Systems Administrator Jobs in Edinburgh

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Edinburgh is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 138 151
Rank change year-on-year +39 +13 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 11 7 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.73% 0.36% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.38% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 8
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,550 £26,900
25th Percentile £35,375 £31,125 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,447 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% +11.49% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,250 £34,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £42,300 £59,250
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% +23.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,450 1,843 2,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 94.76% 98.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 1,089 1,554
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,467 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,033 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,750 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Edinburgh

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Edinburgh

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 Edinburgh region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (36.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (27.27%) PLM
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Windows
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (18.18%) DHCP
3 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 2 (18.18%) DNS
3 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Device Driver
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) Mac OS X
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) vSphere
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 2 (18.18%) Two-Factor Authentication
3 2 (18.18%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (9.09%) ConnectWise
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) WhatsApp
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
3 1 (9.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (18.18%) Device Driver
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Mac OS X
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (9.09%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) PLM
3 2 (18.18%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (18.18%) Two-Factor Authentication
4 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Data Security
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Line Management
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (18.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) ConnectWise
3 1 (9.09%) Juniper