Systems Administrator Jobs in Lancashire

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
North West > Lancashire

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Lancashire is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 61 120
Rank change year-on-year -12 +59 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 13 12 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.01% 1.76% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 2.15% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +18.75% -
75th Percentile £34,419 £48,750 £41,500
90th Percentile £41,916 - £44,200
North West median annual salary £36,407 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -23.35% +18.75% +5.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 1,195 558 1,236
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 81.70% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 356 366
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £24,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% +4.29%
75th Percentile £60,741 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £69,317
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Lancashire

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Lancashire

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Lancashire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Lancashire

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lancaster - 3 £32,815 -
Nelson - 3 £28,000 -
Preston 0 1 - -
Blackburn -12 1 £22,000 -53.68%
Systems Administrator
North West

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Lancashire region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (61.54%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Business Transformation
3 6 (46.15%) Data Management
3 6 (46.15%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) VMware
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
4 3 (23.08%) Linux
4 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (15.38%) Software Packaging
5 2 (15.38%) Statistics
5 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) Coaching
5 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
5 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
6 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (7.69%) Data Science
6 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
6 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) SAN
2 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (61.54%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) Business Transformation
2 6 (46.15%) Data Management
3 2 (15.38%) Coaching
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
3 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Statistics
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Data Science
4 1 (7.69%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (7.69%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.69%) E-Discovery
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Server Management
4 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
1 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
1 1 (7.69%) CCNA
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) MCSE
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Spotify
2 1 (7.69%) Veeam