Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Somerset

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South West > Somerset

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) daily rate in Somerset is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 18 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 +10 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 7 12 3
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 3.52% 7.45% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.74% 8.11% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 3
10th Percentile £590 - -
25th Percentile £600 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £575 £250
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +130.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £614 £588 £319
90th Percentile - £605 £360
South West median daily rate £588 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 187 148 175
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 91.93% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 103 113
10th Percentile £201 £201 £143
25th Percentile £261 £263 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -22.73%
75th Percentile £494 £619 £575
90th Percentile £600 £685 £648
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 27
10th Percentile £22.58 - £29.00
25th Percentile £27.93 £12.50 £45.50
Median hourly rate £40.75 £13.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +213.46% -74.95% +15.31%
75th Percentile £56.13 £15.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £62.25 £15.90 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £38.22 £65.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year -41.20% +12.09% -10.78%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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 Somerset.

Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Somerset

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Taunton - 2 £600 -
Systems Administrator
South West

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 23 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 Somerset region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) GCP
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) Google
3 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
4 2 (28.57%) DHCP
4 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) SCCM
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (14.29%) Citrix
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Firewall
5 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) LAN
5 1 (14.29%) NetApp
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) GCP
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam