Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £447, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 145 163
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +29
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 870 545 498
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.91% 1.96% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.06% 2.14% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 230 283
10th Percentile £200 £204 £178
25th Percentile £356 £283 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £405 £438
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% -7.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £538 £522 £557
90th Percentile £600 £588 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 138 89
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.00 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.94 £13.50 £12.18
Median hourly rate £16.60 £15.50 £15.73
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% -1.46% -32.40%
75th Percentile £22.63 £22.47 £25.99
90th Percentile £28.75 £26.96 £51.91
UK median hourly rate £16.54 £15.50 £15.73
% change year-on-year +6.68% -1.46% -26.12%

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 42,140 25,508 30,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 91.65% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,526 16,531 20,304
10th Percentile £325 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,165 1,327 1,793
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.53 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.65 £25.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.58% -43.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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
North of England +9 218 £438 +4.98% 99
London -34 203 £450 +9.76% 101
South East -21 160 £525 +31.25% 140
North West -7 126 £438 +9.38% 50
Midlands -11 125 £445 +15.58% 91
East of England +32 101 £300 -20.00% 56
West Midlands -36 77 £446 +15.84% 49
Yorkshire +6 70 £466 -11.33% 32
South West -52 53 £463 -2.12% 55
East Midlands +26 48 £319 -61.36% 43
North East -23 22 £438 -2.78% 18
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 August 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.

1 202 (23.22%) Security Cleared
2 189 (21.72%) Microsoft
3 151 (17.36%) SC Cleared
4 120 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
6 106 (12.18%) Migration
7 87 (10.00%) Oracle
8 86 (9.89%) SAP
8 86 (9.89%) SharePoint
9 73 (8.39%) SQL
10 68 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
11 67 (7.70%) Performance Tuning
12 65 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
12 65 (7.47%) Windows
13 64 (7.36%) SQL Server
14 60 (6.90%) Active Directory
15 59 (6.78%) Azure
15 59 (6.78%) Change Management
16 58 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 58 (6.67%) Data Quality
17 56 (6.44%) ITIL
18 52 (5.98%) Customer Service
19 46 (5.29%) Validation
19 46 (5.29%) Workflow
20 44 (5.06%) Data Entry
21 43 (4.94%) Disaster Recovery
21 43 (4.94%) Linux
21 43 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
22 42 (4.83%) VMware
23 40 (4.60%) Data Management

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 86 (9.89%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.84%) Confluence
3 16 (1.84%) SharePoint 2013
4 11 (1.26%) CMS
5 5 (0.57%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.46%) WordPress
7 3 (0.34%) IIS
7 3 (0.34%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) CICS
8 1 (0.11%) Mendix
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 117 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.34%) Windchill
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.92%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.46%) iTrent
5 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.34%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.11%) Magento
8 1 (0.11%) Maximo
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 65 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (6.78%) Azure
3 35 (4.02%) SaaS
4 28 (3.22%) AWS
5 25 (2.87%) Google Workspace
6 21 (2.41%) Power Platform
7 20 (2.30%) Entra ID
8 19 (2.18%) GCP
9 14 (1.61%) Google Drive
10 13 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 10 (1.15%) ShareGate
14 8 (0.92%) Asana
15 7 (0.80%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (0.80%) Google Sheets
15 7 (0.80%) Power Automate
16 6 (0.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (0.69%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.25%) DNS
2 19 (2.18%) SSL
3 15 (1.72%) DHCP
4 14 (1.61%) Firewall
5 11 (1.26%) DKIM
5 11 (1.26%) DMARC
5 11 (1.26%) SAN
6 6 (0.69%) NAS
6 6 (0.69%) Network Security
7 4 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (0.46%) SNMP
7 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.46%) VPN
7 4 (0.46%) WebEx
8 3 (0.34%) BGP
8 3 (0.34%) Intranet
8 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.34%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.34%) WAN
9 2 (0.23%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.36%) SQL Server
2 43 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (3.45%) Oracle Database
4 26 (2.99%) MySQL
5 18 (2.07%) Power BI
6 15 (1.72%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (0.92%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.80%) Oracle Database 11g
12 6 (0.69%) GIS
13 5 (0.57%) Redis
14 4 (0.46%) Metadata
14 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database 12c
14 4 (0.46%) Oracle ODI
14 4 (0.46%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (4.48%) JIRA
2 8 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.80%) Git
3 7 (0.80%) GitLab
4 4 (0.46%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.34%) MSI
6 2 (0.23%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.23%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.23%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.23%) Toad
7 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.11%) Hudson
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 213 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 94 (10.80%) Organisational Skills
3 87 (10.00%) Finance
4 85 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 30 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 26 (2.99%) Legal
8 23 (2.64%) Aerospace
9 21 (2.41%) Banking
10 15 (1.72%) Marketing
11 14 (1.61%) Aviation
11 14 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.38%) Military
13 11 (1.26%) Law
13 11 (1.26%) Police
14 10 (1.15%) Retail
15 9 (1.03%) Local Government
16 6 (0.69%) Back Office
16 6 (0.69%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.30%) Middleware
2 14 (1.61%) ISPF
3 10 (1.15%) REST
4 7 (0.80%) OAuth
5 6 (0.69%) HTML
5 6 (0.69%) SAP Basis
6 5 (0.57%) CSS
6 5 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.57%) Software Packaging
7 4 (0.46%) LDAP
8 3 (0.34%) .NET
8 3 (0.34%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.34%) jQuery
8 3 (0.34%) Kafka
8 3 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.34%) XML
8 3 (0.34%) XMPP
9 2 (0.23%) JSON
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Streams
9 2 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (4.83%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.68%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.56%) Clustering
4 24 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.64%) Replication
6 18 (2.07%) Mainframe
7 14 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.38%) Freedom of Information
9 8 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.69%) NHS
10 6 (0.69%) Taxonomies
11 5 (0.57%) CMDB
11 5 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.57%) PKI
12 4 (0.46%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.46%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.34%) Life Science
13 3 (0.34%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.47%) Windows
2 43 (4.94%) Linux
3 27 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (1.95%) Unix
5 14 (1.61%) zOS
6 9 (1.03%) AIX
7 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.46%) CentOS
8 4 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.34%) Solaris
10 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.11%) Android
11 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.11%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (12.18%) Migration
3 67 (7.70%) Performance Tuning
4 59 (6.78%) Change Management
5 58 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 56 (6.44%) ITIL
7 52 (5.98%) Customer Service
8 46 (5.29%) Validation
8 46 (5.29%) Workflow
9 44 (5.06%) Data Entry
10 43 (4.94%) Disaster Recovery
11 40 (4.60%) Data Management
12 39 (4.48%) High Availability
13 37 (4.25%) CRM
14 35 (4.02%) DevOps
15 33 (3.79%) Data Protection
15 33 (3.79%) ERP
16 32 (3.68%) Stakeholder Management
17 31 (3.56%) Root Cause Analysis
18 28 (3.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (8.39%) SQL
2 39 (4.48%) PowerShell
3 31 (3.56%) Python
4 10 (1.15%) Shell Script
5 9 (1.03%) Bash
5 9 (1.03%) C#
5 9 (1.03%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.80%) Perl
6 7 (0.80%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.57%) Apex Code
7 5 (0.57%) Java
8 4 (0.46%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.34%) Groovy
10 2 (0.23%) C++
10 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.11%) Bicep
11 1 (0.11%) COBOL
11 1 (0.11%) JCL
11 1 (0.11%) REXX
11 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 202 (23.22%) Security Cleared
2 151 (17.36%) SC Cleared
3 39 (4.48%) Degree
4 37 (4.25%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.26%) Oracle Certification
8 10 (1.15%) OCP
9 5 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.46%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.34%) CCA
11 3 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.34%) MCSA
11 3 (0.34%) MCSE
11 3 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 26 (2.99%) QA
3 25 (2.87%) GDPR
4 17 (1.95%) SLA
5 9 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.46%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.23%) NIST
7 2 (0.23%) PMO
8 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.11%) GRC
8 1 (0.11%) HL7
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 60 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.61%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.49%) RACF
5 11 (1.26%) Firmware
6 10 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.57%) PowerHA
9 3 (0.34%) vSphere
10 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.23%) Docker
10 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.23%) XenApp
10 2 (0.23%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.11%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (2.07%) SCCM
2 17 (1.95%) Ansible
3 16 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.61%) Data Guard
4 14 (1.61%) Terraform
5 13 (1.49%) OMEGAMON
6 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.15%) Oracle RMAN
8 7 (0.80%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (0.80%) SCOM
9 6 (0.69%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (0.69%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (0.57%) WSUS
11 4 (0.46%) Check_MK
11 4 (0.46%) Kubernetes
11 4 (0.46%) Podman
12 3 (0.34%) vMotion
12 3 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 189 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 87 (10.00%) Oracle
3 86 (9.89%) SAP
4 42 (4.83%) VMware
5 38 (4.37%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.91%) Google
7 29 (3.33%) Avature
8 25 (2.87%) IBM
9 17 (1.95%) Citrix
10 15 (1.72%) Cisco
10 15 (1.72%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.38%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.03%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.92%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.80%) Juniper
14 7 (0.80%) Okta
14 7 (0.80%) Qualys
14 7 (0.80%) Remedy
14 7 (0.80%) Sage
15 6 (0.69%) Splunk