Windows Systems Administrator Contracts

Windows System Administrator (Windows Sysadmin)
UK

The median Windows System Administrator (Windows Sysadmin) daily rate in the UK is £519 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 702 812
Rank change year-on-year +118 +110 -149
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Systems Administrator 2 20 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.033% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.035% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 12
10th Percentile - £318 £294
25th Percentile £509 £352 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £400 £415
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -3.61% +10.67%
75th Percentile £528 £488 £442
90th Percentile - £506 £486
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £400 £383
% change year-on-year +29.63% +4.58% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £81.37 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £81.37 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Windows Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Systems Administrator in the UK

Windows Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator.

Daily rate trend for Windows Systems Administrator in the UK

Windows Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Systems Administrator in the UK

Windows Systems 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 Windows Systems Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England +113 2 £519 +9.16% 2
UK excluding London +69 2 £519 +29.63% 2
South East +13 2 £519 -

Windows Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Windows 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 featuring Windows Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector

Windows Systems 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware