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 21 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
21 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 151 147
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 +38
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 789 516 591
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.89% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 2.06% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 228 312
10th Percentile £200 £191 £175
25th Percentile £350 £286 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 121 146
10th Percentile £13.13 £13.00 £11.19
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.35 £12.13
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.25 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% +8.93% -37.08%
75th Percentile £22.68 £22.63 £22.50
90th Percentile £28.75 £26.51 £50.33
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year +12.90% +10.71% -24.00%

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 41,476 25,032 32,906
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 91.85% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,274 16,261 21,669
10th Percentile £325 £290 £300
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,987 1,247 2,188
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.15 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £45.56 £27.40 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.26% -35.53% -3.53%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.52 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £44.10 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +75.33% -37.13% -6.98%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +10 210 £438 +4.98% 57
London -47 176 £438 +4.54% 56
South East -21 141 £500 +25.79% 75
North West -9 122 £438 +21.87% 35
Midlands -19 105 £443 +26.43% 36
East of England +27 97 £288 -28.13% 30
Yorkshire -5 69 £466 -11.33% 15
West Midlands -46 69 £445 +27.14% 18
South West -47 50 £475 - 37
East Midlands +15 36 £319 -8.93% 18
North East -26 19 £438 -2.78% 8
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 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.

1 181 (22.94%) Security Cleared
2 154 (19.52%) Microsoft
3 130 (16.48%) SC Cleared
4 103 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
6 97 (12.29%) Migration
7 84 (10.65%) SharePoint
8 82 (10.39%) Oracle
9 73 (9.25%) SAP
10 60 (7.60%) Windows
11 59 (7.48%) Azure
11 59 (7.48%) SQL
12 58 (7.35%) Performance Tuning
13 56 (7.10%) Change Management
13 56 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (6.97%) Active Directory
15 54 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 54 (6.84%) SQL Server
16 53 (6.72%) ITIL
17 47 (5.96%) Data Quality
18 46 (5.83%) Workflow
19 43 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
20 42 (5.32%) Linux
21 40 (5.07%) JIRA
22 39 (4.94%) Degree
23 38 (4.82%) Data Management
23 38 (4.82%) DV Cleared
24 37 (4.69%) VMware
25 36 (4.56%) DNS
26 35 (4.44%) PostgreSQL

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 84 (10.65%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.90%) Confluence
3 15 (1.90%) SharePoint 2013
4 8 (1.01%) CMS
5 5 (0.63%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.51%) WordPress
7 3 (0.38%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) CICS
8 1 (0.13%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 100 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
4 12 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Windchill
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 8 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.76%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.38%) iTrent
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.25%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Maximo
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (7.48%) Azure
2 56 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (4.31%) SaaS
4 24 (3.04%) Google Workspace
5 22 (2.79%) Power Platform
6 20 (2.53%) AWS
7 19 (2.41%) Entra ID
7 19 (2.41%) GCP
8 14 (1.77%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 10 (1.27%) ShareGate
11 9 (1.14%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.14%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.01%) Asana
12 8 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (0.89%) GitHub
14 6 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.63%) Google Sheets
15 5 (0.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.56%) DNS
2 17 (2.15%) SSL
3 16 (2.03%) Firewall
4 15 (1.90%) DHCP
5 11 (1.39%) DKIM
5 11 (1.39%) DMARC
5 11 (1.39%) SAN
6 8 (1.01%) Network Security
7 6 (0.76%) NAS
8 4 (0.51%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (0.51%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.38%) BGP
9 3 (0.38%) Intranet
9 3 (0.38%) Junos
9 3 (0.38%) SNMP
9 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.38%) VPN
9 3 (0.38%) WebEx
10 2 (0.25%) OSPF
10 2 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 35 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (3.80%) Oracle Database
4 19 (2.41%) MySQL
5 17 (2.15%) Power BI
6 10 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.89%) Oracle Database 11g
8 7 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.76%) GIS
10 5 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.51%) Metadata
11 4 (0.51%) Oracle Database 12c
11 4 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
11 4 (0.51%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (5.07%) JIRA
2 9 (1.14%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.01%) GitLab
4 7 (0.89%) Git
5 5 (0.63%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.38%) MSI
7 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.25%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.25%) Toad
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) Hudson
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Developer 2000
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 166 (21.04%) Social Skills
2 78 (9.89%) Finance
3 77 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 68 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (3.68%) Legal
7 25 (3.17%) Aerospace
8 24 (3.04%) Manufacturing
9 22 (2.79%) Banking
10 14 (1.77%) Aviation
10 14 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.39%) Marketing
12 11 (1.39%) Military
13 10 (1.27%) Law
14 9 (1.14%) Police
15 8 (1.01%) Retail
16 7 (0.89%) Publishing
17 6 (0.76%) Local Government
18 3 (0.38%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.53%) Middleware
2 14 (1.77%) ISPF
3 10 (1.27%) REST
4 7 (0.89%) OAuth
4 7 (0.89%) SAP Basis
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.63%) Software Packaging
6 4 (0.51%) CSS
6 4 (0.51%) HTML
6 4 (0.51%) LDAP
7 3 (0.38%) .NET
7 3 (0.38%) Kafka
7 3 (0.38%) XML
7 3 (0.38%) XMPP
8 2 (0.25%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.25%) jQuery
8 2 (0.25%) JSON
8 2 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Streams
8 2 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (3.93%) Management Information System
2 25 (3.17%) Clustering
2 25 (3.17%) Onboarding
3 24 (3.04%) Data Centre
4 17 (2.15%) Mainframe
5 16 (2.03%) Replication
6 14 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.52%) Freedom of Information
8 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.14%) NHS
10 7 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.89%) Taxonomies
11 6 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.63%) CMDB
13 4 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.51%) PKI
13 4 (0.51%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.51%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.38%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.38%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 60 (7.60%) Windows
2 42 (5.32%) Linux
3 28 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.03%) Unix
5 13 (1.65%) zOS
6 9 (1.14%) AIX
7 4 (0.51%) CentOS
7 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.38%) Solaris
9 1 (0.13%) Android
9 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.13%) MVS
9 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (12.29%) Migration
3 58 (7.35%) Performance Tuning
4 56 (7.10%) Change Management
5 54 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (6.72%) ITIL
7 46 (5.83%) Workflow
8 38 (4.82%) Data Management
9 35 (4.44%) Validation
10 34 (4.31%) DevOps
11 30 (3.80%) Customer Service
11 30 (3.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 30 (3.80%) High Availability
12 28 (3.55%) Data Protection
12 28 (3.55%) Root Cause Analysis
12 28 (3.55%) Service Management
13 27 (3.42%) ERP
14 26 (3.30%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 25 (3.17%) Capacity Planning
15 25 (3.17%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 59 (7.48%) SQL
2 33 (4.18%) PowerShell
3 29 (3.68%) Python
4 12 (1.52%) Shell Script
5 9 (1.14%) Bash
6 8 (1.01%) C#
6 8 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.89%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.63%) Java
8 5 (0.63%) Perl
9 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.51%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.38%) Groovy
11 2 (0.25%) C++
11 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.13%) COBOL
12 1 (0.13%) Go
12 1 (0.13%) JCL
12 1 (0.13%) REXX
12 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 181 (22.94%) Security Cleared
2 130 (16.48%) SC Cleared
3 39 (4.94%) Degree
4 38 (4.82%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 26 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.14%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.01%) OCP
9 5 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.51%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.38%) CCA
11 3 (0.38%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.38%) MCSA
11 3 (0.38%) MCSE
11 3 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.13%) CISSP
13 1 (0.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.96%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.04%) GDPR
3 19 (2.41%) SLA
4 16 (2.03%) QA
5 9 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.38%) NIST
7 3 (0.38%) PMO
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%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 55 (6.97%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.77%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.65%) RACF
5 12 (1.52%) Firmware
6 10 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.63%) PowerHA
9 3 (0.38%) Docker
9 3 (0.38%) vSphere
10 2 (0.25%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.25%) XenApp
10 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.13%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (2.28%) Ansible
2 17 (2.15%) SCCM
2 17 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (1.77%) Data Guard
4 13 (1.65%) OMEGAMON
5 12 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.27%) Oracle RMAN
7 9 (1.14%) Terraform
8 7 (0.89%) SCOM
9 6 (0.76%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (0.76%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.63%) Kubernetes
11 4 (0.51%) Check_MK
11 4 (0.51%) Podman
11 4 (0.51%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.51%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.51%) WSUS
12 3 (0.38%) Grafana
12 3 (0.38%) vMotion
13 2 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 154 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 82 (10.39%) Oracle
3 73 (9.25%) SAP
4 37 (4.69%) VMware
5 35 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 33 (4.18%) Google
7 29 (3.68%) Avature
8 24 (3.04%) IBM
9 17 (2.15%) Citrix
9 17 (2.15%) ServiceNow
10 16 (2.03%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.39%) Cisco
12 10 (1.27%) Atlassian
13 8 (1.01%) Okta
14 7 (0.89%) Juniper
14 7 (0.89%) Qualys
14 7 (0.89%) Sage
14 7 (0.89%) SolarWinds
15 5 (0.63%) Dynatrace
16 4 (0.51%) Remedy
265 Administrator jobs in England