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 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 154 127
Rank change year-on-year -28 -27 +85
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 519 460 726
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.75% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 1.88% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 176 363
10th Percentile £163 £173 £173
25th Percentile £300 £294 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £556
90th Percentile £593 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 35 187
10th Percentile £12.81 £12.47 £11.18
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.28 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £21.50 £13.82
Median % change year-on-year -17.72% +55.57% -24.97%
75th Percentile £20.35 £24.50 £18.50
90th Percentile £30.35 £57.62 £46.35
UK median hourly rate £15.91 £20.94 £13.91
% change year-on-year -24.02% +50.59% -24.51%

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 30,608 24,451 35,137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 93.04% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,485 15,141 23,660
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 728 2,103
10th Percentile £14.99 £15.92 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £16.77
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -2.10%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £71.99 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 5 February 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 -19 153 £400 - 80
North of England -32 108 £400 +14.29% 99
South East -38 72 £375 - 95
South West -6 68 £529 -3.86% 34
Midlands -41 63 £440 +14.88% 46
North West -13 60 £400 +14.29% 58
East of England +1 57 £450 +31.39% 60
West Midlands -28 44 £363 +9.85% 23
Yorkshire -38 41 £420 -23.64% 34
East Midlands -20 19 £1,300 +221.68% 23
North East -14 7 £143 -36.67% 12
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 February 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.

1 136 (26.20%) Microsoft
2 123 (23.70%) Security Cleared
3 92 (17.73%) SC Cleared
4 73 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (13.87%) Microsoft Excel
6 68 (13.10%) Linux
7 58 (11.18%) Windows
8 54 (10.40%) Azure
9 50 (9.63%) Migration
10 48 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
11 47 (9.06%) DevOps
12 46 (8.86%) SharePoint
13 42 (8.09%) SAP
14 39 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
16 37 (7.13%) Active Directory
16 37 (7.13%) ITIL
17 36 (6.94%) SLA
18 34 (6.55%) Time Management
19 33 (6.36%) Change Management
20 32 (6.17%) CI/CD
20 32 (6.17%) Data Protection
20 32 (6.17%) DV Cleared
20 32 (6.17%) Python
20 32 (6.17%) Red Hat
21 31 (5.97%) Agile
21 31 (5.97%) ServiceNow
22 29 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 29 (5.59%) SQL
23 28 (5.39%) Entra ID

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 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.73%) Confluence
4 5 (0.96%) CMS
5 2 (0.39%) Drupal
5 2 (0.39%) Moodle
5 2 (0.39%) SAS
5 2 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 72 (13.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (3.66%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.77%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.77%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.58%) Maximo
3 3 (0.58%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) iTrent
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.19%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (10.40%) Azure
2 48 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.39%) Entra ID
4 25 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 22 (4.24%) AWS
6 16 (3.08%) GCP
7 15 (2.89%) SaaS
8 14 (2.70%) Serverless
9 13 (2.50%) GitHub
9 13 (2.50%) OpenShift
10 11 (2.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.12%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.93%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.73%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.54%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.54%) Azure Functions
13 8 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.85%) Network Security
2 17 (3.28%) Firewall
3 15 (2.89%) DNS
4 10 (1.93%) VPN
5 9 (1.73%) DHCP
5 9 (1.73%) LAN
6 7 (1.35%) Wireless
7 5 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.96%) VLAN
7 5 (0.96%) WAN
7 5 (0.96%) WebEx
7 5 (0.96%) WLAN
8 4 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.77%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.77%) SAN
9 3 (0.58%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.58%) VoIP
10 2 (0.39%) BGP
10 2 (0.39%) Internet
10 2 (0.39%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (3.08%) Power BI
2 14 (2.70%) Oracle Database
3 13 (2.50%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.31%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.73%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.96%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.96%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.77%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.77%) Tableau
10 3 (0.58%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.58%) Big Data
10 3 (0.58%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 3 (0.58%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 3 (0.58%) Impala
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (4.43%) JIRA
2 20 (3.85%) Git
3 17 (3.28%) GitLab
3 17 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.77%) Subversion
6 3 (0.58%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.19%) ScriptRunner
General
1 138 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 78 (15.03%) Finance
3 43 (8.29%) Organisational Skills
4 42 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.62%) Banking
7 23 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (4.05%) Legal
9 12 (2.31%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.31%) Marketing
10 9 (1.73%) Retail
10 9 (1.73%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.16%) Publishing
12 5 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.96%) Local Government
12 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.96%) Military
13 4 (0.77%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (0.58%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
1 11 (2.12%) ISPF
2 10 (1.93%) .NET
3 9 (1.73%) JSON
3 9 (1.73%) SAP Basis
4 8 (1.54%) LDAP
4 8 (1.54%) REST
5 7 (1.35%) Middleware
5 7 (1.35%) Node.js
6 6 (1.16%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.16%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.16%) YAML
7 5 (0.96%) XML
8 3 (0.58%) HTML
8 3 (0.58%) Kafka
8 3 (0.58%) OAuth
8 3 (0.58%) OpenID
8 3 (0.58%) SAML
8 3 (0.58%) XMPP
9 2 (0.39%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 61 (11.75%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.89%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.70%) PKI
4 13 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.12%) Mainframe
6 10 (1.93%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.73%) NHS
8 8 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.54%) Taxonomies
9 7 (1.35%) Clustering
9 7 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.77%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.77%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.77%) LIMS
11 4 (0.77%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 68 (13.10%) Linux
2 58 (11.18%) Windows
3 29 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.12%) CentOS
5 9 (1.73%) Unix
5 9 (1.73%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.35%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.16%) Solaris
8 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.39%) Debian
9 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.19%) AIX
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (9.63%) Migration
3 47 (9.06%) DevOps
4 39 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (7.13%) ITIL
6 34 (6.55%) Time Management
7 33 (6.36%) Change Management
8 32 (6.17%) CI/CD
8 32 (6.17%) Data Protection
9 31 (5.97%) Agile
10 26 (5.01%) Customer Service
11 24 (4.62%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (4.62%) Data Management
12 23 (4.43%) Data Entry
12 23 (4.43%) High Availability
12 23 (4.43%) Project Delivery
12 23 (4.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 21 (4.05%) Logistics
14 20 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (3.85%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.17%) Python
2 29 (5.59%) SQL
3 23 (4.43%) Shell Script
4 22 (4.24%) PowerShell
5 19 (3.66%) Bash
6 11 (2.12%) CLIST
6 11 (2.12%) COBOL
6 11 (2.12%) JCL
6 11 (2.12%) REXX
7 10 (1.93%) C#
8 7 (1.35%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.16%) Perl
10 5 (0.96%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.58%) VBA
13 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.19%) Go
14 1 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 123 (23.70%) Security Cleared
2 92 (17.73%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.17%) DV Cleared
4 20 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.50%) Degree
6 11 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.54%) MOS
9 7 (1.35%) CCNP
9 7 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.96%) CCIE
11 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.39%) OCP
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.39%) RHCE
12 2 (0.39%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.19%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.94%) SLA
2 23 (4.43%) GDPR
3 12 (2.31%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.31%) PMO
4 8 (1.54%) QA
5 5 (0.96%) NIST
6 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) GAMP
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 37 (7.13%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.12%) ACF2
3 11 (2.12%) RACF
3 11 (2.12%) Time Sharing Option
4 8 (1.54%) Docker
5 6 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.77%) KVM
7 4 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.58%) Firmware
8 3 (0.58%) HDFS
8 3 (0.58%) NFS
8 3 (0.58%) Veritas File System
8 3 (0.58%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 2 (0.39%) QEMU
9 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.19%) GPFS
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 26 (5.01%) Ansible
2 17 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.89%) Terraform
4 14 (2.70%) Kubernetes
5 13 (2.50%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.50%) Red Hat Satellite
5 13 (2.50%) SCCM
6 12 (2.31%) Grafana
7 11 (2.12%) CA Endevor
8 10 (1.93%) Tivoli
8 10 (1.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 9 (1.73%) Podman
10 8 (1.54%) Norton AntiVirus
11 7 (1.35%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.58%) QRadar
13 2 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 136 (26.20%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.09%) SAP
3 32 (6.17%) Red Hat
4 31 (5.97%) ServiceNow
5 24 (4.62%) Oracle
6 23 (4.43%) VMware
7 19 (3.66%) Google
8 16 (3.08%) Cisco
9 14 (2.70%) Workday
10 12 (2.31%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.93%) Dell
12 9 (1.73%) McAfee
12 9 (1.73%) Symantec
13 8 (1.54%) HP
13 8 (1.54%) Okta
14 6 (1.16%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.96%) Citrix
15 5 (0.96%) Sage
16 4 (0.77%) NetApp
16 4 (0.77%) Splunk