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 24 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
24 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 163 119
Rank change year-on-year +10 -44 +64
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 749 432 705
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 1.72% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.87% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 202 334
10th Percentile £200 £191 £168
25th Percentile £350 £281 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £419 £436
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -3.99% -3.11%
75th Percentile £525 £491 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 84 234
10th Percentile £13.00 - £11.11
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.51
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +3.63% -42.02%
75th Percentile £22.68 £18.09 £17.36
90th Percentile £33.31 £27.84 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.13 £14.70 £13.51
% change year-on-year +16.50% +8.81% -38.59%

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 40,119 23,104 34,706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.25% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,696 15,170 22,649
10th Percentile £325 £293 £291
25th Percentile £417 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,847 1,049 2,652
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -9.35%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £27.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year +57.08% -27.00% -12.79%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -2 183 £438 +13.05% 64
London -27 177 £438 +2.94% 63
South East -6 124 £500 +25.00% 69
East of England +29 105 £356 -13.64% 33
North West -10 103 £433 +20.68% 40
Midlands -17 98 £439 +25.36% 39
West Midlands -44 67 £445 +27.14% 25
Yorkshire -12 61 £458 -12.81% 19
South West -29 54 £425 -10.53% 46
East Midlands +7 31 £319 +2.00% 15
North East -20 19 £438 +29.63% 6
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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.

1 180 (24.03%) Security Cleared
2 144 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 129 (17.22%) SC Cleared
4 104 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
5 95 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (11.35%) Migration
7 78 (10.41%) SharePoint
8 74 (9.88%) SAP
9 68 (9.08%) Oracle
10 60 (8.01%) Active Directory
10 60 (8.01%) Windows
11 56 (7.48%) Change Management
12 54 (7.21%) Azure
12 54 (7.21%) Linux
13 53 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
14 47 (6.28%) SQL
15 45 (6.01%) ITIL
15 45 (6.01%) Performance Tuning
16 44 (5.87%) Workflow
17 43 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
18 40 (5.34%) Data Quality
18 40 (5.34%) DV Cleared
18 40 (5.34%) VMware
19 36 (4.81%) Degree
19 36 (4.81%) JIRA
19 36 (4.81%) SaaS
19 36 (4.81%) Salesforce
19 36 (4.81%) SQL Server
20 34 (4.54%) DevOps

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 78 (10.41%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.00%) SharePoint 2013
4 14 (1.87%) Confluence
5 5 (0.67%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.40%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) CICS
8 1 (0.13%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 104 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.80%) Spreadsheet
4 16 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Windchill
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 11 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.67%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.13%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (7.21%) Azure
2 53 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (4.81%) SaaS
4 24 (3.20%) Google Workspace
4 24 (3.20%) Power Platform
5 22 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 20 (2.67%) AWS
7 18 (2.40%) GCP
8 14 (1.87%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 10 (1.34%) ShareGate
11 9 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.20%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.07%) Asana
12 8 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.80%) Amazon S3
13 6 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.80%) GitHub
14 5 (0.67%) IaaS
14 5 (0.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.41%) DNS
2 13 (1.74%) DHCP
3 12 (1.60%) Firewall
3 12 (1.60%) SSL
4 11 (1.47%) DKIM
4 11 (1.47%) DMARC
4 11 (1.47%) SAN
5 10 (1.34%) Network Security
6 6 (0.80%) NAS
7 4 (0.53%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (0.53%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.40%) Intranet
8 3 (0.40%) Junos
8 3 (0.40%) LAN
8 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.40%) WebEx
9 2 (0.27%) BGP
9 2 (0.27%) OSPF
9 2 (0.27%) WAN
9 2 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 32 (4.27%) Oracle Database
3 28 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (2.54%) Power BI
5 13 (1.74%) MySQL
6 10 (1.34%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.93%) Oracle Database 11g
9 6 (0.80%) GIS
9 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.53%) Oracle ODI
11 4 (0.53%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.40%) Metadata
12 3 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 36 (4.81%) JIRA
2 19 (2.54%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.40%) GitLab
4 16 (2.14%) Git
5 5 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.40%) MSI
6 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.27%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.27%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.27%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) Hudson
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Developer 2000
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 163 (21.76%) Social Skills
2 78 (10.41%) Finance
3 70 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.41%) Organisational Skills
6 30 (4.01%) Aerospace
7 26 (3.47%) Legal
8 24 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.07%) Banking
10 18 (2.40%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.00%) Aviation
12 12 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.47%) Military
14 10 (1.34%) Law
15 9 (1.20%) Local Government
15 9 (1.20%) Marketing
15 9 (1.20%) Police
15 9 (1.20%) Publishing
16 7 (0.93%) Retail
17 3 (0.40%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.20%) Middleware
2 14 (1.87%) ISPF
3 11 (1.47%) LDAP
4 10 (1.34%) SAP Basis
5 9 (1.20%) REST
6 7 (0.93%) OAuth
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.67%) Software Packaging
8 3 (0.40%) CSS
8 3 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.40%) HTML
8 3 (0.40%) XML
8 3 (0.40%) XMPP
9 2 (0.27%) .NET
9 2 (0.27%) JSON
9 2 (0.27%) Kafka
9 2 (0.27%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.27%) YAML
10 1 (0.13%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.67%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.74%) Onboarding
3 24 (3.20%) Data Centre
4 18 (2.40%) Clustering
5 17 (2.27%) Mainframe
6 13 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.60%) Freedom of Information
8 11 (1.47%) Replication
9 10 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.20%) NHS
10 9 (1.20%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.67%) PKI
14 4 (0.53%) Cloud Native
14 4 (0.53%) CMDB
14 4 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.53%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.53%) Security Posture
15 3 (0.40%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 60 (8.01%) Windows
2 54 (7.21%) Linux
3 24 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (2.00%) Unix
6 11 (1.47%) CentOS
7 10 (1.34%) zOS
8 7 (0.93%) AIX
9 3 (0.40%) Solaris
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.27%) Debian
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.13%) MVS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (11.35%) Migration
3 56 (7.48%) Change Management
4 53 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (6.01%) ITIL
5 45 (6.01%) Performance Tuning
6 44 (5.87%) Workflow
7 34 (4.54%) DevOps
8 33 (4.41%) Data Management
8 33 (4.41%) High Availability
9 30 (4.01%) Validation
10 27 (3.60%) ERP
10 27 (3.60%) ITSM
11 26 (3.47%) Data Entry
12 25 (3.34%) Customer Service
12 25 (3.34%) SAP Security
12 25 (3.34%) Service Management
13 24 (3.20%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (3.20%) Data Protection
13 24 (3.20%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.28%) SQL
2 29 (3.87%) PowerShell
3 26 (3.47%) Python
4 19 (2.54%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.47%) MATLAB
5 11 (1.47%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.07%) Bash
7 7 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.80%) C#
9 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.53%) COBOL
9 4 (0.53%) Java
9 4 (0.53%) JCL
9 4 (0.53%) REXX
10 3 (0.40%) CLIST
10 3 (0.40%) Groovy
10 3 (0.40%) Perl
11 2 (0.27%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 180 (24.03%) Security Cleared
2 129 (17.22%) SC Cleared
3 40 (5.34%) DV Cleared
4 36 (4.81%) Degree
5 31 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.53%) OCP
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.40%) CCA
9 3 (0.40%) CCNP
9 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.40%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.40%) MCSA
9 3 (0.40%) MCSE
9 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.34%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.14%) SLA
3 22 (2.94%) GDPR
4 9 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.20%) QA
5 4 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 4 (0.53%) PMO
6 3 (0.40%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.40%) NIST
7 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) GRC
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) HL7
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 60 (8.01%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.74%) RACF
4 9 (1.20%) Firmware
4 9 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.07%) Oracle RAC
6 6 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.40%) ACF2
7 3 (0.40%) Docker
7 3 (0.40%) PowerHA
7 3 (0.40%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.40%) vSphere
8 2 (0.27%) QEMU
8 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.27%) XenApp
8 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (3.47%) Ansible
2 19 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (2.27%) SCCM
4 13 (1.74%) Podman
5 11 (1.47%) Check_MK
5 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.47%) Red Hat Satellite
6 10 (1.34%) OMEGAMON
6 10 (1.34%) Terraform
7 9 (1.20%) Oracle RMAN
8 8 (1.07%) Data Guard
8 8 (1.07%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.93%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 6 (0.80%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.67%) Grafana
11 5 (0.67%) SCOM
12 4 (0.53%) CA Endevor
12 4 (0.53%) WSUS
13 3 (0.40%) vMotion
Vendors
1 144 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.88%) SAP
3 68 (9.08%) Oracle
4 40 (5.34%) VMware
5 36 (4.81%) Salesforce
6 34 (4.54%) Google
7 29 (3.87%) Avature
8 24 (3.20%) Red Hat
9 23 (3.07%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.54%) IBM
11 15 (2.00%) Citrix
12 12 (1.60%) Cisco
13 10 (1.34%) Okta
14 7 (0.93%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.93%) Qualys
14 7 (0.93%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.80%) Sage
16 5 (0.67%) Juniper
17 4 (0.53%) Brocade
17 4 (0.53%) F5
285 Administrator jobs in England