IT Systems Administrator Jobs in the North West

IT System Administrator
England > North West

The median IT System Administrator salary in the North West is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 305 322
Rank change year-on-year +25 +17 -74
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 13 2 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.025% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.027% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 15
10th Percentile £28,700 £23,250 -
25th Percentile £33,563 £24,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £26,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +73.08% -35.00% +5.96%
75th Percentile - £28,000 £47,250
90th Percentile - £28,750 £48,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,075 7,276 9,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.39% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,008 4,148 5,502
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,941 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% +4.65% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,047 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.07% +0.08% +9.09%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in the North West

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the North West.

Salary trend for IT Systems Administrator in the North West

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the North West over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Systems Administrator in the North West

IT Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Systems Administrator within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 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
Manchester +46 13 £45,000 +57.89% 2
IT Systems Administrator
England

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, IT 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 West region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Active Directory
2 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (69.23%) Entra ID
3 9 (69.23%) Service Management
3 9 (69.23%) Finance
4 7 (53.85%) Data Analysis
4 7 (53.85%) SCCM
5 5 (38.46%) Windows
6 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
6 3 (23.08%) DNS
6 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (23.08%) Network Management
6 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
6 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
6 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
7 2 (15.38%) Hardware Maintenance
7 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centricity
7 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (15.38%) Server Monitoring
7 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 2 (15.38%) System Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
7 2 (15.38%) Azure
7 2 (15.38%) AWS
8 1 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
8 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Entra ID
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) DNS
1 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Service Management
2 7 (53.85%) Data Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) Network Management
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (15.38%) Hardware Maintenance
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Server Monitoring
4 2 (15.38%) System Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
System Software
1 12 (92.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft