Systems Administrator Contracts in Edinburgh

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) daily rate in Edinburgh is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 101 120
Rank change year-on-year +31 +19 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.25% 0.23% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.24% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +110.00%
75th Percentile - - £563
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £275 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -31.25% - +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £52.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 773 1,235 1,867
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.31% 95.59% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 883 1,284
10th Percentile £200 £257 £230
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £544 £550
90th Percentile £663 £625 £635
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 14 24
10th Percentile £16.08 £14.53 £12.30
25th Percentile £17.79 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -10.48% -58.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £63.60 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
% change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Edinburgh

Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Administrator in Edinburgh

Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Administrator in Edinburgh

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Systems 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 Edinburgh region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) iTrent
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery