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 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 143 166
Rank change year-on-year -10 +23 +90
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 546 544 605
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.79% 1.74% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 1.87% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 213 364
10th Percentile £163 £201 £175
25th Percentile £300 £313 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £516 £540 £500
90th Percentile £588 £622 £592
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 62 53
10th Percentile £12.96 £12.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.50 £13.50 £16.40
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -20.00% +32.35%
75th Percentile £22.47 £26.37 £48.40
90th Percentile £23.90 £56.40 £60.21
UK median hourly rate £16.54 £18.57 £21.11
% change year-on-year -10.92% -12.03% +24.18%

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 27,895 29,050 36,997
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,870 17,756 25,553
10th Percentile £283 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,704 1,106 1,431
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.12 £19.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.85 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +50.00%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +11 162 £400 -4.76% 161
North of England -23 107 £400 -3.03% 97
South East -24 97 £398 +6.00% 109
South West +8 78 £470 -10.48% 41
North West -14 71 £400 +33.33% 56
Midlands -26 59 £358 -10.63% 87
West Midlands -11 47 £338 -18.18% 56
East of England -12 40 £445 +135.76% 52
Yorkshire -33 30 £388 -35.42% 28
East Midlands -17 12 £1,300 +232.06% 31
North East -4 6 £140 -72.00% 14
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 148 (27.11%) Microsoft
2 116 (21.25%) Security Cleared
3 87 (15.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 85 (15.57%) Windows
5 75 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (12.82%) SC Cleared
7 65 (11.90%) Linux
8 59 (10.81%) Change Management
9 54 (9.89%) SAP
10 52 (9.52%) JIRA
10 52 (9.52%) Migration
11 51 (9.34%) SharePoint
12 50 (9.16%) Microsoft Office
13 46 (8.42%) Azure
13 46 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
14 44 (8.06%) ITIL
15 42 (7.69%) DevOps
16 40 (7.33%) Agile
17 38 (6.96%) Active Directory
17 38 (6.96%) Customer Service
17 38 (6.96%) Python
18 36 (6.59%) PowerShell
19 34 (6.23%) SQL
20 32 (5.86%) DNS
20 32 (5.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 31 (5.68%) Data Entry
21 31 (5.68%) Disaster Recovery
21 31 (5.68%) DV Cleared
22 30 (5.49%) Data Protection
23 29 (5.31%) Red Hat

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 (9.34%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.95%) Confluence
3 14 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.55%) Apache
4 3 (0.55%) CMS
4 3 (0.55%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.55%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) CICS
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 87 (15.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (9.16%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.55%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.73%) ContrOCC
3 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.55%) Shopify
4 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
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 46 (8.42%) Azure
1 46 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (4.76%) AWS
3 24 (4.40%) Entra ID
3 24 (4.40%) Power Platform
4 17 (3.11%) SaaS
5 12 (2.20%) GitHub
5 12 (2.20%) Serverless
6 10 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (1.83%) GCP
6 10 (1.83%) Power Automate
6 10 (1.83%) PowerApps
7 8 (1.47%) IaaS
7 8 (1.47%) Slack
8 7 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (1.28%) OneDrive
8 7 (1.28%) PaaS
9 6 (1.10%) AWS Direct Connect
9 6 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.86%) DNS
2 20 (3.66%) Firewall
3 19 (3.48%) Network Security
4 16 (2.93%) DHCP
5 12 (2.20%) SAN
6 10 (1.83%) VPN
7 6 (1.10%) VLAN
7 6 (1.10%) Wireless
8 5 (0.92%) SSL
8 5 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.92%) WAN
8 5 (0.92%) WebEx
9 4 (0.73%) BGP
9 4 (0.73%) LAN
9 4 (0.73%) OSPF
9 4 (0.73%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.73%) SMTP
10 3 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.37%) RTP
11 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.93%) Power BI
1 16 (2.93%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.01%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.47%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.28%) MySQL
5 7 (1.28%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.92%) DB2
7 4 (0.73%) Metadata
8 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.55%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.55%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.55%) Tableau
9 2 (0.37%) Big Data
9 2 (0.37%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.37%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 52 (9.52%) JIRA
2 13 (2.38%) Git
3 7 (1.28%) Bitbucket
3 7 (1.28%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.10%) GitLab
4 6 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.92%) Subversion
6 3 (0.55%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.18%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.18%) Log4j
General
1 175 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 74 (13.55%) Finance
3 51 (9.34%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (8.42%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.85%) Retail
7 19 (3.48%) Legal
8 14 (2.56%) Marketing
9 13 (2.38%) Aviation
9 13 (2.38%) Banking
10 12 (2.20%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.65%) Electronics
13 9 (1.65%) French Language
14 8 (1.47%) Law
14 8 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.47%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.73%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.55%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.38%) REST
2 8 (1.47%) ISPF
3 7 (1.28%) YAML
4 6 (1.10%) JSON
5 5 (0.92%) .NET
5 5 (0.92%) OAuth
6 4 (0.73%) .NET Core
6 4 (0.73%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.73%) Node.js
6 4 (0.73%) SAML
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%) XML
7 3 (0.55%) XMPP
8 2 (0.37%) ADO
8 2 (0.37%) CSS
8 2 (0.37%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.24%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.11%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.56%) PKI
4 12 (2.20%) Clustering
4 12 (2.20%) Replication
5 11 (2.01%) Mainframe
6 10 (1.83%) Enterprise Storage
6 10 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.10%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.10%) NHS
10 5 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.92%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.73%) HP Storage
11 4 (0.73%) LIMS
11 4 (0.73%) SCADA
11 4 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 85 (15.57%) Windows
2 65 (11.90%) Linux
3 32 (5.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (3.48%) Unix
5 13 (2.38%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.47%) CentOS
6 8 (1.47%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.28%) Solaris
7 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.10%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.55%) AIX
11 3 (0.55%) Debian
11 3 (0.55%) VMS
12 1 (0.18%) Android
12 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (10.81%) Change Management
3 52 (9.52%) Migration
4 44 (8.06%) ITIL
5 42 (7.69%) DevOps
6 40 (7.33%) Agile
7 38 (6.96%) Customer Service
8 31 (5.68%) Data Entry
8 31 (5.68%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (5.49%) Data Protection
10 28 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (4.95%) Time Management
12 25 (4.58%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (4.58%) CI/CD
13 24 (4.40%) Project Delivery
14 23 (4.21%) Service Delivery
14 23 (4.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (4.03%) Performance Tuning
16 21 (3.85%) Network Management
16 21 (3.85%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 38 (6.96%) Python
2 36 (6.59%) PowerShell
3 34 (6.23%) SQL
4 26 (4.76%) Bash
5 23 (4.21%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.83%) Perl
7 9 (1.65%) CLIST
7 9 (1.65%) REXX
8 8 (1.47%) COBOL
8 8 (1.47%) JCL
9 5 (0.92%) 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
1 116 (21.25%) Security Cleared
2 70 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 31 (5.68%) DV Cleared
4 16 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.75%) Degree
5 15 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.47%) MOS
7 5 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.55%) CCNP
8 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.55%) HNC
8 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.37%) CCSA
9 2 (0.37%) OCP
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.37%) RHCE
9 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
9 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.18%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.21%) GDPR
2 15 (2.75%) SLA
3 12 (2.20%) PMO
4 11 (2.01%) QA
5 8 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.92%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.73%) NIST
7 4 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
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
10 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 38 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.48%) 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
4 8 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.73%) GPFS
5 4 (0.73%) KVM
5 4 (0.73%) Veritas File System
5 4 (0.73%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.37%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.37%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 25 (4.58%) Ansible
2 14 (2.56%) SCCM
2 14 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (2.56%) Terraform
3 9 (1.65%) NetBackup
4 8 (1.47%) CA Endevor
5 7 (1.28%) Norton AntiVirus
5 7 (1.28%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.28%) Puppet
5 7 (1.28%) Red Hat Satellite
5 7 (1.28%) Tivoli
5 7 (1.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 6 (1.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.73%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.73%) QRadar
7 4 (0.73%) Salt
8 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.55%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 148 (27.11%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.89%) SAP
3 29 (5.31%) Red Hat
4 27 (4.95%) ServiceNow
4 27 (4.95%) VMware
5 26 (4.76%) Oracle
6 24 (4.40%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.56%) Cisco
7 14 (2.56%) Dell
7 14 (2.56%) Google
7 14 (2.56%) HP
8 13 (2.38%) Atlassian
8 13 (2.38%) Workday
9 10 (1.83%) Veritas
10 9 (1.65%) 3PAR
11 8 (1.47%) NetApp
11 8 (1.47%) Nimble Storage
11 8 (1.47%) Splunk
11 8 (1.47%) Symantec
12 7 (1.28%) McAfee