Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 175 124
Rank change year-on-year +23 -51 +55
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 685 388 689
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 1.60% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.72% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 190 339
10th Percentile £200 £210 £158
25th Percentile £325 £303 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £575
90th Percentile £591 £576 £613
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 66 219
10th Percentile £13.13 - £11.09
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £11.95
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.01% -48.23%
75th Percentile £22.63 £23.56 £17.26
90th Percentile £56.18 £30.63 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £16.95 £14.45 £13.18
% change year-on-year +17.30% +9.63% -49.26%

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 37,604 22,499 34,153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.58% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,450 14,977 22,653
10th Percentile £313 £300 £281
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 914 2,443
10th Percentile £15.72 £14.06 £12.87
25th Percentile £20.98 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.36 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +54.81% -18.34% -17.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £28.68 £36.65
% change year-on-year +53.44% -21.76% -18.56%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -29 172 £425 - 76
North of England -14 150 £425 +18.38% 74
East of England +33 114 £360 -16.28% 38
Midlands -14 96 £443 +34.09% 62
South East -33 85 £350 -17.65% 98
North West -17 84 £408 +14.95% 37
West Midlands -32 67 £440 +33.33% 38
South West -15 62 £481 +2.39% 43
Yorkshire -17 51 £438 -20.45% 28
East Midlands -5 29 £475 +17.21% 24
North East -7 15 £438 +29.63% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 168 (24.53%) Security Cleared
2 142 (20.73%) Microsoft
3 131 (19.12%) SC Cleared
4 105 (15.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 83 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (11.24%) SAP
7 67 (9.78%) Linux
8 61 (8.91%) Change Management
9 60 (8.76%) Migration
10 55 (8.03%) Azure
10 55 (8.03%) Oracle
11 54 (7.88%) Active Directory
12 51 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
14 46 (6.72%) SharePoint
15 44 (6.42%) Windows
16 42 (6.13%) Workflow
17 39 (5.69%) ITIL
18 38 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
18 38 (5.55%) SaaS
18 38 (5.55%) SLA
19 36 (5.26%) Google
20 35 (5.11%) Performance Tuning
20 35 (5.11%) SQL
21 33 (4.82%) High Availability
22 32 (4.67%) DV Cleared
23 30 (4.38%) Ansible
23 30 (4.38%) Data Protection
23 30 (4.38%) DevOps
24 29 (4.23%) Avature

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 46 (6.72%) SharePoint
2 25 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.61%) Confluence
4 4 (0.58%) CMS
4 4 (0.58%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.44%) IIS
6 2 (0.29%) Drupal
6 2 (0.29%) Moodle
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 105 (15.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (3.80%) Spreadsheet
4 17 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.58%) Maximo
2 4 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.44%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) Magento
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.15%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 55 (8.03%) Azure
2 50 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (5.55%) SaaS
4 26 (3.80%) Entra ID
5 22 (3.21%) Google Workspace
6 21 (3.07%) AWS
6 21 (3.07%) GCP
7 18 (2.63%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.04%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.75%) OpenShift
10 9 (1.31%) Amazon S3
10 9 (1.31%) Serverless
11 8 (1.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.02%) GitHub
12 7 (1.02%) IaaS
12 7 (1.02%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.88%) Asana
13 6 (0.88%) PaaS
13 6 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.94%) DNS
2 14 (2.04%) Network Security
3 13 (1.90%) Firewall
4 12 (1.75%) DHCP
5 10 (1.46%) SAN
6 9 (1.31%) DKIM
6 9 (1.31%) DMARC
7 8 (1.17%) LAN
8 7 (1.02%) VPN
9 5 (0.73%) NAS
10 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.58%) WAN
10 4 (0.58%) WLAN
11 3 (0.44%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (0.44%) Intranet
11 3 (0.44%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.44%) WebEx
11 3 (0.44%) Wireless
12 2 (0.29%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (3.50%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.36%) Oracle Database
4 16 (2.34%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.75%) Power BI
6 11 (1.61%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.17%) MySQL
9 7 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (1.02%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.73%) Oracle Database 11g
10 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.73%) Tableau
11 4 (0.58%) GIS
11 4 (0.58%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (0.44%) Apache Hive
12 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.44%) Impala
Development Applications
1 28 (4.09%) JIRA
2 20 (2.92%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.77%) GitLab
4 17 (2.48%) Git
5 5 (0.73%) ScriptRunner
5 5 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.29%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.15%) AdminStudio
7 1 (0.15%) Hudson
7 1 (0.15%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.15%) MSI
7 1 (0.15%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
7 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 146 (21.31%) Social Skills
2 77 (11.24%) Finance
3 64 (9.34%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (3.21%) Aerospace
7 20 (2.92%) Banking
8 19 (2.77%) Legal
9 12 (1.75%) Military
9 12 (1.75%) Publishing
10 11 (1.61%) Marketing
11 10 (1.46%) Aviation
11 10 (1.46%) Law
11 10 (1.46%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.17%) Local Government
13 7 (1.02%) Police
13 7 (1.02%) Retail
13 7 (1.02%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.73%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.19%) SAP Basis
2 13 (1.90%) Middleware
3 11 (1.61%) ISPF
4 10 (1.46%) LDAP
5 9 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (1.31%) JSON
6 7 (1.02%) .NET
6 7 (1.02%) REST
7 5 (0.73%) HTML
7 5 (0.73%) OAuth
7 5 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.73%) XML
8 4 (0.58%) CSS
8 4 (0.58%) Node.js
8 4 (0.58%) YAML
9 3 (0.44%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.44%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.44%) Kafka
9 3 (0.44%) XMPP
10 2 (0.29%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.57%) Onboarding
2 24 (3.50%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.36%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.04%) Mainframe
4 14 (2.04%) Taxonomies
5 11 (1.61%) NHS
6 10 (1.46%) Freedom of Information
7 9 (1.31%) Clustering
7 9 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.17%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.17%) PKI
8 8 (1.17%) Replication
8 8 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.73%) Life Science
11 4 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.44%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.78%) Linux
2 44 (6.42%) Windows
3 22 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.75%) Unix
6 11 (1.61%) CentOS
7 6 (0.88%) AIX
8 5 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.29%) Debian
10 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.15%) MVS
11 1 (0.15%) Solaris
11 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (8.91%) Change Management
3 60 (8.76%) Migration
4 51 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (6.13%) Workflow
6 39 (5.69%) ITIL
7 35 (5.11%) Performance Tuning
8 33 (4.82%) High Availability
9 30 (4.38%) Data Protection
9 30 (4.38%) DevOps
10 29 (4.23%) Customer Service
10 29 (4.23%) Time Management
11 26 (3.80%) Data Entry
12 25 (3.65%) Project Delivery
12 25 (3.65%) SAP Security
13 24 (3.50%) Data Management
13 24 (3.50%) Service Delivery
14 23 (3.36%) Data Governance
14 23 (3.36%) Disaster Recovery
14 23 (3.36%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.11%) SQL
2 29 (4.23%) Python
3 23 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 18 (2.63%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.61%) Bash
5 11 (1.61%) REXX
6 10 (1.46%) CLIST
6 10 (1.46%) COBOL
6 10 (1.46%) JCL
6 10 (1.46%) MATLAB
7 9 (1.31%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.17%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.02%) C#
10 4 (0.58%) Perl
11 3 (0.44%) Groovy
11 3 (0.44%) VBA
12 2 (0.29%) C++
12 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.15%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 168 (24.53%) Security Cleared
2 131 (19.12%) SC Cleared
3 32 (4.67%) DV Cleared
4 29 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (4.09%) Degree
6 16 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.02%) CCNP
7 7 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (0.88%) OCP
8 6 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.58%) CCIE
10 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.29%) MOS
12 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.55%) SLA
2 23 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.07%) GDPR
4 8 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.02%) PMO
6 4 (0.58%) QA
7 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.44%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.44%) NIST
8 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.15%) GRC
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.15%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.15%) PERC
System Software
1 54 (7.88%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.61%) Hyper-V
3 11 (1.61%) RACF
4 10 (1.46%) ACF2
4 10 (1.46%) Time Sharing Option
5 8 (1.17%) Firmware
6 7 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.88%) Docker
8 5 (0.73%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.44%) HDFS
9 3 (0.44%) PowerHA
9 3 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.29%) QEMU
10 2 (0.29%) XenApp
10 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.15%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 30 (4.38%) Ansible
2 22 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (2.34%) Terraform
4 14 (2.04%) Kubernetes
5 13 (1.90%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 12 (1.75%) Podman
7 11 (1.61%) Prometheus
8 10 (1.46%) CA Endevor
8 10 (1.46%) Check_MK
8 10 (1.46%) Grafana
8 10 (1.46%) Red Hat Satellite
8 10 (1.46%) Tivoli
9 9 (1.31%) SCCM
10 7 (1.02%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (0.88%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.58%) WSUS
14 3 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.44%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.29%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 142 (20.73%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.24%) SAP
3 55 (8.03%) Oracle
4 36 (5.26%) Google
5 29 (4.23%) Avature
6 28 (4.09%) ServiceNow
6 28 (4.09%) VMware
7 27 (3.94%) Red Hat
8 22 (3.21%) Salesforce
9 15 (2.19%) Cisco
9 15 (2.19%) Okta
10 10 (1.46%) IBM
11 8 (1.17%) Citrix
11 8 (1.17%) Sage
12 7 (1.02%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.02%) Dell
13 6 (0.88%) HP
14 4 (0.58%) Juniper
14 4 (0.58%) NetApp
14 4 (0.58%) SolarWinds