Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Wales

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK > Wales

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) daily rate in Wales is £468, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 15 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.67% - 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.89% - 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £441 - -
25th Percentile £459 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 - £257
75th Percentile £476 - -
90th Percentile £479 - -
UK median daily rate £438 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -16.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.50 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £18.57
75th Percentile - - £21.67
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -61.90%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 519 275 362
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 93.54% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 196 243
10th Percentile £275 £160 £143
25th Percentile £370 £270 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £484 £538
90th Percentile £650 £600 £625
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 22 40
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £15.75 £16.00 £15.41
Median hourly rate £21.25 £21.76 £19.70
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +10.42% +8.61%
75th Percentile £35.78 £41.25 £49.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £85.10
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.93% -25.33% -16.67%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Wales

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Wales

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Wales

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Administrator in Wales over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Administrator in Wales

Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
South Wales - 10 £468 - 2
West Wales - 4 - - 1
Systems Administrator
UK

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 8 June 2026, 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 Wales region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (33.33%) Linux
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (33.33%) WAN
3 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (6.67%) Azure
6 1 (6.67%) DHCP
6 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (6.67%) DNS
6 1 (6.67%) GSM
6 1 (6.67%) HND
6 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) Kerberos
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (6.67%) Migration
6 1 (6.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (6.67%) Red Hat

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) WAN
2 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.67%) DHCP
4 1 (6.67%) DNS
4 1 (6.67%) GSM
4 1 (6.67%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (73.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Operational Technology
2 5 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 5 (33.33%) SCADA
3 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) HND
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Red Hat