IT Systems Administrator Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT System Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT System Administrator daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 370 435 500
Rank change year-on-year +65 +65 -58
Contract jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 15 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.074% 0.048% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.051% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 2
10th Percentile £250 £198 £394
25th Percentile £344 £286 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £415 £406
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +2.15% +35.42%
75th Percentile £675 £449 £423
90th Percentile £680 £450 £428
UK median daily rate £550 £420 £406
% change year-on-year +30.95% +3.38% +35.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - +71.88% -
75th Percentile - £28.75 £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £27.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,796 21,663 29,128
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.29% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,116 20,427
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,107 1,446
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.02 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.92
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +26 13 £600 +223.45% 6
South West +2 3 £250 -44.44% 3
IT Systems Administrator
UK

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Windows
1 9 (60.00%) Linux
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) Software Deployment
4 3 (20.00%) GitLab
4 3 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (13.33%) Patch Management
6 1 (6.67%) Server Patching
6 1 (6.67%) Security Patching
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
6 1 (6.67%) Migration
6 1 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (6.67%) Azure
6 1 (6.67%) Service Management
6 1 (6.67%) ITSM
6 1 (6.67%) Banking
6 1 (6.67%) Data Management
6 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (6.67%) NFS
6 1 (6.67%) Solaris
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Banking
2 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Linux
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Software Deployment
2 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (13.33%) Patch Management
3 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (6.67%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (6.67%) Data Management
4 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL
4 1 (6.67%) ITSM
4 1 (6.67%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Security Patching
4 1 (6.67%) Server Patching
4 1 (6.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) NFS
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft