Administrator Contracts in the Thames Valley

Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median Administrator daily rate in the Thames Valley is £398, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 59 124
Rank change year-on-year -10 +65 -20
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 61 85 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.85% 3.20% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.11% 3.40% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 39
10th Percentile £256 £162 £212
25th Percentile £316 £243 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -3.03% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £450 £550
90th Percentile £634 £495 £712
South East median daily rate £432 £385 £400
% change year-on-year +12.21% -3.75% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 10
10th Percentile £20.75 £21.56 £12.16
25th Percentile £24.25 £25.25 £14.07
Median hourly rate £56.50 £48.40 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.74% +184.71% +3.06%
75th Percentile £57.62 £56.00 £22.40
90th Percentile £58.49 £64.20 £28.90
South East median hourly rate £38.00 £27.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year +38.18% +61.76% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,963 2,498 3,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 94.02% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,652 2,677
10th Percentile £269 £213 £275
25th Percentile £406 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £614 £615 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £510 £507 £500
% change year-on-year +0.64% +1.35% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 104 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £16.08 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.99 £21.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £17.43
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +186.86% -12.85%
75th Percentile £63.43 £66.64 £34.89
90th Percentile £97.50 £75.67 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £57.79 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +15.59% +53.85% +30.00%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the Thames Valley

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Administrator in the Thames Valley

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in the Thames Valley

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in the Thames Valley

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in the Thames Valley

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Berkshire -14 39 £450 +23.97% 18
Buckinghamshire +12 17 £280 -36.00% 5
Oxfordshire +6 5 - - 2
Administrator
South East

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Thames Valley region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 27 (44.26%) Security Cleared
2 21 (34.43%) Microsoft
3 20 (32.79%) DV Cleared
4 16 (26.23%) PowerShell
5 15 (24.59%) Windows
5 15 (24.59%) Microsoft App-V
6 14 (22.95%) Finance
7 13 (21.31%) MSI
7 13 (21.31%) Windows 10
8 12 (19.67%) InstallShield
8 12 (19.67%) Change Management
9 11 (18.03%) Problem Management
10 9 (14.75%) Mac OS
10 9 (14.75%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (14.75%) Roadmaps
11 8 (13.11%) VMware
12 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
12 7 (11.48%) Performance Tuning
12 7 (11.48%) ACSP
13 6 (9.84%) Windows 7
13 6 (9.84%) Agile
13 6 (9.84%) Military
13 6 (9.84%) Migration
13 6 (9.84%) Social Skills
13 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
14 5 (8.20%) DNS
14 5 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
14 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
14 5 (8.20%) DHCP

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (6.56%) Apache
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.64%) nginx
3 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Azure
1 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.64%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.20%) DHCP
1 5 (8.20%) DNS
2 3 (4.92%) FTP
2 3 (4.92%) SMTP
2 3 (4.92%) tcpdump
2 3 (4.92%) Telnet
3 2 (3.28%) VLAN
4 1 (1.64%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Power BI
2 3 (4.92%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.64%) GIS
4 1 (1.64%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.64%) MySQL
4 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (21.31%) MSI
2 12 (19.67%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 14 (22.95%) Finance
2 6 (9.84%) Military
2 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
2 6 (9.84%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Marketing
5 2 (3.28%) Electronics
5 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.64%) Aviation
6 1 (1.64%) Billing
6 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.64%) Legal
6 1 (1.64%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) ADO
2 3 (4.92%) LDAP
3 1 (1.64%) LAMP
3 1 (1.64%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.64%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.59%) Windows
2 13 (21.31%) Windows 10
3 9 (14.75%) Mac OS
4 6 (9.84%) Windows 7
5 4 (6.56%) Linux
6 3 (4.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (4.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
8 1 (1.64%) CentOS
8 1 (1.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.67%) Change Management
2 11 (18.03%) Problem Management
3 9 (14.75%) Roadmaps
4 7 (11.48%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (9.84%) Agile
5 6 (9.84%) Migration
5 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (8.20%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (6.56%) Analytics
7 4 (6.56%) Application Packaging
7 4 (6.56%) Data Management
7 4 (6.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (6.56%) ERP
7 4 (6.56%) Time Management
8 3 (4.92%) ITIL
8 3 (4.92%) Programme Management
8 3 (4.92%) Release Management
8 3 (4.92%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (4.92%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (26.23%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.20%) SQL
3 1 (1.64%) Bash
3 1 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (44.26%) Security Cleared
2 20 (32.79%) DV Cleared
3 7 (11.48%) ACSP
3 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) Degree
5 2 (3.28%) HNC
5 2 (3.28%) MCITP
5 2 (3.28%) MCTS
5 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) QA
System Software
1 15 (24.59%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.92%) NFS
3 3 (4.92%) Samba
3 3 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.64%) Docker
4 1 (1.64%) KVM
Systems Management
1 9 (14.75%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (6.56%) Ansible
3 3 (4.92%) SCCM
3 3 (4.92%) yum
4 1 (1.64%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (34.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.11%) VMware
3 4 (6.56%) Red Hat
4 3 (4.92%) HP
5 2 (3.28%) Citrix
5 2 (3.28%) SAP
6 1 (1.64%) Apple
6 1 (1.64%) Ariba
6 1 (1.64%) Civica
6 1 (1.64%) Google
6 1 (1.64%) Oracle
6 1 (1.64%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud