Systems Administrator Contracts in Edinburgh

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) daily rate in Edinburgh is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 67 100
Rank change year-on-year +5 +33 +37
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.33% 0.25% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.27% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £333 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% - -
Scotland median daily rate £420 £195 £550
% change year-on-year +115.38% -64.55% +120.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - - £52.50

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 556 754 1,051
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.60% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 406 672
10th Percentile £272 £170 £219
25th Percentile £406 £305 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.45% -7.79% -
75th Percentile £530 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £631 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 36 12
10th Percentile - £13.57 £13.61
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.07 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +93.74% +1.95% -
75th Percentile £62.19 £19.61 £46.24
90th Percentile £73.75 £52.50 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £17.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +17.47% -4.06% -5.87%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Edinburgh

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (50.00%) iTrent
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Toad
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) BMC

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) iTrent
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BMC
1 1 (50.00%) IBM