Senior Systems Administrator Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 452 513
Rank change year-on-year +83 +61 -81
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 22 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.021% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.022% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £319 - £380
25th Percentile £325 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £384 - £475
90th Percentile £388 - £490
UK median daily rate £363 £376 £450
% change year-on-year -3.65% -16.39% +19.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £56.50 - -
25th Percentile £56.65 - -
Median hourly rate £58.30 £81.37 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.35% - -
75th Percentile £61.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.30 £81.37 -
% change year-on-year -28.35% - -

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 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Systems Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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 +32 14 - - 3
North West - 5 £350 -
North of England - 5 £350 -
Scotland - 3 £350 - 1
Senior Systems Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 13 (59.09%) Security Cleared
3 12 (54.55%) Azure
3 12 (54.55%) DV Cleared
4 11 (50.00%) Itk
4 11 (50.00%) PLM
4 11 (50.00%) DevOps
5 10 (45.45%) Public Sector
5 10 (45.45%) Windows
6 9 (40.91%) C
6 9 (40.91%) Windows Server
7 8 (36.36%) Change Management
7 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (27.27%) PowerShell
9 6 (27.27%) VMware
9 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (27.27%) Teamcenter
9 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
10 5 (22.73%) C++
10 5 (22.73%) Agile
11 2 (9.09%) Linux
11 2 (9.09%) Problem Management
11 2 (9.09%) AWS
11 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (4.55%) Skype
12 1 (4.55%) OneDrive

Senior 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 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Azure
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
1 1 (4.55%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
General
1 10 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (50.00%) Itk
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Windows
2 9 (40.91%) Windows Server
3 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) DevOps
1 11 (50.00%) PLM
2 8 (36.36%) Change Management
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Agile
5 2 (9.09%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) C
2 6 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 5 (22.73%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 12 (54.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (4.55%) SCCM
1 1 (4.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Citrix
3 1 (4.55%) EMC
3 1 (4.55%) Meraki
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow