Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 143 170
Rank change year-on-year -17 +27 +77
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 545 547 608
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.81% 1.76% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.99% 1.89% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 214 368
10th Percentile £163 £202 £179
25th Percentile £288 £313 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £517 £548 £500
90th Percentile £588 £625 £594
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 62 53
10th Percentile £12.93 £12.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.30 £13.56 £16.40
Median hourly rate £16.35 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% -20.00% +32.35%
75th Percentile £22.47 £25.62 £48.40
90th Percentile £24.05 £56.40 £60.21
UK median hourly rate £16.13 £18.57 £21.11
% change year-on-year -13.17% -12.03% +27.94%

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 27,406 28,955 37,488
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 93.02% 93.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,580 17,706 25,955
10th Percentile £281 £300 £294
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,653 1,088 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.22 £19.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.30
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%

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 16 November 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 16 November 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 16 November 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 -2 161 £400 -5.88% 124
North of England -22 101 £375 -3.85% 96
South East -15 99 £395 -1.25% 103
South West +15 79 £483 -8.10% 36
North West -15 65 £400 +45.45% 52
Midlands -23 62 £350 -10.60% 78
West Midlands -8 49 £325 -11.86% 47
East of England -14 40 £423 +123.84% 56
Yorkshire -35 29 £388 -35.42% 28
East Midlands -13 13 £1,300 +232.06% 31
North East -10 7 £143 -71.50% 17
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 November 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.

1 146 (26.79%) Microsoft
2 116 (21.28%) Security Cleared
3 86 (15.78%) Windows
4 85 (15.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 75 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (12.84%) SC Cleared
7 68 (12.48%) Linux
8 59 (10.83%) Change Management
9 54 (9.91%) JIRA
10 53 (9.72%) SAP
11 51 (9.36%) Migration
12 50 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
13 49 (8.99%) SharePoint
14 46 (8.44%) Azure
15 45 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
16 43 (7.89%) ITIL
17 42 (7.71%) DevOps
18 40 (7.34%) Active Directory
18 40 (7.34%) Agile
18 40 (7.34%) Customer Service
19 39 (7.16%) Python
20 36 (6.61%) PowerShell
21 34 (6.24%) DNS
22 32 (5.87%) Data Entry
22 32 (5.87%) Data Protection
22 32 (5.87%) DV Cleared
22 32 (5.87%) SQL
23 31 (5.69%) Disaster Recovery
23 31 (5.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
24 30 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement

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 (8.99%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.95%) Confluence
3 14 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.55%) Apache
4 3 (0.55%) CMS
4 3 (0.55%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.55%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.55%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) CICS
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 85 (15.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.55%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.73%) ContrOCC
3 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.55%) Shopify
4 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) StreamServe
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (8.44%) Azure
2 45 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.14%) AWS
4 24 (4.40%) Entra ID
4 24 (4.40%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.49%) SaaS
6 11 (2.02%) GitHub
7 10 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.83%) Power Automate
7 10 (1.83%) PowerApps
7 10 (1.83%) Serverless
8 9 (1.65%) GCP
9 8 (1.47%) IaaS
9 8 (1.47%) Slack
10 7 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.28%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.28%) PaaS
11 6 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.24%) DNS
2 22 (4.04%) Firewall
3 21 (3.85%) Network Security
4 16 (2.94%) DHCP
5 15 (2.75%) SAN
6 10 (1.83%) VPN
7 7 (1.28%) VLAN
8 6 (1.10%) Wireless
9 5 (0.92%) BGP
9 5 (0.92%) OSPF
9 5 (0.92%) SSL
9 5 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.92%) WAN
9 5 (0.92%) WebEx
10 4 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.73%) iSCSI
10 4 (0.73%) LAN
10 4 (0.73%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.73%) SMTP
11 2 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.94%) Power BI
2 14 (2.57%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.02%) Oracle Database
4 9 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.28%) MySQL
6 5 (0.92%) DB2
6 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.73%) Metadata
7 4 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.55%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.55%) Tableau
9 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (0.37%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 54 (9.91%) JIRA
2 13 (2.39%) Git
3 9 (1.65%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.28%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.28%) GitLab
5 5 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.92%) Subversion
6 3 (0.55%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.18%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.18%) Log4j
General
1 172 (31.56%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.66%) Finance
3 48 (8.81%) Organisational Skills
4 44 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.04%) Retail
7 17 (3.12%) Legal
8 14 (2.57%) Marketing
9 13 (2.39%) Aviation
10 12 (2.20%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.02%) Banking
11 11 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.83%) French Language
12 10 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.65%) Electronics
14 8 (1.47%) Law
14 8 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.47%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.73%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.55%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.57%) REST
2 7 (1.28%) ISPF
3 6 (1.10%) YAML
4 5 (0.92%) .NET
4 5 (0.92%) OAuth
5 4 (0.73%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.73%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.73%) Node.js
5 4 (0.73%) SAML
6 3 (0.55%) LAMP
6 3 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.55%) OpenID
6 3 (0.55%) SAP Basis
6 3 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.55%) XMPP
7 2 (0.37%) ADO
7 2 (0.37%) CSS
7 2 (0.37%) HTML
7 2 (0.37%) LDAP
7 2 (0.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.89%) Onboarding
2 16 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.75%) PKI
4 12 (2.20%) Enterprise Storage
4 12 (2.20%) Replication
5 11 (2.02%) Clustering
5 11 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (1.83%) Mainframe
6 10 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.10%) NHS
9 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.92%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.92%) SCADA
10 4 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.73%) Fat Client
10 4 (0.73%) HP Storage
10 4 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 86 (15.78%) Windows
2 68 (12.48%) Linux
3 31 (5.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (3.30%) Unix
5 13 (2.39%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.83%) CentOS
7 8 (1.47%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.47%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.28%) Solaris
8 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.55%) AIX
11 3 (0.55%) Debian
11 3 (0.55%) VMS
12 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (10.83%) Change Management
3 51 (9.36%) Migration
4 43 (7.89%) ITIL
5 42 (7.71%) DevOps
6 40 (7.34%) Agile
6 40 (7.34%) Customer Service
7 32 (5.87%) Data Entry
7 32 (5.87%) Data Protection
8 31 (5.69%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (4.77%) CI/CD
11 25 (4.59%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (4.59%) Time Management
12 23 (4.22%) Network Management
12 23 (4.22%) Project Delivery
12 23 (4.22%) Service Delivery
12 23 (4.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (4.04%) CRM
13 22 (4.04%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.16%) Python
2 36 (6.61%) PowerShell
3 32 (5.87%) SQL
4 27 (4.95%) Bash
5 25 (4.59%) Shell Script
6 9 (1.65%) Perl
7 8 (1.47%) CLIST
7 8 (1.47%) REXX
8 7 (1.28%) COBOL
8 7 (1.28%) JCL
9 5 (0.92%) C#
9 5 (0.92%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.37%) AWK
11 2 (0.37%) Bicep
11 2 (0.37%) PHP
11 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.37%) sed
12 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 116 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 70 (12.84%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.87%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.12%) Degree
5 15 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.28%) MOS
7 6 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.73%) CCNP
9 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.55%) HNC
9 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.37%) CCSA
10 2 (0.37%) OCP
10 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.37%) RHCE
10 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.59%) GDPR
2 12 (2.20%) PMO
2 12 (2.20%) QA
2 12 (2.20%) SLA
3 8 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.92%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.92%) SOC 2
5 4 (0.73%) NIST
5 4 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) GAMP
7 1 (0.18%) GRC
7 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 40 (7.34%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.65%) Firmware
3 9 (1.65%) NFS
4 8 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.28%) ACF2
5 7 (1.28%) Docker
5 7 (1.28%) RACF
5 7 (1.28%) Time Sharing Option
6 5 (0.92%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.73%) KVM
7 4 (0.73%) Veritas File System
7 4 (0.73%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 3 (0.55%) GPFS
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.37%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.37%) vSphere
10 1 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 28 (5.14%) Ansible
2 14 (2.57%) SCCM
2 14 (2.57%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (2.57%) Terraform
3 9 (1.65%) NetBackup
4 7 (1.28%) CA Endevor
4 7 (1.28%) Norton AntiVirus
4 7 (1.28%) Progress Chef
4 7 (1.28%) Puppet
4 7 (1.28%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (1.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 6 (1.10%) Tivoli
5 6 (1.10%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.73%) Data Guard
6 4 (0.73%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.73%) Nagios
6 4 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.73%) QRadar
6 4 (0.73%) Salt
Vendors
1 146 (26.79%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.72%) SAP
3 30 (5.50%) VMware
4 29 (5.32%) Red Hat
5 25 (4.59%) ServiceNow
6 24 (4.40%) Salesforce
7 23 (4.22%) Oracle
8 14 (2.57%) Cisco
9 13 (2.39%) Atlassian
9 13 (2.39%) Google
10 12 (2.20%) Dell
10 12 (2.20%) HP
10 12 (2.20%) Workday
11 10 (1.83%) Veritas
12 9 (1.65%) 3PAR
13 8 (1.47%) NetApp
13 8 (1.47%) Nimble Storage
13 8 (1.47%) Splunk
13 8 (1.47%) Symantec
14 7 (1.28%) IFS