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 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 167 121
Rank change year-on-year +8 -46 +50
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 709 403 706
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 1.66% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 1.80% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 198 339
10th Percentile £200 £191 £173
25th Percentile £338 £300 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £419 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -1.50% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £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 172 67 230
10th Percentile £13.01 - £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 £19.25 £17.84
90th Percentile £56.40 £30.63 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £14.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year +21.43% +1.63% -44.69%

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 38,608 22,392 34,167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.37% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,868 14,803 22,535
10th Percentile £322 £290 £285
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,710 937 2,560
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.80 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +51.01% -20.80% -16.39%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £79.55 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +51.79% -25.33% -16.67%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -12 186 £425 - 87
North of England -16 145 £438 +23.41% 82
East of England +31 112 £356 -16.67% 55
South East -23 100 £525 +31.25% 91
Midlands -16 96 £445 +41.27% 65
North West -27 76 £424 +21.07% 53
West Midlands -41 65 £445 +41.27% 40
South West -14 60 £525 +11.70% 49
Yorkshire -25 52 £438 -20.45% 21
East Midlands -3 31 £413 +32.00% 26
North East -14 17 £438 +94.44% 8
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 174 (24.54%) Security Cleared
2 143 (20.17%) Microsoft
3 131 (18.48%) SC Cleared
4 105 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
5 91 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (10.72%) SAP
7 72 (10.16%) Migration
8 64 (9.03%) Linux
9 60 (8.46%) Oracle
10 59 (8.32%) Active Directory
11 58 (8.18%) Change Management
12 56 (7.90%) SharePoint
13 55 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (7.19%) Azure
14 51 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
15 45 (6.35%) Workflow
16 44 (6.21%) Windows
17 41 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
18 40 (5.64%) Performance Tuning
18 40 (5.64%) SaaS
19 39 (5.50%) DV Cleared
20 38 (5.36%) Google
20 38 (5.36%) ITIL
20 38 (5.36%) SQL
21 36 (5.08%) Data Management
21 36 (5.08%) Data Quality
21 36 (5.08%) Degree
22 35 (4.94%) High Availability
23 34 (4.80%) SLA
24 33 (4.65%) 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 56 (7.90%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.83%) Confluence
4 7 (0.99%) SharePoint 2013
5 5 (0.71%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.56%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) Drupal
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 105 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (3.67%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.56%) Maximo
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.42%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.42%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 51 (7.19%) Azure
1 51 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (5.64%) SaaS
3 25 (3.53%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.39%) Google Workspace
5 22 (3.10%) Power Platform
6 21 (2.96%) GCP
7 18 (2.54%) AWS
8 14 (1.97%) Google Drive
9 11 (1.55%) OpenShift
10 10 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 8 (1.13%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.13%) Asana
11 8 (1.13%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.99%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.85%) GitHub
13 6 (0.85%) IaaS
14 5 (0.71%) Google Sheets
14 5 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.37%) DNS
2 14 (1.97%) DHCP
3 13 (1.83%) Network Security
4 11 (1.55%) DKIM
4 11 (1.55%) DMARC
4 11 (1.55%) Firewall
4 11 (1.55%) SAN
5 7 (0.99%) LAN
6 6 (0.85%) NAS
7 5 (0.71%) SSL
8 4 (0.56%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (0.56%) VPN
9 3 (0.42%) Intranet
9 3 (0.42%) PSTN
9 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.42%) WAN
9 3 (0.42%) WebEx
9 3 (0.42%) Wireless
9 3 (0.42%) WLAN
10 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.51%) Oracle Database
2 26 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 19 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.40%) Power BI
5 11 (1.55%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.41%) MySQL
7 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.85%) GIS
8 6 (0.85%) Oracle Database 11g
8 6 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.42%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.42%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (4.51%) JIRA
2 20 (2.82%) GitLab
2 20 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.40%) Git
4 5 (0.71%) ScriptRunner
5 4 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.28%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.28%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.28%) 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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 154 (21.72%) Social Skills
2 70 (9.87%) Finance
3 65 (9.17%) Public Sector
4 58 (8.18%) Organisational Skills
5 56 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.53%) Aerospace
6 25 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (2.68%) Legal
8 17 (2.40%) Banking
9 15 (2.12%) Aviation
10 12 (1.69%) Military
10 12 (1.69%) Publishing
11 11 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.41%) Law
13 9 (1.27%) Local Government
14 8 (1.13%) Marketing
14 8 (1.13%) Police
15 7 (0.99%) Retail
15 7 (0.99%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.71%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.54%) Middleware
2 15 (2.12%) SAP Basis
3 11 (1.55%) LDAP
4 8 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (1.13%) ISPF
5 7 (0.99%) OAuth
6 6 (0.85%) REST
7 5 (0.71%) .NET
7 5 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.56%) CSS
8 4 (0.56%) HTML
9 3 (0.42%) JSON
9 3 (0.42%) XML
9 3 (0.42%) XMPP
9 3 (0.42%) YAML
10 2 (0.28%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.28%) jQuery
10 2 (0.28%) Kafka
10 2 (0.28%) Node.js
10 2 (0.28%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.80%) Onboarding
2 31 (4.37%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.53%) Data Centre
4 14 (1.97%) Taxonomies
5 12 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
6 11 (1.55%) Clustering
6 11 (1.55%) Mainframe
7 10 (1.41%) NHS
8 9 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.27%) Replication
8 9 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (0.99%) PKI
11 6 (0.85%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.56%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.42%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 64 (9.03%) Linux
2 44 (6.21%) Windows
3 23 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.83%) Unix
6 12 (1.69%) CentOS
7 7 (0.99%) AIX
8 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.56%) zOS
10 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.28%) Debian
11 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.14%) Android
12 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.14%) MVS
12 1 (0.14%) Solaris
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (10.16%) Migration
3 58 (8.18%) Change Management
4 55 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (6.35%) Workflow
6 40 (5.64%) Performance Tuning
7 38 (5.36%) ITIL
8 36 (5.08%) Data Management
9 35 (4.94%) High Availability
10 29 (4.09%) Data Entry
10 29 (4.09%) Data Protection
10 29 (4.09%) DevOps
11 28 (3.95%) Time Management
12 26 (3.67%) Customer Service
13 25 (3.53%) SAP Security
14 23 (3.24%) Data Governance
14 23 (3.24%) ERP
15 22 (3.10%) Project Delivery
15 22 (3.10%) Validation
16 21 (2.96%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 38 (5.36%) SQL
2 28 (3.95%) Python
3 26 (3.67%) PowerShell
4 21 (2.96%) Shell Script
5 13 (1.83%) Bash
6 11 (1.55%) MATLAB
7 10 (1.41%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.13%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.71%) C#
10 4 (0.56%) COBOL
10 4 (0.56%) JCL
10 4 (0.56%) REXX
11 3 (0.42%) CLIST
11 3 (0.42%) Groovy
11 3 (0.42%) Perl
11 3 (0.42%) VBA
12 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.28%) C++
13 1 (0.14%) Go
13 1 (0.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 174 (24.54%) Security Cleared
2 131 (18.48%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.50%) DV Cleared
4 36 (5.08%) Degree
5 30 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.85%) CCNP
7 6 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (0.85%) OCP
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.42%) CCIE
9 3 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.08%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.80%) SLA
3 23 (3.24%) GDPR
4 8 (1.13%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.71%) PMO
5 5 (0.71%) QA
6 4 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.42%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.42%) NIST
8 2 (0.28%) 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%) NIST 800
System Software
1 59 (8.32%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.97%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.27%) Firmware
6 7 (0.99%) RACF
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
8 5 (0.71%) Docker
9 3 (0.42%) ACF2
9 3 (0.42%) PowerHA
9 3 (0.42%) Time Sharing Option
9 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.28%) HDFS
10 2 (0.28%) QEMU
10 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.28%) XenApp
10 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 30 (4.23%) Ansible
2 25 (3.53%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (1.97%) Terraform
4 13 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 13 (1.83%) Podman
5 11 (1.55%) Check_MK
5 11 (1.55%) Red Hat Satellite
5 11 (1.55%) SCCM
6 10 (1.41%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.27%) Grafana
7 9 (1.27%) Oracle RMAN
8 8 (1.13%) Data Guard
9 7 (0.99%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.56%) CA Endevor
11 4 (0.56%) OMEGAMON
11 4 (0.56%) WSUS
12 3 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.42%) Tivoli
12 3 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 143 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.72%) SAP
3 60 (8.46%) Oracle
4 38 (5.36%) Google
5 33 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 33 (4.65%) VMware
6 29 (4.09%) Avature
7 27 (3.81%) Red Hat
8 20 (2.82%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.12%) Cisco
9 15 (2.12%) Okta
10 13 (1.83%) IBM
11 9 (1.27%) Sage
12 8 (1.13%) Citrix
13 7 (0.99%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.56%) Brocade
14 4 (0.56%) Dell
14 4 (0.56%) F5
14 4 (0.56%) NetApp
14 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds