Systems Administrator Jobs in the City of London

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Central London > City of London

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the City of London is £50,000 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 172 212 262
Rank change year-on-year +40 +50 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 6 23 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.18% 0.48% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.50% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 18
10th Percentile £39,375 £36,250 £39,602
25th Percentile £43,438 £37,375 £43,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,813 £66,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £86,250
Central London median annual salary £49,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

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

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 3,229 4,614 6,737
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 96.47% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,582 3,888 5,640
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £44,950
25th Percentile £53,136 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the City of London

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in the City of London.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the City of London

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the City of London

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

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 City of London region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) REST
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Learning Management System
2 2 (33.33%) Moodle
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (33.33%) Azure App Service
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) SPFx
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure App Service
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Learning Management System
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Data Security
2 2 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Bash
2 1 (16.67%) Perl
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce