IT Systems Administrator Job Trends in Cambridge

IT System Administrator
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median IT System Administrator salary in Cambridge is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.80% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £54,750 - -
25th Percentile £58,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 454 441 452
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.26% 94.43% 93.39%
Number of salaries quoted 332 236 301
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,969
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,750 £82,125 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Systems Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

IT Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Cambridge

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for IT Systems Administrator job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for IT Systems Administrator job vacancies in Cambridge

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, IT Systems Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Windows

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes