Windows Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The median Windows System Administrator (Windows Sysadmin) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 355 396
Rank change year-on-year -97 +41 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Systems Administrator 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.022% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.024% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £526 -
25th Percentile £431 £528 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £530 £519
Median % change year-on-year -17.49% +2.27% +24.94%
75th Percentile £444 £533 £528
90th Percentile - £535 -
UK median daily rate £375 £463 £519
% change year-on-year -18.92% -10.80% +24.94%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 24,165 12,555 19,465
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 91.12% 92.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,791 7,838 11,638
10th Percentile £303 £220 £213
25th Percentile £406 £363 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £594
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,799 1,003 2,455
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.50 £12.70
25th Percentile £20.51 £16.67 £15.99
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £27.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +59.26% -28.00% -12.79%

Windows Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Windows Systems Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Windows Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Windows Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Systems Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Systems Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Windows Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Systems Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Systems Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 June 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
East Midlands -16 1 £438 -18.30% 2
Midlands -60 1 £438 -18.30% 2
South West - 1 - -
Windows Systems Administrator
UK

Windows Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 June 2026, Windows 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 UK excluding London region featuring Windows Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Server Building
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Workstation

Windows Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (50.00%) Server Building
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware