Administrator Contracts in Wales

Administrator
UK > Wales

The median Administrator daily rate in Wales is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 37 52
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 8 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.73% 1.77% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% 1.99% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile £206 £410 £102
25th Percentile £216 £538 £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £575 £160
Median % change year-on-year -58.70% +259.38% -50.77%
75th Percentile £266 £667 £447
90th Percentile £279 £676 £489
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £447
% change year-on-year -5.88% -4.92% +5.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £13.00
75th Percentile £16.56 - -
90th Percentile £17.56 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.25 £13.18 £25.95
% change year-on-year +15.70% -49.21% +78.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 276 352 601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 89.11% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 250 463
10th Percentile £160 £187 £172
25th Percentile £255 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 33
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.29 £13.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.02 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.54 £45.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in Wales

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Administrator in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Administrator in Wales

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Administrator in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in Wales

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South Wales +6 7 £238 -58.70% 28
North Wales - 1 - - 2
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Wales region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Google Workspace
2 3 (37.50%) Google Docs
2 3 (37.50%) Google Sheets
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Document Management
2 3 (37.50%) Google
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Xero
2 3 (37.50%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (37.50%) Accounts Receivable
3 2 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (25.00%) GitHub
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) SSL
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) JBoss
4 1 (12.50%) Apache
4 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) DHCP
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) DNS
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) SLA
4 1 (12.50%) IBM
4 1 (12.50%) Web Services

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) JBoss
1 1 (12.50%) nginx
1 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
1 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
1 1 (12.50%) WebLogic Portal
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Google Docs
1 3 (37.50%) Google Sheets
1 3 (37.50%) Google Workspace
2 2 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Linode
3 1 (12.50%) OCI
3 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
3 1 (12.50%) PaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
1 1 (12.50%) JWT
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) e-Learning
1 1 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) CentOS
2 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (37.50%) Accounts Receivable
2 3 (37.50%) Document Management
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Database Security
4 1 (12.50%) Database Tuning
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Microservices
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
1 1 (12.50%) LXC
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Xero
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (12.50%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
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