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 30 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
30 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 157 147
Rank change year-on-year +31 -10 +30
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 1,009 505 557
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.17% 1.82% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% 1.99% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 211 236
10th Percentile £162 £175 £183
25th Percentile £313 £278 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £554
90th Percentile £600 £600 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 133 71
10th Percentile £13.03 £13.00 £12.13
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.75 £15.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -30.04%
75th Percentile £18.67 £21.44 £26.47
90th Percentile £24.19 £24.33 £51.91
UK median hourly rate £15.04 £15.50 £16.65
% change year-on-year -2.97% -6.91% -21.79%

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 42,921 25,318 29,860
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 91.25% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,434 16,345 18,286
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -3.85%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £730 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,595 1,381 1,357
10th Percentile £14.68 £13.78 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.51 £17.33 £21.37
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.92%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.50 £67.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -3.37%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +33 239 £450 +38.46% 152
London -20 219 £450 +9.42% 156
South East +4 189 £500 +26.58% 153
Midlands +34 169 £450 +23.29% 120
North West +18 143 £450 +38.46% 77
East of England +27 111 £350 -12.50% 80
West Midlands -6 96 £450 +38.46% 64
East Midlands +29 73 £150 -88.46% 56
South West -41 71 £385 -21.43% 76
Yorkshire +7 68 £466 -6.90% 59
North East -14 28 £400 +180.70% 18
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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.

1 288 (28.54%) Microsoft
2 211 (20.91%) Security Cleared
3 166 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 163 (16.15%) SC Cleared
5 143 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
6 128 (12.69%) Microsoft Office
7 117 (11.60%) Migration
8 107 (10.60%) Oracle
9 105 (10.41%) Customer Service
10 101 (10.01%) SAP
11 99 (9.81%) SharePoint
12 86 (8.52%) SQL
13 78 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
14 75 (7.43%) Data Entry
15 72 (7.14%) Data Quality
15 72 (7.14%) SQL Server
16 69 (6.84%) Windows
17 68 (6.74%) Performance Tuning
18 61 (6.05%) Azure
19 60 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
20 58 (5.75%) Active Directory
20 58 (5.75%) Data Management
21 56 (5.55%) ERP
21 56 (5.55%) Validation
22 55 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
22 55 (5.45%) Time Management
23 54 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
24 53 (5.25%) ITIL
25 51 (5.05%) Google
25 51 (5.05%) JIRA

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 99 (9.81%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.59%) SharePoint 2013
4 13 (1.29%) CMS
5 8 (0.79%) Confluence
6 4 (0.40%) JBoss
7 3 (0.30%) IIS
7 3 (0.30%) WordPress
8 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.099%) Apache
9 1 (0.099%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.099%) CICS
9 1 (0.099%) Mendix
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 166 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (12.69%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.18%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.79%) Windchill
6 1 (0.099%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.099%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.099%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.69%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.50%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.40%) iTrent
5 4 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.40%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.30%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.099%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.099%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.099%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.099%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (6.05%) Azure
3 40 (3.96%) Google Workspace
4 37 (3.67%) AWS
5 31 (3.07%) Power Platform
6 24 (2.38%) Entra ID
7 23 (2.28%) SaaS
8 21 (2.08%) GCP
9 20 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
10 18 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.49%) Google Drive
11 15 (1.49%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.19%) Google Sheets
13 11 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (0.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 10 (0.99%) ShareGate
15 9 (0.89%) AWS KMS
15 9 (0.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.27%) DNS
2 18 (1.78%) SSL
3 14 (1.39%) DHCP
4 12 (1.19%) Firewall
5 11 (1.09%) DKIM
5 11 (1.09%) DMARC
6 10 (0.99%) SAN
7 6 (0.59%) Kerberos
8 5 (0.50%) NAS
9 4 (0.40%) Network Security
9 4 (0.40%) SNMP
9 4 (0.40%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.40%) VPN
10 3 (0.30%) NetScaler
10 3 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.30%) Wireless
11 2 (0.20%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.20%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.20%) Junos
11 2 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 54 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (3.67%) MySQL
4 33 (3.27%) Oracle Database
5 27 (2.68%) Power BI
6 18 (1.78%) Amazon Aurora
7 15 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 10 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.69%) Metadata
10 7 (0.69%) Oracle Database 11g
10 7 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.69%) Redis
10 7 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.59%) GIS
12 5 (0.50%) Db2
12 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.40%) Big Data
13 4 (0.40%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 51 (5.05%) JIRA
2 9 (0.89%) Git
3 7 (0.69%) GitLab
3 7 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.20%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.20%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.20%) MSI
5 2 (0.20%) Toad
6 1 (0.099%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.099%) Hudson
6 1 (0.099%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.099%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.099%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.099%) ScriptRunner
General
1 334 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 168 (16.65%) Organisational Skills
3 100 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.12%) Finance
5 70 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 64 (6.34%) Manufacturing
7 32 (3.17%) Legal
8 31 (3.07%) Aerospace
9 21 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.88%) Banking
11 18 (1.78%) Retail
12 17 (1.68%) Marketing
13 15 (1.49%) Local Government
14 14 (1.39%) Military
15 10 (0.99%) Aviation
15 10 (0.99%) Law
15 10 (0.99%) Police
16 9 (0.89%) Billing
17 8 (0.79%) Advertising
18 7 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.98%) Middleware
2 18 (1.78%) Terraform
3 14 (1.39%) ISPF
4 12 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (0.79%) OAuth
5 8 (0.79%) REST
6 6 (0.59%) HTML
6 6 (0.59%) Kafka
7 5 (0.50%) CSS
7 5 (0.50%) JDBC
7 5 (0.50%) XML
8 4 (0.40%) .NET
8 4 (0.40%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.40%) jQuery
8 4 (0.40%) LDAP
8 4 (0.40%) Software Packaging
9 3 (0.30%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.20%) OpenTelemetry
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Streams
Miscellaneous
1 79 (7.83%) Management Information System
2 51 (5.05%) Onboarding
3 29 (2.87%) Clustering
4 24 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.38%) Replication
5 23 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.68%) Mainframe
7 12 (1.19%) Freedom of Information
8 9 (0.89%) Driving Licence
8 9 (0.89%) NHS
9 7 (0.69%) BYOD
10 6 (0.59%) Blog
10 6 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.59%) Housing Association
11 5 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.50%) CMDB
11 5 (0.50%) PKI
12 4 (0.40%) EPoS
12 4 (0.40%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 69 (6.84%) Windows
2 43 (4.26%) Linux
3 33 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.68%) Unix
6 16 (1.59%) zOS
7 14 (1.39%) Solaris
8 5 (0.50%) AIX
8 5 (0.50%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.40%) CentOS
9 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.30%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.099%) Android
11 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.099%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (11.60%) Migration
3 105 (10.41%) Customer Service
4 75 (7.43%) Data Entry
5 68 (6.74%) Performance Tuning
6 60 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (5.75%) Data Management
8 56 (5.55%) ERP
8 56 (5.55%) Validation
9 55 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (5.45%) Time Management
10 53 (5.25%) ITIL
11 49 (4.86%) CRM
12 45 (4.46%) Logistics
13 43 (4.26%) Disaster Recovery
14 41 (4.06%) Data Protection
15 40 (3.96%) Change Management
16 37 (3.67%) High Availability
16 37 (3.67%) Root Cause Analysis
17 35 (3.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 86 (8.52%) SQL
2 32 (3.17%) PowerShell
3 22 (2.18%) Python
4 9 (0.89%) C#
4 9 (0.89%) Shell Script
5 7 (0.69%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.59%) Bash
7 5 (0.50%) Apex Code
7 5 (0.50%) Java
7 5 (0.50%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.40%) MATLAB
8 4 (0.40%) Perl
8 4 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.30%) JCL
10 2 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.099%) Bicep
11 1 (0.099%) COBOL
11 1 (0.099%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.099%) SOQL
11 1 (0.099%) VBA
Qualifications
1 211 (20.91%) Security Cleared
2 163 (16.15%) SC Cleared
3 44 (4.36%) Degree
4 39 (3.87%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.68%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
9 11 (1.09%) OCP
10 7 (0.69%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.59%) CIPD
12 5 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.40%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.30%) CCA
14 3 (0.30%) Citrix Certification
14 3 (0.30%) MCSA
14 3 (0.30%) MCSE
14 3 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 42 (4.16%) GDPR
3 30 (2.97%) QA
4 17 (1.68%) SLA
5 11 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.69%) PMO
7 4 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.20%) GMP
8 2 (0.20%) GxP
8 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.099%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.099%) COSHH
9 1 (0.099%) GRC
9 1 (0.099%) HL7
9 1 (0.099%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.099%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.099%) NIST
System Software
1 58 (5.75%) Active Directory
2 31 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.49%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.29%) RACF
5 12 (1.19%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.50%) Docker
8 5 (0.50%) Firmware
9 4 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 4 (0.40%) vSphere
10 2 (0.20%) PowerHA
10 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.20%) XenApp
10 2 (0.20%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.099%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.099%) NFS
11 1 (0.099%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.099%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.78%) SCCM
3 14 (1.39%) Data Guard
4 13 (1.29%) Ansible
4 13 (1.29%) OMEGAMON
5 11 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.89%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
7 8 (0.79%) SCOM
8 6 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.59%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.50%) Check_MK
9 5 (0.50%) Grafana
9 5 (0.50%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.50%) Podman
9 5 (0.50%) Puppet
10 4 (0.40%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 288 (28.54%) Microsoft
2 107 (10.60%) Oracle
3 101 (10.01%) SAP
4 51 (5.05%) Google
5 45 (4.46%) VMware
6 41 (4.06%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.98%) IBM
8 14 (1.39%) Red Hat
9 13 (1.29%) Citrix
9 13 (1.29%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.19%) Sage
11 11 (1.09%) Cisco
11 11 (1.09%) Workday
12 9 (0.89%) Avature
13 8 (0.79%) Remedy
14 7 (0.69%) Qualys
15 6 (0.59%) Juniper
15 6 (0.59%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.59%) Splunk
16 5 (0.50%) BMC
742 Administrator jobs in England