRM
12 48 (4.74%) Logistics
13 43 (4.24%) Disaster Recovery
14 41 (4.05%) Data Protection
15 40 (3.95%) Change Management
16 37 (3.65%) High Availability
16 37 (3.65%) Root Cause Analysis
17 36 (3.55%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 86 (8.49%) SQL
2 32 (3.16%) PowerShell
3 22 (2.17%) Python
4 8 (0.79%) C#
5 7 (0.69%) PL/SQL
5 7 (0.69%) Shell Script
6 6 (0.59%) Bash
7 5 (0.49%) Apex Code
7 5 (0.49%) Java
8 4 (0.39%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.39%) Perl
8 4 (0.39%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.30%) JCL
10 2 (0.20%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.099%) Bicep
11 1 (0.099%) COBOL
11 1 (0.099%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.099%) SOQL
11 1 (0.099%) VBA
Qualifications
1 210 (20.73%) Security Cleared
2 162 (15.99%) SC Cleared
3 44 (4.34%) Degree
4 39 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (1.78%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
9 11 (1.09%) OCP
10 7 (0.69%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.59%) CIPD
12 5 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.39%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.30%) CCA
14 3 (0.30%) Citrix Certification
14 3 (0.30%) MCSA
14 3 (0.30%) MCSE
14 3 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.91%) Data Quality
2 42 (4.15%) GDPR
3 30 (2.96%) QA
4 15 (1.48%) SLA
5 12 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.69%) PMO
7 4 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.20%) GMP
8 2 (0.20%) GxP
8 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.099%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.099%) COSHH
9 1 (0.099%) GRC
9 1 (0.099%) HL7
9 1 (0.099%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.099%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.099%) NIST
System Software
1 56 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 30 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.48%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.28%) RACF
5 12 (1.18%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.49%) Docker
8 5 (0.49%) Firmware
9 4 (0.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 4 (0.39%) vSphere
10 2 (0.20%) PowerHA
10 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.20%) XenApp
10 2 (0.20%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.099%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.099%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.099%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.099%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.78%) SCCM
3 14 (1.38%) Data Guard
4 13 (1.28%) OMEGAMON
5 11 (1.09%) Ansible
6 10 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.89%) Oracle RMAN
8 8 (0.79%) SCOM
9 6 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.59%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (0.59%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.49%) Grafana
10 5 (0.49%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.49%) Puppet
11 4 (0.39%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 4 (0.39%) WSUS
12 3 (0.30%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 295 (29.12%) Microsoft
2 109 (10.76%) Oracle
3 103 (10.17%) SAP
4 53 (5.23%) Google
5 43 (4.24%) VMware
6 38 (3.75%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.97%) IBM
8 14 (1.38%) Sage
9 13 (1.28%) Citrix
9 13 (1.28%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.18%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.09%) Cisco
11 11 (1.09%) Workday
12 9 (0.89%) Avature
13 8 (0.79%) Remedy
14 7 (0.69%) Qualys
15 6 (0.59%) Ariba
15 6 (0.59%) Juniper
15 6 (0.59%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.59%) Splunk
733 Administrator jobs in England