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 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 142 153
Rank change year-on-year -25 +11 +68
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 511 481 593
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.80% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 1.94% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 183 341
10th Percentile £163 £201 £175
25th Percentile £300 £313 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £521 £523 £538
90th Percentile £600 £590 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 41 82
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.50 £12.26
Median hourly rate £17.69 £18.00 £16.32
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +10.28% -5.18%
75th Percentile £20.40 £25.99 £26.94
90th Percentile £27.50 £57.62 £55.86
UK median hourly rate £16.54 £20.94 £16.83
% change year-on-year -21.00% +24.42% -1.00%

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 28,385 24,808 33,927
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 92.87% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,098 15,356 23,077
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,734 749 1,544
10th Percentile £14.45 £15.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.45 £21.25 £19.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.42
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -19.38% +24.04%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £74.77 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +5 162 £400 -5.88% 60
North of England -29 100 £402 +14.86% 94
South East -37 75 £400 +8.84% 76
South West -14 69 £529 +5.22% 23
North West -21 57 £400 +14.29% 48
Midlands -32 56 £418 +9.01% 38
East of England -4 51 £450 +57.89% 45
West Midlands -21 42 £338 -9.09% 17
Yorkshire -26 37 £420 -23.64% 38
East Midlands -21 14 £1,300 +239.43% 21
North East -9 6 £140 -61.38% 10
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 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.

1 137 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 117 (22.90%) Security Cleared
3 85 (16.63%) SC Cleared
4 75 (14.68%) Microsoft Excel
5 74 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (12.13%) Linux
7 59 (11.55%) Windows
8 54 (10.57%) Migration
9 53 (10.37%) Azure
10 50 (9.78%) DevOps
11 49 (9.59%) SharePoint
12 46 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
13 44 (8.61%) Microsoft Office
14 43 (8.41%) SAP
15 42 (8.22%) Change Management
15 42 (8.22%) ITIL
16 37 (7.24%) Active Directory
17 35 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (6.85%) Python
18 34 (6.65%) Agile
19 33 (6.46%) SQL
20 32 (6.26%) PowerShell
20 32 (6.26%) Time Management
21 31 (6.07%) Data Protection
21 31 (6.07%) JIRA
22 29 (5.68%) CI/CD
22 29 (5.68%) DV Cleared
22 29 (5.68%) Oracle
23 28 (5.48%) Data Entry
24 27 (5.28%) Ansible

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 49 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.13%) Confluence
3 15 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.78%) CMS
5 2 (0.39%) Drupal
5 2 (0.39%) Moodle
5 2 (0.39%) SAS
5 2 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 75 (14.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (8.61%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.35%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.78%) Trello
6 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.20%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.78%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.59%) Maximo
4 3 (0.59%) Shopify
5 2 (0.39%) ContrOCC
5 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) iTrent
6 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 53 (10.37%) Azure
2 46 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (5.09%) Entra ID
4 23 (4.50%) Power Platform
5 22 (4.31%) AWS
6 14 (2.74%) Serverless
7 13 (2.54%) GCP
7 13 (2.54%) GitHub
7 13 (2.54%) SaaS
8 12 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (1.96%) OpenShift
11 9 (1.76%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.76%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.57%) Azure Functions
12 8 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (1.57%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.37%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.72%) Network Security
2 16 (3.13%) DNS
2 16 (3.13%) Firewall
3 11 (2.15%) VPN
4 10 (1.96%) DHCP
5 7 (1.37%) LAN
6 5 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.98%) VLAN
6 5 (0.98%) WebEx
6 5 (0.98%) Wireless
7 4 (0.78%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.78%) WAN
8 3 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.59%) SAN
8 3 (0.59%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.59%) VoIP
8 3 (0.59%) WLAN
9 2 (0.39%) H.323
9 2 (0.39%) PSTN
9 2 (0.39%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (2.74%) Oracle Database
2 14 (2.74%) Power BI
3 13 (2.54%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.35%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.15%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.98%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.98%) Tableau
9 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.78%) MySQL
10 3 (0.59%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.59%) Big Data
10 3 (0.59%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.59%) DB2
10 3 (0.59%) Impala
11 2 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 31 (6.07%) JIRA
2 20 (3.91%) Git
3 12 (2.35%) GitLab
4 11 (2.15%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.98%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.98%) Subversion
6 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.20%) Fiddler
General
1 143 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 77 (15.07%) Finance
3 45 (8.81%) Organisational Skills
4 38 (7.44%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.31%) Banking
7 20 (3.91%) Legal
8 16 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.74%) Marketing
10 13 (2.54%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.96%) Retail
12 8 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.17%) Aviation
14 5 (0.98%) Local Government
14 5 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.98%) Military
15 4 (0.78%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
15 4 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.78%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.15%) REST
2 10 (1.96%) .NET
3 9 (1.76%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (1.76%) JSON
4 8 (1.57%) ISPF
4 8 (1.57%) SAP Basis
5 7 (1.37%) Node.js
5 7 (1.37%) YAML
6 6 (1.17%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.17%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.17%) LDAP
7 5 (0.98%) Middleware
7 5 (0.98%) XML
8 3 (0.59%) HTML
8 3 (0.59%) Kafka
8 3 (0.59%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.59%) OAuth
8 3 (0.59%) OpenID
8 3 (0.59%) SAML
8 3 (0.59%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.76%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 15 (2.94%) PKI
3 9 (1.76%) Cloud Native
3 9 (1.76%) Clustering
3 9 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (1.76%) Mainframe
3 9 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.37%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.37%) NHS
5 7 (1.37%) Replication
6 6 (1.17%) Taxonomies
7 5 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.78%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.78%) Hedge funds
8 4 (0.78%) SCADA
8 4 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (12.13%) Linux
2 59 (11.55%) Windows
3 24 (4.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.76%) CentOS
6 8 (1.57%) Unix
7 7 (1.37%) Solaris
7 7 (1.37%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.59%) VMS
8 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.39%) AIX
9 2 (0.39%) Debian
9 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.20%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (10.57%) Migration
3 50 (9.78%) DevOps
4 42 (8.22%) Change Management
4 42 (8.22%) ITIL
5 35 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (6.65%) Agile
7 32 (6.26%) Time Management
8 31 (6.07%) Data Protection
9 29 (5.68%) CI/CD
10 28 (5.48%) Data Entry
11 26 (5.09%) Customer Service
12 25 (4.89%) Data Management
12 25 (4.89%) Project Delivery
13 24 (4.70%) High Availability
14 22 (4.31%) Process Improvement
14 22 (4.31%) Task Automation
15 21 (4.11%) Performance Tuning
15 21 (4.11%) Service Delivery
15 21 (4.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.85%) Python
2 33 (6.46%) SQL
3 32 (6.26%) PowerShell
4 23 (4.50%) Bash
5 20 (3.91%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.96%) C#
7 8 (1.57%) CLIST
7 8 (1.57%) COBOL
7 8 (1.57%) JCL
7 8 (1.57%) REXX
8 7 (1.37%) Perl
9 5 (0.98%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.98%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.59%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.39%) Bicep
12 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.39%) VBA
13 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 117 (22.90%) Security Cleared
2 85 (16.63%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.68%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.33%) Degree
5 16 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.57%) MOS
8 7 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.98%) CCNP
10 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.59%) CCIE
10 3 (0.59%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.59%) HNC
11 2 (0.39%) OCP
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.39%) RHCE
11 2 (0.39%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.20%) CWSP
12 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.28%) SLA
2 22 (4.31%) GDPR
3 13 (2.54%) PMO
4 10 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.57%) QA
6 4 (0.78%) NIST
6 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) NCSC
7 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.20%) GAMP
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) PERC
System Software
1 37 (7.24%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.57%) ACF2
3 8 (1.57%) RACF
3 8 (1.57%) Time Sharing Option
4 7 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.17%) Docker
5 6 (1.17%) Firmware
5 6 (1.17%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.78%) KVM
7 4 (0.78%) NFS
7 4 (0.78%) Veritas File System
7 4 (0.78%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 3 (0.59%) HDFS
9 2 (0.39%) QEMU
9 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.20%) GPFS
10 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (5.28%) Ansible
2 17 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (3.13%) SCCM
4 12 (2.35%) Red Hat Satellite
4 12 (2.35%) Terraform
5 10 (1.96%) Kubernetes
6 9 (1.76%) Grafana
6 9 (1.76%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.57%) CA Endevor
8 7 (1.37%) Norton AntiVirus
8 7 (1.37%) Podman
8 7 (1.37%) Tivoli
8 7 (1.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (0.98%) Check_MK
10 4 (0.78%) QRadar
11 2 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.39%) Packer
11 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 137 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.41%) SAP
3 29 (5.68%) Oracle
4 26 (5.09%) Red Hat
5 25 (4.89%) VMware
6 21 (4.11%) ServiceNow
7 17 (3.33%) Google
8 14 (2.74%) Workday
9 13 (2.54%) Cisco
10 12 (2.35%) Salesforce
11 11 (2.15%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.76%) Dell
13 8 (1.57%) Symantec
14 7 (1.37%) McAfee
14 7 (1.37%) Okta
15 6 (1.17%) HP
16 5 (0.98%) Splunk
17 4 (0.78%) Cloudera
17 4 (0.78%) CyberArk
17 4 (0.78%) SaltStack