Windows Systems Administrator Contracts in the East Midlands

Windows System Administrator (Windows Sysadmin)
England > East Midlands

The median Windows System Administrator (Windows Sysadmin) daily rate in the East Midlands is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Systems Administrator 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £535 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 - -
75th Percentile £536 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £530 £519 £475
% change year-on-year +2.27% +9.16% +14.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 472 725 980
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 93.79% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 483 754
10th Percentile £200 £163 £213
25th Percentile £350 £258 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £565
90th Percentile £600 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 79 62
10th Percentile £11.44 £11.81 £11.80
25th Percentile £18.25 £14.00 £15.35
Median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
Median % change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%
75th Percentile £28.79 £26.15 £31.50
90th Percentile £35.38 £51.91 £64.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Windows Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Systems Administrator in the East Midlands

Windows Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Systems Administrator in the East Midlands

Windows Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Systems Administrator in the East Midlands

Windows Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Leicestershire - 1 £536 -
Windows Systems Administrator
England

Windows Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Windows 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 East Midlands region featuring Windows Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware