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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 168 120
Rank change year-on-year +20 -48 +54
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 694 384 698
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 1.60% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.73% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 190 339
10th Percentile £200 £188 £162
25th Percentile £338 £286 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £422 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -0.74% -5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £491 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 63 226
10th Percentile £13.08 - £11.11
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.78
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +1.63% -46.97%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.00 £17.36
90th Percentile £56.18 £30.63 £40.50
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £14.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year +21.43% +1.63% -46.92%

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 38,122 22,159 33,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.41% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,649 14,727 22,390
10th Percentile £320 £293 £282
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £642
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,628 898 2,440
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.14% -18.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.63% -22.88% -18.89%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -6 177 £425 - 81
North of England -20 142 £435 +22.64% 89
East of England +36 114 £356 -17.15% 43
Midlands -25 98 £443 +53.91% 61
South East -20 92 £525 +31.25% 94
North West -27 76 £424 +21.07% 47
West Midlands -36 68 £443 +81.54% 38
South West -10 61 £475 +0.53% 44
Yorkshire -20 49 £438 -20.45% 33
East Midlands +2 30 £444 +42.00% 23
North East -16 17 £438 +94.44% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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.

1 178 (25.65%) Security Cleared
2 138 (19.88%) Microsoft
3 135 (19.45%) SC Cleared
4 101 (14.55%) Microsoft Excel
5 83 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (11.10%) SAP
7 66 (9.51%) Linux
8 63 (9.08%) Migration
9 61 (8.79%) Oracle
10 58 (8.36%) Active Directory
11 56 (8.07%) Change Management
12 54 (7.78%) Azure
12 54 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
14 46 (6.63%) SharePoint
15 44 (6.34%) Workflow
16 42 (6.05%) Windows
17 41 (5.91%) Performance Tuning
18 40 (5.76%) SaaS
19 39 (5.62%) Google
19 39 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
20 38 (5.48%) DV Cleared
21 36 (5.19%) ITIL
21 36 (5.19%) SLA
21 36 (5.19%) SQL
22 35 (5.04%) High Availability
23 33 (4.76%) VMware
24 32 (4.61%) Data Quality
25 31 (4.47%) Data Management
25 31 (4.47%) Data Protection

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 (6.63%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.73%) Confluence
4 5 (0.72%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.58%) CMS
6 3 (0.43%) IIS
7 2 (0.29%) Drupal
7 2 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.29%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 101 (14.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.60%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.58%) Maximo
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.43%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.43%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 54 (7.78%) Azure
2 48 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (5.76%) SaaS
4 24 (3.46%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.46%) Google Workspace
5 22 (3.17%) GCP
6 21 (3.03%) AWS
7 20 (2.88%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.02%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.73%) OpenShift
10 9 (1.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 8 (1.15%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.15%) Asana
11 8 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.01%) GitHub
12 7 (1.01%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.01%) Serverless
13 6 (0.86%) IaaS
13 6 (0.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.47%) DNS
2 14 (2.02%) DHCP
2 14 (2.02%) Network Security
3 12 (1.73%) Firewall
4 11 (1.59%) DKIM
4 11 (1.59%) DMARC
4 11 (1.59%) SAN
5 8 (1.15%) LAN
6 6 (0.86%) NAS
7 5 (0.72%) VPN
8 4 (0.58%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (0.58%) WAN
8 4 (0.58%) WLAN
9 3 (0.43%) Intranet
9 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.43%) WebEx
9 3 (0.43%) Wireless
10 2 (0.29%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.29%) VLAN
10 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.47%) Oracle Database
2 25 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.16%) MongoDB
5 14 (2.02%) Power BI
6 10 (1.44%) MySQL
7 9 (1.30%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.01%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.86%) Oracle Database 11g
10 5 (0.72%) GIS
10 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.58%) Oracle ODI
11 4 (0.58%) Tableau
12 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (4.47%) JIRA
2 21 (3.03%) GitLab
3 20 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.74%) Git
5 5 (0.72%) ScriptRunner
5 5 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.29%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.29%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.29%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.14%) Hudson
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 145 (20.89%) Social Skills
2 67 (9.65%) Finance
3 64 (9.22%) Public Sector
4 56 (8.07%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.46%) Aerospace
8 17 (2.45%) Banking
9 16 (2.31%) Legal
10 14 (2.02%) Aviation
11 13 (1.87%) Military
12 12 (1.73%) Publishing
13 10 (1.44%) Law
13 10 (1.44%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.30%) Marketing
15 8 (1.15%) Local Government
16 7 (1.01%) Police
16 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.86%) Retail
18 5 (0.72%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.16%) Middleware
1 15 (2.16%) SAP Basis
2 11 (1.59%) LDAP
3 9 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (1.01%) .NET
4 7 (1.01%) OAuth
5 6 (0.86%) REST
6 5 (0.72%) HTML
6 5 (0.72%) JSON
6 5 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.72%) XML
7 4 (0.58%) CSS
7 4 (0.58%) ISPF
7 4 (0.58%) Node.js
8 3 (0.43%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.43%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.43%) Kafka
8 3 (0.43%) XMPP
8 3 (0.43%) YAML
9 2 (0.29%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.33%) Onboarding
2 29 (4.18%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.60%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.02%) Taxonomies
5 12 (1.73%) Freedom of Information
6 10 (1.44%) NHS
7 9 (1.30%) Replication
7 9 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.15%) Clustering
8 8 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.01%) Mainframe
9 7 (1.01%) PKI
10 6 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.58%) Life Science
12 3 (0.43%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.43%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 66 (9.51%) Linux
2 42 (6.05%) Windows
3 23 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (2.88%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.87%) Unix
6 12 (1.73%) CentOS
7 7 (1.01%) AIX
8 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.29%) Debian
10 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.14%) MVS
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (9.08%) Migration
3 56 (8.07%) Change Management
4 54 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (6.34%) Workflow
6 41 (5.91%) Performance Tuning
7 36 (5.19%) ITIL
8 35 (5.04%) High Availability
9 31 (4.47%) Data Management
9 31 (4.47%) Data Protection
10 30 (4.32%) DevOps
11 28 (4.03%) Customer Service
11 28 (4.03%) Data Entry
11 28 (4.03%) Time Management
12 25 (3.60%) SAP Security
13 24 (3.46%) ERP
14 23 (3.31%) Data Governance
14 23 (3.31%) Project Delivery
15 21 (3.03%) Roadmaps
15 21 (3.03%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (5.19%) SQL
2 28 (4.03%) Python
3 25 (3.60%) PowerShell
4 21 (3.03%) Shell Script
5 13 (1.87%) Bash
6 11 (1.59%) MATLAB
7 10 (1.44%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.15%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.01%) C#
10 4 (0.58%) REXX
11 3 (0.43%) CLIST
11 3 (0.43%) COBOL
11 3 (0.43%) Groovy
11 3 (0.43%) JCL
11 3 (0.43%) Perl
11 3 (0.43%) VBA
12 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.29%) C++
13 1 (0.14%) Bicep
13 1 (0.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 178 (25.65%) Security Cleared
2 135 (19.45%) SC Cleared
3 38 (5.48%) DV Cleared
4 31 (4.47%) Degree
5 30 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.01%) CCNP
7 7 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (0.86%) OCP
8 6 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.58%) CCIE
10 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.14%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.19%) SLA
2 32 (4.61%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.31%) GDPR
4 8 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.72%) PMO
6 4 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.58%) QA
7 3 (0.43%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.43%) NIST
8 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 58 (8.36%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.02%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.30%) Firmware
6 6 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (0.72%) Docker
8 4 (0.58%) RACF
9 3 (0.43%) ACF2
9 3 (0.43%) PowerHA
9 3 (0.43%) Time Sharing Option
9 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.29%) HDFS
10 2 (0.29%) QEMU
10 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.29%) XenApp
10 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 30 (4.32%) Ansible
2 24 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.16%) Terraform
4 14 (2.02%) Kubernetes
5 13 (1.87%) Podman
6 11 (1.59%) Check_MK
6 11 (1.59%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.59%) Red Hat Satellite
7 10 (1.44%) Grafana
7 10 (1.44%) SCCM
8 9 (1.30%) Oracle RMAN
9 8 (1.15%) Data Guard
10 7 (1.01%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.58%) WSUS
13 3 (0.43%) CA Endevor
13 3 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.43%) Tivoli
13 3 (0.43%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 138 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.10%) SAP
3 61 (8.79%) Oracle
4 39 (5.62%) Google
5 33 (4.76%) VMware
6 29 (4.18%) Avature
6 29 (4.18%) Salesforce
7 28 (4.03%) Red Hat
8 21 (3.03%) ServiceNow
9 16 (2.31%) Cisco
10 15 (2.16%) Okta
11 10 (1.44%) IBM
12 8 (1.15%) Citrix
12 8 (1.15%) Sage
13 7 (1.01%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.72%) Dell
15 4 (0.58%) Brocade
15 4 (0.58%) HP
15 4 (0.58%) Juniper
15 4 (0.58%) SolarWinds