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 2 December 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 150 168
Rank change year-on-year -10 +18 +82
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 542 522 589
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 1.72% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 1.85% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 208 350
10th Percentile £163 £200 £172
25th Percentile £300 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £516 £543 £505
90th Percentile £588 £619 £594
UK median daily rate £400 £420 £400
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 55 55
10th Percentile £12.93 £12.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.81 £13.49 £16.45
Median hourly rate £17.00 £16.81 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% -27.69% +36.71%
75th Percentile £22.47 £24.50 £48.40
90th Percentile £23.75 £40.70 £63.14
UK median hourly rate £16.96 £18.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -5.78% -18.18% +29.41%

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 27,984 28,207 36,022
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.96% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,940 17,360 24,787
10th Percentile £285 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -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 1,688 1,011 1,400
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.25 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +44.26%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 2 December 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 +20 164 £400 -3.03% 93
North of England -30 109 £400 -5.88% 108
South East -18 95 £400 +6.67% 103
North West -9 73 £401 +45.82% 54
South West +3 72 £450 -14.29% 42
Midlands -21 56 £365 -8.23% 70
West Midlands -15 47 £325 -21.21% 41
East of England -9 43 £409 +116.56% 46
Yorkshire -28 30 £275 -54.17% 43
East Midlands -22 9 £1,300 +239.43% 28
North East -7 6 £140 -72.00% 16
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 December 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 (26.94%) Microsoft
2 118 (21.77%) Security Cleared
3 86 (15.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 83 (15.31%) Windows
5 75 (13.84%) SC Cleared
6 73 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (11.62%) Linux
8 55 (10.15%) Change Management
8 55 (10.15%) SAP
9 51 (9.41%) SharePoint
10 50 (9.23%) JIRA
10 50 (9.23%) Migration
11 49 (9.04%) Azure
11 49 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
12 46 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
13 44 (8.12%) DevOps
13 44 (8.12%) ITIL
14 41 (7.56%) Agile
15 37 (6.83%) PowerShell
15 37 (6.83%) Python
16 36 (6.64%) Active Directory
17 35 (6.46%) SQL
18 33 (6.09%) Customer Service
18 33 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
19 32 (5.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
20 31 (5.72%) Data Protection
20 31 (5.72%) DNS
21 29 (5.35%) Red Hat
22 28 (5.17%) Continuous Improvement
22 28 (5.17%) Data Entry

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 51 (9.41%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.61%) Confluence
3 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.74%) CMS
5 3 (0.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.55%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.55%) SAS
6 2 (0.37%) Moodle
6 2 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.18%) CICS
7 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 86 (15.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.74%) Trello
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) ContrOCC
3 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.55%) Shopify
4 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) iTrent
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 49 (9.04%) Azure
2 46 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (4.98%) AWS
4 25 (4.61%) Power Platform
5 24 (4.43%) Entra ID
6 16 (2.95%) SaaS
7 15 (2.77%) Serverless
8 13 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (2.40%) GitHub
9 12 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.85%) GCP
11 9 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.66%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.66%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (1.48%) IaaS
13 7 (1.29%) Azure Functions
13 7 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.29%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.72%) DNS
2 19 (3.51%) Network Security
3 17 (3.14%) Firewall
4 16 (2.95%) DHCP
5 12 (2.21%) SAN
6 10 (1.85%) VPN
7 6 (1.11%) Wireless
8 5 (0.92%) LAN
8 5 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.92%) VLAN
8 5 (0.92%) WAN
8 5 (0.92%) WebEx
9 4 (0.74%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.74%) SSL
10 3 (0.55%) BGP
10 3 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.55%) OSPF
10 3 (0.55%) SMTP
10 3 (0.55%) WLAN
11 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (2.95%) Power BI
2 15 (2.77%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.21%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.03%) NoSQL
4 11 (2.03%) Oracle Database
5 7 (1.29%) MySQL
6 5 (0.92%) DB2
6 5 (0.92%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.74%) Metadata
7 4 (0.74%) Tableau
8 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.55%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 50 (9.23%) JIRA
2 15 (2.77%) Git
3 7 (1.29%) Bitbucket
3 7 (1.29%) GitLab
3 7 (1.29%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.11%) 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%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 171 (31.55%) Social Skills
2 77 (14.21%) Finance
3 48 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.69%) Retail
7 19 (3.51%) Legal
8 16 (2.95%) Banking
9 15 (2.77%) Marketing
10 13 (2.40%) Aviation
11 12 (2.21%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.66%) Electronics
15 8 (1.48%) French Language
15 8 (1.48%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.48%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.29%) Law
17 4 (0.74%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.74%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.40%) REST
2 8 (1.48%) ISPF
2 8 (1.48%) JSON
3 7 (1.29%) .NET
3 7 (1.29%) YAML
4 6 (1.11%) Node.js
5 5 (0.92%) .NET Core
5 5 (0.92%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.92%) XML
6 4 (0.74%) OAuth
7 3 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.55%) HTML
7 3 (0.55%) LAMP
7 3 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.55%) OpenID
7 3 (0.55%) SAML
7 3 (0.55%) SAP Basis
7 3 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.55%) XMPP
8 2 (0.37%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.86%) Onboarding
2 14 (2.58%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.40%) PKI
4 12 (2.21%) Clustering
4 12 (2.21%) Replication
5 11 (2.03%) Mainframe
6 10 (1.85%) Enterprise Storage
7 9 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.11%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.11%) NHS
10 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.74%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.74%) HP Storage
11 4 (0.74%) LIMS
11 4 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 83 (15.31%) Windows
2 63 (11.62%) Linux
3 32 (5.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.95%) Unix
5 13 (2.40%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.48%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.29%) CentOS
7 7 (1.29%) Solaris
7 7 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.92%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.55%) AIX
10 3 (0.55%) Debian
10 3 (0.55%) VMS
11 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.18%) Android
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (10.15%) Change Management
3 50 (9.23%) Migration
4 44 (8.12%) DevOps
4 44 (8.12%) ITIL
5 41 (7.56%) Agile
6 33 (6.09%) Customer Service
6 33 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 31 (5.72%) Data Protection
8 28 (5.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (5.17%) Data Entry
8 28 (5.17%) Time Management
9 26 (4.80%) CI/CD
10 25 (4.61%) Business Intelligence
10 25 (4.61%) Project Delivery
11 24 (4.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (4.24%) Performance Tuning
12 23 (4.24%) Process Improvement
13 22 (4.06%) CRM
14 21 (3.87%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.83%) PowerShell
1 37 (6.83%) Python
2 35 (6.46%) SQL
3 25 (4.61%) Bash
4 23 (4.24%) Shell Script
5 10 (1.85%) Perl
6 9 (1.66%) CLIST
6 9 (1.66%) REXX
7 8 (1.48%) COBOL
7 8 (1.48%) JCL
8 7 (1.29%) 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
11 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 118 (21.77%) Security Cleared
2 75 (13.84%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.98%) DV Cleared
4 16 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.77%) Degree
5 15 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.48%) MOS
7 6 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.74%) CCNP
8 4 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.55%) HNC
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.37%) CCIE
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.43%) GDPR
2 17 (3.14%) SLA
3 12 (2.21%) PMO
4 11 (2.03%) QA
5 10 (1.85%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.74%) NIST
6 4 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.74%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) GAMP
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 36 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.66%) Firmware
3 9 (1.66%) NFS
4 8 (1.48%) ACF2
4 8 (1.48%) RACF
4 8 (1.48%) Time Sharing Option
5 7 (1.29%) Docker
5 7 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.74%) GPFS
6 4 (0.74%) KVM
6 4 (0.74%) Veritas File System
6 4 (0.74%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.37%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.18%) HDFS
9 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (4.61%) Ansible
2 15 (2.77%) SCCM
3 14 (2.58%) Terraform
4 13 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.66%) NetBackup
6 8 (1.48%) CA Endevor
7 7 (1.29%) Norton AntiVirus
7 7 (1.29%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.29%) Puppet
7 7 (1.29%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (1.29%) Tivoli
7 7 (1.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (1.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (0.74%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.74%) QRadar
9 4 (0.74%) Salt
10 3 (0.55%) Grafana
10 3 (0.55%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 146 (26.94%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.15%) SAP
3 29 (5.35%) Red Hat
4 28 (5.17%) Oracle
4 28 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.61%) VMware
6 23 (4.24%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.77%) Dell
7 15 (2.77%) Google
7 15 (2.77%) HP
8 14 (2.58%) Workday
9 13 (2.40%) Atlassian
10 12 (2.21%) Cisco
11 10 (1.85%) Veritas
12 9 (1.66%) 3PAR
13 8 (1.48%) NetApp
13 8 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
13 8 (1.48%) Symantec
14 7 (1.29%) McAfee
15 6 (1.11%) IFS