Administrator Contracts in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator daily rate in England is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 175 250
Rank change year-on-year +55 +75 -25
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 698 696 808
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.92% 1.45% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 1.53% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 446 494
10th Percentile £162 £201 £178
25th Percentile £273 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £435
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +3.45% +17.57%
75th Percentile £575 £534 £550
90th Percentile £625 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £435
% change year-on-year -5.56% +3.45% +12.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 38 57
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.17 £11.22
25th Percentile £12.00 £15.56 £12.89
Median hourly rate £13.78 £25.98 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.97% +79.14% +3.57%
75th Percentile £17.36 £49.23 £23.75
90th Percentile £40.50 £56.38 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £13.78 £25.95 £14.50
% change year-on-year -46.92% +78.97% +3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,728 45,413 67,759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,387 32,257 48,330
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £763 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,336 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.25 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in England

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Administrator in England

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in England

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in England

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in England

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
London -9 197 £400 -11.11% 114
South East +58 173 £378 +2.58% 167
South West +33 98 £550 +29.41% 111
North of England +57 88 £375 -5.06% 173
Midlands +41 81 £425 +20.57% 145
West Midlands +36 56 £425 +60.38% 72
East of England +37 53 £375 -11.76% 79
North West +32 47 £250 -47.64% 100
East Midlands +33 25 £475 +43.94% 74
Yorkshire +32 24 £470 +121.18% 52
North East +22 17 £475 +69.64% 23
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 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 England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 172 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 170 (24.36%) Social Skills
3 146 (20.92%) Windows
4 144 (20.63%) Security Cleared
5 90 (12.89%) Microsoft Excel
6 89 (12.75%) DV Cleared
7 84 (12.03%) Finance
8 76 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
8 76 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (9.74%) SharePoint
10 67 (9.60%) Azure
11 58 (8.31%) Linux
12 57 (8.17%) Active Directory
13 55 (7.88%) Customer Service
14 52 (7.45%) Windows Server
15 51 (7.31%) SQL
16 47 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
16 47 (6.73%) Public Sector
17 46 (6.59%) SAP
17 46 (6.59%) PKI
18 45 (6.45%) SQL Server
18 45 (6.45%) VMware
19 43 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
19 43 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
20 41 (5.87%) SC Cleared
21 40 (5.73%) PowerShell
21 40 (5.73%) Data Entry
22 39 (5.59%) Degree
23 37 (5.30%) DevOps
24 33 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 68 (9.74%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.86%) Exchange Server 2013
4 12 (1.72%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (1.00%) Confluence
5 7 (1.00%) IIS
6 6 (0.86%) Apache
7 5 (0.72%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.29%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.29%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) Moodle
9 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 90 (12.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (3.01%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.43%) Windchill
7 2 (0.29%) FileZilla
Business Applications
1 8 (1.15%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.57%) Maximo
2 4 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) iTrent
4 2 (0.29%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.29%) ResourceLink
4 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.14%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.60%) Azure
2 43 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (3.72%) AWS
4 14 (2.01%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.29%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.29%) PaaS
6 7 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.00%) GCP
7 6 (0.86%) Entra ID
7 6 (0.86%) SaaS
8 4 (0.57%) Google Sheets
8 4 (0.57%) OCI
8 4 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.43%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.43%) Cloudflare
9 3 (0.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.43%) Serverless
9 3 (0.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.01%) DNS
2 20 (2.87%) Intranet
3 10 (1.43%) WAN
4 7 (1.00%) DHCP
4 7 (1.00%) Fibre Channel
4 7 (1.00%) LAN
4 7 (1.00%) SAN
4 7 (1.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.86%) Internet
6 5 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (0.72%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.57%) Firewall
8 3 (0.43%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.43%) MPLS
8 3 (0.43%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.43%) SMTP
8 3 (0.43%) SSL
8 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.29%) FTP
9 2 (0.29%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.86%) MySQL
2 13 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (1.72%) Power BI
3 12 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 11 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
7 6 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.86%) DB2
7 6 (0.86%) Ingres
7 6 (0.86%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (0.57%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.57%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.57%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.43%) EDMS
10 3 (0.43%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 22 (3.15%) JIRA
2 5 (0.72%) Bitbucket
2 5 (0.72%) Bitbucket Server
2 5 (0.72%) Fiddler
3 4 (0.57%) GitLab
4 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.14%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 170 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 84 (12.03%) Finance
3 47 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
3 47 (6.73%) Public Sector
4 43 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (4.44%) Manufacturing
6 21 (3.01%) Banking
7 18 (2.58%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.15%) Legal
9 14 (2.01%) Marketing
10 13 (1.86%) Retail
11 12 (1.72%) Law
12 10 (1.43%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.00%) Billing
14 7 (1.00%) Electronics
14 7 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.86%) Automotive
15 6 (0.86%) Back Office
15 6 (0.86%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.86%) Itk
2 8 (1.15%) CSS
2 8 (1.15%) HTML
3 6 (0.86%) .NET
4 5 (0.72%) .NET Framework
4 5 (0.72%) Google Maps API
4 5 (0.72%) SAML
5 4 (0.57%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (0.57%) Middleware
5 4 (0.57%) Node.js
6 3 (0.43%) LDAP
6 3 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.29%) jQuery
7 2 (0.29%) Kafka
7 2 (0.29%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.29%) SPFx
7 2 (0.29%) Visualforce
8 1 (0.14%) Ajax
8 1 (0.14%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.59%) PKI
2 21 (3.01%) NHS
3 20 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.58%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.72%) Blog
7 11 (1.58%) Replication
8 10 (1.43%) Clustering
9 9 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.00%) Freedom of Information
11 5 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.72%) Freedom of Information Act
12 4 (0.57%) CCTV
12 4 (0.57%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.57%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.43%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.43%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.43%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.43%) Smartphone
14 2 (0.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 146 (20.92%) Windows
2 58 (8.31%) Linux
3 52 (7.45%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (2.01%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (1.86%) Unix
6 13 (1.86%) Windows 7
6 13 (1.86%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.72%) VMS
7 12 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.86%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.72%) Solaris
10 4 (0.57%) CentOS
10 4 (0.57%) zOS
11 3 (0.43%) AIX
12 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.14%) HPUX
13 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (7.88%) Customer Service
3 40 (5.73%) Data Entry
4 37 (5.30%) DevOps
5 33 (4.73%) Time Management
6 29 (4.15%) Data Protection
7 28 (4.01%) Change Management
7 28 (4.01%) ITIL
7 28 (4.01%) Migration
8 27 (3.87%) Performance Tuning
9 23 (3.30%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (3.30%) High Availability
10 22 (3.15%) Project Management
11 17 (2.44%) Document Management
11 17 (2.44%) Problem Management
12 16 (2.29%) Asset Management
12 16 (2.29%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (2.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (2.29%) Task Automation
12 16 (2.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 51 (7.31%) SQL
2 40 (5.73%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.15%) Bash
4 11 (1.58%) C
4 11 (1.58%) Python
5 10 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.00%) Perl
6 7 (1.00%) Shell Script
6 7 (1.00%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.86%) C++
8 5 (0.72%) Groovy
8 5 (0.72%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.43%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.43%) Java
9 3 (0.43%) Korn
10 2 (0.29%) AWK
10 2 (0.29%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.14%) SOQL
11 1 (0.14%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 144 (20.63%) Security Cleared
2 89 (12.75%) DV Cleared
3 41 (5.87%) SC Cleared
4 39 (5.59%) Degree
5 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.72%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.72%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.57%) MCITP
8 4 (0.57%) MCTS
8 4 (0.57%) RHCSA
9 3 (0.43%) AAT
9 3 (0.43%) MCSE
9 3 (0.43%) RHCE
10 2 (0.29%) OCP
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.29%) PMP
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.30%) QA
2 12 (1.72%) GDPR
2 12 (1.72%) PMO
3 11 (1.58%) SLA
4 9 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.15%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.72%) GRC
6 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.72%) NIST
7 1 (0.14%) IFRS
7 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 57 (8.17%) Active Directory
2 33 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.86%) Firmware
4 6 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.72%) Docker
5 5 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.72%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.72%) VMware Server
5 5 (0.72%) vSphere
6 2 (0.29%) NFS
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.14%) KVM
7 1 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.58%) SCOM
4 9 (1.29%) Ansible
4 9 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.15%) NetBackup
6 7 (1.00%) Control-M
6 7 (1.00%) Data Guard
7 6 (0.86%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.72%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.57%) Terraform
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.43%) Puppet
10 3 (0.43%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 2 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.29%) SCCM
11 2 (0.29%) WSUS
11 2 (0.29%) yum
Vendors
1 172 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.59%) SAP
3 45 (6.45%) VMware
4 28 (4.01%) Oracle
5 22 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.72%) Google
8 11 (1.58%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.29%) Apple
9 9 (1.29%) F5
9 9 (1.29%) Veeam
10 6 (0.86%) EMC
10 6 (0.86%) IBM
10 6 (0.86%) Sage
11 5 (0.72%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.72%) Cisco
11 5 (0.72%) Progress
11 5 (0.72%) Veritas
12 4 (0.57%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.57%) Facebook