IT Administrator Contracts in London

IT Administrator
England > London

The median IT Administrator daily rate in London is £325, 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 345 380 472
Rank change year-on-year +35 +92 +101
Contract jobs requiring an IT Administrator 8 11 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.064% 0.062% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.066% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 18
10th Percentile £145 £130 £184
25th Percentile £204 £173 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £340 £582
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -41.53% +227.61%
75th Percentile £392 £385 £638
90th Percentile £425 £400 -
England median daily rate £195 £340 £330
% change year-on-year -42.65% +3.03% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
England median hourly rate £13.85 £13.82 £35.80
% change year-on-year +0.22% -61.40% +123.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in London

IT Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Administrator in London

IT Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Administrator in London

IT Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Administrator in London

IT Administrator
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +1 1 £359 +49.58% 1
IT Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 London region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
3 3 (37.50%) Application Packaging
3 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (25.00%) DNS
4 2 (25.00%) Firewall
4 2 (25.00%) Games
4 2 (25.00%) Logistics
5 1 (12.50%) Google
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (12.50%) VMS
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) Fintech

IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Application Packaging
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (25.00%) Logistics
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) Fintech
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Google