Administrator Contract Job Trends in the North West

Administrator
England > North West

The median Administrator daily rate in the North West is £408, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 64 94
Rank change year-on-year -14 +30 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 87 62 47
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.74% 3.18% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.98% 3.43% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 17 15
10th Percentile £313 £313 £146
25th Percentile £363 £320 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £359 £313
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +14.88% -10.71%
75th Percentile £456 £428 £381
90th Percentile £498 £451 £410
England median daily rate £431 £419 £400
% change year-on-year +2.93% +4.69% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 22 30
10th Percentile £13.95 - £11.00
25th Percentile £19.15 £13.00 £11.77
Median hourly rate £22.63 £14.20 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.37% +9.23% -73.93%
75th Percentile £36.00 £23.89 £14.40
90th Percentile £74.26 £30.63 £24.11
England median hourly rate £17.69 £14.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year +26.36% +3.70% -48.08%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,923 1,806 2,622
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 92.62% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,716 1,196 1,730
10th Percentile £253 £263 £281
25th Percentile £375 £380 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £570 £585
90th Percentile £673 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 109 267
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.00 £11.04
25th Percentile £25.49 £18.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £45.46 £29.80 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year +52.55% +12.92% -13.87%
75th Percentile £71.50 £58.58 £46.18
90th Percentile £84.00 £83.78 £63.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.14% -9.26% -22.22%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Administrator job vacancy trend in the North West

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies 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 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in the North West

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies 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 24 April 2026.

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 24 April 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
Manchester +7 51 £401 -4.18% 13
Lancashire -16 15 £580 - 8
Cumbria +14 11 £481 +6.89% 1
Merseyside -11 6 £438 - 3
Cheshire -25 4 £413 +26.92% 7
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 North West region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 28 (32.18%) Problem-Solving
1 28 (32.18%) Security Cleared
2 24 (27.59%) Microsoft
3 16 (18.39%) Change Management
4 15 (17.24%) Oracle
4 15 (17.24%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (17.24%) SC Cleared
5 14 (16.09%) Active Directory
5 14 (16.09%) SAP
6 12 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (12.64%) ACF2
7 11 (12.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (12.64%) CA Endevor
7 11 (12.64%) CLIST
7 11 (12.64%) COBOL
7 11 (12.64%) ISPF
7 11 (12.64%) JCL
7 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (12.64%) Migration
7 11 (12.64%) RACF
7 11 (12.64%) REXX
7 11 (12.64%) Time Sharing Option
8 10 (11.49%) MongoDB
8 10 (11.49%) Storage Management
8 10 (11.49%) Tivoli
8 10 (11.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 9 (10.34%) JIRA
9 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (10.34%) PowerShell
9 9 (10.34%) Release Management

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (10.34%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (6.90%) Azure
3 4 (4.60%) Entra ID
3 4 (4.60%) Google Drive
3 4 (4.60%) Google Workspace
3 4 (4.60%) SaaS
4 3 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.45%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.30%) Asana
5 2 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.30%) GCP
5 2 (2.30%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) DNS
2 5 (5.75%) WebEx
3 2 (2.30%) DKIM
3 2 (2.30%) DMARC
4 1 (1.15%) Firewall
4 1 (1.15%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.24%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (11.49%) MongoDB
3 9 (10.34%) SQL Server
4 5 (5.75%) MySQL
4 5 (5.75%) NoSQL
4 5 (5.75%) RDBMS
4 5 (5.75%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (10.34%) JIRA
2 2 (2.30%) ScriptRunner
General
1 19 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
4 8 (9.20%) Finance
4 8 (9.20%) Legal
5 6 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.75%) Aerospace
6 5 (5.75%) Law
7 4 (4.60%) Aviation
8 3 (3.45%) Banking
8 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Retail
10 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.64%) ISPF
2 5 (5.75%) JSON
2 5 (5.75%) XML
2 5 (5.75%) XMPP
3 2 (2.30%) Kafka
3 2 (2.30%) OAuth
4 1 (1.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.64%) Mainframe
2 8 (9.20%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.75%) Fat Client
3 5 (5.75%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.75%) Thin Client
4 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.30%) Clustering
5 2 (2.30%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.30%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.30%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (2.30%) Replication
6 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Windows
2 1 (1.15%) Linux
2 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.18%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.39%) Change Management
3 11 (12.64%) Migration
4 10 (11.49%) Storage Management
5 9 (10.34%) Release Management
6 8 (9.20%) SAP Security
6 8 (9.20%) Service Management
6 8 (9.20%) Workflow
7 7 (8.05%) Database Security
7 7 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (8.05%) ERP
7 7 (8.05%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (6.90%) Project Delivery
9 5 (5.75%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (5.75%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (5.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 5 (5.75%) Platform Engineering
9 5 (5.75%) Product Requirements
9 5 (5.75%) User Stories
10 4 (4.60%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.64%) CLIST
1 11 (12.64%) COBOL
1 11 (12.64%) JCL
1 11 (12.64%) REXX
2 9 (10.34%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.60%) SQL
4 2 (2.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (32.18%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (6.90%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.45%) GDPR
2 3 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (16.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.64%) ACF2
2 11 (12.64%) RACF
2 11 (12.64%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 11 (12.64%) CA Endevor
2 10 (11.49%) Tivoli
2 10 (11.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 3 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.30%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (2.30%) SCCM
5 1 (1.15%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 24 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.24%) Oracle
3 14 (16.09%) SAP
4 6 (6.90%) Avature
5 5 (5.75%) Cisco
5 5 (5.75%) Citrix
6 4 (4.60%) Google
7 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.30%) Atlassian
8 2 (2.30%) McAfee
8 2 (2.30%) RedGate
8 2 (2.30%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.30%) Symantec
9 1 (1.15%) Salesforce