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 25 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 172 119
Rank change year-on-year +20 -53 +60
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 696 388 701
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 1.62% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.75% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 191 340
10th Percentile £200 £188 £174
25th Percentile £338 £300 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £419 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -1.47% -5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £491 £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 167 63 227
10th Percentile £13.08 - £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% -47.02%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.25 £17.34
90th Percentile £56.18 £30.63 £32.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £14.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year +21.43% +1.63% -46.92%

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 38,208 22,129 33,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.30% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,677 14,721 22,447
10th Percentile £320 £290 £284
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 888 2,492
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +54.80% -21.81% -17.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.24 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.70
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -18.89%

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 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 25 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 25 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 -13 180 £425 - 78
North of England -22 142 £435 +22.64% 92
East of England +33 113 £363 -15.70% 39
Midlands -23 97 £440 +39.68% 64
South East -25 93 £470 +17.50% 87
North West -26 76 £424 +21.07% 49
West Midlands -49 66 £443 +40.48% 40
South West -11 61 £475 +1.06% 44
Yorkshire -29 49 £438 -20.45% 34
East Midlands +1 31 £413 +32.00% 24
North East -13 17 £438 +94.44% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 178 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 140 (20.11%) Microsoft
3 135 (19.40%) SC Cleared
4 101 (14.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 84 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (11.06%) SAP
7 65 (9.34%) Linux
7 65 (9.34%) Migration
8 61 (8.76%) Oracle
9 58 (8.33%) Active Directory
9 58 (8.33%) Change Management
10 56 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 54 (7.76%) Azure
12 49 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
12 49 (7.04%) SharePoint
13 44 (6.32%) Workflow
14 41 (5.89%) Windows
15 40 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
15 40 (5.75%) Performance Tuning
15 40 (5.75%) SaaS
16 38 (5.46%) DV Cleared
16 38 (5.46%) Google
17 36 (5.17%) SLA
17 36 (5.17%) SQL
18 35 (5.03%) High Availability
18 35 (5.03%) ITIL
19 33 (4.74%) VMware
20 32 (4.60%) Data Management
20 32 (4.60%) Data Quality
20 32 (4.60%) Degree

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 49 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.72%) Confluence
4 5 (0.72%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) IIS
5 3 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.29%) Drupal
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Moodle
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 101 (14.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.59%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.57%) Maximo
3 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.43%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.43%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 54 (7.76%) Azure
2 49 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (5.75%) SaaS
4 24 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.45%) Google Workspace
5 21 (3.02%) GCP
6 20 (2.87%) AWS
6 20 (2.87%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.01%) Google Drive
8 12 (1.72%) OpenShift
9 9 (1.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 8 (1.15%) Amazon S3
10 8 (1.15%) Asana
10 8 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.01%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.01%) Serverless
12 6 (0.86%) GitHub
12 6 (0.86%) IaaS
12 6 (0.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.45%) DNS
2 14 (2.01%) DHCP
3 13 (1.87%) Network Security
4 11 (1.58%) DKIM
4 11 (1.58%) DMARC
4 11 (1.58%) Firewall
4 11 (1.58%) SAN
5 7 (1.01%) LAN
6 6 (0.86%) NAS
7 4 (0.57%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (0.57%) VPN
8 3 (0.43%) Intranet
8 3 (0.43%) PSTN
8 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.43%) WAN
8 3 (0.43%) WebEx
8 3 (0.43%) Wireless
8 3 (0.43%) WLAN
9 2 (0.29%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.45%) Oracle Database
2 25 (3.59%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.16%) MongoDB
5 14 (2.01%) Power BI
6 10 (1.44%) MySQL
7 9 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.01%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.86%) GIS
9 6 (0.86%) Oracle Database 11g
10 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
11 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (4.45%) JIRA
2 21 (3.02%) GitLab
3 20 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.73%) Git
5 5 (0.72%) ScriptRunner
5 5 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.29%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.29%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.29%) IntelliJ
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%) Subversion
General
1 149 (21.41%) Social Skills
2 67 (9.63%) Finance
3 64 (9.20%) Public Sector
4 56 (8.05%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.45%) Aerospace
8 17 (2.44%) Banking
9 16 (2.30%) Legal
10 14 (2.01%) Aviation
11 12 (1.72%) Military
11 12 (1.72%) Publishing
12 10 (1.44%) Law
12 10 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.15%) Local Government
13 8 (1.15%) Marketing
14 7 (1.01%) Police
14 7 (1.01%) Retail
14 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.72%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.16%) Middleware
1 15 (2.16%) SAP Basis
2 11 (1.58%) LDAP
3 9 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (1.01%) .NET
4 7 (1.01%) OAuth
5 6 (0.86%) REST
6 5 (0.72%) JSON
6 5 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.72%) XML
7 4 (0.57%) CSS
7 4 (0.57%) HTML
7 4 (0.57%) ISPF
7 4 (0.57%) Node.js
8 3 (0.43%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.43%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.43%) Kafka
8 3 (0.43%) XMPP
8 3 (0.43%) YAML
9 2 (0.29%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.32%) Onboarding
2 29 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.59%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.01%) Taxonomies
5 12 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
6 10 (1.44%) NHS
7 9 (1.29%) Replication
8 8 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.15%) Clustering
8 8 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.01%) Mainframe
9 7 (1.01%) PKI
10 6 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.43%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.43%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.34%) Linux
2 41 (5.89%) Windows
3 23 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (2.87%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.87%) Unix
6 12 (1.72%) CentOS
7 7 (1.01%) AIX
8 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.29%) Debian
11 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.14%) MVS
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (9.34%) Migration
3 58 (8.33%) Change Management
4 56 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (6.32%) Workflow
6 40 (5.75%) Performance Tuning
7 35 (5.03%) High Availability
7 35 (5.03%) ITIL
8 32 (4.60%) Data Management
9 31 (4.45%) Data Protection
10 30 (4.31%) DevOps
11 29 (4.17%) Time Management
12 28 (4.02%) Customer Service
12 28 (4.02%) Data Entry
13 25 (3.59%) SAP Security
14 24 (3.45%) ERP
15 23 (3.30%) Data Governance
15 23 (3.30%) Project Delivery
16 21 (3.02%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (3.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 36 (5.17%) SQL
2 28 (4.02%) Python
3 25 (3.59%) PowerShell
4 21 (3.02%) Shell Script
5 13 (1.87%) Bash
6 11 (1.58%) MATLAB
7 10 (1.44%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.15%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.01%) C#
10 4 (0.57%) REXX
11 3 (0.43%) CLIST
11 3 (0.43%) COBOL
11 3 (0.43%) Groovy
11 3 (0.43%) JCL
11 3 (0.43%) Perl
11 3 (0.43%) VBA
12 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.29%) C++
13 1 (0.14%) Go
13 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 178 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 135 (19.40%) SC Cleared
3 38 (5.46%) DV Cleared
4 32 (4.60%) Degree
5 30 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.86%) CCNP
7 6 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (0.86%) OCP
7 6 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.43%) CCIE
9 3 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
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
11 1 (0.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.17%) SLA
2 32 (4.60%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.16%) GDPR
4 8 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.72%) PMO
5 5 (0.72%) QA
6 4 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.43%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.43%) NIST
8 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 58 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.01%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.29%) Firmware
6 6 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (0.72%) Docker
8 4 (0.57%) RACF
9 3 (0.43%) ACF2
9 3 (0.43%) PowerHA
9 3 (0.43%) Time Sharing Option
9 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.29%) HDFS
10 2 (0.29%) QEMU
10 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.29%) XenApp
10 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 29 (4.17%) Ansible
2 25 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (2.01%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.01%) Terraform
4 13 (1.87%) Podman
5 11 (1.58%) Check_MK
5 11 (1.58%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.58%) Red Hat Satellite
6 10 (1.44%) Grafana
7 9 (1.29%) Oracle RMAN
7 9 (1.29%) SCCM
8 8 (1.15%) Data Guard
9 7 (1.01%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.57%) WSUS
12 3 (0.43%) CA Endevor
12 3 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.43%) Tivoli
12 3 (0.43%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 140 (20.11%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.06%) SAP
3 61 (8.76%) Oracle
4 38 (5.46%) Google
5 33 (4.74%) VMware
6 29 (4.17%) Avature
6 29 (4.17%) Salesforce
7 28 (4.02%) Red Hat
8 21 (3.02%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.16%) Cisco
9 15 (2.16%) Okta
10 10 (1.44%) IBM
11 8 (1.15%) Citrix
11 8 (1.15%) Sage
12 7 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.72%) Dell
14 4 (0.57%) Brocade
14 4 (0.57%) HP
14 4 (0.57%) NetApp
14 4 (0.57%) SolarWinds