Administrator Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Administrator
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Administrator daily rate in Leicestershire is £476, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 12 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 7.79% 1.03% 3.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.05% 1.15% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £408 - £266
25th Percentile £430 £535 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £536 £563
Median % change year-on-year -11.06% -4.80% -
75th Percentile £513 £536 £597
90th Percentile £529 - £614
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £425 £160
% change year-on-year +11.70% +165.78% -46.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £13.48 - -
25th Percentile £13.49 - -
Median hourly rate £13.97 - -
75th Percentile £14.93 - -
90th Percentile £15.22 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £13.06 - £14.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 149 87 137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.75% 89.69% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 59 100
10th Percentile £131 £216 £148
25th Percentile £360 £275 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £355
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +33.80% -10.13%
75th Percentile £550 £555 £578
90th Percentile £638 £651 £625
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £425 £418
% change year-on-year +5.18% +1.74% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 4
10th Percentile £13.70 £22.13 £14.98
25th Percentile £15.13 £23.44 £19.81
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +5.00% +23.03%
75th Percentile £26.03 £28.44 £27.81
90th Percentile £29.95 £29.38 £28.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.75 £24.18 £17.71
% change year-on-year -22.46% +36.53% -8.14%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Administrator job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Leicestershire

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Leicestershire

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Coalville - 7 - -
Leicester +5 3 £540 +0.84% 2
Administrator
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 31 March 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 Leicestershire region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 2 (16.67%) AI
4 2 (16.67%) Azure
4 2 (16.67%) Data Entry
4 2 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (8.33%) Ansible
5 1 (8.33%) AWS
5 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (8.33%) Data Management
5 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
5 1 (8.33%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (8.33%) Database Security
5 1 (8.33%) Database Tuning
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (8.33%) DNS
5 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (8.33%) GCP
5 1 (8.33%) Google
5 1 (8.33%) High Availability

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (8.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (8.33%) MySQL
1 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (8.33%) RDBMS
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.33%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) MSI
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Replication
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) AI
3 2 (16.67%) Data Entry
3 2 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Data Management
4 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Database Security
4 1 (8.33%) Database Tuning
4 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (8.33%) High Availability
4 1 (8.33%) Logistics
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (8.33%) Software Distribution
4 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Google
2 1 (8.33%) NetApp
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle