Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 160 119
Rank change year-on-year +15 -41 +63
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 751 423 716
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.71% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.85% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 201 340
10th Percentile £200 £191 £165
25th Percentile £350 £281 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £419 £428
Median % change year-on-year +4.54% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £491 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £431
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.19% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 81 235
10th Percentile £13.00 - £11.12
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +3.70% -45.18%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.00 £17.34
90th Percentile £34.62 £28.42 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.06 £14.45 £13.51
% change year-on-year +18.08% +6.96% -41.00%

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 39,699 22,906 35,015
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.33% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,420 15,063 22,824
10th Percentile £325 £293 £288
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,798 1,026 2,684
10th Percentile £15.92 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.28 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.53
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -27.26% -12.17%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.56% -26.67% -16.67%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +5 180 £438 +13.05% 57
London -4 180 £438 +2.94% 63
South East -4 120 £475 +15.15% 89
East of England +30 108 £356 -13.64% 36
North West +1 100 £433 +20.68% 38
Midlands -20 98 £440 +33.33% 53
West Midlands -36 67 £445 +34.85% 34
Yorkshire -21 61 £458 -16.77% 14
South West -19 57 £450 -5.26% 46
East Midlands +2 31 £413 +32.00% 20
North East -21 19 £438 +29.63% 5
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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.

1 186 (24.77%) Security Cleared
2 146 (19.44%) Microsoft
3 136 (18.11%) SC Cleared
4 104 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
5 94 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (11.32%) Migration
7 76 (10.12%) SAP
8 75 (9.99%) SharePoint
9 67 (8.92%) Oracle
10 61 (8.12%) Active Directory
11 59 (7.86%) Windows
12 58 (7.72%) Change Management
13 55 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 54 (7.19%) Azure
14 54 (7.19%) Linux
14 54 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
15 46 (6.13%) ITIL
15 46 (6.13%) SQL
15 46 (6.13%) Workflow
16 44 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
16 44 (5.86%) Performance Tuning
17 42 (5.59%) DV Cleared
18 40 (5.33%) Data Quality
19 39 (5.19%) VMware
20 38 (5.06%) Degree
21 37 (4.93%) SaaS
21 37 (4.93%) Salesforce
22 35 (4.66%) Google
22 35 (4.66%) JIRA
22 35 (4.66%) SQL Server

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 75 (9.99%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.00%) SharePoint 2013
4 14 (1.86%) Confluence
5 5 (0.67%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.40%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) CICS
8 1 (0.13%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 104 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.06%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Windchill
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.67%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.27%) Maximo
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.13%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 54 (7.19%) Azure
1 54 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (4.93%) SaaS
3 25 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 24 (3.20%) Google Workspace
5 23 (3.06%) Entra ID
6 19 (2.53%) AWS
7 18 (2.40%) GCP
8 14 (1.86%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 10 (1.33%) ShareGate
11 9 (1.20%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.07%) Asana
12 8 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.80%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.67%) GitHub
14 5 (0.67%) IaaS
14 5 (0.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.39%) DNS
2 14 (1.86%) DHCP
3 11 (1.46%) DKIM
3 11 (1.46%) DMARC
3 11 (1.46%) Firewall
3 11 (1.46%) Network Security
3 11 (1.46%) SAN
3 11 (1.46%) SSL
4 6 (0.80%) NAS
5 4 (0.53%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (0.53%) NetScaler
6 3 (0.40%) Intranet
6 3 (0.40%) LAN
6 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.40%) WebEx
7 2 (0.27%) BGP
7 2 (0.27%) OSPF
7 2 (0.27%) WAN
7 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.66%) SQL Server
2 32 (4.26%) Oracle Database
3 27 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.66%) Power BI
5 13 (1.73%) MySQL
6 10 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.93%) Oracle Database 11g
9 6 (0.80%) GIS
9 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.53%) Oracle ODI
11 4 (0.53%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.40%) Metadata
12 3 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 35 (4.66%) JIRA
2 18 (2.40%) GitLab
2 18 (2.40%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.13%) Git
4 5 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.40%) MSI
5 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.27%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.27%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.27%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) Hudson
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 165 (21.97%) Social Skills
2 81 (10.79%) Finance
3 70 (9.32%) Public Sector
4 69 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (8.12%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (3.73%) Aerospace
7 26 (3.46%) Legal
8 25 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.06%) Banking
10 17 (2.26%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.13%) Aviation
12 12 (1.60%) Military
13 10 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.33%) Law
13 10 (1.33%) Marketing
13 10 (1.33%) Publishing
14 9 (1.20%) Local Government
14 9 (1.20%) Police
15 7 (0.93%) Retail
16 4 (0.53%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.20%) Middleware
2 14 (1.86%) ISPF
3 11 (1.46%) LDAP
3 11 (1.46%) SAP Basis
4 9 (1.20%) REST
5 7 (0.93%) OAuth
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.67%) Software Packaging
7 3 (0.40%) CSS
7 3 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.40%) HTML
7 3 (0.40%) XML
7 3 (0.40%) XMPP
8 2 (0.27%) .NET
8 2 (0.27%) JSON
8 2 (0.27%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.27%) YAML
9 1 (0.13%) jQuery
9 1 (0.13%) Kafka
9 1 (0.13%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.39%) Management Information System
2 29 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 24 (3.20%) Data Centre
4 18 (2.40%) Clustering
5 17 (2.26%) Mainframe
6 13 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.60%) Freedom of Information
8 10 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.33%) NHS
8 10 (1.33%) Replication
8 10 (1.33%) Taxonomies
9 7 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.80%) PKI
11 4 (0.53%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.53%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.53%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.40%) CMDB
12 3 (0.40%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 59 (7.86%) Windows
2 54 (7.19%) Linux
3 24 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (2.00%) Unix
6 11 (1.46%) CentOS
7 10 (1.33%) zOS
8 7 (0.93%) AIX
9 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.40%) Solaris
10 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.27%) Debian
11 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.13%) Android
12 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.13%) MVS
12 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (11.32%) Migration
3 58 (7.72%) Change Management
4 55 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (6.13%) ITIL
5 46 (6.13%) Workflow
6 44 (5.86%) Performance Tuning
7 34 (4.53%) Data Management
8 33 (4.39%) DevOps
8 33 (4.39%) High Availability
9 30 (3.99%) Validation
10 28 (3.73%) Data Entry
11 27 (3.60%) ITSM
12 26 (3.46%) Business Intelligence
12 26 (3.46%) ERP
13 25 (3.33%) Customer Service
13 25 (3.33%) SAP Security
14 24 (3.20%) Data Protection
14 24 (3.20%) Time Management
15 23 (3.06%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (6.13%) SQL
2 29 (3.86%) PowerShell
3 26 (3.46%) Python
4 19 (2.53%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.46%) MATLAB
5 11 (1.46%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.07%) Bash
7 7 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.80%) C#
9 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.53%) COBOL
9 4 (0.53%) Java
9 4 (0.53%) JCL
9 4 (0.53%) REXX
10 3 (0.40%) CLIST
10 3 (0.40%) Groovy
10 3 (0.40%) Perl
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) VBA
12 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (24.77%) Security Cleared
2 136 (18.11%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.59%) DV Cleared
4 38 (5.06%) Degree
5 31 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.53%) OCP
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.40%) CCA
9 3 (0.40%) CCNP
9 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.40%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (0.40%) MCSA
9 3 (0.40%) MCSE
9 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.33%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.39%) SLA
3 23 (3.06%) GDPR
4 9 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.20%) QA
5 4 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 4 (0.53%) PMO
6 3 (0.40%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.40%) NIST
7 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) GRC
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) HL7
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 61 (8.12%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.73%) RACF
4 11 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.20%) Firmware
5 9 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.07%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.40%) ACF2
8 3 (0.40%) Docker
8 3 (0.40%) PowerHA
8 3 (0.40%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.40%) vSphere
9 2 (0.27%) QEMU
9 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.27%) XenApp
9 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (3.33%) Ansible
2 20 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (2.26%) SCCM
4 13 (1.73%) Podman
5 11 (1.46%) Check_MK
5 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.46%) Red Hat Satellite
6 10 (1.33%) OMEGAMON
7 9 (1.20%) Oracle RMAN
7 9 (1.20%) Terraform
8 8 (1.07%) Data Guard
9 7 (0.93%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 6 (0.80%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.80%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.67%) SCOM
12 4 (0.53%) CA Endevor
12 4 (0.53%) Grafana
12 4 (0.53%) WSUS
13 3 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 146 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.12%) SAP
3 67 (8.92%) Oracle
4 39 (5.19%) VMware
5 37 (4.93%) Salesforce
6 35 (4.66%) Google
7 29 (3.86%) Avature
8 24 (3.20%) Red Hat
8 24 (3.20%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.53%) IBM
10 14 (1.86%) Citrix
11 12 (1.60%) Cisco
12 11 (1.46%) Okta
13 7 (0.93%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.93%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.80%) Qualys
14 6 (0.80%) Sage
15 4 (0.53%) Brocade
15 4 (0.53%) Dell
15 4 (0.53%) Juniper