Systems Administrator Contracts in Reading

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Berkshire > Reading

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) daily rate in Reading is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 80 101
Rank change year-on-year +9 +21 -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 22 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.85% 0.68% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 0.71% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £53 £415
Median % change year-on-year +852.38% -87.35% -
75th Percentile - £54 £423
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £415 £426
% change year-on-year +20.48% -2.64% +0.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 0
10th Percentile £42.00 £47.68 -
25th Percentile £49.25 £47.95 -
Median hourly rate £58.30 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.60% - -
75th Percentile £59.95 £66.94 -
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.60 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year +16.60% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,111 991 1,285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.66% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 658 876
10th Percentile £213 £363 £182
25th Percentile £413 £455 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £594
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 25 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -2.33%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Reading

Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Administrator in Reading

Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Administrator in Reading

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Administrator in Reading over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Administrator in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Reading region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 19 (86.36%) DV Cleared
1 19 (86.36%) Security Cleared
2 12 (54.55%) Public Sector
3 9 (40.91%) Itk
3 9 (40.91%) DevOps
3 9 (40.91%) Azure
3 9 (40.91%) PLM
4 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 7 (31.82%) Windows
5 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
6 6 (27.27%) Change Management
6 6 (27.27%) C
7 5 (22.73%) Agile
7 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (18.18%) Teamcenter
8 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
8 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.64%) SCOM
10 2 (9.09%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (9.09%) SCCM
10 2 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
10 2 (9.09%) Skype
10 2 (9.09%) Docker
10 2 (9.09%) C++
10 2 (9.09%) VMware
10 2 (9.09%) Linux
10 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (9.09%) Active Directory

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Skype
General
1 12 (54.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (40.91%) Itk
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
1 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
2 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) DevOps
1 9 (40.91%) PLM
2 6 (27.27%) Change Management
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
4 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.55%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) C
2 2 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) DV Cleared
1 19 (86.36%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) SCOM
2 2 (9.09%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Citrix
2 2 (9.09%) EMC
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.09%) VMware