Systems Administrator Jobs in Birmingham

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Birmingham is £35,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 134 181
Rank change year-on-year +3 +47 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 17 12 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.63% 0.60% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.64% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 17 11 4
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £42,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% -19.05% +15.07%
75th Percentile £44,500 £60,625 £55,000
90th Percentile - £79,000 £57,250
West Midlands median annual salary £36,500 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year -8.75% -8.57% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,555 1,882 2,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 93.45% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,083 1,435 2,321
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,800 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Birmingham

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Birmingham

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Systems Administrator 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 permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) Problem-Solving
1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 12 (70.59%) Firewall
2 12 (70.59%) Wiki
3 11 (64.71%) PowerShell
3 11 (64.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (64.71%) Perl
3 11 (64.71%) Python
3 11 (64.71%) LAN
3 11 (64.71%) WAN
3 11 (64.71%) Patch Management
4 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
5 4 (23.53%) Azure
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (17.65%) Finance
6 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Local Government
7 2 (11.76%) Degree
7 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (11.76%) Windows
7 2 (11.76%) Linux
7 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
8 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Operations
8 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
8 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
8 1 (5.88%) Aruba

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) Firewall
2 11 (64.71%) Intrusion Detection
2 11 (64.71%) LAN
2 11 (64.71%) WAN
General
1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Local Government
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Wiki
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (64.71%) Patch Management
3 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Operations
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Perl
1 11 (64.71%) PowerShell
1 11 (64.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Aruba