Administrator Contracts in the North West

Administrator
England > North West

The median Administrator daily rate in the North West is £359, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 79 107
Rank change year-on-year +19 +28 +16
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 67 51 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.19% 1.85% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.43% 1.96% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 24
10th Percentile £241 £131 £213
25th Percentile £313 £200 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £275 £420
Median % change year-on-year +30.55% -34.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £428 £386 £525
90th Percentile £447 £444 £618
England median daily rate £410 £436 £450
% change year-on-year -5.96% -3.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 29 3
10th Percentile - £11.10 -
25th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £16.70
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.49 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year +0.07% -24.21% +48.33%
75th Percentile £22.63 £14.40 £37.64
90th Percentile £30.63 £27.56 £48.88
England median hourly rate £15.16 £13.86 £22.25
% change year-on-year +9.38% -37.71% +53.45%

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 1,951 2,606 2,918
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.32% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,607 2,043
10th Percentile £266 £268 £289
25th Percentile £373 £382 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -4.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £588
90th Percentile £664 £669 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 304 144
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £14.76
25th Percentile £15.99 £15.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.27 £32.90 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +13.43% +16.00%
75th Percentile £59.24 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.25 £71.76 £57.17
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.57% +76.02%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 5 July 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
Manchester +23 31 £417 +51.55% 143
Lancashire +13 26 - - 71
Cheshire -13 9 £325 -13.33% 48
Merseyside -2 1 £210 +5.00% 24
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 27 (40.30%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (32.84%) Budget Management
2 22 (32.84%) Process Improvement
3 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
4 18 (26.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (25.37%) Cloud Security
6 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
7 10 (14.93%) Microsoft Excel
8 7 (10.45%) SAP
8 7 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (10.45%) Data Entry
9 6 (8.96%) Security Cleared
9 6 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (8.96%) Change Management
9 6 (8.96%) Migration
10 5 (7.46%) Finance
10 5 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
10 5 (7.46%) XML
10 5 (7.46%) Oracle
10 5 (7.46%) CRM
10 5 (7.46%) RDBMS
10 5 (7.46%) SC Cleared
10 5 (7.46%) MongoDB
10 5 (7.46%) NoSQL
10 5 (7.46%) Database Security
10 5 (7.46%) ServiceNow
10 5 (7.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 5 (7.46%) JSON
10 5 (7.46%) Documentation Skills

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 2 (2.99%) IIS
1 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) ContrOCC
1 2 (2.99%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.48%) Serverless
3 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.99%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) DHCP
1 3 (4.48%) DNS
2 2 (2.99%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) MongoDB
1 5 (7.46%) NoSQL
1 5 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (7.46%) RDBMS
1 5 (7.46%) Relational Database
2 3 (4.48%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Hudson
General
1 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.46%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (7.46%) Finance
3 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.49%) Aviation
5 1 (1.49%) Games
5 1 (1.49%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) JSON
1 5 (7.46%) XML
2 3 (4.48%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Windows
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.30%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (32.84%) Budget Management
2 22 (32.84%) Process Improvement
3 17 (25.37%) Cloud Security
4 7 (10.45%) Data Entry
5 6 (8.96%) Change Management
5 6 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (8.96%) Migration
6 5 (7.46%) CRM
6 5 (7.46%) Database Security
6 5 (7.46%) Performance Metrics
6 5 (7.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (5.97%) Data Validation
7 4 (5.97%) Validation
8 3 (4.48%) Agile
8 3 (4.48%) DevOps
8 3 (4.48%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (4.48%) Patch Management
8 3 (4.48%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (4.48%) SAP Security
Qualifications
1 18 (26.87%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.99%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.99%) GDPR
1 2 (2.99%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.48%) Hyper-V
1 3 (4.48%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (2.99%) NetApp OnCommand
2 2 (2.99%) vMotion
2 2 (2.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.45%) SAP
3 5 (7.46%) Oracle
3 5 (7.46%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.48%) VMware
5 2 (2.99%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (1.49%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.49%) Twitter