Server Administrator
UK

The median Server Administrator salary in the UK is £32,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 932 1222
Rank change year-on-year +49 +290 -343
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Administrator 31 32 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.031% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.034% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 31 7
10th Percentile - £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £41,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.89% -20.95% +27.27%
75th Percentile £33,000 £51,875 £59,875
90th Percentile - £75,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -5.88% +3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Server Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Server Administrator in the UK

Server Administrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Server Administrator.

Salary trend for Server Administrator in the UK

Server Administrator
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +102 31 £32,000 -22.89% 2
UK excluding London +1 30 £32,000 -20.00% 1
Work from Home +92 22 - - 3
East of England - 21 - -
Midlands +21 6 £32,000 -17.42% 1
West Midlands +23 5 £32,000 -17.42% 1
Yorkshire +75 3 - -
North of England +32 3 - -
London +117 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -

Server Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Server 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 featuring Server Administrator in the job title.

1 27 (87.10%) Active Directory
1 27 (87.10%) Windows
1 27 (87.10%) Windows Server
2 26 (83.87%) PowerShell
3 25 (80.65%) VMware
3 25 (80.65%) Linux
3 25 (80.65%) Microsoft
3 25 (80.65%) SAN
4 21 (67.74%) NetApp
4 21 (67.74%) Benchmarking
4 21 (67.74%) SC Cleared
4 21 (67.74%) Security Cleared
4 21 (67.74%) Vulnerability Management
4 21 (67.74%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (67.74%) Performance Monitoring
4 21 (67.74%) Citrix
4 21 (67.74%) Data Centre
4 21 (67.74%) Data Centre Operations
4 21 (67.74%) Server Management
4 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
4 21 (67.74%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 6 (19.35%) DNS
6 5 (16.13%) LAN
6 5 (16.13%) WAN
6 5 (16.13%) DHCP
6 5 (16.13%) Patch Management
6 5 (16.13%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (12.90%) vCenter Server
7 4 (12.90%) Task Automation
7 4 (12.90%) VMware NSX

Server Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (3.23%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (80.65%) SAN
2 6 (19.35%) DNS
3 5 (16.13%) DHCP
3 5 (16.13%) LAN
3 5 (16.13%) WAN
4 4 (12.90%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (12.90%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (3.23%) Network Security
5 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
General
1 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) .NET
1 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) Data Centre
1 21 (67.74%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.90%) PKI
3 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 27 (87.10%) Windows
1 27 (87.10%) Windows Server
2 25 (80.65%) Linux
3 4 (12.90%) CentOS
3 4 (12.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (12.90%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Benchmarking
1 21 (67.74%) Data Centre Operations
1 21 (67.74%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 21 (67.74%) Performance Monitoring
1 21 (67.74%) Server Management
1 21 (67.74%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (16.13%) Patch Management
3 4 (12.90%) Change Control
3 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (12.90%) Load Balancing
3 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.90%) Task Automation
3 4 (12.90%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (3.23%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (3.23%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (83.87%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.90%) Bash
3 1 (3.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (67.74%) SC Cleared
1 21 (67.74%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 27 (87.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.13%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (12.90%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (12.90%) VMware NSX
3 4 (12.90%) VMware Server
3 4 (12.90%) vSphere
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (80.65%) Microsoft
1 25 (80.65%) VMware
2 21 (67.74%) Citrix
2 21 (67.74%) NetApp
3 4 (12.90%) Dell