Administrator Contracts in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 161 172
Rank change year-on-year +88 +11 -14
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 547 375 455
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.63% 1.55% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% 1.65% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 229 254
10th Percentile £158 £155 £163
25th Percentile £250 £266 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +28.00%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £488
90th Percentile £610 £575 £575
UK median daily rate £425 £441 £435
% change year-on-year -3.68% +1.44% +8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 37 49
10th Percentile £11.07 £13.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £11.79 £17.00 £11.50
Median hourly rate £13.00 £32.90 £13.58
Median % change year-on-year -60.49% +142.27% -3.00%
75th Percentile £16.80 £53.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £46.00 £66.18 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £13.31 £25.95 £15.00
% change year-on-year -48.70% +73.00% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,262 22,750 29,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.10% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,825 15,940 20,711
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 1,193 1,496
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.07
25th Percentile £15.67 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
South East +66 179 £378 -1.50% 158
South West +40 97 £550 +29.41% 76
North of England +53 86 £375 +7.14% 138
Midlands +38 73 £425 +28.79% 108
Scotland +46 58 £427 +13.72% 35
East of England +24 48 £375 -11.76% 68
West Midlands +34 47 £425 +70.00% 59
North West +17 47 £313 -10.71% 86
East Midlands +37 26 £318 +0.79% 49
Yorkshire +36 22 £450 +111.76% 37
North East +31 17 £475 +69.64% 17
Wales +17 8 £575 +259.38% 15
Northern Ireland +3 1 £350 -17.65% 6
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 136 (24.86%) Microsoft
2 127 (23.22%) Social Skills
3 118 (21.57%) Security Cleared
4 113 (20.66%) Windows
5 90 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
6 74 (13.53%) Microsoft Office
7 72 (13.16%) DV Cleared
8 62 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (10.60%) Azure
10 57 (10.42%) Finance
11 54 (9.87%) Public Sector
12 53 (9.69%) Linux
13 49 (8.96%) Customer Service
14 44 (8.04%) SharePoint
14 44 (8.04%) Organisational Skills
15 42 (7.68%) PKI
16 41 (7.50%) Data Entry
17 39 (7.13%) SC Cleared
18 36 (6.58%) SAP
19 33 (6.03%) PowerShell
20 32 (5.85%) Time Management
20 32 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
20 32 (5.85%) DevOps
21 31 (5.67%) Active Directory
22 29 (5.30%) Degree
22 29 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
23 28 (5.12%) Manufacturing
24 27 (4.94%) SQL Server
25 25 (4.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
25 25 (4.57%) QA

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 44 (8.04%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.83%) Confluence
4 3 (0.55%) Apache
4 3 (0.55%) IIS
4 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.37%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 90 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (13.53%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (4.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (3.11%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.55%) Windchill
7 2 (0.37%) FileZilla
Business Applications
1 8 (1.46%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.73%) iTrent
2 4 (0.73%) Maximo
2 4 (0.73%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 4 (0.73%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.37%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (10.60%) Azure
2 32 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.93%) Power Platform
4 13 (2.38%) AWS
5 9 (1.65%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.65%) PaaS
6 6 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.10%) Entra ID
7 5 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (0.91%) PowerApps
8 4 (0.73%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.73%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.73%) SaaS
8 4 (0.73%) ShareGate
9 3 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.55%) GCP
9 3 (0.55%) Google Sheets
9 3 (0.55%) OCI
10 2 (0.37%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.65%) TCP/IP
2 8 (1.46%) Firewall
2 8 (1.46%) VPN
3 6 (1.10%) WAN
4 5 (0.91%) Internet
4 5 (0.91%) Intranet
5 4 (0.73%) Skype
5 4 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.73%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.55%) DNS
6 3 (0.55%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (0.55%) IPsec
6 3 (0.55%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.55%) LAN
6 3 (0.55%) MPLS
6 3 (0.55%) SAN
6 3 (0.55%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.37%) FTP
7 2 (0.37%) Network Security
8 1 (0.18%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.38%) Power BI
3 6 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.10%) Ingres
3 6 (1.10%) MySQL
3 6 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (0.91%) Metadata
4 5 (0.91%) Oracle Database
4 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (0.55%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.55%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 23 (4.20%) JIRA
2 5 (0.91%) GitLab
3 3 (0.55%) Fiddler
3 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) Spinnaker
General
1 127 (23.22%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.42%) Finance
3 54 (9.87%) Public Sector
4 44 (8.04%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.12%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.19%) Legal
8 11 (2.01%) Retail
9 10 (1.83%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.65%) Banking
10 9 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.28%) Marketing
11 7 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.10%) Automotive
13 5 (0.91%) Aviation
13 5 (0.91%) Billing
14 4 (0.73%) Avionics
14 4 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.73%) Law
15 3 (0.55%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.38%) Itk
2 8 (1.46%) HTML
3 7 (1.28%) CSS
4 6 (1.10%) Middleware
5 5 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.91%) Google Maps API
6 4 (0.73%) .NET
6 4 (0.73%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.73%) Node.js
6 4 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.73%) SAML
7 3 (0.55%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.55%) jQuery
7 3 (0.55%) LDAP
7 3 (0.55%) SPFx
8 2 (0.37%) ISPF
8 2 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.37%) Visualforce
9 1 (0.18%) Django
9 1 (0.18%) Series 60
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.68%) PKI
2 15 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (2.19%) Management Information System
4 10 (1.83%) Blog
4 10 (1.83%) NHS
5 7 (1.28%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.10%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.10%) Public Cloud
7 5 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.73%) CCTV
8 4 (0.73%) Clustering
8 4 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.55%) CMDB
9 3 (0.55%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (0.55%) Housing Association
9 3 (0.55%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.55%) Replication
9 3 (0.55%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.37%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 113 (20.66%) Windows
2 53 (9.69%) Linux
3 23 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (2.38%) Mac OS
7 11 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (1.83%) Unix
9 6 (1.10%) Solaris
10 5 (0.91%) AIX
11 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.55%) zOS
12 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.18%) CentOS
13 1 (0.18%) HPUX
13 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (8.96%) Customer Service
3 41 (7.50%) Data Entry
4 32 (5.85%) DevOps
4 32 (5.85%) Time Management
5 23 (4.20%) Change Management
5 23 (4.20%) Data Protection
6 19 (3.47%) Project Management
7 18 (3.29%) Asset Management
8 17 (3.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (3.11%) Migration
9 15 (2.74%) PLM
10 13 (2.38%) Agile
10 13 (2.38%) Customer Experience
10 13 (2.38%) Data Management
10 13 (2.38%) ITIL
10 13 (2.38%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (2.38%) Validation
11 12 (2.19%) High Availability
11 12 (2.19%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.03%) PowerShell
2 22 (4.02%) SQL
3 12 (2.19%) Bash
4 10 (1.83%) C
4 10 (1.83%) Python
5 6 (1.10%) C++
6 5 (0.91%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.73%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.73%) Perl
8 3 (0.55%) Korn
9 2 (0.37%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.37%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.37%) AWK
9 2 (0.37%) Bourne shell
9 2 (0.37%) Groovy
9 2 (0.37%) JCL
9 2 (0.37%) REXX
10 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.16%) DV Cleared
3 39 (7.13%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.30%) Degree
5 4 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.73%) RHCSA
6 3 (0.55%) AAT
6 3 (0.55%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (0.55%) HNC
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.55%) RHCE
7 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.57%) QA
2 12 (2.19%) SLA
3 10 (1.83%) PMO
4 8 (1.46%) GDPR
5 7 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.10%) Docker
3 6 (1.10%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.37%) ACF2
6 2 (0.37%) RACF
6 2 (0.37%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) NFS
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.18%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.38%) Ansible
2 11 (2.01%) SCOM
3 10 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.46%) Red Hat Satellite
6 7 (1.28%) Grafana
6 7 (1.28%) Terraform
7 6 (1.10%) Nagios
7 6 (1.10%) NetBackup
8 5 (0.91%) Data Guard
8 5 (0.91%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.73%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.73%) SCCM
10 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.55%) Graylog
10 3 (0.55%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 136 (24.86%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.58%) SAP
3 24 (4.39%) VMware
4 17 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.56%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.19%) Oracle
7 10 (1.83%) Atlassian
7 10 (1.83%) Google
8 9 (1.65%) Apple
9 8 (1.46%) EMC
10 6 (1.10%) Sage
11 5 (0.91%) Cisco
11 5 (0.91%) Citrix
11 5 (0.91%) IBM
11 5 (0.91%) Progress
12 4 (0.73%) F5
12 4 (0.73%) Facebook
12 4 (0.73%) Splunk
13 3 (0.55%) Okta
567 Administrator jobs in the UK excluding London