Administrator Contract Job Trends in the South West

Administrator
England > South West

The median Administrator daily rate in the South West is £368, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 48 68
Rank change year-on-year -33 +20 +20
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 77 79 74
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.07% 3.97% 2.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 4.43% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 24 35
10th Percentile £130 £250 £185
25th Percentile £150 £441 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £554 £575
90th Percentile £706 £600 £588
England median daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 30 9
10th Percentile £13.53 £12.82 £16.29
25th Percentile £14.03 £15.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £14.43 £15.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% -22.50% -9.38%
75th Percentile £18.54 £17.21 £28.00
90th Percentile £21.50 £22.63 £37.90
England median hourly rate £15.50 £15.83 £16.50
% change year-on-year -2.05% -4.09% -32.11%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,484 1,785 2,326
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 89.74% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 1,007 1,356
10th Percentile £350 £220 £225
25th Percentile £450 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £513 £509
Median % change year-on-year +4.39% +0.74% -5.35%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £625
90th Percentile £726 £720 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 653 237 241
10th Percentile £16.76 £14.24 £14.41
25th Percentile £29.75 £18.22 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -62.74% +17.07%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £76.50 £68.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £42.31 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.23% -41.51% -6.89%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South 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 South West.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the South West

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the South West over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in the South West

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in the South West over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in the South West

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Bristol -16 18 £475 - 3
Gloucestershire +7 14 £228 -47.13% 6
Wiltshire -38 12 £500 - 3
Devon -4 10 - - 3
Somerset -19 10 £750 +5.63% 10
Dorset -17 7 - - 1
Cornwall - 3 £113 -
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 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 South West region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 27 (35.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (22.08%) Customer Service
4 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (19.48%) Security Cleared
5 13 (16.88%) Data Quality
6 12 (15.58%) Active Directory
6 12 (15.58%) Migration
6 12 (15.58%) Time Management
7 11 (14.29%) Data Management
7 11 (14.29%) DNS
7 11 (14.29%) Validation
7 11 (14.29%) Windows
8 10 (12.99%) Change Management
8 10 (12.99%) Degree
8 10 (12.99%) GDPR
8 10 (12.99%) Oracle
8 10 (12.99%) Windows Server
9 9 (11.69%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (11.69%) SAP
10 8 (10.39%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (10.39%) DV Cleared
10 8 (10.39%) Records Management
10 8 (10.39%) VMware
11 7 (9.09%) Data Entry
11 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
11 7 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (7.79%) SQL
12 6 (7.79%) Storage Management

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (35.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.49%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.90%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) SAP HR
2 3 (3.90%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.49%) AWS
2 5 (6.49%) Azure
2 5 (6.49%) GCP
2 5 (6.49%) Google Drive
2 5 (6.49%) Google Workspace
2 5 (6.49%) SaaS
3 3 (3.90%) Asana
3 3 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.29%) DNS
2 5 (6.49%) DHCP
3 4 (5.19%) Firewall
4 3 (3.90%) DKIM
4 3 (3.90%) DMARC
5 2 (2.60%) BGP
5 2 (2.60%) MPLS
5 2 (2.60%) Network Security
5 2 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.30%) SAN
6 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.60%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) AdminStudio
2 2 (2.60%) Git
2 2 (2.60%) InstallShield
General
1 36 (46.75%) Social Skills
2 26 (33.77%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 7 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.09%) Finance
5 6 (7.79%) Aerospace
5 6 (7.79%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.49%) Police
7 4 (5.19%) Military
7 4 (5.19%) Retail
8 2 (2.60%) Law
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Legal
9 1 (1.30%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) OAuth
2 1 (1.30%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.49%) Freedom of Information
2 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.90%) NHS
4 2 (2.60%) CMDB
4 2 (2.60%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (2.60%) PKI
5 1 (1.30%) Blog
5 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.30%) FMCG
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.29%) Windows
2 10 (12.99%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.30%) AIX
4 1 (1.30%) Linux
4 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.30%) Solaris
4 1 (1.30%) Unix
4 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.08%) Customer Service
2 12 (15.58%) Migration
2 12 (15.58%) Time Management
3 11 (14.29%) Data Management
3 11 (14.29%) Validation
4 10 (12.99%) Change Management
5 8 (10.39%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (10.39%) Records Management
6 7 (9.09%) Data Entry
6 7 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (7.79%) Storage Management
8 5 (6.49%) Analytics
8 5 (6.49%) Cloud Operations
8 5 (6.49%) Data Protection
8 5 (6.49%) Data Validation
8 5 (6.49%) Deadline-Driven
8 5 (6.49%) Decision-Making
8 5 (6.49%) Project Delivery
8 5 (6.49%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.79%) SQL
2 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.30%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (19.48%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.99%) Degree
3 8 (10.39%) DV Cleared
4 5 (6.49%) CIPD
5 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.88%) Data Quality
2 10 (12.99%) GDPR
3 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.60%) SLA
4 1 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 12 (15.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.49%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.60%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (1.30%) Docker
6 1 (1.30%) NFS
6 1 (1.30%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.30%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (1.30%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.60%) SCCM
3 1 (1.30%) Ansible
3 1 (1.30%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (1.30%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.99%) Oracle
3 9 (11.69%) SAP
4 8 (10.39%) VMware
5 5 (6.49%) Google
5 5 (6.49%) Workday
6 4 (5.19%) Juniper
6 4 (5.19%) Sage
7 2 (2.60%) Cisco
7 2 (2.60%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.30%) PTC
8 1 (1.30%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.30%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.30%) Veritas