IT Systems Administrator Contracts in the South East

IT System Administrator
England > South East

The median IT System Administrator daily rate in the South East is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 211 -
Rank change year-on-year +33 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 13 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.017% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.018% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £121 -
Median % change year-on-year +395.87% - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile £680 - -
England median daily rate £550 £415 £413
% change year-on-year +32.53% +0.61% +17.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,116 5,468 7,452
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 94.67% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,095 3,815 5,051
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £617 £610 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 481 242 333
10th Percentile £12.78 £16.86 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.72 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.91 £43.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £61.20
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in the South East

IT Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Systems Administrator in the South East

IT Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Systems Administrator in the South East

IT Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Systems Administrator in the South East

IT Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Systems Administrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Hampshire - 9 £650 - 1
Thames Valley +12 3 - - 2
Oxfordshire - 3 - -
Kent - 1 £400 - 3
IT Systems Administrator
England

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Windows
1 9 (69.23%) Linux
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Software Deployment
4 3 (23.08%) GitLab
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) Patch Management
6 1 (7.69%) Server Patching
6 1 (7.69%) Security Patching
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (7.69%) NFS
6 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (7.69%) Azure
6 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
6 1 (7.69%) Solaris
6 1 (7.69%) ITIL
6 1 (7.69%) HNC
6 1 (7.69%) Banking
6 1 (7.69%) Data Management
6 1 (7.69%) Service Management
6 1 (7.69%) ITSM
6 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) GitLab
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Linux
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Software Deployment
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Patch Management
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (7.69%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (7.69%) Data Management
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) ITSM
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Security Patching
4 1 (7.69%) Server Patching
4 1 (7.69%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) NFS
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft