Administrator Contracts in the North West

Administrator
England > North West

The median Administrator daily rate in the North West is £355, 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 56 92 109
Rank change year-on-year +36 +17 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 65 45 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.30% 1.63% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% 1.73% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 28
10th Percentile £301 £145 £189
25th Percentile £314 £200 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £319 £350
Median % change year-on-year +11.22% -8.93% -12.50%
75th Percentile £428 £384 £525
90th Percentile £450 £414 £586
England median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 29 5
10th Percentile - £11.10 £11.05
25th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £11.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.00 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -73.93% +341.08%
75th Percentile £23.60 £14.40 £56.38
90th Percentile £30.63 £24.12 -
England median hourly rate £14.00 £13.48 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.86% -48.15% +79.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the North West

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Administrator in the North West

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in the North West

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in the North West

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in the North West

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the North West 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
Lancashire +21 26 - - 21
Manchester +21 24 £417 +85.22% 40
Cheshire +2 13 £325 -7.14% 24
Merseyside +2 1 - - 9
Cumbria -3 1 £450 - 3
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 North West region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 26 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (36.92%) Budget Management
3 23 (35.38%) Process Improvement
4 19 (29.23%) Social Skills
5 17 (26.15%) Cloud Security
5 17 (26.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (18.46%) Microsoft
7 11 (16.92%) Migration
8 8 (12.31%) Windows
8 8 (12.31%) Windows Server
8 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (12.31%) Security Cleared
9 7 (10.77%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (10.77%) SC Cleared
9 7 (10.77%) Active Directory
9 7 (10.77%) VMware
9 7 (10.77%) Public Sector
9 7 (10.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (9.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (9.23%) vCenter Server
10 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
10 6 (9.23%) SharePoint
10 6 (9.23%) DHCP
10 6 (9.23%) DNS
10 6 (9.23%) Hyper-V
10 6 (9.23%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (9.23%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (9.23%) Patch Management
10 6 (9.23%) Windows Server 2012

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (9.23%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.62%) IIS
3 2 (3.08%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.62%) Serverless
3 2 (3.08%) Azure
3 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.08%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.23%) DHCP
1 6 (9.23%) DNS
2 2 (3.08%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.54%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.69%) MongoDB
1 5 (7.69%) NoSQL
1 5 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (7.69%) RDBMS
1 5 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 3 (4.62%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.08%) GIS
3 2 (3.08%) MSDE
3 2 (3.08%) Power BI
3 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.54%) DTS
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Hudson
General
1 19 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.77%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.15%) Finance
5 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.69%) JSON
1 5 (7.69%) XML
2 3 (4.62%) Kafka
3 2 (3.08%) .NET
3 2 (3.08%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 2 (3.08%) Clustering
3 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.54%) Replication
3 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.31%) Windows
1 8 (12.31%) Windows Server
2 7 (10.77%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (9.23%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (9.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (36.92%) Budget Management
3 23 (35.38%) Process Improvement
4 17 (26.15%) Cloud Security
5 11 (16.92%) Migration
6 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (9.23%) Patch Management
7 6 (9.23%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (7.69%) CRM
8 5 (7.69%) Database Security
8 5 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (7.69%) High Availability
8 5 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (6.15%) Data Entry
10 3 (4.62%) Agile
10 3 (4.62%) DevOps
10 3 (4.62%) Performance Tuning
10 3 (4.62%) Resource Management
10 3 (4.62%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.08%) SQL
1 2 (3.08%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (12.31%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) GDPR
2 3 (4.62%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (10.77%) Active Directory
1 7 (10.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.23%) Hyper-V
2 6 (9.23%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (9.23%) vCenter Server
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (4.62%) NetApp OnCommand
2 3 (4.62%) vMotion
2 3 (4.62%) WSUS
3 1 (1.54%) Perfmon
3 1 (1.54%) SCOM
3 1 (1.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 12 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) VMware
3 5 (7.69%) Oracle
4 2 (3.08%) CyberArk
4 2 (3.08%) SAP
4 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.54%) Brocade
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco
5 1 (1.54%) EMC
5 1 (1.54%) HP