IT Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

IT System Administrator
Hampshire > Portsmouth

As of 2 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IT System Administrator daily rate in Portsmouth.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.50% - 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £250
Hampshire median daily rate - - £650
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - -
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 194 106 281
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.49% 94.64% 92.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 63 117
10th Percentile £266 £200 £400
25th Percentile £384 £402 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £625 £656 £810
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 24 90
10th Percentile £33.67 £26.26 £48.00
25th Percentile £45.90 £31.25 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.50 £56.38 £59.44
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -5.16% -0.02%
75th Percentile £56.44 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.11 £69.38 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £35.50 £54.88 £57.35
% change year-on-year -35.31% -4.32% +14.70%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Systems Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

IT Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

IT Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Systems Administrator job vacancies in Portsmouth

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 2 April 2026, IT Systems Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk