Administrator Contracts in the North West

Administrator
England > North West

The median Administrator daily rate in the North West is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 84 101
Rank change year-on-year +18 +17 +30
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Administrator 72 40 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.26% 1.64% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 1.72% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 22
10th Percentile £210 £158 £213
25th Percentile £283 £200 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £275 £363
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -24.14% +0.69%
75th Percentile £426 £431 £482
90th Percentile £428 £470 £535
England median daily rate £400 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 14 5
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.30 -
25th Percentile £13.27 £13.49 £16.70
Median hourly rate £20.26 £15.15 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year +33.72% -26.40% +39.90%
75th Percentile £22.63 £26.15 £46.88
90th Percentile £26.43 £33.50 £63.38
England median hourly rate £15.50 £15.73 £24.12
% change year-on-year -1.46% -34.78% +66.34%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,034 2,319 2,659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 95.16% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,305 1,377 1,828
10th Percentile £268 £275 £288
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.62%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £659 £675 £670
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 199 158
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.90 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% +7.33% +34.71%
75th Percentile £50.19 £53.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

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
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 28 August 2025.

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 28 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in the North West

Administrator
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +20 39 £368 +27.83% 37
Lancashire +12 23 £539 - 30
Cheshire -21 8 £325 -14.47% 12
Merseyside -2 1 £210 +5.00% 7
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (29.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 21 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 20 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 19 (26.39%) Budget Management
4 19 (26.39%) Microsoft Excel
5 18 (25.00%) SAP
5 18 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 16 (22.22%) Cloud Security
7 15 (20.83%) Change Management
8 12 (16.67%) Security Cleared
9 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Office
10 9 (12.50%) SC Cleared
11 8 (11.11%) Finance
12 7 (9.72%) CRM
13 6 (8.33%) Data Entry
13 6 (8.33%) ServiceNow
14 5 (6.94%) Twitter
14 5 (6.94%) Aviation
14 5 (6.94%) SDLC
14 5 (6.94%) IT Governance
14 5 (6.94%) Aerospace
14 5 (6.94%) Risk Management
15 4 (5.56%) Service Delivery
15 4 (5.56%) Validation
15 4 (5.56%) Data Validation
15 4 (5.56%) ContrOCC
15 4 (5.56%) Liquidlogic
15 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
16 3 (4.17%) DevOps

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 (2.78%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (26.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.56%) ContrOCC
2 2 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (2.78%) Serverless
2 1 (1.39%) Azure
2 1 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (1.39%) Google Ads
2 1 (1.39%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.78%) DHCP
1 2 (2.78%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) MongoDB
1 3 (4.17%) NoSQL
1 3 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (4.17%) RDBMS
1 3 (4.17%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.11%) Finance
3 5 (6.94%) Aerospace
3 5 (6.94%) Aviation
4 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.39%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (1.39%) Games
6 1 (1.39%) Law
6 1 (1.39%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) JSON
1 3 (4.17%) XML
2 1 (1.39%) IDoc
2 1 (1.39%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.78%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.39%) Clustering
2 1 (1.39%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.78%) Windows
1 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
1 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (26.39%) Budget Management
3 18 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 16 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 15 (20.83%) Change Management
6 7 (9.72%) CRM
7 6 (8.33%) Data Entry
8 5 (6.94%) IT Governance
8 5 (6.94%) Risk Management
8 5 (6.94%) SDLC
9 4 (5.56%) Data Validation
9 4 (5.56%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.56%) Validation
10 3 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (4.17%) Database Security
10 3 (4.17%) DevOps
10 3 (4.17%) High Availability
10 3 (4.17%) ITIL
10 3 (4.17%) Performance Tuning
10 3 (4.17%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (29.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 9 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) SLA
2 1 (1.39%) GDPR
2 1 (1.39%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Clustering
1 2 (2.78%) NetApp OnCommand
1 2 (2.78%) vCenter Server
1 2 (2.78%) vMotion
1 2 (2.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 18 (25.00%) SAP
3 6 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.94%) Twitter
5 4 (5.56%) Liquidlogic
6 3 (4.17%) Oracle
7 2 (2.78%) VMware
8 1 (1.39%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.39%) Google