Senior Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in the South West

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
England > South West

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in the South West is £605, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 112 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 4 14 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.17% 0.66% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% - -
75th Percentile £614 £588 -
90th Percentile - £609 -
England median daily rate £600 £450 £468
% change year-on-year +33.33% -3.85% +1.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,099 1,980 2,804
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 93.75% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,218 1,234 1,843
10th Percentile £230 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £644 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £714 £706
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 144 291
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.85 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.78 £51.13 £45.00
Median hourly rate £38.22 £65.00 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year -41.20% +13.38% -11.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.43 £74.83 £83.40
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 West.

Senior Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in the South West

Senior Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Senior Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Senior Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Somerset -6 4 £605 +5.17% 2
Senior Systems Administrator
England

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 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 West region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Google
3 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) SCCM
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (25.00%) NetApp
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Google
3 1 (25.00%) NetApp