Senior Systems Administrator Contracts

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
UK

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in the UK is £350 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 554 694 838
Rank change year-on-year +140 +144 -170
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 28 18 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.030% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.032% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 7
10th Percentile £293 £358 £350
25th Percentile £325 £360 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £390 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -17.89% +26.25%
75th Percentile £388 £513 £500
90th Percentile £440 £600 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +31.94%
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 excluding London median hourly rate £58.30 £81.37 -
% change year-on-year -28.35% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 April 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
England +133 25 £363 -13.69% 7
UK excluding London +77 24 £350 - 3
South East +26 16 - - 1
North of England - 5 £350 - 1
North West - 5 £350 -
Work from Home +123 4 £350 -2.78% 5
London +95 4 £440 +4.76% 4
Scotland - 3 £350 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 19 (67.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (53.57%) Windows
2 15 (53.57%) Security Cleared
3 14 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 13 (46.43%) Azure
5 12 (42.86%) Windows Server
6 11 (39.29%) Public Sector
6 11 (39.29%) Itk
6 11 (39.29%) DevOps
6 11 (39.29%) PLM
7 9 (32.14%) VMware
7 9 (32.14%) C
7 9 (32.14%) Active Directory
7 9 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (28.57%) Change Management
8 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
10 6 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (21.43%) Teamcenter
11 5 (17.86%) Agile
11 5 (17.86%) Linux
11 5 (17.86%) C++
12 3 (10.71%) EMC
12 3 (10.71%) Citrix
12 3 (10.71%) Degree
12 3 (10.71%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (10.71%) SCCM

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Teamcenter
2 2 (7.14%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) Azure
2 9 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Skype
2 2 (7.14%) DNS
3 1 (3.57%) DHCP
3 1 (3.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
General
1 11 (39.29%) Public Sector
2 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Social Housing
3 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Electronics
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.57%) Marketing
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (39.29%) Itk
2 1 (3.57%) CSS
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (3.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Windows
2 12 (42.86%) Windows Server
3 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (17.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) DevOps
1 11 (39.29%) PLM
2 8 (28.57%) Change Management
3 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (17.86%) Agile
6 2 (7.14%) Integration Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Problem Management
7 1 (3.57%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.57%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (3.57%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (3.57%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.57%) Information Governance
7 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (3.57%) ITIL
7 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.57%) Programme Management
7 1 (3.57%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.57%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) C
2 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
3 5 (17.86%) C++
4 1 (3.57%) Bash
4 1 (3.57%) Korn
4 1 (3.57%) Python
4 1 (3.57%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 15 (53.57%) Security Cleared
2 14 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 9 (32.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.71%) Docker
3 1 (3.57%) NFS
3 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (10.71%) SCCM
1 3 (10.71%) SCOM
2 1 (3.57%) systemd
Vendors
1 19 (67.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) VMware
3 3 (10.71%) Citrix
3 3 (10.71%) EMC
3 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) Capita
4 2 (7.14%) Northgate
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco
5 1 (3.57%) Meraki
5 1 (3.57%) SAP