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 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 153 169
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 +78
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 545 523 581
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.71% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.84% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 211 345
10th Percentile £163 £200 £171
25th Percentile £300 £309 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £515 £539 £500
90th Percentile £588 £615 £594
UK median daily rate £400 £413 £400
% change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 54 56
10th Percentile £12.86 £12.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.13 £13.50 £16.40
Median hourly rate £17.69 £17.15 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -25.00% +34.53%
75th Percentile £22.47 £24.50 £48.40
90th Percentile £23.73 £41.15 £62.83
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £21.82
% change year-on-year -5.56% -17.51% +28.35%

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 28,364 28,410 35,800
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.92% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,196 17,553 24,633
10th Percentile £288 £300 £293
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -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 1,707 984 1,397
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.34 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.17 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.66 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +39.88%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +11 170 £400 -3.03% 90
North of England -24 108 £401 -5.65% 130
South East -18 93 £398 +6.00% 127
North West -6 72 £401 +45.82% 62
South West -1 69 £450 -14.29% 55
Midlands -26 60 £375 -2.09% 89
West Midlands -11 49 £325 -11.86% 52
East of England -7 44 £409 +116.56% 82
Yorkshire -29 30 £429 -28.58% 57
East Midlands -20 11 £1,300 +239.43% 34
North East -3 6 £140 -72.00% 14
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 148 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 117 (21.47%) Security Cleared
3 88 (16.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 81 (14.86%) Windows
5 76 (13.94%) SC Cleared
6 75 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (11.93%) Linux
8 55 (10.09%) Change Management
9 54 (9.91%) SAP
10 52 (9.54%) Migration
10 52 (9.54%) SharePoint
11 51 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
12 49 (8.99%) Azure
13 47 (8.62%) DevOps
13 47 (8.62%) JIRA
14 45 (8.26%) ITIL
14 45 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
15 43 (7.89%) Agile
16 38 (6.97%) Python
17 37 (6.79%) SQL
18 35 (6.42%) Active Directory
18 35 (6.42%) PowerShell
19 33 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
20 32 (5.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 31 (5.69%) Customer Service
21 31 (5.69%) Data Protection
22 30 (5.50%) CI/CD
22 30 (5.50%) Red Hat
22 30 (5.50%) Time Management
23 29 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement

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 52 (9.54%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.04%) Confluence
3 12 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.73%) 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 88 (16.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.73%) Trello
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.73%) ContrOCC
3 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.55%) Shopify
4 2 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) iTrent
5 1 (0.18%) Maximo
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 (8.99%) Azure
2 45 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (4.77%) Power Platform
4 25 (4.59%) AWS
5 23 (4.22%) Entra ID
6 16 (2.94%) Serverless
7 14 (2.57%) SaaS
8 13 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (2.39%) GitHub
9 11 (2.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 10 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.65%) GCP
11 9 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.65%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.47%) Azure Functions
12 8 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (1.47%) IaaS
13 7 (1.28%) Azure AKS
13 7 (1.28%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.32%) DNS
2 20 (3.67%) Network Security
3 18 (3.30%) Firewall
4 16 (2.94%) DHCP
5 12 (2.20%) SAN
6 11 (2.02%) VPN
7 6 (1.10%) LAN
7 6 (1.10%) WAN
7 6 (1.10%) Wireless
8 5 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.92%) VLAN
8 5 (0.92%) WebEx
9 4 (0.73%) WLAN
10 3 (0.55%) BGP
10 3 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.55%) OSPF
10 3 (0.55%) SSL
11 2 (0.37%) RTP
11 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
1 17 (3.12%) Power BI
2 16 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.39%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.20%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.02%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.28%) MySQL
7 5 (0.92%) DB2
7 5 (0.92%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.92%) Tableau
8 4 (0.73%) Metadata
9 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.55%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 47 (8.62%) JIRA
2 16 (2.94%) Git
3 8 (1.47%) GitLab
4 7 (1.28%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.28%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.92%) Subversion
6 3 (0.55%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.18%) Fiddler
General
1 167 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 79 (14.50%) Finance
3 50 (9.17%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (3.49%) Banking
6 19 (3.49%) Retail
7 18 (3.30%) Legal
8 15 (2.75%) Marketing
9 12 (2.20%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.20%) Aviation
10 11 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.65%) Electronics
13 8 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.47%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.28%) French Language
15 6 (1.10%) Law
16 4 (0.73%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.55%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.39%) REST
2 8 (1.47%) .NET
2 8 (1.47%) ISPF
2 8 (1.47%) JSON
3 7 (1.28%) Node.js
3 7 (1.28%) YAML
4 6 (1.10%) .NET Core
4 6 (1.10%) ASP.NET
4 6 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.92%) XML
6 4 (0.73%) OAuth
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%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.99%) Onboarding
2 14 (2.57%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.39%) PKI
4 12 (2.20%) Clustering
4 12 (2.20%) Replication
5 11 (2.02%) Mainframe
6 10 (1.83%) Enterprise Storage
7 9 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.47%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.10%) NHS
11 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.73%) HP Storage
12 4 (0.73%) Life Science
12 4 (0.73%) SCADA
12 4 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 81 (14.86%) Windows
2 65 (11.93%) Linux
3 32 (5.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.94%) Unix
5 13 (2.39%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.28%) CentOS
6 7 (1.28%) Solaris
6 7 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.92%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.55%) AIX
9 3 (0.55%) Debian
9 3 (0.55%) VMS
10 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Rocky
11 1 (0.18%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (10.09%) Change Management
3 52 (9.54%) Migration
4 47 (8.62%) DevOps
5 45 (8.26%) ITIL
6 43 (7.89%) Agile
7 33 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 31 (5.69%) Customer Service
8 31 (5.69%) Data Protection
9 30 (5.50%) CI/CD
9 30 (5.50%) Time Management
10 29 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (5.32%) Data Entry
11 26 (4.77%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (4.59%) Project Delivery
12 25 (4.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (4.40%) Performance Tuning
14 23 (4.22%) CRM
14 23 (4.22%) Process Improvement
15 22 (4.04%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (6.97%) Python
2 37 (6.79%) SQL
3 35 (6.42%) PowerShell
4 27 (4.95%) Bash
5 23 (4.22%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.83%) Perl
7 9 (1.65%) CLIST
7 9 (1.65%) REXX
8 8 (1.47%) C#
8 8 (1.47%) COBOL
8 8 (1.47%) JCL
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%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (21.47%) Security Cleared
2 76 (13.94%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.77%) DV Cleared
4 16 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (2.94%) Degree
5 15 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.47%) MOS
7 7 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.92%) CCNP
8 5 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.55%) CCIE
9 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.55%) HNC
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
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 (4.40%) GDPR
2 18 (3.30%) SLA
3 13 (2.39%) PMO
4 11 (2.02%) QA
5 10 (1.83%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.73%) NIST
6 4 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.37%) NCSC
8 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
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 35 (6.42%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.65%) Firmware
3 9 (1.65%) NFS
4 8 (1.47%) ACF2
4 8 (1.47%) RACF
4 8 (1.47%) Time Sharing Option
5 7 (1.28%) Docker
5 7 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.73%) GPFS
6 4 (0.73%) KVM
6 4 (0.73%) Veritas File System
6 4 (0.73%) 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%) Samba
Systems Management
1 28 (5.14%) Ansible
2 17 (3.12%) Terraform
3 15 (2.75%) SCCM
4 13 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.65%) NetBackup
6 8 (1.47%) CA Endevor
7 7 (1.28%) Norton AntiVirus
7 7 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.28%) Puppet
7 7 (1.28%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (1.28%) Tivoli
7 7 (1.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (1.10%) Grafana
8 6 (1.10%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 6 (1.10%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.73%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.73%) QRadar
9 4 (0.73%) Salt
Vendors
1 148 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.91%) SAP
3 30 (5.50%) Red Hat
4 28 (5.14%) Oracle
4 28 (5.14%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.59%) VMware
6 20 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.94%) Google
8 15 (2.75%) Dell
8 15 (2.75%) HP
9 14 (2.57%) Workday
10 13 (2.39%) Atlassian
10 13 (2.39%) Cisco
11 10 (1.83%) Veritas
12 9 (1.65%) 3PAR
13 8 (1.47%) NetApp
13 8 (1.47%) Nimble Storage
13 8 (1.47%) Symantec
14 7 (1.28%) McAfee
15 6 (1.10%) IFS