IT Administrator Contract Job Trends in London

IT Administrator
England > London

The median IT Administrator daily rate in London is £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 374 432
Rank change year-on-year +8 +58 +137
Contract jobs requiring an IT Administrator 5 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.037% 0.025% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.027% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £167 £310 £159
25th Percentile £184 £325 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £350 £250
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +40.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £273 £375 £375
90th Percentile £364 £390 £473
England median daily rate £213 £150 £250
% change year-on-year +41.67% -40.00% +25.00%

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 12,391 15,052 19,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 94.09% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,265 9,789 14,305
10th Percentile £337 £343 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 168 212
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.89 £36.65 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.63% -9.51% +23.66%
75th Percentile £49.13 £59.06 £61.59
90th Percentile £67.75 £79.35 £76.23
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +66.53%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Administrator job vacancy trend in London

IT Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Administrator job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Administrator job vacancies in London

IT Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in London over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Administrator in London

IT Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Administrator job vacancies 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 17 October 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 £220 - 1
East London - 1 £160 - 5
IT Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, 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 London region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) RBAC
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) VPN

IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) RBAC
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) VMware