Systems Administrator Jobs in Manchester

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
North West > Manchester

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Manchester is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 232 224
Rank change year-on-year +51 -8 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 34 13 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.67% 0.26% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.28% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 31 5 28
10th Percentile £28,573 £30,450 £28,775
25th Percentile £28,787 £34,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £37,754
Median % change year-on-year - +19.19% +0.01%
75th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,125
90th Percentile £62,500 £50,500 £48,900
North West median annual salary £32,815 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -30.92% +18.75% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,835 4,641 5,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 91.79% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,749 2,700 3,718
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,169 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,400 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Manchester

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Manchester

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Manchester

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 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
Sale - 3 £28,000 -
Stockport - 2 £30,500 - 1
Rochdale - 1 £60,000 -
Salford - 1 £45,000 - 1
Systems Administrator
North West

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Manchester region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (41.18%) Active Directory
3 13 (38.24%) Windows
3 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (35.29%) Finance
5 11 (32.35%) Customer Service
6 10 (29.41%) Entra ID
6 10 (29.41%) SCCM
7 9 (26.47%) Azure
7 9 (26.47%) Service Management
8 8 (23.53%) Windows Server
9 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis
10 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
10 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
11 5 (14.71%) Firewall
11 5 (14.71%) AWS
11 5 (14.71%) Mac OS
12 4 (11.76%) Hyper-V
12 4 (11.76%) ITIL
12 4 (11.76%) Wireless
12 4 (11.76%) VMware
12 4 (11.76%) LAN
12 4 (11.76%) WAN
12 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (11.76%) Deployment Automation
12 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
12 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
13 3 (8.82%) Network Management
13 3 (8.82%) User Experience
13 3 (8.82%) AWS Certification

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (29.41%) Entra ID
3 9 (26.47%) Azure
4 5 (14.71%) AWS
5 3 (8.82%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (8.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 5 (14.71%) Firewall
3 4 (11.76%) LAN
3 4 (11.76%) WAN
3 4 (11.76%) Wireless
4 3 (8.82%) DNS
4 3 (8.82%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.94%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (2.94%) IMAP
5 1 (2.94%) SMTP
5 1 (2.94%) VoIP
5 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) MySQL
1 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.94%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) AdminStudio
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Games
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
1 3 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Windows
2 8 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.71%) Mac OS
4 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (5.88%) Linux
6 1 (2.94%) CentOS
6 1 (2.94%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Customer Service
2 9 (26.47%) Service Management
3 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis
4 4 (11.76%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (11.76%) ITIL
4 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.82%) Application Packaging
5 3 (8.82%) Asset Management
5 3 (8.82%) Client Onboarding
5 3 (8.82%) Configuration Management
5 3 (8.82%) Containerisation
5 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (8.82%) Network Management
5 3 (8.82%) PRINCE
5 3 (8.82%) Supply Chain Management
5 3 (8.82%) User Experience
6 2 (5.88%) Change Control
6 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (5.88%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) Bash
2 1 (2.94%) Java
2 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.94%) Perl
2 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) AWS Certification
1 3 (8.82%) CCNA
1 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 14 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) Docker
3 1 (2.94%) Dovecot
3 1 (2.94%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) SCCM
2 1 (2.94%) Ansible
2 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) VMware
3 3 (8.82%) Citrix
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco
4 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.94%) Veeam