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 23 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
23 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 160 143
Rank change year-on-year +31 -17 +48
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 975 505 564
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.09% 1.83% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% 2.00% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 210 247
10th Percentile £181 £176 £184
25th Percentile £325 £266 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £432
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £566
90th Percentile £600 £600 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £430
% change year-on-year +12.50% -6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 133 77
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.86
25th Percentile £13.74 £13.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £15.75 £15.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -36.00%
75th Percentile £18.67 £21.44 £25.99
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% -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 42,935 25,205 29,932
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.31% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,501 16,241 18,594
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.98%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,554 1,371 1,420
10th Percentile £14.85 £13.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.33 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +2.62%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.70 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +29 233 £450 +38.46% 190
London -22 217 £450 +9.76% 167
South East 0 183 £525 +32.91% 160
Midlands +24 163 £450 +25.87% 134
North West +19 140 £450 +38.46% 90
East of England +20 104 £350 -12.50% 95
West Midlands -2 96 £450 +38.46% 68
East Midlands +24 67 £150 -88.46% 66
Yorkshire +1 67 £458 -16.77% 75
South West -44 64 £385 -21.43% 83
North East -14 26 £419 +186.32% 27
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 266 (27.28%) Microsoft
2 207 (21.23%) Security Cleared
3 161 (16.51%) SC Cleared
4 148 (15.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 138 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
7 114 (11.69%) Migration
8 106 (10.87%) Oracle
9 98 (10.05%) SharePoint
10 93 (9.54%) Customer Service
11 88 (9.03%) SAP
12 82 (8.41%) SQL
13 75 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
14 71 (7.28%) Data Entry
15 70 (7.18%) Performance Tuning
15 70 (7.18%) SQL Server
16 68 (6.97%) Data Quality
16 68 (6.97%) Windows
17 61 (6.26%) Azure
18 60 (6.15%) ITIL
19 58 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
20 56 (5.74%) Active Directory
21 55 (5.64%) Validation
22 53 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
23 52 (5.33%) JIRA
23 52 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
24 51 (5.23%) ERP
25 50 (5.13%) Data Management
26 48 (4.92%) Time Management
27 46 (4.72%) CRM

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 98 (10.05%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.64%) SharePoint 2013
4 12 (1.23%) CMS
4 12 (1.23%) Confluence
5 4 (0.41%) JBoss
6 3 (0.31%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.31%) WordPress
7 2 (0.21%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.10%) CICS
8 1 (0.10%) Mendix
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 148 (15.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.74%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.72%) Windchill
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.62%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.41%) iTrent
4 4 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.41%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.10%) Magento
7 1 (0.10%) Maximo
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (6.26%) Azure
3 35 (3.59%) AWS
3 35 (3.59%) Google Workspace
4 28 (2.87%) Power Platform
5 23 (2.36%) SaaS
6 21 (2.15%) Entra ID
6 21 (2.15%) GCP
7 18 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
9 15 (1.54%) Google Drive
10 13 (1.33%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.23%) Google Sheets
12 11 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 10 (1.03%) ShareGate
13 10 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 9 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (0.92%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.82%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.59%) DNS
2 18 (1.85%) SSL
3 15 (1.54%) DHCP
4 13 (1.33%) Firewall
5 11 (1.13%) DKIM
5 11 (1.13%) DMARC
6 10 (1.03%) SAN
7 6 (0.62%) Kerberos
8 5 (0.51%) NAS
8 5 (0.51%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.41%) Network Security
9 4 (0.41%) SNMP
9 4 (0.41%) VPN
10 3 (0.31%) NetScaler
10 3 (0.31%) WAN
10 3 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.31%) Wireless
11 2 (0.21%) BGP
11 2 (0.21%) Skype
11 2 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 53 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (3.69%) MySQL
4 34 (3.49%) Oracle Database
5 26 (2.67%) Power BI
6 17 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (1.13%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.82%) Oracle Database 11g
12 7 (0.72%) Redis
12 7 (0.72%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.62%) GIS
13 6 (0.62%) Metadata
13 6 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.51%) Db2
14 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.41%) Big Data
15 4 (0.41%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 52 (5.33%) JIRA
2 8 (0.82%) Git
3 7 (0.72%) GitLab
3 7 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.41%) ScriptRunner
4 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.21%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.21%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.21%) MSI
5 2 (0.21%) Toad
6 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.10%) Hudson
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.10%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 304 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 150 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 95 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (9.13%) Finance
5 70 (7.18%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.85%) Manufacturing
7 29 (2.97%) Legal
8 27 (2.77%) Aerospace
9 19 (1.95%) Banking
9 19 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.74%) Marketing
11 15 (1.54%) Retail
12 13 (1.33%) Local Government
12 13 (1.33%) Military
13 11 (1.13%) Law
14 10 (1.03%) Aviation
15 9 (0.92%) Police
16 7 (0.72%) Billing
17 6 (0.62%) Back Office
17 6 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.05%) Middleware
2 16 (1.64%) Terraform
3 14 (1.44%) ISPF
4 13 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (1.13%) REST
6 8 (0.82%) OAuth
7 6 (0.62%) HTML
7 6 (0.62%) Kafka
8 5 (0.51%) CSS
8 5 (0.51%) XML
9 4 (0.41%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.41%) JDBC
9 4 (0.41%) jQuery
9 4 (0.41%) LDAP
9 4 (0.41%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.31%) .NET
10 3 (0.31%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.21%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Streams
11 2 (0.21%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 67 (6.87%) Management Information System
2 45 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 29 (2.97%) Clustering
4 24 (2.46%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.36%) Replication
6 20 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (1.74%) Mainframe
8 12 (1.23%) Freedom of Information
9 9 (0.92%) NHS
10 7 (0.72%) BYOD
10 7 (0.72%) Driving Licence
10 7 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.62%) Blog
11 6 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.62%) Housing Association
12 5 (0.51%) CMDB
12 5 (0.51%) PKI
13 4 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.41%) EPoS
14 3 (0.31%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 68 (6.97%) Windows
2 45 (4.62%) Linux
3 32 (3.28%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.85%) Unix
6 16 (1.64%) zOS
7 13 (1.33%) Solaris
8 5 (0.51%) AIX
8 5 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.41%) CentOS
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.10%) Android
11 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.10%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (11.69%) Migration
3 93 (9.54%) Customer Service
4 71 (7.28%) Data Entry
5 70 (7.18%) Performance Tuning
6 60 (6.15%) ITIL
7 58 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 55 (5.64%) Validation
9 52 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 51 (5.23%) ERP
11 50 (5.13%) Data Management
12 48 (4.92%) Time Management
13 46 (4.72%) CRM
14 44 (4.51%) Disaster Recovery
15 43 (4.41%) Change Management
16 42 (4.31%) Logistics
17 40 (4.10%) High Availability
18 37 (3.79%) Data Protection
18 37 (3.79%) Root Cause Analysis
19 36 (3.69%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 82 (8.41%) SQL
2 33 (3.38%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.46%) Python
4 10 (1.03%) Shell Script
5 9 (0.92%) C#
6 8 (0.82%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.82%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.62%) Bash
8 5 (0.51%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.51%) Java
9 4 (0.41%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.41%) Perl
9 4 (0.41%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.31%) Groovy
10 3 (0.31%) JCL
11 2 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.10%) Bicep
12 1 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 207 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 161 (16.51%) SC Cleared
3 41 (4.21%) Degree
4 38 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 31 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.54%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
9 11 (1.13%) OCP
10 7 (0.72%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.51%) CIPD
11 5 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.41%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.31%) CCA
13 3 (0.31%) Citrix Certification
13 3 (0.31%) MCSA
13 3 (0.31%) MCSE
13 3 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.97%) Data Quality
2 37 (3.79%) GDPR
3 29 (2.97%) QA
4 17 (1.74%) SLA
5 10 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.62%) PMO
7 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.21%) GMP
8 2 (0.21%) GxP
8 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.21%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.10%) COSHH
9 1 (0.10%) GRC
9 1 (0.10%) HL7
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 56 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.64%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.33%) RACF
5 10 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.51%) Docker
7 5 (0.51%) Firmware
8 4 (0.41%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 4 (0.41%) vSphere
9 2 (0.21%) PowerHA
9 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.21%) XenApp
9 2 (0.21%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.10%) OpenSSH
10 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.10%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 20 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.85%) SCCM
3 15 (1.54%) Data Guard
4 13 (1.33%) Ansible
4 13 (1.33%) OMEGAMON
5 11 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
7 8 (0.82%) SCOM
8 6 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (0.62%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.62%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.51%) Check_MK
9 5 (0.51%) Grafana
9 5 (0.51%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.51%) Podman
9 5 (0.51%) Puppet
9 5 (0.51%) WSUS
10 4 (0.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 266 (27.28%) Microsoft
2 106 (10.87%) Oracle
3 88 (9.03%) SAP
4 46 (4.72%) VMware
5 45 (4.62%) Google
6 39 (4.00%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.15%) IBM
8 15 (1.54%) Red Hat
9 13 (1.33%) Avature
9 13 (1.33%) Citrix
10 12 (1.23%) Cisco
10 12 (1.23%) Sage
10 12 (1.23%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.03%) Workday
12 8 (0.82%) Remedy
13 7 (0.72%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.72%) Qualys
13 7 (0.72%) SolarWinds
13 7 (0.72%) Splunk
14 6 (0.62%) Juniper
822 Administrator jobs in England