Senior Systems Administrator Contracts

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
UK

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) daily rate in the UK is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 666 836
Rank change year-on-year +113 +170 -170
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 23 18 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.032% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.033% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 3
10th Percentile £325 £357 £337
25th Percentile £334 £360 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £376 £375
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% +0.33% -0.33%
75th Percentile £427 £553 £445
90th Percentile £440 £600 £478
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 - £375
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 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 excluding London median hourly rate £58.30 £81.37 -
% change year-on-year -28.35% - -

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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +118 20 £375 -3.85% 5
UK excluding London +70 20 £363 - 4
South East +23 14 - - 1
Work from Home +121 4 £350 -2.78% 5
London +95 3 £440 +12.82% 3
North West - 3 £375 -
Scotland - 3 £350 - 2
North of England - 3 £375 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (56.52%) Security Cleared
3 12 (52.17%) DV Cleared
3 12 (52.17%) Windows
3 12 (52.17%) Azure
4 11 (47.83%) PLM
4 11 (47.83%) Public Sector
4 11 (47.83%) Itk
4 11 (47.83%) DevOps
5 9 (39.13%) Windows Server
5 9 (39.13%) C
6 8 (34.78%) Change Management
7 7 (30.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (30.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (26.09%) Teamcenter
8 6 (26.09%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (21.74%) Agile
9 5 (21.74%) C++
10 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
10 4 (17.39%) VMware
10 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
11 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (13.04%) Linux
12 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
12 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
12 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
12 2 (8.70%) Finance

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Teamcenter
2 2 (8.70%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
General
1 11 (47.83%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Social Housing
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Electronics
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) Itk
2 1 (4.35%) CSS
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Windows
2 9 (39.13%) Windows Server
3 7 (30.43%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (30.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) DevOps
1 11 (47.83%) PLM
2 8 (34.78%) Change Management
3 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (21.74%) Agile
6 2 (8.70%) Integration Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Problem Management
7 1 (4.35%) Coaching
7 1 (4.35%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.35%) Information Governance
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (4.35%) ITIL
7 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
7 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
7 1 (4.35%) Project Planning
7 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (4.35%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) C
2 5 (21.74%) C++
3 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.35%) Bash
4 1 (4.35%) Korn
4 1 (4.35%) Python
4 1 (4.35%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Security Cleared
2 12 (52.17%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
1 1 (4.35%) SCOM
1 1 (4.35%) systemd
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) Capita
3 2 (8.70%) Northgate
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix
4 1 (4.35%) EMC
4 1 (4.35%) Meraki
4 1 (4.35%) SAP
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow