IT Systems Administrator Contracts in the South East

IT System Administrator
England > South East

The median IT System Administrator daily rate in the South East is £190, 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 157 192 221
Rank change year-on-year +35 +29 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 2 13 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.066% 0.23% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.25% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 1
10th Percentile - £363 -
25th Percentile £185 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £600 £121
Median % change year-on-year -68.33% +395.87% -
75th Percentile £195 £675 -
90th Percentile - £680 -
England median daily rate £363 £550 £415
% change year-on-year -34.09% +32.53% +0.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in the South East

IT Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Systems Administrator in the South East

IT Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Systems Administrator in the South East

IT Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Systems Administrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
East Sussex - 1 - - 1
West Sussex - 1 £190 -
IT Systems Administrator
England

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) ISMS
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft