Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 147 156
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +30
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 889 529 538
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.94% 1.91% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 2.08% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 220 271
10th Percentile £200 £180 £180
25th Percentile £356 £263 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £569
90th Percentile £600 £588 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 132 84
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.31
25th Percentile £13.64 £13.50 £12.18
Median hourly rate £15.75 £15.50 £15.73
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -1.46% -37.08%
75th Percentile £19.25 £22.47 £24.50
90th Percentile £26.20 £26.51 £51.91
UK median hourly rate £15.75 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -28.09%

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 42,287 25,412 30,763
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.57% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,391 16,412 19,714
10th Percentile £325 £281 £303
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,267 1,364 1,626
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.71 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £21.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +4.65%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.94
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.96%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -7 222 £450 +8.30% 92
North of England +12 216 £438 +9.38% 98
South East -16 160 £513 +29.75% 166
Midlands +8 139 £448 +27.86% 87
North West -11 122 £438 +34.62% 47
East of England +27 94 £300 -20.00% 59
West Midlands -16 86 £450 +38.46% 42
Yorkshire +3 69 £438 -16.67% 29
East Midlands +23 53 £319 -75.48% 46
South West -58 46 £450 -7.22% 63
North East -15 25 £438 +45.83% 25
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 August 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.

1 202 (22.72%) Microsoft
2 193 (21.71%) Security Cleared
3 147 (16.54%) SC Cleared
4 121 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (12.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 111 (12.49%) Migration
6 97 (10.91%) Oracle
7 90 (10.12%) SharePoint
8 79 (8.89%) SQL
9 78 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
10 72 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
11 71 (7.99%) Performance Tuning
12 69 (7.76%) Windows
13 68 (7.65%) SAP
14 67 (7.54%) SQL Server
15 61 (6.86%) Azure
15 61 (6.86%) Data Quality
16 59 (6.64%) ITIL
17 58 (6.52%) Active Directory
17 58 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (6.52%) Customer Service
18 51 (5.74%) Validation
19 50 (5.62%) PostgreSQL
20 49 (5.51%) Linux
21 48 (5.40%) Workflow
22 47 (5.29%) Change Management
22 47 (5.29%) Data Entry
22 47 (5.29%) Disaster Recovery
23 45 (5.06%) VMware
24 43 (4.84%) Salesforce

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 90 (10.12%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.80%) SharePoint 2013
4 14 (1.57%) Confluence
5 12 (1.35%) CMS
6 5 (0.56%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.45%) JBoss
8 3 (0.34%) IIS
8 3 (0.34%) WordPress
9 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.11%) CICS
10 1 (0.11%) Mendix
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 111 (12.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.56%) Windchill
6 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.90%) NetSuite
1 8 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.67%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.45%) iTrent
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.34%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Maximo
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 72 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (6.86%) Azure
3 35 (3.94%) AWS
4 30 (3.37%) SaaS
5 26 (2.92%) Google Workspace
6 25 (2.81%) Power Platform
7 21 (2.36%) Entra ID
8 20 (2.25%) GCP
9 15 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.57%) Google Drive
11 12 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.24%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 10 (1.12%) ShareGate
14 9 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.01%) PowerApps
14 9 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (0.90%) Asana
15 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.94%) DNS
2 18 (2.02%) SSL
3 15 (1.69%) DHCP
4 14 (1.57%) Firewall
5 11 (1.24%) DKIM
5 11 (1.24%) DMARC
6 9 (1.01%) SAN
7 5 (0.56%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.45%) NAS
8 4 (0.45%) Network Security
8 4 (0.45%) SNMP
8 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.45%) VPN
9 3 (0.34%) Intranet
9 3 (0.34%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.34%) WAN
9 3 (0.34%) Wireless
10 2 (0.22%) MPLS
10 2 (0.22%) Skype
10 2 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.54%) SQL Server
2 50 (5.62%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (3.37%) Oracle Database
4 29 (3.26%) MySQL
5 22 (2.47%) Power BI
6 16 (1.80%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
7 15 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
9 8 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.79%) Redis
11 6 (0.67%) GIS
12 5 (0.56%) Metadata
12 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.45%) Big Data
13 4 (0.45%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
13 4 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 41 (4.61%) JIRA
2 10 (1.12%) Git
3 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.79%) GitLab
5 4 (0.45%) ScriptRunner
5 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.22%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.22%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.22%) MSI
6 2 (0.22%) Toad
7 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.11%) Hudson
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 232 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 107 (12.04%) Organisational Skills
3 87 (9.79%) Finance
4 82 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (8.32%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.71%) Manufacturing
7 23 (2.59%) Legal
8 21 (2.36%) Banking
9 19 (2.14%) Aerospace
10 15 (1.69%) Marketing
11 14 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.35%) Military
13 11 (1.24%) Law
13 11 (1.24%) Police
13 11 (1.24%) Retail
14 10 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.01%) Local Government
16 8 (0.90%) Aviation
17 5 (0.56%) Back Office
17 5 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.25%) Middleware
2 16 (1.80%) Terraform
3 14 (1.57%) ISPF
4 11 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (1.24%) REST
5 8 (0.90%) OAuth
6 7 (0.79%) HTML
7 6 (0.67%) CSS
8 5 (0.56%) Kafka
9 4 (0.45%) .NET
9 4 (0.45%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.45%) jQuery
9 4 (0.45%) LDAP
9 4 (0.45%) SAP Basis
9 4 (0.45%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.34%) JDBC
10 3 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.34%) XML
11 2 (0.22%) JSON
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle Streams
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.06%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.37%) Clustering
4 24 (2.70%) Replication
5 21 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 17 (1.91%) Mainframe
7 12 (1.35%) Freedom of Information
8 11 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.67%) NHS
11 5 (0.56%) CMDB
11 5 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.56%) PKI
12 4 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.45%) Blog
12 4 (0.45%) BYOD
12 4 (0.45%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.45%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.34%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (7.76%) Windows
2 49 (5.51%) Linux
3 31 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.80%) Unix
5 16 (1.80%) zOS
6 6 (0.67%) AIX
7 5 (0.56%) Solaris
7 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.45%) CentOS
8 4 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.11%) Android
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (12.49%) Migration
3 71 (7.99%) Performance Tuning
4 59 (6.64%) ITIL
5 58 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 58 (6.52%) Customer Service
6 51 (5.74%) Validation
7 48 (5.40%) Workflow
8 47 (5.29%) Change Management
8 47 (5.29%) Data Entry
8 47 (5.29%) Disaster Recovery
9 41 (4.61%) High Availability
10 40 (4.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 39 (4.39%) DevOps
12 38 (4.27%) CRM
12 38 (4.27%) Data Management
13 37 (4.16%) Root Cause Analysis
14 36 (4.05%) ERP
15 33 (3.71%) Data Protection
16 30 (3.37%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 79 (8.89%) SQL
2 35 (3.94%) PowerShell
3 27 (3.04%) Python
4 11 (1.24%) Shell Script
5 10 (1.12%) C#
6 9 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.90%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.56%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.56%) Bash
8 5 (0.56%) Java
8 5 (0.56%) Perl
9 4 (0.45%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.45%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.34%) Groovy
10 3 (0.34%) JCL
11 1 (0.11%) Bicep
11 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.11%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.11%) SOQL
11 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 193 (21.71%) Security Cleared
2 147 (16.54%) SC Cleared
3 37 (4.16%) Degree
3 37 (4.16%) DV Cleared
4 25 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.12%) Oracle Certification
7 9 (1.01%) OCP
8 7 (0.79%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.45%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.34%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.34%) CCA
11 3 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.34%) MCSA
11 3 (0.34%) MCSE
11 3 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.37%) QA
3 24 (2.70%) GDPR
4 17 (1.91%) SLA
5 11 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.67%) PMO
7 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.22%) GMP
8 2 (0.22%) GxP
8 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.11%) HL7
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 31 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.80%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.46%) RACF
5 12 (1.35%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.79%) Firmware
8 6 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.45%) Docker
10 3 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.34%) PowerHA
10 3 (0.34%) vSphere
11 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.22%) XenApp
11 2 (0.22%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.11%) OpenSSH
12 1 (0.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.11%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 18 (2.02%) SCCM
2 17 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.69%) Ansible
3 15 (1.69%) Data Guard
3 15 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.46%) OMEGAMON
5 10 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
6 8 (0.90%) Red Hat Satellite
6 8 (0.90%) SCOM
7 6 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.67%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.56%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.56%) Puppet
8 5 (0.56%) WSUS
9 4 (0.45%) Check_MK
9 4 (0.45%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.45%) Podman
9 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 202 (22.72%) Microsoft
2 97 (10.91%) Oracle
3 68 (7.65%) SAP
4 45 (5.06%) VMware
5 43 (4.84%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.94%) Google
7 28 (3.15%) Avature
8 22 (2.47%) IBM
9 17 (1.91%) Red Hat
10 13 (1.46%) Citrix
11 12 (1.35%) Cisco
11 12 (1.35%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.90%) Remedy
13 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.79%) Okta
13 7 (0.79%) Qualys
13 7 (0.79%) SolarWinds
14 6 (0.67%) Juniper
14 6 (0.67%) Sage
14 6 (0.67%) Splunk