Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) daily rate in Sheffield is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -47 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.41% 1.72% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 2.01% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 654 249 340
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.71% 85.57% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 145 218
10th Percentile £319 £220 £375
25th Percentile £400 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.27% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £623
90th Percentile £608 £698 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £477 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £16.01
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £19.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £26.75
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, 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 Sheffield region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) IaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) PaaS
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Windows

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) IaaS
1 3 (100.00%) PaaS
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform