Senior Systems Administrator Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in the Thames Valley is £51,350 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 233 252 277
Rank change year-on-year +19 +25 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 10 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.13% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.14% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 1
10th Percentile £43,418 - -
25th Percentile £47,025 £44,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,350 £48,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% - +3.78%
75th Percentile £56,756 £51,925 £51,500
90th Percentile £60,000 - -
South East median annual salary £51,350 £53,175 £47,750
% change year-on-year -3.43% +11.36% +3.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,394 5,535 6,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 89.87% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,570 3,225 4,158
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +25 9 £51,350 +6.98% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £35,000 -
Senior Systems Administrator
South East

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (70.00%) Decision-Making
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (70.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 5 (50.00%) SCCM
2 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) HNC
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Change Management
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Itk
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (10.00%) Information Management

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (20.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Itk
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (70.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 7 (70.00%) Decision-Making
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Change Management
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) HNC
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) VMware