IT Systems Administrator Jobs in Scotland

IT System Administrator
UK > Scotland

The median IT System Administrator salary in Scotland is £36,000 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 277 223 236
Rank change year-on-year -54 +13 -61
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 6 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.089% 0.042% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.046% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 10
10th Percentile £34,000 - -
25th Percentile £35,000 - £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 - £31,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.93%
75th Percentile £37,000 - £44,938
90th Percentile - - £55,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year - -1.32% +8.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,494 4,314 5,472
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.27% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,346 2,950
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,569 £28,173
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in Scotland

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IT Systems Administrator in Scotland

IT Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Argyll and Bute - 4 £36,000 - 2
Edinburgh - 2 £34,500 -
IT Systems Administrator
UK

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

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

1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows 10
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Experience
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
2 4 (66.67%) Learning Management System
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) vSphere
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Two-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) ConnectWise
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) WhatsApp
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Device Driver

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Learning Management System
2 1 (16.67%) Device Driver
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows 10
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Experience
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) ConnectWise
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) VMware