Systems Administrator Jobs in the Midlands

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
England > Midlands

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 286 298
Rank change year-on-year +57 +12 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 84 31 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.73% 0.32% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.36% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 83 27 36
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £30,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £44,750 £44,375 £54,375
90th Percentile £52,500 £70,600 £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
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 10,915 8,626 10,315
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 89.38% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,220 4,767 7,141
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the Midlands

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the Midlands

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the Midlands

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
East Midlands +21 44 £40,000 +12.68% 7
West Midlands +47 40 £36,500 -8.75% 9
Systems Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Midlands region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 30 (35.71%) Azure
2 28 (33.33%) Windows
3 27 (32.14%) Active Directory
4 26 (30.95%) Linux
5 25 (29.76%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (28.57%) Patch Management
7 23 (27.38%) Python
8 22 (26.19%) Social Skills
9 21 (25.00%) Entra ID
9 21 (25.00%) PowerShell
10 19 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (21.43%) Firewall
12 17 (20.24%) LAN
12 17 (20.24%) WAN
12 17 (20.24%) Microsoft
13 16 (19.05%) SQL
14 15 (17.86%) DNS
15 14 (16.67%) DHCP
15 14 (16.67%) TCP/IP
15 14 (16.67%) VMware
16 13 (15.48%) Wiki
16 13 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
17 12 (14.29%) Bash
17 12 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
18 11 (13.10%) Agile
18 11 (13.10%) SUSE
18 11 (13.10%) Debian
18 11 (13.10%) Perl
18 11 (13.10%) Veeam
18 11 (13.10%) CentOS

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 30 (35.71%) Azure
2 25 (29.76%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.38%) AWS
7 1 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.19%) AWS CodeDeploy
7 1 (1.19%) GitHub
7 1 (1.19%) SaaS
7 1 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (21.43%) Firewall
2 17 (20.24%) LAN
2 17 (20.24%) WAN
3 15 (17.86%) DNS
4 14 (16.67%) DHCP
4 14 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 12 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (11.90%) VLAN
7 8 (9.52%) 802.11
7 8 (9.52%) Wireshark
8 2 (2.38%) SAN
8 2 (2.38%) VPN
9 1 (1.19%) MPLS
9 1 (1.19%) NAS
9 1 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.33%) Ingres
3 4 (4.76%) Power BI
4 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.33%) Git
General
1 22 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.33%) Finance
3 6 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Local Government
4 3 (3.57%) Retail
4 3 (3.57%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.19%) Legal
5 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.52%) 802.1X
2 7 (8.33%) EDI
3 1 (1.19%) LDAP
3 1 (1.19%) SAML
3 1 (1.19%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.48%) Wiki
2 7 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.95%) Cyberattack
3 5 (5.95%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.76%) PKI
4 4 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.19%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 28 (33.33%) Windows
2 26 (30.95%) Linux
3 11 (13.10%) CentOS
3 11 (13.10%) Debian
3 11 (13.10%) SUSE
4 9 (10.71%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.19%) HPUX
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.57%) Patch Management
2 19 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (13.10%) Agile
5 10 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
7 7 (8.33%) DevOps
7 7 (8.33%) IT Strategy
8 5 (5.95%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (5.95%) Network Design
8 5 (5.95%) Platform Engineering
8 5 (5.95%) Project Management
9 4 (4.76%) Business Continuity
9 4 (4.76%) Business Transformation
9 4 (4.76%) Cost Reduction
9 4 (4.76%) High Availability
9 4 (4.76%) Information Security
9 4 (4.76%) Logistics
9 4 (4.76%) Mentoring
9 4 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 23 (27.38%) Python
2 21 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 16 (19.05%) SQL
4 12 (14.29%) Bash
5 11 (13.10%) Perl
6 3 (3.57%) AWK
6 3 (3.57%) sed
Qualifications
1 8 (9.52%) CCNA
1 8 (9.52%) CCNP
1 8 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (5.95%) DV Cleared
2 5 (5.95%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.57%) Degree
3 3 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.19%) GDPR
3 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 27 (32.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.95%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (3.57%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.57%) vSphere
4 2 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.76%) WSUS
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.67%) VMware
3 11 (13.10%) Veeam
4 8 (9.52%) Cisco
5 2 (2.38%) Aruba
6 1 (1.19%) HP
6 1 (1.19%) QAD
6 1 (1.19%) SAP