Senior Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
Somerset > Taunton

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in Taunton is £600, 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 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 10.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Somerset median daily rate £605 £575 -
% change year-on-year +5.17% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 20 15 24
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 93.75% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 23
10th Percentile £370 £470 £471
25th Percentile £500 £500 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £617
Median % change year-on-year - -10.79% -5.15%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £695
90th Percentile £706 £653 £744
Somerset median daily rate £340 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -24.44% +5.88% -22.73%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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 Taunton.

Senior Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Taunton

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton

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 Taunton region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

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

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