Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 169 120
Rank change year-on-year +3 -49 +68
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 578 392 747
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.58% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.70% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 184 371
10th Percentile £212 £172 £160
25th Percentile £311 £309 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -10.31%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £538
90th Percentile £575 £575 £588
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 48 206
10th Percentile £13.13 £12.63 £11.13
25th Percentile £14.50 £13.88 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £20.25 £13.80
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% +46.77% -40.01%
75th Percentile £22.66 £28.57 £17.88
90th Percentile £57.00 £38.99 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.69 £19.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year -6.89% +37.93% -38.78%

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 33,332 23,040 35,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 93.07% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,054 15,071 23,616
10th Percentile £308 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,175 758 2,288
10th Percentile £15.35 £15.44 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.41 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -23.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.61
90th Percentile £75.79 £77.50 £71.78
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.20 £32.69
% change year-on-year +5.42% +1.56% -22.84%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -19 146 £420 +1.20% 82
North of England -11 138 £415 +18.57% 89
East of England +18 87 £450 +5.88% 51
North West -15 78 £402 +13.40% 38
South West +9 71 £525 +11.70% 28
Midlands -38 71 £435 +2.29% 66
South East -49 66 £350 -6.67% 109
Yorkshire -14 52 £435 +8.69% 36
West Midlands -48 49 £424 +2.73% 43
East Midlands -15 22 £475 -1.12% 23
North East -10 8 £295 +31.00% 18
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 March 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.

1 150 (25.95%) Security Cleared
2 147 (25.43%) Microsoft
3 111 (19.20%) SC Cleared
4 99 (17.13%) Microsoft Excel
5 82 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (11.76%) SAP
7 66 (11.42%) Linux
8 53 (9.17%) Azure
8 53 (9.17%) Windows
9 50 (8.65%) Change Management
10 49 (8.48%) Migration
11 48 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
12 47 (8.13%) SharePoint
13 44 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
15 40 (6.92%) DevOps
16 38 (6.57%) SLA
17 35 (6.06%) Active Directory
18 34 (5.88%) ServiceNow
18 34 (5.88%) Time Management
19 33 (5.71%) Customer Service
19 33 (5.71%) Oracle
20 32 (5.54%) ITIL
20 32 (5.54%) SQL
21 31 (5.36%) DV Cleared
21 31 (5.36%) Python
22 30 (5.19%) PowerShell
23 28 (4.84%) Performance Tuning
23 28 (4.84%) Red Hat
24 27 (4.67%) Entra ID

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 47 (8.13%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.90%) Confluence
4 5 (0.87%) CMS
5 2 (0.35%) Drupal
5 2 (0.35%) Moodle
5 2 (0.35%) SAS
5 2 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 99 (17.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (3.81%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.69%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.17%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.69%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.52%) Maximo
3 3 (0.52%) Shopify
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) iTrent
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 53 (9.17%) Azure
2 48 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (4.67%) Entra ID
4 24 (4.15%) AWS
5 21 (3.63%) Power Platform
6 20 (3.46%) SaaS
7 17 (2.94%) GCP
8 14 (2.42%) OpenShift
9 12 (2.08%) GitHub
10 11 (1.90%) Serverless
11 10 (1.73%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.56%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.56%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.56%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.21%) IaaS
15 6 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (1.04%) PaaS
16 5 (0.87%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.11%) Firewall
2 17 (2.94%) Network Security
3 15 (2.60%) DNS
4 10 (1.73%) VPN
5 8 (1.38%) DHCP
5 8 (1.38%) LAN
5 8 (1.38%) WebEx
6 6 (1.04%) SAN
6 6 (1.04%) Wireless
7 5 (0.87%) WLAN
8 4 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.69%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.69%) VLAN
8 4 (0.69%) WAN
9 3 (0.52%) BGP
9 3 (0.52%) OSPF
9 3 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.52%) VoIP
10 2 (0.35%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (3.46%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.42%) Oracle Database
4 13 (2.25%) MongoDB
4 13 (2.25%) Power BI
5 9 (1.56%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.21%) MySQL
7 6 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.87%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.69%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.69%) Tableau
10 3 (0.52%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.52%) Big Data
10 3 (0.52%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 3 (0.52%) Impala
10 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (3.98%) JIRA
2 18 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.94%) GitLab
4 16 (2.77%) Git
5 5 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.52%) Subversion
7 2 (0.35%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.17%) MSI
8 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.17%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.17%) Selenium
8 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 142 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 72 (12.46%) Finance
3 48 (8.30%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.61%) Organisational Skills
5 35 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.98%) Legal
8 20 (3.46%) Aerospace
9 19 (3.29%) Banking
10 11 (1.90%) Marketing
11 10 (1.73%) Aviation
12 8 (1.38%) Local Government
12 8 (1.38%) Publishing
12 8 (1.38%) Retail
12 8 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.04%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.87%) Military
15 4 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
15 4 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
1 11 (1.90%) ISPF
1 11 (1.90%) SAP Basis
2 9 (1.56%) JSON
3 8 (1.38%) LDAP
4 7 (1.21%) .NET
4 7 (1.21%) Middleware
4 7 (1.21%) REST
4 7 (1.21%) YAML
5 6 (1.04%) XMPP
6 5 (0.87%) XML
7 4 (0.69%) Node.js
8 3 (0.52%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.52%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.52%) HTML
8 3 (0.52%) Kafka
8 3 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.35%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.35%) CSS
9 2 (0.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.90%) Onboarding
2 19 (3.29%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.42%) Mainframe
4 12 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.73%) NHS
6 10 (1.73%) PKI
6 10 (1.73%) Taxonomies
7 9 (1.56%) Clustering
8 8 (1.38%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.04%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.04%) Replication
9 6 (1.04%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.87%) Fat Client
10 5 (0.87%) Thin Client
11 4 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 66 (11.42%) Linux
2 53 (9.17%) Windows
3 24 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.56%) CentOS
4 9 (1.56%) Unix
4 9 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.04%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.69%) AIX
7 3 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.35%) Debian
8 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.35%) Solaris
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) MVS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (8.65%) Change Management
3 49 (8.48%) Migration
4 44 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (6.92%) DevOps
6 34 (5.88%) Time Management
7 33 (5.71%) Customer Service
8 32 (5.54%) ITIL
9 28 (4.84%) Performance Tuning
10 26 (4.50%) CI/CD
10 26 (4.50%) High Availability
11 25 (4.33%) Agile
11 25 (4.33%) ITSM
12 24 (4.15%) Data Protection
13 23 (3.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (3.81%) Disaster Recovery
14 22 (3.81%) Project Delivery
14 22 (3.81%) SAP Security
15 21 (3.63%) Service Delivery
15 21 (3.63%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.54%) SQL
2 31 (5.36%) Python
3 30 (5.19%) PowerShell
4 17 (2.94%) Shell Script
5 15 (2.60%) Bash
6 12 (2.08%) REXX
7 11 (1.90%) CLIST
7 11 (1.90%) COBOL
7 11 (1.90%) JCL
8 7 (1.21%) C#
8 7 (1.21%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.04%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.04%) Perl
10 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.52%) VBA
12 2 (0.35%) C++
12 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.17%) Go
Qualifications
1 150 (25.95%) Security Cleared
2 111 (19.20%) SC Cleared
3 31 (5.36%) DV Cleared
4 26 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.94%) Degree
7 9 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.38%) CCNP
9 7 (1.21%) MOS
10 6 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.04%) OCP
10 6 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
11 5 (0.87%) CCIE
12 3 (0.52%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.35%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.17%) CISSP
14 1 (0.17%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.57%) SLA
2 24 (4.15%) GDPR
3 15 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.08%) PMO
5 6 (1.04%) QA
6 4 (0.69%) NIST
7 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.35%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.17%) GAMP
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) NCSC
9 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.17%) PERC
9 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.90%) ACF2
2 11 (1.90%) RACF
2 11 (1.90%) Time Sharing Option
3 9 (1.56%) Docker
3 9 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.21%) Firmware
5 6 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.87%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.52%) HDFS
7 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.35%) KVM
8 2 (0.35%) PowerHA
8 2 (0.35%) QEMU
8 2 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.17%) Veritas File System
9 1 (0.17%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (4.15%) Ansible
2 17 (2.94%) Terraform
3 16 (2.77%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (2.60%) Kubernetes
5 13 (2.25%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.08%) Grafana
6 12 (2.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 11 (1.90%) CA Endevor
7 11 (1.90%) SCCM
8 10 (1.73%) Tivoli
9 9 (1.56%) Podman
9 9 (1.56%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (1.21%) Check_MK
10 7 (1.21%) Norton AntiVirus
11 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.35%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 147 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 68 (11.76%) SAP
3 34 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 33 (5.71%) Oracle
5 28 (4.84%) Red Hat
6 21 (3.63%) Cisco
7 19 (3.29%) VMware
8 18 (3.11%) Google
9 10 (1.73%) Avature
9 10 (1.73%) Okta
10 9 (1.56%) Citrix
10 9 (1.56%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.56%) Workday
11 8 (1.38%) Dell
11 8 (1.38%) McAfee
11 8 (1.38%) Symantec
11 8 (1.38%) Twitter
12 7 (1.21%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.21%) HP
12 7 (1.21%) Sage