Systems Administrator Jobs in the East of England

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
England > East of England

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the East of England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 228 237
Rank change year-on-year +39 +9 -73
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 23 17 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.38% 0.30% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.36% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 28
10th Percentile £24,750 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £24,875 £43,125 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +4.05% -3.89%
75th Percentile £48,125 £56,563 £50,563
90th Percentile £53,750 £58,500 £55,000
England median annual salary £40,400 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.95% +5.56% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 5,654 4,724 5,988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 84.40% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,315 2,340 2,902
10th Percentile £25,809 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,450
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the East of England

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in the East of England.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the East of England

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the East of England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the East of England

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the East of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Hertfordshire +24 8 £26,500 -49.52%
Cambridgeshire +14 6 £50,000 +11.11%
Suffolk -1 5 £29,500 -34.44% 1
Essex +12 4 £30,000 - 3
Systems Administrator
England

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 23 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 East of England region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) Linux
3 8 (34.78%) Windows
4 7 (30.43%) SQL
4 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (26.09%) Python
6 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
6 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
7 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
7 4 (17.39%) Degree
8 3 (13.04%) IC Design
8 3 (13.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
8 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
8 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (13.04%) Red Hat
8 3 (13.04%) NHS
8 3 (13.04%) VMware
8 3 (13.04%) VPN
8 3 (13.04%) Task Automation
8 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (13.04%) Health Technology
9 2 (8.70%) DNS
9 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
9 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (8.70%) VoIP
9 2 (8.70%) T-SQL
9 2 (8.70%) C#
9 2 (8.70%) SQL Server

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (4.35%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) VPN
3 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) Firewall
3 2 (8.70%) VoIP
3 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.04%) Health Technology
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) NHS
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Linux
2 8 (34.78%) Windows
3 3 (13.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
4 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
2 3 (13.04%) IC Design
2 3 (13.04%) Task Automation
3 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (8.70%) Data Entry
3 2 (8.70%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (8.70%) Server Management
4 1 (4.35%) Analytics
4 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.35%) Change Management
4 1 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.35%) Identity Management
4 1 (4.35%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.35%) Machine Learning
4 1 (4.35%) Mathematics
4 1 (4.35%) Physics
4 1 (4.35%) Risk Register
4 1 (4.35%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 6 (26.09%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) C#
3 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.70%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.35%) ActionScript
4 1 (4.35%) Bash
4 1 (4.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) Docker
3 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Red Hat
1 3 (13.04%) VMware
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle