Senior Systems Administrator Contracts in England

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
UK > England

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in England is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 621 778
Rank change year-on-year +97 +157 -125
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 26 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.069% 0.032% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.034% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 4
10th Percentile £348 £357 £340
25th Percentile £363 £360 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £458 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% +14.38% +31.15%
75th Percentile £436 £600 £453
90th Percentile £440 £612 £481
UK median daily rate £403 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +3.21% -2.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 0
10th Percentile £56.50 - -
25th Percentile £56.65 - -
Median hourly rate £58.30 £81.37 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.35% - -
75th Percentile £61.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.30 £81.37 -
% change year-on-year -28.35% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in England

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in England

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in England

Senior Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
South East +31 21 £431 -32.66% 3
North West - 3 £375 -
North of England - 3 £375 - 1
London +75 2 £440 +12.82% 3
Senior Systems Administrator
UK

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 across the England region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 23 (88.46%) Microsoft
2 18 (69.23%) Security Cleared
3 17 (65.38%) DV Cleared
4 12 (46.15%) Public Sector
4 12 (46.15%) Windows
5 11 (42.31%) Azure
5 11 (42.31%) PLM
5 11 (42.31%) Itk
5 11 (42.31%) DevOps
6 10 (38.46%) Change Management
7 9 (34.62%) C
8 8 (30.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (30.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (26.92%) Windows Server
9 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
10 6 (23.08%) Teamcenter
10 6 (23.08%) Agile
10 6 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (19.23%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (19.23%) C++
12 4 (15.38%) Problem Management
13 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
13 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
13 3 (11.54%) MSI
13 3 (11.54%) InstallShield
13 3 (11.54%) VMware
13 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (11.54%) Windows 10

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Teamcenter
2 2 (7.69%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) InstallShield
1 3 (11.54%) MSI
General
1 12 (46.15%) Public Sector
2 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Social Housing
3 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Military
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (42.31%) Itk
Operating Systems
1 12 (46.15%) Windows
2 8 (30.77%) Windows Server 2016
2 8 (30.77%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (26.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) DevOps
1 11 (42.31%) PLM
2 10 (38.46%) Change Management
3 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (23.08%) Agile
4 6 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (15.38%) Problem Management
6 2 (7.69%) Integration Testing
7 1 (3.85%) Information Governance
7 1 (3.85%) ITIL
7 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.85%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.85%) Roadmaps
7 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) C
2 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
3 5 (19.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 17 (65.38%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (88.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) VMware
3 2 (7.69%) Capita
3 2 (7.69%) Northgate