Senior Systems Administrator Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
UK > UK excluding London

As of 4 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 379 451
Rank change year-on-year +47 +72 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 2 24 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.12% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.13% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 -
UK median daily rate - £363 £376
% change year-on-year - -3.65% -16.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
Median hourly rate - £58.30 £81.37
Median % change year-on-year - -28.35% -
UK median hourly rate - £58.30 £81.37
% change year-on-year - -28.35% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,776 19,130 22,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.57% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,547 11,679 15,813
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 842 2,253 1,158
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.66 £15.75 £18.01
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.37
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.64% +117.03%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +91.49%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +26 2 - - 3
Senior Systems Administrator
UK

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Senior 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Military
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle