Systems Administrator Jobs in Wales

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK > Wales

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Wales 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 125 132 133
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 4 3 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.20% 0.18% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.21% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +43.75% +20.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £41,313
90th Percentile - - £43,675
UK median annual salary £40,400 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.95% +5.56% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,838 1,417 1,789
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 85.72% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 811 1,154
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £29,825
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,438
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Wales

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Wales

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

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 Wales region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 4 (100.00%) CentOS
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) SaaS
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vagrant
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Vagrant
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) CentOS
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible