Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) daily rate in Wokingham is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £300 £685 £507
% change year-on-year -56.20% +35.11% +12.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 325 98 85
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.50% 85.96% 97.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 61 58
10th Percentile £270 £256 £310
25th Percentile £350 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £451 £484
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -6.83% -3.30%
75th Percentile £508 £575 £573
90th Percentile £650 £625 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +0.80% -

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

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

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 17 February 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 Wokingham region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware