Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 160 145
Rank change year-on-year +42 -15 +32
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 1,045 508 562
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.26% 1.81% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% 1.99% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 212 239
10th Percentile £158 £163 £198
25th Percentile £309 £267 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £551
90th Percentile £600 £599 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 138 69
10th Percentile £13.04 £13.00 £12.13
25th Percentile £13.82 £13.81 £13.49
Median hourly rate £15.60 £15.74 £16.46
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -4.37% -30.28%
75th Percentile £18.67 £21.44 £25.99
90th Percentile £24.19 £23.89 £52.97
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £15.74 £16.65
% change year-on-year -4.70% -5.47% -24.32%

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 42,550 25,588 30,150
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 91.07% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,050 16,462 18,444
10th Percentile £325 £276 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,697 1,430 1,300
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.70%
75th Percentile £67.98 £51.55 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.57
% change year-on-year +65.84% -39.49% -6.60%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +48 242 £450 +39.53% 168
London -28 225 £450 +12.50% 189
South East +13 207 £500 +26.58% 171
Midlands +32 170 £450 +28.57% 125
North West +19 142 £450 +38.46% 78
East of England +26 115 £350 -12.50% 68
West Midlands -8 93 £450 +38.46% 62
East Midlands +31 77 £150 -88.46% 62
South West -31 76 £385 -21.03% 84
Yorkshire +17 72 £466 +28.41% 63
North East -16 28 £400 +180.70% 29
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 October 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.

1 317 (30.33%) Microsoft
2 215 (20.57%) Security Cleared
3 181 (17.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 166 (15.89%) SC Cleared
5 152 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
6 139 (13.30%) Microsoft Office
7 117 (11.20%) Customer Service
8 116 (11.10%) SAP
9 114 (10.91%) Migration
10 107 (10.24%) Oracle
11 97 (9.28%) SharePoint
12 90 (8.61%) SQL
13 85 (8.13%) Data Entry
14 76 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
15 74 (7.08%) Data Quality
16 71 (6.79%) Performance Tuning
16 71 (6.79%) SQL Server
17 69 (6.60%) Data Management
17 69 (6.60%) Windows
18 63 (6.03%) ERP
18 63 (6.03%) Stakeholder Management
19 60 (5.74%) Azure
20 58 (5.55%) Validation
21 56 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
21 56 (5.36%) Time Management
22 55 (5.26%) CRM
22 55 (5.26%) Google
22 55 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
23 53 (5.07%) Active Directory
23 53 (5.07%) Logistics

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 97 (9.28%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.53%) SharePoint 2013
4 13 (1.24%) CMS
5 7 (0.67%) Confluence
6 4 (0.38%) JBoss
7 3 (0.29%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.096%) Apache
9 1 (0.096%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.096%) CICS
9 1 (0.096%) Mendix
9 1 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.096%) WebLogic
Applications
1 181 (17.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 139 (13.30%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (2.49%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.77%) Windchill
6 1 (0.096%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.096%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.096%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.67%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.48%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.38%) iTrent
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.29%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.29%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.19%) SAP CS
7 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.096%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.096%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.096%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.096%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 76 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (5.74%) Azure
3 41 (3.92%) Google Workspace
4 40 (3.83%) AWS
5 35 (3.35%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.49%) Entra ID
7 22 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 19 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (1.82%) GCP
8 19 (1.82%) SaaS
9 16 (1.53%) Power Automate
10 15 (1.44%) Google Drive
10 15 (1.44%) Google Sheets
11 12 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (0.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (0.96%) AWS KMS
13 10 (0.96%) PowerApps
13 10 (0.96%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.87%) DNS
2 18 (1.72%) SSL
3 14 (1.34%) DHCP
4 12 (1.15%) Firewall
5 10 (0.96%) DKIM
5 10 (0.96%) DMARC
6 9 (0.86%) SAN
7 6 (0.57%) Kerberos
8 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.38%) NAS
9 4 (0.38%) SNMP
9 4 (0.38%) VPN
9 4 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.29%) NetScaler
10 3 (0.29%) Network Security
10 3 (0.29%) Wireless
11 2 (0.19%) BGP
11 2 (0.19%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.19%) MPLS
11 2 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.79%) SQL Server
2 55 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (3.64%) MySQL
4 34 (3.25%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.78%) Power BI
6 21 (2.01%) Amazon Aurora
7 18 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.96%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.77%) Redis
11 7 (0.67%) Metadata
11 7 (0.67%) MS Access
11 7 (0.67%) Oracle Database 11g
11 7 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.57%) GIS
13 5 (0.48%) Db2
13 5 (0.48%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.38%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 50 (4.78%) JIRA
2 7 (0.67%) Git
3 5 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.38%) GitLab
4 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.19%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.19%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.19%) MSI
5 2 (0.19%) Toad
6 1 (0.096%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.096%) Hudson
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.096%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.096%) TestRail
6 1 (0.096%) WinAutomation
General
1 369 (35.31%) Social Skills
2 182 (17.42%) Organisational Skills
3 102 (9.76%) Finance
4 101 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (7.37%) Manufacturing
6 67 (6.41%) Public Sector
7 33 (3.16%) Aerospace
8 32 (3.06%) Legal
9 28 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (1.91%) Retail
11 19 (1.82%) Banking
12 16 (1.53%) Local Government
13 14 (1.34%) Marketing
14 13 (1.24%) Aviation
15 11 (1.05%) Billing
15 11 (1.05%) Military
16 10 (0.96%) Advertising
16 10 (0.96%) Police
17 9 (0.86%) Law
18 7 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.11%) Terraform
2 17 (1.63%) Middleware
3 14 (1.34%) ISPF
4 12 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (0.77%) OAuth
5 8 (0.77%) XML
6 7 (0.67%) REST
7 6 (0.57%) Kafka
8 5 (0.48%) HTML
8 5 (0.48%) JDBC
9 4 (0.38%) .NET
9 4 (0.38%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.38%) CSS
9 4 (0.38%) jQuery
9 4 (0.38%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.29%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle Streams
11 2 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.19%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.19%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 85 (8.13%) Management Information System
2 58 (5.55%) Onboarding
3 29 (2.78%) Clustering
4 28 (2.68%) Replication
5 25 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 17 (1.63%) Mainframe
8 12 (1.15%) NHS
9 10 (0.96%) Freedom of Information
10 9 (0.86%) Driving Licence
11 7 (0.67%) BYOD
11 7 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.67%) Housing Association
12 6 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.57%) Blog
12 6 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.57%) FMCG
13 5 (0.48%) PKI
14 4 (0.38%) EPoS
14 4 (0.38%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 69 (6.60%) Windows
2 43 (4.11%) Linux
3 32 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.72%) Unix
5 16 (1.53%) zOS
6 15 (1.44%) Solaris
7 14 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.48%) AIX
9 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.29%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.19%) CentOS
13 1 (0.096%) Android
13 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.096%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (11.20%) Customer Service
3 114 (10.91%) Migration
4 85 (8.13%) Data Entry
5 71 (6.79%) Performance Tuning
6 69 (6.60%) Data Management
7 63 (6.03%) ERP
7 63 (6.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 58 (5.55%) Validation
9 56 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (5.36%) Time Management
10 55 (5.26%) CRM
11 53 (5.07%) Logistics
12 52 (4.98%) ITIL
13 46 (4.40%) Data Protection
13 46 (4.40%) Disaster Recovery
14 39 (3.73%) Change Management
14 39 (3.73%) Root Cause Analysis
15 37 (3.54%) High Availability
16 36 (3.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 90 (8.61%) SQL
2 33 (3.16%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.30%) Python
4 8 (0.77%) C#
4 8 (0.77%) PL/SQL
5 7 (0.67%) Bash
5 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
6 5 (0.48%) Apex Code
6 5 (0.48%) Java
7 4 (0.38%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.38%) Perl
7 4 (0.38%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.29%) JCL
9 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.19%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.096%) COBOL
10 1 (0.096%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.096%) SOQL
10 1 (0.096%) VBA
Qualifications
1 215 (20.57%) Security Cleared
2 166 (15.89%) SC Cleared
3 49 (4.69%) Degree
4 39 (3.73%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 30 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.01%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
9 11 (1.05%) OCP
10 8 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.57%) CIPD
12 4 (0.38%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.38%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.29%) CCA
13 3 (0.29%) Citrix Certification
13 3 (0.29%) MCSA
13 3 (0.29%) MCSE
13 3 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (7.08%) Data Quality
2 44 (4.21%) GDPR
3 30 (2.87%) QA
4 13 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.15%) SLA
6 8 (0.77%) PMO
7 4 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.19%) GMP
8 2 (0.19%) GxP
8 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.096%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.096%) COSHH
9 1 (0.096%) HL7
9 1 (0.096%) JSP 440
System Software
1 53 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.44%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.24%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.24%) RACF
5 10 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.48%) Docker
6 5 (0.48%) Firmware
6 5 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.38%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 4 (0.38%) vSphere
8 2 (0.19%) PowerHA
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.19%) XenApp
8 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.096%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.096%) NFS
9 1 (0.096%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.096%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 23 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.72%) SCCM
3 14 (1.34%) Data Guard
4 13 (1.24%) OMEGAMON
5 11 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.86%) Ansible
6 9 (0.86%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (0.77%) SCOM
8 6 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.57%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.48%) Grafana
9 5 (0.48%) Puppet
10 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (0.38%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.38%) WSUS
11 3 (0.29%) Nagios
11 3 (0.29%) Podman
Vendors
1 317 (30.33%) Microsoft
2 116 (11.10%) SAP
3 107 (10.24%) Oracle
4 55 (5.26%) Google
5 42 (4.02%) VMware
6 38 (3.64%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.91%) IBM
8 14 (1.34%) Sage
8 14 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.24%) Citrix
10 12 (1.15%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.05%) Cisco
11 11 (1.05%) Workday
12 8 (0.77%) Remedy
13 7 (0.67%) Qualys
13 7 (0.67%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.57%) Ariba
14 6 (0.57%) Juniper
14 6 (0.57%) Splunk
15 5 (0.48%) BMC