Systems Administrator Jobs in the North of England

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
England > North of England

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the North of England is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 379 325
Rank change year-on-year +107 -54 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 124 56 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.71% 0.32% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.36% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 103 48 104
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £28,475
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,875
90th Percentile £52,500 £62,000 £55,000
England median annual salary £40,410 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.81% +6.67% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,599 15,406 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.33% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,835 8,145 11,008
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the North of England

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in the North of England.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the North of England

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the North of England

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +31 63 £36,407 -23.35% 12
Yorkshire +108 43 £35,000 +7.69% 3
North East +13 18 £44,500 +11.25% 1
Systems Administrator
England

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 8 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 North of England region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 48 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 43 (34.68%) Windows
3 40 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (30.65%) Active Directory
5 37 (29.84%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (24.19%) Windows Server
7 25 (20.16%) Azure
8 24 (19.35%) Social Skills
9 22 (17.74%) Finance
10 18 (14.52%) DNS
10 18 (14.52%) VMware
11 16 (12.90%) Entra ID
12 15 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
12 15 (12.10%) WAN
12 15 (12.10%) DHCP
12 15 (12.10%) LAN
12 15 (12.10%) SQL
13 14 (11.29%) Customer Service
14 13 (10.48%) SharePoint
14 13 (10.48%) Data Management
14 13 (10.48%) Hyper-V
15 12 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
15 12 (9.68%) SCCM
15 12 (9.68%) ITIL
16 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Exchange
16 11 (8.87%) Migration
17 10 (8.06%) Epicor
17 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
17 10 (8.06%) ERP

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 13 (10.48%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.81%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.23%) SAP Business One
2 3 (2.42%) Magento
3 2 (1.61%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 37 (29.84%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (20.16%) Azure
3 16 (12.90%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.84%) AWS
4 6 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.23%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.23%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.42%) GCP
6 3 (2.42%) IaaS
7 1 (0.81%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.52%) DNS
2 15 (12.10%) DHCP
2 15 (12.10%) LAN
2 15 (12.10%) WAN
3 8 (6.45%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.65%) Firewall
5 6 (4.84%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (4.03%) VPN
7 4 (3.23%) VLAN
7 4 (3.23%) Wireless
8 3 (2.42%) FTP
9 2 (1.61%) SAN
10 1 (0.81%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.81%) IMAP
10 1 (0.81%) InfiniBand
10 1 (0.81%) SMTP
10 1 (0.81%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.65%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (4.84%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.23%) MySQL
3 4 (3.23%) Power BI
4 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.81%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.03%) AdminStudio
General
1 24 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.74%) Finance
3 15 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.65%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.65%) Marketing
6 5 (4.03%) Law
7 4 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.42%) French Language
8 3 (2.42%) Italian Language
8 3 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.42%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.81%) Games
9 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.81%) Local Government
9 1 (0.81%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.65%) Software Packaging
2 3 (2.42%) EDI
2 3 (2.42%) REST
3 1 (0.81%) JSON
3 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.03%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.42%) Clustering
3 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (2.42%) Life Science
3 3 (2.42%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.61%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (0.81%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.81%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.81%) PKI
5 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (34.68%) Windows
2 30 (24.19%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.65%) Mac OS
4 6 (4.84%) Linux
5 4 (3.23%) Android
5 4 (3.23%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.23%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.23%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.61%) Unix
7 1 (0.81%) CentOS
7 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (11.29%) Customer Service
4 13 (10.48%) Data Management
5 12 (9.68%) ITIL
6 11 (8.87%) Migration
7 10 (8.06%) ERP
8 9 (7.26%) Data Migration
8 9 (7.26%) Service Management
9 8 (6.45%) Data Security
9 8 (6.45%) Risk Management
9 8 (6.45%) Roadmaps
9 8 (6.45%) User Experience
10 7 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (5.65%) Change Control
10 7 (5.65%) Computer Science
10 7 (5.65%) Data Analysis
11 6 (4.84%) Business Transformation
11 6 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (4.84%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.10%) SQL
2 8 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.61%) Python
4 1 (0.81%) Bash
4 1 (0.81%) Java
4 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.81%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (7.26%) Degree
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.23%) AWS Certification
3 4 (3.23%) CCNA
3 4 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.42%) HNC
4 3 (2.42%) HND
5 2 (1.61%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) MCSE
6 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (30.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.48%) Hyper-V
3 12 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.61%) Docker
5 2 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.81%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.81%) Lustre
6 1 (0.81%) Postfix
6 1 (0.81%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (9.68%) SCCM
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.42%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (1.61%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.81%) Ansible
5 1 (0.81%) Icinga
5 1 (0.81%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.52%) VMware
3 10 (8.06%) Epicor
4 7 (5.65%) SAP
5 4 (3.23%) Cisco
6 3 (2.42%) Autodesk
6 3 (2.42%) Citrix
6 3 (2.42%) Dell
6 3 (2.42%) Oracle
6 3 (2.42%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.61%) Veeam
8 1 (0.81%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.81%) IBM
8 1 (0.81%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.81%) Spotify