Senior Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in the South East

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
England > South East

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in the South East is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 162 190
Rank change year-on-year -43 +28 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 1 1 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.018% 0.033% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.036% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £610 - £363
% change year-on-year - - -13.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £56.50
25th Percentile - - £56.65
Median hourly rate - - £58.30
75th Percentile - - £61.60
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £31.47 - £58.30
% change year-on-year - - -28.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 5,224 2,768 5,197
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.36% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,265 1,823 3,123
10th Percentile £300 £244 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £613
90th Percentile £712 £663 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 485 155 475
10th Percentile £15.15 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.21 £18.32
Median hourly rate £49.00 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.77% -31.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.30 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -18.60%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Senior Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Systems Administrator job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Systems Administrator job vacancies in the South East

Senior Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Systems Administrator job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Systems Administrator job vacancies in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Systems Administrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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
Surrey - 1 £475 -
Senior Systems Administrator
England

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) BladeLogic
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) GPFS
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mellanox
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solarflare
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Mellanox
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Solarflare