IT Systems Administrator Contracts in London

IT System Administrator
England > London

The median IT System Administrator daily rate in London is £363, 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 349 389 490
Rank change year-on-year +40 +101 +103
Contract jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.011% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.012% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £278 £207 £321
25th Percentile £300 £236 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £303 £413
Median % change year-on-year +19.83% -26.67% +17.86%
75th Percentile £425 £351 £478
90th Percentile - £368 £514
England median daily rate £363 £550 £415
% change year-on-year -34.09% +32.53% +0.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in London

IT Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Systems Administrator in London

IT Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Systems Administrator in London

IT Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Systems Administrator in London

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 London region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Application Packaging
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Application Packaging
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Python
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft