Administrator Contracts in Reading

Administrator
Berkshire > Reading

The median Administrator daily rate in Reading is £365, 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 58 75 64
Rank change year-on-year +17 -11 +14
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Administrator 6 14 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.02% 1.26% 2.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.41% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 16
10th Percentile - £558 £136
25th Percentile £358 £606 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £613 £319
Median % change year-on-year -40.41% +92.01% -36.20%
75th Percentile £373 £625 £455
90th Percentile - £636 £509
Berkshire median daily rate £375 £500 £365
% change year-on-year -25.00% +36.99% -27.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £27.75 £47.68
25th Percentile £26.75 £38.25 £47.95
Median hourly rate £28.50 £56.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.56% +13.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £30.25 £57.87 £56.88
90th Percentile - £58.24 £59.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% -26.42% +135.56%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 550 991 1,043
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 89.28% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 556 692
10th Percentile £350 £333 £321
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £548
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.85% +9.50%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £716 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 41 19
10th Percentile - £48.18 £41.70
25th Percentile £14.75 £57.50 £56.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £69.38 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.64% +5.11% +153.85%
75th Percentile £58.44 £87.46 £74.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £100.00 £75.60
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.65 £57.82
% change year-on-year -47.59% +6.63% +122.38%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in Reading

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Reading

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Reading

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

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 Reading region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) HP
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (33.33%) NetBackup
3 2 (33.33%) Dell
3 2 (33.33%) SAN
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Veritas
3 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (33.33%) HP Storage
3 2 (33.33%) 3PAR
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Storage Management
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Order Management
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Billing
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
1 2 (33.33%) HP Storage
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (16.67%) Order Management
2 1 (16.67%) Revenue Recognition
2 1 (16.67%) Storage Management
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) NetBackup
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) 3PAR
2 2 (33.33%) Dell
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 2 (33.33%) Veritas
3 1 (16.67%) Concur
3 1 (16.67%) DocuSign
3 1 (16.67%) NetApp
3 1 (16.67%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (16.67%) SAP