Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 162 116
Rank change year-on-year +13 -46 +64
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 728 417 723
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 1.70% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.85% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 199 343
10th Percentile £200 £191 £175
25th Percentile £348 £291 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £419 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.54% -1.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £491 £575
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 76 235
10th Percentile £13.00 - £11.12
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £13.78
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +1.63% -46.92%
75th Percentile £22.63 £19.13 £18.00
90th Percentile £34.62 £30.44 £46.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £14.00 £13.78
% change year-on-year +21.43% +1.63% -42.27%

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 39,011 22,600 34,789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.37% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 14,872 22,778
10th Percentile £325 £290 £288
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -4.76% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,743 986 2,652
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.80% -24.49% -14.44%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.70 £37.50
% change year-on-year +53.43% -26.13% -16.67%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -15 185 £438 +2.94% 60
North of England -14 157 £438 +21.87% 65
East of England +36 111 £356 -16.18% 41
South East -21 110 £450 +5.88% 70
Midlands -31 95 £443 +34.09% 48
North West -11 88 £424 +21.25% 40
West Midlands -40 65 £445 +34.85% 33
South West -14 61 £525 +10.53% 51
Yorkshire -25 51 £438 -20.45% 18
East Midlands -4 30 £413 +32.00% 16
North East -9 18 £438 +29.63% 7
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 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.

1 184 (25.27%) Security Cleared
2 147 (20.19%) Microsoft
3 139 (19.09%) SC Cleared
4 102 (14.01%) Microsoft Excel
5 96 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (10.99%) Migration
7 74 (10.16%) SAP
8 66 (9.07%) SharePoint
9 62 (8.52%) Active Directory
10 61 (8.38%) Oracle
11 59 (8.10%) Change Management
12 58 (7.97%) Linux
13 57 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (7.55%) Windows
15 52 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 51 (7.01%) Azure
17 46 (6.32%) Workflow
18 43 (5.91%) ITIL
19 42 (5.77%) Performance Tuning
20 41 (5.63%) SQL
21 40 (5.49%) DV Cleared
21 40 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
22 38 (5.22%) Data Quality
22 38 (5.22%) Degree
22 38 (5.22%) Google
23 37 (5.08%) SaaS
23 37 (5.08%) VMware
24 36 (4.95%) Salesforce
25 35 (4.81%) Data Management
26 34 (4.67%) High Availability

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 66 (9.07%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.92%) Confluence
4 12 (1.65%) SharePoint 2013
5 5 (0.69%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.55%) CMS
7 3 (0.41%) IIS
8 2 (0.27%) Drupal
8 2 (0.27%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 102 (14.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (3.30%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.41%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.27%) Maximo
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 57 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (7.01%) Azure
3 37 (5.08%) SaaS
4 24 (3.30%) Google Workspace
5 21 (2.88%) Entra ID
5 21 (2.88%) Power Platform
6 20 (2.75%) GCP
7 19 (2.61%) AWS
8 14 (1.92%) Google Drive
9 12 (1.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 8 (1.10%) Asana
10 8 (1.10%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.10%) PowerApps
11 7 (0.96%) ShareGate
12 6 (0.82%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.69%) GitHub
13 5 (0.69%) Google Sheets
13 5 (0.69%) IaaS
13 5 (0.69%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.53%) DNS
2 16 (2.20%) DHCP
3 11 (1.51%) DKIM
3 11 (1.51%) DMARC
3 11 (1.51%) Firewall
3 11 (1.51%) Network Security
3 11 (1.51%) SAN
4 8 (1.10%) SSL
5 6 (0.82%) LAN
5 6 (0.82%) NAS
6 4 (0.55%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (0.55%) NetScaler
7 3 (0.41%) Intranet
7 3 (0.41%) PSTN
7 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.41%) WebEx
7 3 (0.41%) Wireless
8 2 (0.27%) BGP
8 2 (0.27%) VLAN
8 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.40%) Oracle Database
2 28 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.34%) Power BI
5 10 (1.37%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.37%) MySQL
6 7 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.96%) Oracle Database 11g
6 7 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.82%) GIS
8 5 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.55%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.41%) Metadata
10 3 (0.41%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 34 (4.67%) JIRA
2 18 (2.47%) GitLab
2 18 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.20%) Git
4 5 (0.69%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.27%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.27%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.27%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Hudson
7 1 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 158 (21.70%) Social Skills
2 74 (10.16%) Finance
3 70 (9.62%) Public Sector
4 66 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (3.85%) Aerospace
7 25 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.02%) Legal
9 19 (2.61%) Banking
10 16 (2.20%) Aviation
11 15 (2.06%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.65%) Military
13 11 (1.51%) Marketing
14 10 (1.37%) Law
14 10 (1.37%) Publishing
15 9 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.24%) Local Government
15 9 (1.24%) Police
16 7 (0.96%) Retail
16 7 (0.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.88%) Middleware
2 11 (1.51%) ISPF
2 11 (1.51%) LDAP
2 11 (1.51%) SAP Basis
3 7 (0.96%) OAuth
3 7 (0.96%) REST
4 5 (0.69%) CSS
4 5 (0.69%) HTML
4 5 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.55%) .NET
6 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.41%) jQuery
6 3 (0.41%) Software Packaging
6 3 (0.41%) XML
6 3 (0.41%) XMPP
7 2 (0.27%) JSON
7 2 (0.27%) YAML
8 1 (0.14%) Kafka
8 1 (0.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 30 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.43%) Data Centre
4 14 (1.92%) Clustering
4 14 (1.92%) Mainframe
5 12 (1.65%) Freedom of Information
6 10 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.37%) NHS
6 10 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.37%) Taxonomies
7 9 (1.24%) Replication
8 8 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.82%) PKI
10 5 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.55%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.41%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.41%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.41%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.41%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.97%) Linux
2 55 (7.55%) Windows
3 25 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.92%) Unix
6 11 (1.51%) CentOS
7 7 (0.96%) AIX
7 7 (0.96%) zOS
8 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.27%) Debian
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.14%) Android
11 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.14%) MVS
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (10.99%) Migration
3 59 (8.10%) Change Management
4 52 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (6.32%) Workflow
6 43 (5.91%) ITIL
7 42 (5.77%) Performance Tuning
8 35 (4.81%) Data Management
9 34 (4.67%) High Availability
10 28 (3.85%) Data Entry
10 28 (3.85%) Data Protection
11 26 (3.57%) Customer Service
11 26 (3.57%) DevOps
11 26 (3.57%) ITSM
11 26 (3.57%) Validation
12 25 (3.43%) SAP Security
12 25 (3.43%) Time Management
13 24 (3.30%) ERP
14 22 (3.02%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (3.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.63%) SQL
2 31 (4.26%) PowerShell
3 23 (3.16%) Python
4 19 (2.61%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.51%) MATLAB
5 11 (1.51%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.24%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.10%) Bash
8 6 (0.82%) C#
9 4 (0.55%) COBOL
9 4 (0.55%) JCL
9 4 (0.55%) REXX
10 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.41%) CLIST
10 3 (0.41%) Groovy
10 3 (0.41%) Perl
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) Java
11 2 (0.27%) VBA
12 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 184 (25.27%) Security Cleared
2 139 (19.09%) SC Cleared
3 40 (5.49%) DV Cleared
4 38 (5.22%) Degree
5 31 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.69%) CCNP
7 5 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.55%) OCP
8 4 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.41%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.41%) CCA
9 3 (0.41%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (0.41%) MCSA
9 3 (0.41%) MCSE
10 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.22%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.67%) SLA
3 21 (2.88%) GDPR
4 8 (1.10%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.10%) QA
5 4 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 4 (0.55%) PMO
6 3 (0.41%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.41%) NIST
7 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) HL7
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 62 (8.52%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.92%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.37%) RACF
4 10 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.24%) Firmware
6 7 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.41%) ACF2
8 3 (0.41%) Docker
8 3 (0.41%) PowerHA
8 3 (0.41%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.41%) vSphere
9 2 (0.27%) QEMU
9 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.27%) XenApp
9 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (3.30%) Ansible
2 21 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (2.47%) SCCM
4 13 (1.79%) Podman
5 11 (1.51%) Check_MK
5 11 (1.51%) Red Hat Satellite
6 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.24%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (1.10%) Data Guard
7 8 (1.10%) Terraform
8 7 (0.96%) Kubernetes
8 7 (0.96%) OMEGAMON
8 7 (0.96%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (0.82%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.69%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.69%) SCOM
11 4 (0.55%) CA Endevor
11 4 (0.55%) Grafana
11 4 (0.55%) WSUS
12 3 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 147 (20.19%) Microsoft
2 74 (10.16%) SAP
3 61 (8.38%) Oracle
4 38 (5.22%) Google
5 37 (5.08%) VMware
6 36 (4.95%) Salesforce
7 29 (3.98%) Avature
8 24 (3.30%) Red Hat
8 24 (3.30%) ServiceNow
9 16 (2.20%) IBM
10 14 (1.92%) Cisco
11 13 (1.79%) Citrix
12 11 (1.51%) Okta
13 8 (1.10%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.96%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.96%) Sage
15 5 (0.69%) Qualys
16 4 (0.55%) Dell
16 4 (0.55%) F5
16 4 (0.55%) NetApp