Senior IT Administrator Contracts

Senior IT Administrator
UK

As of 3 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior IT Administrator daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 - 703
Rank change year-on-year - - +139
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Administrator 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.00%
75th Percentile - - £375
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,094 40,274 56,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,701 26,219 39,262
10th Percentile £300 £276 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,672 1,567
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.38
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%

Senior IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Administrator in the UK

Senior IT Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Administrator.

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Administrator in the UK

Senior IT Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Administrator.

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Administrator in the UK

Senior IT Administrator
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 - 1 - - 2
England - 1 - - 3
UK excluding London - 1 - - 2

Senior IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior IT 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 featuring Senior IT Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Senior IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft