Systems Administrator Jobs in Cambridge

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Cambridge is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 84 137
Rank change year-on-year +7 +53 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 6 9 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.55% 1.03% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.23% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile - £43,250 £52,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +69.23%
75th Percentile £58,750 £59,063 -
90th Percentile - £61,875 £60,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +62.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,064 733 1,693
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.17% 83.96% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 814 366 556
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,250 £75,000 £70,313
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £51,641 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.11% +10.00% -0.50%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Cambridge

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 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 Cambridge region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) VPN
3 3 (50.00%) IC Design
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (50.00%) Red Hat
4 2 (33.33%) Docker
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (33.33%) DNS
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 1 (16.67%) Physics
5 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (50.00%) IC Design
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft