Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 150 164
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 +88
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 544 529 598
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 1.71% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 1.84% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 209 356
10th Percentile £163 £200 £174
25th Percentile £300 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £518 £540 £500
90th Percentile £588 £619 £594
UK median daily rate £400 £420 £400
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 57 56
10th Percentile £12.95 £12.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.97 £13.49 £16.40
Median hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -23.48% +34.53%
75th Percentile £22.47 £25.99 £48.40
90th Percentile £23.75 £45.00 £62.83
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £21.82
% change year-on-year -5.56% -17.51% +28.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 28,020 28,803 36,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.97% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,973 17,652 25,097
10th Percentile £282 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,685 1,059 1,413
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.22 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 +27 162 £400 -3.03% 92
North of England -25 111 £400 -5.88% 71
South East -15 95 £400 +6.67% 98
South West +10 74 £470 -10.48% 39
North West -5 74 £400 +45.45% 38
Midlands -27 57 £365 -4.70% 68
West Midlands -12 47 £325 -11.86% 45
East of England -13 42 £445 +135.76% 41
Yorkshire -21 31 £388 -35.42% 22
East Midlands -18 10 £1,300 +239.43% 22
North East -7 6 £140 -72.00% 12
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, 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.

1 146 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 119 (21.88%) Security Cleared
3 86 (15.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 84 (15.44%) Windows
5 74 (13.60%) SC Cleared
6 73 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (11.58%) Linux
8 56 (10.29%) Change Management
9 55 (10.11%) SAP
10 52 (9.56%) JIRA
11 51 (9.38%) Migration
11 51 (9.38%) SharePoint
12 49 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
13 48 (8.82%) Azure
14 45 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
15 44 (8.09%) ITIL
16 43 (7.90%) DevOps
17 42 (7.72%) Agile
18 37 (6.80%) PowerShell
18 37 (6.80%) Python
19 36 (6.62%) Active Directory
20 34 (6.25%) Customer Service
20 34 (6.25%) SQL
21 33 (6.07%) Disaster Recovery
22 32 (5.88%) DNS
22 32 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
23 30 (5.51%) Data Protection
23 30 (5.51%) Red Hat
24 29 (5.33%) Data Entry
24 29 (5.33%) DV Cleared

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 51 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.96%) Confluence
3 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.74%) CMS
5 3 (0.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.55%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.55%) SAS
6 2 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.18%) CICS
7 1 (0.18%) Moodle
7 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 86 (15.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.74%) Trello
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.74%) ContrOCC
3 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.55%) Shopify
4 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) iTrent
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) StreamServe
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (8.82%) Azure
2 45 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.15%) AWS
4 25 (4.60%) Power Platform
5 24 (4.41%) Entra ID
6 17 (3.13%) SaaS
7 14 (2.57%) Serverless
8 13 (2.39%) GitHub
9 12 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.02%) GCP
11 9 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.65%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (1.47%) IaaS
12 8 (1.47%) Slack
13 7 (1.29%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.29%) PaaS
14 6 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.88%) DNS
2 20 (3.68%) Network Security
3 18 (3.31%) Firewall
4 16 (2.94%) DHCP
5 12 (2.21%) SAN
6 10 (1.84%) VPN
7 6 (1.10%) Wireless
8 5 (0.92%) LAN
8 5 (0.92%) SSL
8 5 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.92%) VLAN
8 5 (0.92%) WAN
8 5 (0.92%) WebEx
9 4 (0.74%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.74%) SMTP
10 3 (0.55%) BGP
10 3 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.55%) OSPF
10 3 (0.55%) WLAN
11 2 (0.37%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (2.94%) Power BI
2 15 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.02%) MongoDB
3 11 (2.02%) Oracle Database
4 10 (1.84%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.29%) MySQL
6 5 (0.92%) DB2
6 5 (0.92%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.74%) Metadata
7 4 (0.74%) Tableau
8 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.55%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 52 (9.56%) JIRA
2 14 (2.57%) Git
3 7 (1.29%) Bitbucket
3 7 (1.29%) GitLab
3 7 (1.29%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.29%) TeamCity
4 5 (0.92%) Subversion
5 3 (0.55%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.18%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.18%) Log4j
6 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 174 (31.99%) Social Skills
2 77 (14.15%) Finance
3 49 (9.01%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (8.64%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.68%) Retail
7 19 (3.49%) Legal
8 15 (2.76%) Banking
8 15 (2.76%) Marketing
9 13 (2.39%) Aviation
10 12 (2.21%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.65%) Electronics
14 8 (1.47%) French Language
14 8 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.47%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.29%) Law
16 4 (0.74%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.74%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.39%) REST
2 8 (1.47%) ISPF
2 8 (1.47%) JSON
3 7 (1.29%) YAML
4 6 (1.10%) .NET
5 5 (0.92%) .NET Core
5 5 (0.92%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.92%) Node.js
5 5 (0.92%) OAuth
5 5 (0.92%) XML
6 4 (0.74%) SAML
7 3 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.55%) HTML
7 3 (0.55%) Kafka
7 3 (0.55%) LAMP
7 3 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.55%) OpenID
7 3 (0.55%) SAP Basis
7 3 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.55%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.76%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.57%) PKI
4 12 (2.21%) Clustering
4 12 (2.21%) Replication
5 11 (2.02%) Mainframe
6 10 (1.84%) Enterprise Storage
6 10 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.10%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.10%) NHS
9 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.92%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.74%) Hedge funds
10 4 (0.74%) HP Storage
10 4 (0.74%) SCADA
10 4 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 84 (15.44%) Windows
2 63 (11.58%) Linux
3 32 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.94%) Unix
5 13 (2.39%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.47%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.29%) CentOS
7 7 (1.29%) Solaris
7 7 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.92%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.55%) AIX
10 3 (0.55%) Debian
10 3 (0.55%) VMS
11 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Rocky
12 1 (0.18%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (10.29%) Change Management
3 51 (9.38%) Migration
4 44 (8.09%) ITIL
5 43 (7.90%) DevOps
6 42 (7.72%) Agile
7 34 (6.25%) Customer Service
8 33 (6.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (5.51%) Data Protection
10 29 (5.33%) Data Entry
11 28 (5.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (5.15%) Time Management
12 26 (4.78%) CI/CD
13 25 (4.60%) Business Intelligence
13 25 (4.60%) Project Delivery
14 24 (4.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (4.23%) Performance Tuning
16 22 (4.04%) Process Improvement
17 21 (3.86%) CRM
17 21 (3.86%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.80%) PowerShell
1 37 (6.80%) Python
2 34 (6.25%) SQL
3 25 (4.60%) Bash
4 23 (4.23%) Shell Script
5 10 (1.84%) Perl
6 9 (1.65%) CLIST
6 9 (1.65%) REXX
7 8 (1.47%) COBOL
7 8 (1.47%) JCL
8 6 (1.10%) C#
9 5 (0.92%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.37%) AWK
11 2 (0.37%) Bicep
11 2 (0.37%) PHP
11 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.37%) sed
11 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 119 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 74 (13.60%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.33%) DV Cleared
4 16 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.76%) Degree
5 15 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.47%) MOS
7 6 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.74%) CCNP
8 4 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.55%) HNC
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.37%) CCIE
10 2 (0.37%) CCSA
10 2 (0.37%) OCP
10 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.37%) RHCE
10 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.23%) GDPR
2 17 (3.13%) SLA
3 12 (2.21%) PMO
4 11 (2.02%) QA
5 10 (1.84%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.92%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.74%) NIST
7 4 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.37%) NCSC
10 1 (0.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.18%) GAMP
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 36 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.65%) Firmware
3 9 (1.65%) NFS
4 8 (1.47%) ACF2
4 8 (1.47%) Docker
4 8 (1.47%) RACF
4 8 (1.47%) Time Sharing Option
5 7 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.74%) GPFS
6 4 (0.74%) KVM
6 4 (0.74%) Veritas File System
6 4 (0.74%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.37%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.18%) HDFS
9 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (4.60%) Ansible
2 15 (2.76%) SCCM
3 14 (2.57%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (2.57%) Terraform
4 9 (1.65%) NetBackup
5 8 (1.47%) CA Endevor
6 7 (1.29%) Norton AntiVirus
6 7 (1.29%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.29%) Puppet
6 7 (1.29%) Red Hat Satellite
6 7 (1.29%) Tivoli
6 7 (1.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 6 (1.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (0.74%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.74%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.74%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.74%) QRadar
8 4 (0.74%) Salt
9 3 (0.55%) Grafana
Vendors
1 146 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.11%) SAP
3 30 (5.51%) Red Hat
4 28 (5.15%) Oracle
4 28 (5.15%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.60%) VMware
6 24 (4.41%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.76%) Dell
7 15 (2.76%) Google
7 15 (2.76%) HP
8 14 (2.57%) Workday
9 13 (2.39%) Atlassian
9 13 (2.39%) Cisco
10 10 (1.84%) Veritas
11 9 (1.65%) 3PAR
12 8 (1.47%) NetApp
12 8 (1.47%) Nimble Storage
12 8 (1.47%) Symantec
13 7 (1.29%) McAfee
14 6 (1.10%) Splunk