Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 150 124
Rank change year-on-year -28 -26 +82
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 519 459 738
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.78% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.91% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 176 364
10th Percentile £163 £173 £173
25th Percentile £300 £294 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% - -8.05%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £556
90th Percentile £580 £589 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £405
% change year-on-year +6.25% -1.23% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 37 193
10th Percentile £12.84 £12.25 £11.16
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.50 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £18.00 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +28.66% -38.51%
75th Percentile £20.35 £24.50 £18.50
90th Percentile £29.69 £57.62 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £15.91 £20.94 £13.99
% change year-on-year -24.02% +49.68% -34.93%

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 30,787 24,051 35,510
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 93.06% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,582 14,899 23,862
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,964 708 2,125
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.91 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.41 £16.67
Median hourly rate £31.18 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £72.48
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.45% -4.29% -1.41%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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
London -24 150 £415 +0.30% 65
North of England -34 111 £400 +14.29% 80
South East -37 70 £350 -6.67% 89
South West -11 66 £529 -3.86% 33
Midlands -40 64 £375 +13.64% 52
North West -13 62 £400 +14.29% 44
East of England +5 60 £450 +31.39% 55
West Midlands -36 45 £350 +6.06% 26
Yorkshire -36 42 £420 -23.64% 30
East Midlands -26 19 £1,300 +170.62% 26
North East -13 7 £143 -36.67% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 February 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.

1 134 (25.82%) Microsoft
2 121 (23.31%) Security Cleared
3 91 (17.53%) SC Cleared
4 75 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
6 66 (12.72%) Linux
7 58 (11.18%) Windows
8 54 (10.40%) Azure
9 50 (9.63%) Migration
10 48 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
11 46 (8.86%) SharePoint
12 45 (8.67%) DevOps
13 44 (8.48%) SAP
14 40 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (7.13%) Active Directory
15 37 (7.13%) Microsoft Office
15 37 (7.13%) SLA
16 35 (6.74%) Time Management
17 34 (6.55%) ITIL
18 32 (6.17%) Change Management
18 32 (6.17%) Data Protection
18 32 (6.17%) ServiceNow
19 31 (5.97%) CI/CD
19 31 (5.97%) DV Cleared
19 31 (5.97%) Python
19 31 (5.97%) Red Hat
20 30 (5.78%) Agile
21 29 (5.59%) SQL
22 28 (5.39%) Entra ID
22 28 (5.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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 46 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.54%) Confluence
4 5 (0.96%) CMS
5 2 (0.39%) Drupal
5 2 (0.39%) Moodle
5 2 (0.39%) SAS
5 2 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 74 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (7.13%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.77%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.77%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.58%) Maximo
3 3 (0.58%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) iTrent
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.19%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (10.40%) Azure
2 48 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.39%) Entra ID
4 24 (4.62%) Power Platform
5 22 (4.24%) AWS
6 16 (3.08%) GCP
7 15 (2.89%) SaaS
8 14 (2.70%) Serverless
9 13 (2.50%) OpenShift
10 12 (2.31%) GitHub
11 11 (2.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 11 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.12%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.93%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.73%) OneDrive
14 8 (1.54%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.54%) Azure Functions
14 8 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.66%) Network Security
2 18 (3.47%) Firewall
3 14 (2.70%) DNS
4 10 (1.93%) VPN
5 9 (1.73%) DHCP
5 9 (1.73%) LAN
6 7 (1.35%) Wireless
7 5 (0.96%) VLAN
7 5 (0.96%) WAN
7 5 (0.96%) WebEx
7 5 (0.96%) WLAN
8 4 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.77%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.77%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.58%) SAN
9 3 (0.58%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.58%) VoIP
10 2 (0.39%) Internet
10 2 (0.39%) PSTN
10 2 (0.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
1 15 (2.89%) Power BI
2 14 (2.70%) Oracle Database
3 13 (2.50%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.31%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.93%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.96%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.96%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.77%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.77%) Tableau
10 3 (0.58%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.58%) Big Data
10 3 (0.58%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.58%) Impala
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (4.24%) JIRA
2 19 (3.66%) Git
3 17 (3.28%) GitLab
3 17 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.58%) Subversion
6 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.19%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.19%) ScriptRunner
General
1 140 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 78 (15.03%) Finance
3 44 (8.48%) Organisational Skills
4 42 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.43%) Banking
6 23 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (4.05%) Legal
8 12 (2.31%) Aerospace
8 12 (2.31%) Marketing
9 9 (1.73%) Retail
9 9 (1.73%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.16%) Publishing
11 5 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.96%) Local Government
11 5 (0.96%) Military
12 4 (0.77%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
13 3 (0.58%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
1 11 (2.12%) ISPF
2 10 (1.93%) .NET
3 9 (1.73%) JSON
3 9 (1.73%) SAP Basis
4 8 (1.54%) LDAP
5 7 (1.35%) Middleware
5 7 (1.35%) Node.js
5 7 (1.35%) REST
6 6 (1.16%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.16%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.16%) YAML
7 5 (0.96%) XML
8 3 (0.58%) HTML
8 3 (0.58%) Kafka
8 3 (0.58%) OAuth
8 3 (0.58%) OpenID
8 3 (0.58%) SAML
8 3 (0.58%) XMPP
9 2 (0.39%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 61 (11.75%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.89%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.50%) Data Centre
3 13 (2.50%) PKI
4 11 (2.12%) Mainframe
5 10 (1.93%) Cloud Native
5 10 (1.93%) NHS
6 9 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.54%) Taxonomies
8 7 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.16%) Clustering
10 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.77%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.77%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.77%) LIMS
11 4 (0.77%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.58%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.72%) Linux
2 58 (11.18%) Windows
3 28 (5.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.12%) CentOS
5 10 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.54%) Unix
7 7 (1.35%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.96%) Solaris
9 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.39%) Debian
10 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.19%) AIX
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.19%) VMS
11 1 (0.19%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (9.63%) Migration
3 45 (8.67%) DevOps
4 40 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (6.74%) Time Management
6 34 (6.55%) ITIL
7 32 (6.17%) Change Management
7 32 (6.17%) Data Protection
8 31 (5.97%) CI/CD
9 30 (5.78%) Agile
10 27 (5.20%) Customer Service
11 24 (4.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (4.43%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (4.43%) Data Management
13 22 (4.24%) High Availability
13 22 (4.24%) Project Delivery
14 21 (4.05%) ITSM
14 21 (4.05%) Logistics
14 21 (4.05%) Service Delivery
15 20 (3.85%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.97%) Python
2 29 (5.59%) SQL
3 23 (4.43%) Shell Script
4 21 (4.05%) PowerShell
5 18 (3.47%) Bash
6 11 (2.12%) CLIST
6 11 (2.12%) COBOL
6 11 (2.12%) JCL
6 11 (2.12%) REXX
7 10 (1.93%) C#
8 7 (1.35%) MATLAB
9 5 (0.96%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.96%) Perl
10 4 (0.77%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.58%) VBA
12 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.19%) Bicep
13 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.19%) Go
13 1 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 121 (23.31%) Security Cleared
2 91 (17.53%) SC Cleared
3 31 (5.97%) DV Cleared
4 20 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.50%) Degree
6 11 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.54%) MOS
9 7 (1.35%) CCNP
9 7 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.96%) CCIE
11 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.39%) OCP
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.39%) RHCE
12 2 (0.39%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.19%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.13%) SLA
2 21 (4.05%) GDPR
3 13 (2.50%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.31%) PMO
5 8 (1.54%) QA
6 5 (0.96%) NIST
7 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) GAMP
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 37 (7.13%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.12%) ACF2
3 11 (2.12%) RACF
3 11 (2.12%) Time Sharing Option
4 8 (1.54%) Docker
5 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.77%) KVM
6 4 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.58%) HDFS
8 2 (0.39%) Firmware
8 2 (0.39%) NFS
8 2 (0.39%) QEMU
8 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.39%) Veritas File System
8 2 (0.39%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.19%) GPFS
9 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (4.82%) Ansible
2 17 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.89%) Terraform
4 14 (2.70%) Kubernetes
5 13 (2.50%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.31%) Grafana
6 12 (2.31%) Red Hat Satellite
6 12 (2.31%) SCCM
7 11 (2.12%) CA Endevor
8 10 (1.93%) Tivoli
8 10 (1.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 9 (1.73%) Podman
10 8 (1.54%) Norton AntiVirus
11 7 (1.35%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.39%) Puppet
12 2 (0.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 134 (25.82%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.48%) SAP
3 32 (6.17%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.97%) Red Hat
5 23 (4.43%) Oracle
6 22 (4.24%) VMware
7 19 (3.66%) Google
8 16 (3.08%) Cisco
9 13 (2.50%) Workday
10 12 (2.31%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.93%) Dell
12 9 (1.73%) McAfee
12 9 (1.73%) Symantec
13 8 (1.54%) HP
13 8 (1.54%) Okta
14 6 (1.16%) Sage
15 5 (0.96%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.96%) Citrix
16 4 (0.77%) NetApp
16 4 (0.77%) Palo Alto