Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 172 119
Rank change year-on-year +23 -53 +58
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 693 381 709
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.56% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 1.68% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 190 351
10th Percentile £211 £199 £160
25th Percentile £331 £313 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% +4.84% -11.11%
75th Percentile £496 £500 £556
90th Percentile £575 £575 £588
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 58 219
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.94 £11.00
25th Percentile £14.03 £13.39 £11.95
Median hourly rate £17.69 £14.00 £13.78
Median % change year-on-year +26.36% +1.63% -46.92%
75th Percentile £22.63 £24.08 £17.30
90th Percentile £57.25 £30.63 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.24 £16.00 £13.46
% change year-on-year +7.73% +18.87% -35.60%

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 36,383 22,702 34,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 92.69% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,833 15,164 23,008
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 862 2,374
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.41 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.72 £19.43 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -18.60%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £72.49
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £30.43 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.85% -13.07% -20.55%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -1 176 £425 - 76
North of England -4 163 £432 +20.33% 71
East of England +42 115 £373 -13.37% 26
Midlands -19 92 £438 +32.58% 49
North West -17 90 £408 +13.51% 40
South East -23 81 £350 -6.67% 80
West Midlands -40 65 £438 +32.58% 33
South West -9 63 £525 +11.11% 26
Yorkshire -15 58 £438 -7.89% 15
East Midlands -9 27 £475 +17.21% 16
North East -2 15 £438 +29.63% 16
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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.

1 165 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 154 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 128 (18.47%) SC Cleared
4 106 (15.30%) Microsoft Excel
5 91 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (10.97%) SAP
7 70 (10.10%) Linux
8 62 (8.95%) Migration
9 60 (8.66%) Change Management
10 59 (8.51%) Azure
11 56 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
12 55 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 52 (7.50%) Active Directory
13 52 (7.50%) SharePoint
14 49 (7.07%) Oracle
15 44 (6.35%) Windows
16 42 (6.06%) Workflow
17 41 (5.92%) SLA
18 39 (5.63%) ITIL
19 38 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
19 38 (5.48%) SaaS
20 37 (5.34%) DevOps
21 36 (5.19%) ServiceNow
22 35 (5.05%) JIRA
22 35 (5.05%) SQL
23 34 (4.91%) Time Management
24 33 (4.76%) Python
25 31 (4.47%) Customer Service
25 31 (4.47%) DV Cleared
25 31 (4.47%) Google

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 52 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.16%) Confluence
4 4 (0.58%) CMS
4 4 (0.58%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.29%) Drupal
5 2 (0.29%) IIS
5 2 (0.29%) Moodle
5 2 (0.29%) SAS
5 2 (0.29%) WordPress
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 106 (15.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (3.75%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.58%) Maximo
2 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.58%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.43%) Shopify
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 59 (8.51%) Azure
2 56 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (5.48%) SaaS
4 30 (4.33%) Entra ID
5 26 (3.75%) AWS
6 23 (3.32%) GCP
7 20 (2.89%) Power Platform
8 17 (2.45%) Google Workspace
9 12 (1.73%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.73%) OpenShift
10 11 (1.59%) GitHub
11 10 (1.44%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.44%) Serverless
12 9 (1.30%) IaaS
13 8 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (1.15%) PaaS
13 8 (1.15%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.01%) OneDrive
14 7 (1.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.04%) DNS
2 16 (2.31%) Firewall
3 14 (2.02%) Network Security
4 11 (1.59%) DHCP
5 10 (1.44%) VPN
6 9 (1.30%) DKIM
6 9 (1.30%) DMARC
6 9 (1.30%) SAN
7 8 (1.15%) LAN
8 7 (1.01%) WebEx
9 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.58%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.58%) NAS
9 4 (0.58%) WAN
9 4 (0.58%) Wireless
9 4 (0.58%) WLAN
10 3 (0.43%) Intranet
10 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.43%) VoIP
11 2 (0.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.31%) MongoDB
4 15 (2.16%) Oracle Database
5 13 (1.88%) Power BI
6 11 (1.59%) MySQL
7 10 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.30%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (1.01%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.58%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.58%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (0.43%) Apache Hive
13 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.43%) Big Data
13 3 (0.43%) GIS
13 3 (0.43%) Impala
13 3 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (5.05%) JIRA
2 20 (2.89%) GitLab
2 20 (2.89%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.45%) Git
4 5 (0.72%) ScriptRunner
4 5 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.29%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.29%) Subversion
6 1 (0.14%) MSI
6 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 159 (22.94%) Social Skills
2 69 (9.96%) Finance
3 62 (8.95%) Public Sector
4 53 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
6 30 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.61%) Legal
8 21 (3.03%) Aerospace
9 20 (2.89%) Banking
10 14 (2.02%) Marketing
11 12 (1.73%) Publishing
12 11 (1.59%) Military
13 10 (1.44%) Aviation
13 10 (1.44%) Retail
14 9 (1.30%) Local Government
14 9 (1.30%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.01%) Law
15 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.58%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.16%) SAP Basis
2 11 (1.59%) ISPF
2 11 (1.59%) Middleware
3 10 (1.44%) JSON
3 10 (1.44%) REST
4 9 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (1.30%) LDAP
5 7 (1.01%) .NET
5 7 (1.01%) YAML
6 6 (0.87%) XMPP
7 5 (0.72%) HTML
7 5 (0.72%) OAuth
7 5 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.72%) XML
8 4 (0.58%) CSS
8 4 (0.58%) Node.js
9 3 (0.43%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.43%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.43%) Kafka
10 2 (0.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.79%) Onboarding
2 21 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 20 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.02%) Mainframe
4 14 (2.02%) Taxonomies
5 12 (1.73%) NHS
6 11 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.44%) Clustering
8 9 (1.30%) Freedom of Information
8 9 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.15%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.15%) PKI
10 7 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.01%) Replication
11 6 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.87%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.87%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.72%) Fat Client
12 5 (0.72%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 70 (10.10%) Linux
2 44 (6.35%) Windows
3 25 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.73%) Unix
6 10 (1.44%) CentOS
7 5 (0.72%) AIX
8 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.29%) Debian
10 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.14%) MVS
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (8.95%) Migration
3 60 (8.66%) Change Management
4 55 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (6.06%) Workflow
6 39 (5.63%) ITIL
7 37 (5.34%) DevOps
8 34 (4.91%) Time Management
9 31 (4.47%) Customer Service
10 30 (4.33%) Data Protection
10 30 (4.33%) High Availability
10 30 (4.33%) Performance Tuning
11 29 (4.18%) ITSM
12 28 (4.04%) Service Delivery
13 25 (3.61%) Project Delivery
13 25 (3.61%) SAP Security
13 25 (3.61%) Service Management
14 24 (3.46%) Agile
14 24 (3.46%) Disaster Recovery
15 23 (3.32%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.05%) SQL
2 33 (4.76%) Python
3 29 (4.18%) PowerShell
4 17 (2.45%) Shell Script
5 12 (1.73%) Bash
5 12 (1.73%) REXX
6 11 (1.59%) CLIST
6 11 (1.59%) COBOL
6 11 (1.59%) JCL
7 10 (1.44%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.30%) MATLAB
9 7 (1.01%) C#
10 6 (0.87%) Perl
11 5 (0.72%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.43%) Groovy
12 3 (0.43%) VBA
13 2 (0.29%) C++
13 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 165 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 128 (18.47%) SC Cleared
3 31 (4.47%) DV Cleared
4 28 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (3.75%) Degree
6 22 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.01%) CCNP
7 7 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.87%) OCP
8 6 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (0.58%) CCIE
9 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.58%) MOS
10 3 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.92%) SLA
2 24 (3.46%) GDPR
3 19 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.01%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.01%) PMO
5 5 (0.72%) QA
6 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.43%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.43%) NIST
8 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) HL7
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.14%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 52 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.59%) ACF2
3 11 (1.59%) RACF
3 11 (1.59%) Time Sharing Option
4 7 (1.01%) Docker
4 7 (1.01%) Firmware
4 7 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.43%) HDFS
6 3 (0.43%) PowerHA
6 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.29%) QEMU
7 2 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.29%) XenApp
7 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.14%) GPFS
8 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (4.18%) Ansible
2 25 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
3 19 (2.74%) Terraform
4 14 (2.02%) Kubernetes
5 12 (1.73%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 11 (1.59%) CA Endevor
6 11 (1.59%) Podman
6 11 (1.59%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.44%) Grafana
7 10 (1.44%) Red Hat Satellite
7 10 (1.44%) Tivoli
8 9 (1.30%) Check_MK
8 9 (1.30%) SCCM
9 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.43%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.43%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.43%) WSUS
11 2 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 154 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.97%) SAP
3 49 (7.07%) Oracle
4 36 (5.19%) ServiceNow
5 31 (4.47%) Google
6 29 (4.18%) Avature
6 29 (4.18%) Red Hat
7 23 (3.32%) VMware
8 22 (3.17%) Salesforce
9 18 (2.60%) Cisco
10 15 (2.16%) Okta
11 11 (1.59%) Atlassian
11 11 (1.59%) Citrix
12 9 (1.30%) Sage
13 8 (1.15%) IBM
14 6 (0.87%) Dell
14 6 (0.87%) HP
14 6 (0.87%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.87%) Workday
15 4 (0.58%) F5