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 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 174 121
Rank change year-on-year +30 -53 +62
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 703 383 698
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.57% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 1.69% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 187 343
10th Percentile £200 £197 £158
25th Percentile £323 £306 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% +4.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £569
90th Percentile £588 £575 £588
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -4.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 64 218
10th Percentile £13.10 - £11.08
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £11.95
Median hourly rate £17.69 £14.00 £13.48
Median % change year-on-year +26.36% +3.86% -48.15%
75th Percentile £22.63 £23.75 £17.28
90th Percentile £57.25 £30.63 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £15.60 £13.18
% change year-on-year +8.97% +18.35% -49.21%

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 37,090 22,661 34,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.65% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,200 15,114 22,756
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% -1.82% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,526 899 2,410
10th Percentile £15.77 £14.20 £12.92
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.59 £31.76 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +43.53% -10.91% -20.78%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.54
UK median hourly rate £43.39 £29.25 £35.83
% change year-on-year +48.35% -18.36% -20.38%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -10 183 £425 - 69
North of England -15 157 £425 +18.38% 67
East of England +42 115 £363 -15.70% 35
Midlands -19 93 £440 +33.33% 45
North West -12 88 £408 +14.95% 29
South East -37 87 £350 -9.68% 87
West Midlands -38 66 £439 +32.95% 27
South West -13 64 £525 +11.70% 38
Yorkshire -23 54 £438 -7.89% 24
East Midlands -11 27 £475 +17.21% 18
North East -8 15 £438 +29.63% 14
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 172 (24.47%) Security Cleared
2 155 (22.05%) Microsoft
3 134 (19.06%) SC Cleared
4 110 (15.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 92 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (10.95%) SAP
7 69 (9.82%) Linux
8 63 (8.96%) Migration
9 61 (8.68%) Change Management
10 60 (8.53%) Azure
11 56 (7.97%) Oracle
12 54 (7.68%) Active Directory
13 53 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 52 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
15 50 (7.11%) SharePoint
16 44 (6.26%) Windows
17 41 (5.83%) ITIL
17 41 (5.83%) SLA
18 40 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
18 40 (5.69%) Workflow
19 39 (5.55%) SaaS
20 36 (5.12%) Google
21 35 (4.98%) DevOps
21 35 (4.98%) DV Cleared
21 35 (4.98%) SQL
22 34 (4.84%) Python
23 33 (4.69%) High Availability
23 33 (4.69%) JIRA
23 33 (4.69%) Performance Tuning
23 33 (4.69%) ServiceNow

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 50 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.13%) Confluence
4 4 (0.57%) CMS
4 4 (0.57%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.43%) IIS
6 2 (0.28%) Drupal
6 2 (0.28%) Moodle
6 2 (0.28%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 110 (15.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
4 20 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.28%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.57%) Maximo
2 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.57%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) iTrent
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 60 (8.53%) Azure
2 52 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (5.55%) SaaS
4 28 (3.98%) Entra ID
5 24 (3.41%) AWS
6 23 (3.27%) GCP
7 22 (3.13%) Google Workspace
8 18 (2.56%) Power Platform
9 14 (1.99%) Google Drive
10 12 (1.71%) OpenShift
11 10 (1.42%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.42%) Serverless
12 9 (1.28%) GitHub
13 8 (1.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.14%) IaaS
13 8 (1.14%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.00%) PaaS
14 7 (1.00%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.13%) DNS
2 15 (2.13%) Firewall
3 14 (1.99%) Network Security
4 12 (1.71%) DHCP
5 9 (1.28%) DKIM
5 9 (1.28%) DMARC
5 9 (1.28%) SAN
5 9 (1.28%) VPN
6 8 (1.14%) LAN
7 5 (0.71%) WebEx
8 4 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.57%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.57%) NAS
8 4 (0.57%) WAN
8 4 (0.57%) Wireless
8 4 (0.57%) WLAN
9 3 (0.43%) Intranet
9 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.43%) VoIP
10 2 (0.28%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (3.98%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.99%) Oracle Database
4 16 (2.28%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.56%) MySQL
5 11 (1.56%) Power BI
5 11 (1.56%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.28%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (1.00%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.57%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database 11g
10 4 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
10 4 (0.57%) Tableau
11 3 (0.43%) Apache Hive
11 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.43%) Big Data
11 3 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 33 (4.69%) JIRA
2 20 (2.84%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.56%) GitLab
4 17 (2.42%) Git
5 5 (0.71%) ScriptRunner
5 5 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.28%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.28%) Subversion
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 158 (22.48%) Social Skills
2 71 (10.10%) Finance
3 64 (9.10%) Public Sector
4 57 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 55 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.41%) Legal
8 21 (2.99%) Aerospace
9 19 (2.70%) Banking
10 13 (1.85%) Marketing
11 12 (1.71%) Military
11 12 (1.71%) Publishing
12 10 (1.42%) Aviation
13 9 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.14%) Law
14 8 (1.14%) Local Government
14 8 (1.14%) Retail
15 7 (1.00%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.71%) Police
17 4 (0.57%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.13%) SAP Basis
2 11 (1.56%) Middleware
3 10 (1.42%) ISPF
3 10 (1.42%) JSON
3 10 (1.42%) REST
4 9 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (1.28%) LDAP
5 7 (1.00%) .NET
6 5 (0.71%) HTML
6 5 (0.71%) OAuth
6 5 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.71%) XML
6 5 (0.71%) XMPP
6 5 (0.71%) YAML
7 4 (0.57%) CSS
7 4 (0.57%) Node.js
8 3 (0.43%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.43%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.43%) Kafka
9 2 (0.28%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.11%) Onboarding
2 23 (3.27%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 14 (1.99%) Taxonomies
5 13 (1.85%) Mainframe
6 11 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.56%) NHS
7 10 (1.42%) Clustering
7 10 (1.42%) Freedom of Information
8 8 (1.14%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.14%) PKI
8 8 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.00%) Replication
10 6 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.71%) Fat Client
11 5 (0.71%) Life Science
11 5 (0.71%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.71%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 69 (9.82%) Linux
2 44 (6.26%) Windows
3 23 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (1.99%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.85%) Unix
6 10 (1.42%) CentOS
7 5 (0.71%) AIX
7 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.28%) Debian
9 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.28%) Solaris
9 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.14%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (8.96%) Migration
3 61 (8.68%) Change Management
4 53 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (5.83%) ITIL
6 40 (5.69%) Workflow
7 35 (4.98%) DevOps
8 33 (4.69%) High Availability
8 33 (4.69%) Performance Tuning
9 32 (4.55%) Time Management
10 31 (4.41%) Customer Service
11 30 (4.27%) Data Protection
12 28 (3.98%) ITSM
13 27 (3.84%) Service Delivery
14 26 (3.70%) Disaster Recovery
14 26 (3.70%) Project Delivery
15 25 (3.56%) SAP Security
16 24 (3.41%) Data Entry
16 24 (3.41%) Service Management
17 23 (3.27%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.98%) SQL
2 34 (4.84%) Python
3 28 (3.98%) PowerShell
4 16 (2.28%) Shell Script
5 12 (1.71%) Bash
6 11 (1.56%) REXX
7 10 (1.42%) CLIST
7 10 (1.42%) COBOL
7 10 (1.42%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.42%) JCL
8 9 (1.28%) MATLAB
9 7 (1.00%) C#
9 7 (1.00%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.71%) Perl
11 3 (0.43%) Groovy
11 3 (0.43%) VBA
12 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.28%) C++
12 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 172 (24.47%) Security Cleared
2 134 (19.06%) SC Cleared
3 35 (4.98%) DV Cleared
4 29 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (3.84%) Degree
6 20 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.00%) CCNP
7 7 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.85%) OCP
8 6 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (0.57%) CCIE
9 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.43%) MOS
11 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.28%) 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 (5.83%) SLA
2 24 (3.41%) GDPR
3 20 (2.84%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.00%) PMO
6 6 (0.85%) QA
7 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.43%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.43%) NIST
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%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.14%) PERC
System Software
1 54 (7.68%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.42%) ACF2
3 10 (1.42%) RACF
3 10 (1.42%) Time Sharing Option
4 9 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.00%) Docker
5 7 (1.00%) Firmware
5 7 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.43%) HDFS
7 3 (0.43%) PowerHA
8 2 (0.28%) QEMU
8 2 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.28%) XenApp
8 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.14%) GPFS
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (4.27%) Ansible
2 23 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (2.56%) Terraform
4 14 (1.99%) Kubernetes
5 12 (1.71%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 11 (1.56%) Podman
6 11 (1.56%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.42%) CA Endevor
7 10 (1.42%) Grafana
7 10 (1.42%) Red Hat Satellite
7 10 (1.42%) Tivoli
8 9 (1.28%) Check_MK
9 8 (1.14%) SCCM
10 6 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.71%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.57%) WSUS
13 3 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.43%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.28%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 155 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 77 (10.95%) SAP
3 56 (7.97%) Oracle
4 36 (5.12%) Google
5 33 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 29 (4.13%) Avature
7 28 (3.98%) Red Hat
8 25 (3.56%) VMware
9 23 (3.27%) Salesforce
10 16 (2.28%) Cisco
11 15 (2.13%) Okta
12 11 (1.56%) Atlassian
13 10 (1.42%) Citrix
14 9 (1.28%) Sage
15 8 (1.14%) IBM
16 7 (1.00%) Dell
17 6 (0.85%) HP
17 6 (0.85%) SolarWinds
18 5 (0.71%) Workday
19 4 (0.57%) F5