Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) daily rate in Stevenage is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 36 47
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.30% 0.54% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 0.55% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £452 £425 -
90th Percentile £453 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 190 183 242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.25% 98.92% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 49 58
10th Percentile £248 £290 £256
25th Percentile £439 £338 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +15.79% -15.37%
75th Percentile £685 £575 £550
90th Percentile £800 - £627
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +11.16% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 80 127
10th Percentile £33.30 £38.40 £42.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.96 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.54%
75th Percentile £67.00 £69.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.48 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £48.29 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -19.52% -7.69% +8.33%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 4 November 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 Stevenage region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) SSL
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Clustering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow