Senior Systems Administrator Jobs in Berkshire

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in Berkshire is £51,350 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 186 186
Rank change year-on-year +26 0 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 9 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.29% 0.25% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.27% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
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% - +1.05%
75th Percentile £57,838 £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
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,944 2,946 3,319
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 92.41% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,121 1,676 2,164
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £40,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £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 Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in Berkshire

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Administrator in Berkshire

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Reading - 9 £51,350 - 1
Senior Systems Administrator
South East

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 29 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 Berkshire region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (77.78%) Decision-Making
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (77.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 7
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) HNC
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Change Management
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
2 5 (55.56%) SCCM
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 10
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2019
2 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) Itk
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Azure

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (22.22%) Azure
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Itk
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
1 5 (55.56%) Windows 10
1 5 (55.56%) Windows 7
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2012
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2016
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (77.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 7 (77.78%) Decision-Making
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Change Management
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
2 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) HNC
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) VMware