Administrator Contracts in Glasgow

Administrator
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Administrator daily rate in Glasgow is £375, 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 67 68 60
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 12 14 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.50% 1.60% 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.68% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 19
10th Percentile £195 £238 £310
25th Percentile £284 £331 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £413 £378
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.27% +50.10%
75th Percentile £544 £488 £481
90th Percentile £600 - £558
Scotland median daily rate £315 £414 £377
% change year-on-year -23.82% +9.83% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - £11.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -37.84% +42.31%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £12.30 £23.86
% change year-on-year +48.54% -48.45% +94.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 761 833 871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.36% 94.98% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 548 646
10th Percentile £308 £268 £313
25th Percentile £379 £377 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £590
90th Percentile £600 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 39 16
10th Percentile £16.75 £13.50 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £16.00 £13.97
Median hourly rate £19.83 £24.26 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.24% -15.63% +12.55%
75th Percentile £46.38 £47.35 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.10 £65.00 £63.56
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in Glasgow

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Administrator in Glasgow

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

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

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in Glasgow

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Glasgow region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (50.00%) Finance
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
5 4 (33.33%) Mac OS
5 4 (33.33%) Process Improvement
5 4 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (33.33%) Line Management
5 4 (33.33%) Windows
5 4 (33.33%) Linux
5 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
6 3 (25.00%) Task Automation
6 3 (25.00%) Storage Management
6 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
6 3 (25.00%) Python
6 3 (25.00%) LDAP
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle
6 3 (25.00%) Unix
6 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (25.00%) Migration
6 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
6 3 (25.00%) Information Security
6 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
6 3 (25.00%) X-Windows
6 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (25.00%) Docker
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
6 3 (25.00%) Virtual Servers

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (16.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (8.33%) Fivetran
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) DB2
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Back Office
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) LDAP
1 3 (25.00%) X-Windows
2 2 (16.67%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Clustering
1 1 (8.33%) Replication
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Unix
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Line Management
2 4 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (25.00%) High Availability
3 3 (25.00%) Information Security
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Storage Management
3 3 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (16.67%) Order Management
4 2 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (8.33%) Database Tuning
5 1 (8.33%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (16.67%) Groovy
4 1 (8.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (16.67%) SLA
3 1 (8.33%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (25.00%) Docker
1 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) Sage
4 1 (8.33%) Apple
4 1 (8.33%) SAP
4 1 (8.33%) Sun
4 1 (8.33%) Sybase