Senior Systems Administrator Contracts in London

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
England > London

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in London is £440 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 467 590
Rank change year-on-year +79 +123 -109
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 2 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.011% 0.039% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.041% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile - £357 £347
25th Percentile - £359 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £390 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -8.24% +8.28%
75th Percentile - £569 £469
90th Percentile - £600 £488
England median daily rate £404 £458 £400
% change year-on-year -11.80% +14.38% +37.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,359 24,202 36,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 95.18% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,819 17,639 27,124
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 276 418
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.60 £22.91
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +8.63%
75th Percentile £46.77 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.75 £82.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in London

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in London

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in London

Senior Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
East London - 1 £440 -
Senior Systems Administrator
England

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 London region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (100.00%) Northgate
1 2 (100.00%) Capita
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) OPENHousing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Housing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) OPENHousing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Housing
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Capita
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Northgate