Systems Administrator Jobs in the East Midlands

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
England > East Midlands

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the East Midlands is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 168 170
Rank change year-on-year +25 +2 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 44 5 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.02% 0.17% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.20% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 43 4 19
10th Percentile £32,350 £27,525 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,966 £29,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% -21.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £50,000 £46,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,400 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.95% +5.56% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,083 2,533 3,308
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 88.14% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,982 1,392 2,211
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,125 £72,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the East Midlands

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the East Midlands

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the East Midlands

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire +2 17 £50,000 -23.08% 3
Derbyshire +23 11 £37,500 +20.97% 2
Leicestershire -10 10 £33,983 +0.69% 2
Northamptonshire +3 6 £50,000 - 1
Systems Administrator
England

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 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 East Midlands region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 24 (54.55%) Azure
2 22 (50.00%) Linux
3 20 (45.45%) Active Directory
3 20 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (45.45%) Entra ID
4 17 (38.64%) Windows
5 16 (36.36%) SQL
6 14 (31.82%) VMware
7 12 (27.27%) Python
7 12 (27.27%) Bash
8 11 (25.00%) CentOS
8 11 (25.00%) Veeam
8 11 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (25.00%) SUSE
8 11 (25.00%) Debian
8 11 (25.00%) Agile
9 10 (22.73%) VLAN
9 10 (22.73%) DNS
9 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
9 10 (22.73%) PowerShell
10 9 (20.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (20.45%) DHCP
10 9 (20.45%) TCP/IP
11 8 (18.18%) Cisco
11 8 (18.18%) SQL Server
11 8 (18.18%) CCNP
11 8 (18.18%) CCNA
11 8 (18.18%) 802.11
11 8 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (18.18%) Wireshark

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 24 (54.55%) Azure
2 20 (45.45%) Entra ID
2 20 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.27%) AWS
5 1 (2.27%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.73%) DNS
1 10 (22.73%) VLAN
2 9 (20.45%) DHCP
2 9 (20.45%) TCP/IP
3 8 (18.18%) 802.11
3 8 (18.18%) Wireshark
4 5 (11.36%) Firewall
5 2 (4.55%) SAN
5 2 (4.55%) VPN
6 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.27%) LAN
6 1 (2.27%) MPLS
6 1 (2.27%) NAS
6 1 (2.27%) WAN
6 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 7 (15.91%) Ingres
3 4 (9.09%) Power BI
4 1 (2.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Git
General
1 8 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.82%) Finance
3 2 (4.55%) Retail
4 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.18%) 802.1X
2 7 (15.91%) EDI
3 1 (2.27%) LDAP
3 1 (2.27%) SAML
3 1 (2.27%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.09%) PKI
2 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (50.00%) Linux
2 17 (38.64%) Windows
3 11 (25.00%) CentOS
3 11 (25.00%) Debian
3 11 (25.00%) SUSE
4 4 (9.09%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Agile
1 11 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (20.45%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (18.18%) Patch Management
4 7 (15.91%) DevOps
4 7 (15.91%) IT Strategy
4 7 (15.91%) Technology Strategy
5 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.36%) Network Design
6 5 (11.36%) Project Management
7 4 (9.09%) Business Transformation
7 4 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
7 4 (9.09%) High Availability
7 4 (9.09%) Information Security
7 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 4 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (6.82%) Change Control
8 3 (6.82%) ISMS
8 3 (6.82%) Network Architecture
8 3 (6.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 16 (36.36%) SQL
2 12 (27.27%) Bash
2 12 (27.27%) Python
3 10 (22.73%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.82%) AWK
4 3 (6.82%) sed
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) CCNA
1 8 (18.18%) CCNP
1 8 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (11.36%) DV Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.82%) Hyper-V
2 3 (6.82%) vSphere
3 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) WSUS
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 14 (31.82%) VMware
2 11 (25.00%) Veeam
3 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
4 8 (18.18%) Cisco