IT Administrator Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

IT Administrator
North West > Lancashire

The median IT Administrator daily rate in Lancashire is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Administrator 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.22% 2.03% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 2.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £165 - -
25th Percentile £320 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 - -
75th Percentile £630 - -
90th Percentile £660 - -
North West median daily rate £440 £200 £225
% change year-on-year +120.00% -11.11% -26.83%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 232 140 174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 94.59% 84.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 80 84
10th Percentile £155 £153 £216
25th Percentile £300 £431 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £578 £650
90th Percentile £731 £623 £734
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -4.21% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 18 55
10th Percentile £26.24 £17.95 £14.24
25th Percentile £41.94 £25.29 £21.29
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.96 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +46.83% -32.96% +8.66%
75th Percentile £69.96 £42.63 £47.09
90th Percentile £74.26 £49.10 £50.90
North West median hourly rate £43.00 £31.76 £26.20
% change year-on-year +35.39% +21.24% -12.68%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

IT Administrator job vacancy trend in Lancashire

IT Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in Lancashire over the 6 months to 4 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Administrator in Lancashire

IT Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Administrator job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Administrator job vacancies in Lancashire

IT Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Administrator within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
Preston - 2 £630 -
IT Administrator
North West

IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 4 March 2026, IT 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 Lancashire region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Patching
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning

IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared