Systems Administrator Jobs in Tyne and Wear

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Tyne and Wear is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 95 89
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 15 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 1.14% 0.11% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.13% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15 1 6
10th Percentile £33,900 - £26,625
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £28,093
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +21.43% +4.48%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £43,125
90th Percentile £52,500 - £51,875
North East median annual salary £48,750 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.71% +6.25% +19.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 1,268 748 1,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.57% 81.04% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 460 704
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,644 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £77,500
North East median annual salary £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Tyne and Wear

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Tyne and Wear

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Tyne and Wear

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 19 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 15 £50,000 - 1
Systems Administrator
North East

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 19 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (60.00%) Windows
3 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
4 7 (46.67%) SQL
4 7 (46.67%) Roadmaps
5 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
5 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
5 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (40.00%) ITIL
5 6 (40.00%) DHCP
5 6 (40.00%) DNS
5 6 (40.00%) VMware
6 5 (33.33%) Degree
6 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 5 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
6 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 5 (33.33%) Change Control
6 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (26.67%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (26.67%) Application Security
7 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (20.00%) HNC
8 3 (20.00%) HND
8 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
8 3 (20.00%) Clustering
8 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
8 3 (20.00%) SolarWinds
8 3 (20.00%) Azure

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (13.33%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) IaaS
3 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) DHCP
1 6 (40.00%) DNS
2 3 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Clustering
1 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Roadmaps
2 6 (40.00%) ITIL
2 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Change Control
3 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (26.67%) Application Security
5 3 (20.00%) Break/Fix
5 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (20.00%) Error Analysis
5 3 (20.00%) High Availability
5 3 (20.00%) Patch Management
6 2 (13.33%) Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) CRM
6 2 (13.33%) Data Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (20.00%) HNC
3 3 (20.00%) HND
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (26.67%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) VMware
3 3 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (13.33%) Autodesk
4 2 (13.33%) Epicor