Administrator Contracts 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 21 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 122 177
Rank change year-on-year -49 +55 +67
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 387 694 703
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.60% 1.91% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 2.06% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 338 452
10th Percentile £191 £162 £203
25th Percentile £300 £270 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +3.45%
75th Percentile £496 £575 £525
90th Percentile £575 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 226 38
10th Percentile - £11.11 £12.17
25th Percentile £13.00 £12.00 £15.56
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.78 £25.98
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -46.97% +79.14%
75th Percentile £19.00 £17.36 £49.23
90th Percentile £30.63 £40.50 £56.38
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £13.78 £25.95
% change year-on-year +1.63% -46.92% +78.97%

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 22,371 33,770 45,838
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.77% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,864 22,424 32,556
10th Percentile £296 £281 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 926 2,441 1,340
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.15 £37.18 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.60% -16.94% +94.63%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.05
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.38% -18.89% +88.21%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in England

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Administrator in England.

Daily rate trend for Administrator in England

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in England

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Administrator in England.

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in England

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in England over the 6 months to 21 May 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 21 May 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 -29 119 £425 +6.25% 233
North of England +13 80 £359 -4.27% 146
North West +20 59 £350 +40.00% 73
South East -36 57 £388 +2.51% 198
Midlands -8 52 £300 -29.41% 118
West Midlands +4 48 £300 -29.41% 55
South West -6 43 £473 -14.09% 106
East of England -1 24 £430 +14.67% 93
Yorkshire +8 17 £550 +17.02% 53
East Midlands -10 4 £313 -34.21% 58
North East -16 4 £338 -28.95% 20
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 107 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 77 (19.90%) Security Cleared
3 76 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (15.76%) Microsoft
5 53 (13.70%) Linux
6 50 (12.92%) Windows
7 47 (12.14%) Finance
8 43 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 43 (11.11%) SC Cleared
8 43 (11.11%) AWS
9 41 (10.59%) Azure
9 41 (10.59%) DevOps
9 41 (10.59%) Python
10 40 (10.34%) VMware
11 39 (10.08%) Customer Service
12 38 (9.82%) ITIL
13 37 (9.56%) DNS
13 37 (9.56%) Performance Tuning
14 36 (9.30%) Public Sector
15 34 (8.79%) Change Management
16 33 (8.53%) Active Directory
17 32 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
17 32 (8.27%) SQL
17 32 (8.27%) Oracle
17 32 (8.27%) Migration
17 32 (8.27%) ServiceNow
17 32 (8.27%) High Availability
18 29 (7.49%) Process Improvement
18 29 (7.49%) Ansible
19 26 (6.72%) Service Management

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.58%) Confluence
4 5 (1.29%) IIS
5 4 (1.03%) Apache
5 4 (1.03%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.52%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.52%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.55%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.52%) iTrent
4 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.11%) AWS
2 41 (10.59%) Azure
3 19 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.58%) GCP
4 10 (2.58%) GitHub
5 9 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (1.81%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.55%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.29%) PaaS
9 5 (1.29%) SaaS
9 5 (1.29%) Serverless
10 4 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.78%) OCI
11 3 (0.78%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.78%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.56%) DNS
2 26 (6.72%) Firewall
3 18 (4.65%) DHCP
4 14 (3.62%) SAN
5 13 (3.36%) Network Security
5 13 (3.36%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.84%) WAN
7 10 (2.58%) LAN
8 9 (2.33%) VPN
9 6 (1.55%) iSCSI
10 5 (1.29%) BGP
10 5 (1.29%) OSPF
10 5 (1.29%) SSL
10 5 (1.29%) VLAN
11 4 (1.03%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 4 (1.03%) FTP
11 4 (1.03%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.03%) NAS
12 3 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.58%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.07%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.07%) RDBMS
5 7 (1.81%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.55%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.55%) Power BI
7 4 (1.03%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.78%) GIS
8 3 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.78%) Sqoop
9 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.52%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.52%) Big Data
9 2 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.52%) MSDE
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (5.17%) JIRA
2 13 (3.36%) TeamCity
3 11 (2.84%) Git
4 10 (2.58%) Subversion
5 6 (1.55%) GitLab
5 6 (1.55%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.03%) Hudson
7 2 (0.52%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.26%) Ant
General
1 107 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 47 (12.14%) Finance
3 36 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 24 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (4.91%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.33%) Banking
8 9 (2.33%) Marketing
9 8 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.81%) Retail
11 4 (1.03%) Legal
12 3 (0.78%) French Language
12 3 (0.78%) Local Government
12 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.52%) Billing
13 2 (0.52%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.52%) Law
13 2 (0.52%) Military
13 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.88%) REST
2 13 (3.36%) LDAP
3 7 (1.81%) JSON
3 7 (1.81%) XML
4 5 (1.29%) CSS
4 5 (1.29%) HTML
4 5 (1.29%) Kafka
4 5 (1.29%) SOAP
4 5 (1.29%) Web Services
5 4 (1.03%) Ajax
5 4 (1.03%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.52%) .NET
7 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.52%) Middleware
7 2 (0.52%) OAuth
7 2 (0.52%) OpenID
7 2 (0.52%) SAML
8 1 (0.26%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.36%) Clustering
1 13 (3.36%) CMDB
2 11 (2.84%) Replication
3 10 (2.58%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (2.07%) Mainframe
6 7 (1.81%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.81%) PKI
7 6 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.29%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.03%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.03%) PMI
10 3 (0.78%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.78%) IBM Mainframe
10 3 (0.78%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (13.70%) Linux
2 50 (12.92%) Windows
3 21 (5.43%) Windows Server
4 20 (5.17%) Unix
5 13 (3.36%) Solaris
6 10 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.07%) Ubuntu
8 8 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.55%) zOS
10 5 (1.29%) AIX
10 5 (1.29%) CentOS
11 3 (0.78%) OpenVMS
11 3 (0.78%) VMS
11 3 (0.78%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.26%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 41 (10.59%) DevOps
4 39 (10.08%) Customer Service
5 38 (9.82%) ITIL
6 37 (9.56%) Performance Tuning
7 34 (8.79%) Change Management
8 32 (8.27%) High Availability
8 32 (8.27%) Migration
9 29 (7.49%) Process Improvement
10 26 (6.72%) Service Management
11 22 (5.68%) Budget Management
12 21 (5.43%) Agile
12 21 (5.43%) CI/CD
12 21 (5.43%) Data Entry
12 21 (5.43%) ITSM
13 19 (4.91%) Cloud Security
14 18 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (4.13%) CRM
15 16 (4.13%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (10.59%) Python
2 32 (8.27%) SQL
3 18 (4.65%) Bash
3 18 (4.65%) Perl
4 17 (4.39%) PowerShell
5 13 (3.36%) Shell Script
6 6 (1.55%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.29%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.78%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.78%) Scala
9 2 (0.52%) C
9 2 (0.52%) C#
9 2 (0.52%) COBOL
9 2 (0.52%) Groovy
9 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.26%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.26%) Go
10 1 (0.26%) HiveQL
10 1 (0.26%) Korn
10 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 43 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.72%) DV Cleared
4 23 (5.94%) Degree
5 21 (5.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.81%) CISSP
6 7 (1.81%) IBM Certification
7 6 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.03%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.78%) CCNP
9 3 (0.78%) CCSA
9 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.52%) OCP
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.91%) GDPR
2 15 (3.88%) SLA
3 6 (1.55%) PCI DSS
3 6 (1.55%) PMO
3 6 (1.55%) QA
3 6 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.78%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.52%) COSHH
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 33 (8.53%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.91%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (3.10%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.33%) NFS
6 8 (2.07%) Docker
7 7 (1.81%) RACF
8 6 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
9 4 (1.03%) Samba
9 4 (1.03%) Veritas File System
9 4 (1.03%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 3 (0.78%) Firmware
10 3 (0.78%) vSphere
11 2 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (7.49%) Ansible
2 19 (4.91%) Terraform
3 10 (2.58%) Red Hat Satellite
4 9 (2.33%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.07%) QRadar
5 8 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.07%) Tivoli
5 8 (2.07%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.81%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.29%) NetApp OnCommand
7 5 (1.29%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.29%) Puppet
7 5 (1.29%) vMotion
7 5 (1.29%) WSUS
7 5 (1.29%) yum
8 4 (1.03%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.78%) Control-M
9 3 (0.78%) Nagios
Vendors
1 61 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.34%) VMware
3 32 (8.27%) Oracle
3 32 (8.27%) ServiceNow
4 25 (6.46%) Salesforce
5 20 (5.17%) Red Hat
6 19 (4.91%) IBM
7 13 (3.36%) Juniper
8 11 (2.84%) Cisco
8 11 (2.84%) SAP
9 10 (2.58%) CyberArk
9 10 (2.58%) Google
9 10 (2.58%) Splunk
10 8 (2.07%) Databricks
10 8 (2.07%) Qualys
10 8 (2.07%) SaltStack
11 7 (1.81%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.29%) HP
12 5 (1.29%) NetApp
13 4 (1.03%) EMC