Systems Administrator Jobs in Kent

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South East > Kent

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Kent is £38,500 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 81 78 102
Rank change year-on-year -3 +24 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 19 21 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.29% 1.83% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 2.13% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 19 20 13
10th Percentile £26,200 - £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £26,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.28% -20.90% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £35,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £35,950
South East median annual salary £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% - -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,373 984 1,219
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 85.64% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 551 724
10th Percentile £25,025 £27,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,813 £33,500 £33,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,813
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Kent

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

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Kent 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
Chatham +12 6 £36,750 +33.64%
Sevenoaks - 2 £75,000 -
Sittingbourne - 2 £26,000 -
Stansted - 2 £27,500 -
Systems Administrator
South East

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

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 Kent region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Security Posture
4 4 (21.05%) Cyber Security Posture
4 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (21.05%) Android
4 4 (21.05%) Azure
4 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
4 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (21.05%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (21.05%) VMware
4 4 (21.05%) Windows
5 3 (15.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (15.79%) Supply Chain Management
5 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) GDPR
6 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
6 2 (10.53%) Time Management
6 2 (10.53%) Power BI
6 2 (10.53%) SQL
6 2 (10.53%) Sun
6 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
7 1 (5.26%) Degree
7 1 (5.26%) Computer Science

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (21.05%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (21.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Android
1 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (15.79%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) Time Management
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
1 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
1 3 (15.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) VMware
2 2 (10.53%) Sun
3 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.26%) Darktrace
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft