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 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 153 133
Rank change year-on-year -22 -20 +86
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 513 462 699
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 1.73% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.86% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 175 356
10th Percentile £169 £188 £175
25th Percentile £309 £300 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £516 £523 £538
90th Percentile £594 £588 £597
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 37 163
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.57 £11.22
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.06 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £18.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +28.57% -31.71%
75th Percentile £20.35 £24.50 £20.54
90th Percentile £27.50 £57.62 £52.95
UK median hourly rate £16.35 £20.94 £14.00
% change year-on-year -21.92% +49.57% -24.32%

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 29,700 24,791 34,996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 92.98% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,949 15,305 23,643
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
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 1,844 747 1,904
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.97 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% -7.28% +7.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £32.50 £37.88
% change year-on-year -12.31% -14.19% +11.40%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 25 January 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 -2 154 £408 -4.12% 67
North of England -32 105 £400 +14.29% 110
South East -38 73 £400 +8.84% 108
South West -7 70 £525 -4.55% 31
North West -12 61 £400 +18.52% 55
Midlands -29 59 £450 +17.49% 54
East of England +3 54 £450 +31.39% 56
West Midlands -30 43 £375 +13.64% 22
Yorkshire -34 38 £420 -23.64% 44
East Midlands -26 16 £1,300 +221.68% 31
North East -15 6 £140 -37.78% 15
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 January 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.

1 137 (26.71%) Microsoft
2 123 (23.98%) Security Cleared
3 92 (17.93%) SC Cleared
4 74 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (14.23%) Microsoft Excel
6 63 (12.28%) Linux
7 56 (10.92%) Windows
8 55 (10.72%) Azure
9 51 (9.94%) DevOps
9 51 (9.94%) Migration
10 49 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
11 48 (9.36%) SharePoint
12 42 (8.19%) SAP
13 39 (7.60%) ITIL
13 39 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
14 36 (7.02%) Active Directory
14 36 (7.02%) Change Management
14 36 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (6.82%) SLA
16 34 (6.63%) Time Management
17 33 (6.43%) Python
18 32 (6.24%) CI/CD
18 32 (6.24%) Data Protection
18 32 (6.24%) DV Cleared
19 31 (6.04%) Agile
19 31 (6.04%) SQL
20 29 (5.65%) Red Hat
21 27 (5.26%) Ansible
21 27 (5.26%) Entra ID
21 27 (5.26%) Power Platform

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 48 (9.36%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.53%) Confluence
3 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.97%) 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 73 (14.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.51%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.78%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.78%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.58%) Maximo
4 3 (0.58%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) iTrent
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.19%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (10.72%) Azure
2 49 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 27 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 22 (4.29%) AWS
5 16 (3.12%) GCP
6 15 (2.92%) Serverless
7 14 (2.73%) GitHub
7 14 (2.73%) SaaS
8 13 (2.53%) Power Automate
9 12 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.34%) OpenShift
9 12 (2.34%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 9 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.75%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.56%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.56%) Azure Functions
12 8 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.70%) Network Security
2 15 (2.92%) DNS
2 15 (2.92%) Firewall
3 10 (1.95%) VPN
4 9 (1.75%) DHCP
4 9 (1.75%) LAN
5 7 (1.36%) Wireless
6 6 (1.17%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.97%) VLAN
7 5 (0.97%) WAN
7 5 (0.97%) WebEx
7 5 (0.97%) WLAN
8 4 (0.78%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.78%) SAN
9 3 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.58%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.58%) VoIP
10 2 (0.39%) PSTN
10 2 (0.39%) RTP
10 2 (0.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (3.12%) Power BI
2 14 (2.73%) Oracle Database
3 13 (2.53%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.34%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.95%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.97%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.97%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.78%) Tableau
10 3 (0.58%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.58%) Big Data
10 3 (0.58%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.58%) Impala
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 26 (5.07%) JIRA
2 22 (4.29%) Git
3 16 (3.12%) GitLab
3 16 (3.12%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.97%) Subversion
5 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.58%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
General
1 144 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 77 (15.01%) Finance
3 44 (8.58%) Organisational Skills
4 40 (7.80%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.48%) Banking
7 22 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (4.09%) Legal
9 13 (2.53%) Marketing
10 11 (2.14%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.75%) Retail
12 8 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.97%) Local Government
13 5 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.97%) Military
13 5 (0.97%) Publishing
14 4 (0.78%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.58%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.14%) Elastic Stack
1 11 (2.14%) ISPF
2 10 (1.95%) .NET
3 9 (1.75%) JSON
3 9 (1.75%) REST
4 8 (1.56%) LDAP
4 8 (1.56%) SAP Basis
5 7 (1.36%) Middleware
5 7 (1.36%) Node.js
6 6 (1.17%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.17%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.17%) YAML
7 5 (0.97%) 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 60 (11.70%) Onboarding
2 16 (3.12%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.73%) PKI
4 11 (2.14%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.14%) Mainframe
5 10 (1.95%) Cloud Native
6 9 (1.75%) Clustering
6 9 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.36%) NHS
8 7 (1.36%) Replication
8 7 (1.36%) Taxonomies
9 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.78%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.78%) Hedge funds
10 4 (0.78%) LIMS
10 4 (0.78%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 63 (12.28%) Linux
2 56 (10.92%) Windows
3 26 (5.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.14%) CentOS
5 8 (1.56%) Unix
5 8 (1.56%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.36%) Solaris
6 7 (1.36%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.58%) VMS
7 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.39%) AIX
8 2 (0.39%) Debian
8 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (9.94%) DevOps
2 51 (9.94%) Migration
3 39 (7.60%) ITIL
4 36 (7.02%) Change Management
4 36 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (6.63%) Time Management
6 32 (6.24%) CI/CD
6 32 (6.24%) Data Protection
7 31 (6.04%) Agile
8 26 (5.07%) Data Entry
8 26 (5.07%) Data Management
8 26 (5.07%) High Availability
8 26 (5.07%) Project Delivery
9 25 (4.87%) Customer Service
10 24 (4.68%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (4.48%) Task Automation
12 22 (4.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 22 (4.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (3.90%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.43%) Python
2 31 (6.04%) SQL
3 25 (4.87%) PowerShell
4 22 (4.29%) Shell Script
5 21 (4.09%) Bash
6 11 (2.14%) CLIST
6 11 (2.14%) COBOL
6 11 (2.14%) JCL
6 11 (2.14%) REXX
7 10 (1.95%) C#
8 7 (1.36%) MATLAB
8 7 (1.36%) Perl
9 5 (0.97%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.58%) VBA
12 2 (0.39%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.19%) Bicep
13 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 123 (23.98%) Security Cleared
2 92 (17.93%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.24%) DV Cleared
4 20 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (2.73%) Degree
6 9 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.56%) MOS
8 7 (1.36%) CCNP
8 7 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.97%) CCIE
10 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.39%) OCP
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.39%) RHCE
11 2 (0.39%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.19%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.82%) SLA
2 23 (4.48%) GDPR
3 14 (2.73%) PMO
4 11 (2.14%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.56%) QA
6 4 (0.78%) NIST
6 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) GAMP
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 36 (7.02%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.14%) ACF2
3 11 (2.14%) RACF
3 11 (2.14%) Time Sharing Option
4 7 (1.36%) Docker
4 7 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.78%) Firmware
6 4 (0.78%) KVM
6 4 (0.78%) NFS
6 4 (0.78%) Veritas File System
6 4 (0.78%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 3 (0.58%) HDFS
8 2 (0.39%) QEMU
8 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.19%) GPFS
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 27 (5.26%) Ansible
2 16 (3.12%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.92%) SCCM
4 14 (2.73%) Red Hat Satellite
4 14 (2.73%) Terraform
5 13 (2.53%) Kubernetes
6 12 (2.34%) Prometheus
7 11 (2.14%) CA Endevor
7 11 (2.14%) Grafana
8 10 (1.95%) Tivoli
8 10 (1.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 9 (1.75%) Podman
10 8 (1.56%) Norton AntiVirus
11 7 (1.36%) Check_MK
12 4 (0.78%) QRadar
13 2 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
13 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 137 (26.71%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.19%) SAP
3 29 (5.65%) Red Hat
4 27 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.87%) Oracle
6 23 (4.48%) VMware
7 19 (3.70%) Google
8 15 (2.92%) Cisco
9 14 (2.73%) Workday
10 12 (2.34%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.95%) Dell
12 9 (1.75%) Symantec
13 8 (1.56%) HP
13 8 (1.56%) McAfee
14 7 (1.36%) Atlassian
14 7 (1.36%) Okta
15 5 (0.97%) Splunk
16 4 (0.78%) Cloudera
16 4 (0.78%) CyberArk
16 4 (0.78%) Palo Alto