IT Systems Administrator Jobs in England

IT System Administrator
UK > England

The median IT System Administrator salary in England is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 755 867 1063
Rank change year-on-year +112 +196 -274
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 89 80 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.087% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.095% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 84 65 73
10th Percentile £29,225 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £44,500 £43,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £46,500 £49,200 £55,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in England

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Systems Administrator in England

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Systems Administrator in England

IT Systems Administrator
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Systems Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Midlands +37 27 £37,500 +20.97% 5
North of England +61 22 £35,000 +14.75% 4
West Midlands +35 18 £37,500 +35.14% 2
London +115 14 £43,000 +6.17% 1
North West +24 13 £45,000 +73.08% 2
South West -33 12 £37,500 +17.19% 3
South East +22 11 £35,000 +32.08% 6
East Midlands -6 9 £37,500 +20.97% 3
Yorkshire +90 8 £35,000 +7.69% 2
East of England +17 2 £29,500 -43.81% 2
North East -7 1 £32,500 +18.18%
IT Systems Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 60 (67.42%) Microsoft
2 51 (57.30%) Windows
3 42 (47.19%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (46.07%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (44.94%) Azure
6 38 (42.70%) Active Directory
7 25 (28.09%) Firewall
8 24 (26.97%) LAN
8 24 (26.97%) WAN
8 24 (26.97%) Social Skills
8 24 (26.97%) Entra ID
9 23 (25.84%) Windows Server
9 23 (25.84%) Microsoft Exchange
10 19 (21.35%) PowerShell
11 18 (20.22%) SharePoint
11 18 (20.22%) Finance
12 16 (17.98%) Degree
13 15 (16.85%) Patch Management
14 14 (15.73%) Windows 10
14 14 (15.73%) Management Information System
14 14 (15.73%) Service Management
15 13 (14.61%) ERP
16 12 (13.48%) AWS
16 12 (13.48%) Microsoft Intune
17 11 (12.36%) Computer Science
17 11 (12.36%) Wiki
17 11 (12.36%) DNS
17 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Office
17 11 (12.36%) SQL
17 11 (12.36%) Cybersecurity

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 23 (25.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (20.22%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.62%) Confluence
4 3 (3.37%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Trello
3 1 (1.12%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 41 (46.07%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (44.94%) Azure
3 24 (26.97%) Entra ID
4 12 (13.48%) AWS
5 9 (10.11%) OneDrive
6 6 (6.74%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (6.74%) Mimecast
6 6 (6.74%) SaaS
7 5 (5.62%) Power Platform
7 5 (5.62%) WhatsApp
8 4 (4.49%) Slack
9 3 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.37%) GCP
10 1 (1.12%) IaaS
10 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (28.09%) Firewall
2 24 (26.97%) LAN
2 24 (26.97%) WAN
3 11 (12.36%) DNS
4 10 (11.24%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (10.11%) TCP/IP
6 8 (8.99%) NAS
6 8 (8.99%) VLAN
7 7 (7.87%) VoIP
7 7 (7.87%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (4.49%) DHCP
8 4 (4.49%) VPN
9 3 (3.37%) iSCSI
9 3 (3.37%) SAN
10 1 (1.12%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.12%) OpenVPN
10 1 (1.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.62%) Power BI
1 5 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.62%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) Bitbucket
General
1 24 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.22%) Finance
3 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.74%) Automotive
5 5 (5.62%) Retail
6 4 (4.49%) Law
6 4 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.37%) Legal
7 3 (3.37%) Local Government
8 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.37%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.73%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.36%) Wiki
3 5 (5.62%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.49%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.49%) PKI
5 3 (3.37%) VAX
6 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.25%) Life Science
7 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.12%) iPhone
7 1 (1.12%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.12%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 51 (57.30%) Windows
2 23 (25.84%) Windows Server
3 14 (15.73%) Windows 10
4 9 (10.11%) Android
4 9 (10.11%) Apple iOS
4 9 (10.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (8.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (7.87%) Linux
6 7 (7.87%) Mac OS
7 4 (4.49%) VMS
8 3 (3.37%) Unix
8 3 (3.37%) Windows 7
8 3 (3.37%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (3.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (47.19%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (16.85%) Patch Management
3 14 (15.73%) Service Management
4 13 (14.61%) ERP
5 11 (12.36%) Computer Science
5 11 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (11.24%) Customer Service
7 8 (8.99%) Server Management
8 7 (7.87%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (7.87%) Data Analysis
9 6 (6.74%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (6.74%) Machine Learning
10 5 (5.62%) CRM
10 5 (5.62%) Project Management
11 4 (4.49%) Agile
11 4 (4.49%) Business Transformation
11 4 (4.49%) High Availability
11 4 (4.49%) Information Security
11 4 (4.49%) ITIL
11 4 (4.49%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.35%) PowerShell
2 11 (12.36%) SQL
3 10 (11.24%) Perl
3 10 (11.24%) Python
4 2 (2.25%) C#
4 2 (2.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (17.98%) Degree
2 9 (10.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (6.74%) MCSA
3 6 (6.74%) MCSE
3 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) Accessibility
1 4 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 38 (42.70%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.87%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.37%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (13.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.87%) SCCM
3 5 (5.62%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.49%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (4.49%) WSUS
5 3 (3.37%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (3.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 60 (67.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.87%) Citrix
3 6 (6.74%) Apple
3 6 (6.74%) Dell
4 5 (5.62%) HP
5 3 (3.37%) Centreon
5 3 (3.37%) EMC
5 3 (3.37%) Epicor
5 3 (3.37%) Juniper
5 3 (3.37%) SAP
5 3 (3.37%) Sybase
5 3 (3.37%) Veeam
5 3 (3.37%) VMware
6 2 (2.25%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.12%) Aruba
7 1 (1.12%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.12%) CA
7 1 (1.12%) Google
7 1 (1.12%) Mitel