Data Administrator Contracts in England

Data Administrator
UK > England

The median Data Administrator daily rate in England is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 490 606
Rank change year-on-year +19 +116 +144
Contract jobs requiring a Data Administrator 14 52 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.14% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.15% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 20 17
10th Percentile £200 £123 £160
25th Percentile £225 £156 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £190 £350
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -45.71% +75.00%
75th Percentile £275 £438 £450
90th Percentile £320 - £525
UK median daily rate £250 £180 £450
% change year-on-year +38.89% -60.00% +125.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 27 3
10th Percentile £13.75 £10.42 £12.45
25th Percentile £16.11 £10.59 £13.88
Median hourly rate £18.88 £12.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.08% -30.00% +14.75%
75th Percentile £22.81 £14.00 £22.38
90th Percentile £23.38 £21.50 £24.55
UK median hourly rate £16.19 £12.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year +32.14% -30.00% +28.87%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Data Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Administrator in England

Data Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Administrator in England

Data Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Administrator in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Administrator in England

Data Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Administrator in England

Data 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 Data Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +38 6 £250 -41.18% 13
Midlands +14 3 £188 -36.17% 6
West Midlands +12 3 £188 -55.88% 3
North of England +7 3 - - 16
East of England +31 2 - - 2
North West +13 2 - - 10
Yorkshire +7 1 - - 2
Data Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data 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 Data Administrator in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Data Entry
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Data Management
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 4 (28.57%) Migration
5 3 (21.43%) CRM
5 3 (21.43%) SAP
5 3 (21.43%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (21.43%) Records Management
5 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
6 2 (14.29%) GDPR
6 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 2 (14.29%) iTrent
6 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (14.29%) Data Structures
6 2 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
6 2 (14.29%) Intranet
6 2 (14.29%) Finance
6 2 (14.29%) Law
6 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
6 2 (14.29%) Retail
6 2 (14.29%) e-Learning
6 2 (14.29%) Information Security

Data 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 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) iTrent
1 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Intranet
2 1 (7.14%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Law
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 2 (14.29%) e-Learning
2 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Data Entry
2 4 (28.57%) Data Management
2 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) CRM
3 3 (21.43%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Records Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security
4 2 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 2 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Time Management
4 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (7.14%) Facilities Management
5 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Progress Chef
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Informatica