Systems Administrator Jobs in Central London

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
London > Central London

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Central London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 183 211
Rank change year-on-year +28 +28 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 8 10 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.32% 0.27% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.28% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 25
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,375 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £42,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £71,500 £52,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £75,000
London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -18.33% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,287 3,583 4,964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.55% 95.29% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,611 2,788 4,128
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,750 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Central London

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Central London

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Central London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Central London

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
City of London +37 8 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Systems Administrator
London

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (50.00%) Nagios
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
1 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
1 4 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) MySQL
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) Tomcat
3 2 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) CentOS
3 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Git
3 2 (25.00%) nginx
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) VLAN
3 2 (25.00%) LEMP Stack
3 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (25.00%) nginx
1 2 (25.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) Multicast
1 2 (25.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) LEMP Stack
1 2 (25.00%) Node.js
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) CentOS
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Rocky
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (25.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Document Management
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) RHCSA
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Nagios
2 2 (25.00%) Ansible
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) iManage
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft