IT Systems Administrator Jobs in England

IT System Administrator
UK > England

The median IT System Administrator salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 655 741 840
Rank change year-on-year +86 +99 +228
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 20 94 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.11% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.11% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 20 89 63
10th Percentile - £29,600 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,250 £33,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +10.29% -13.38%
75th Percentile £39,250 £45,000 £43,250
90th Percentile £40,200 £46,700 £53,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +8.70% -13.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 44,182 81,825 80,489
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 94.55% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,287 60,848 51,240
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 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
South East +85 7 £27,500 -21.43% 5
South West +93 5 £32,500 -13.33% 1
North of England +34 5 £38,500 +10.00% 4
West Midlands +54 3 £32,500 -18.75% 2
Midlands +34 3 £32,500 -13.33% 3
North West -10 3 £38,500 -14.44% 2
Yorkshire +60 2 £33,125 -5.36% 2
IT Systems Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 19 (95.00%) Active Directory
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 12 (60.00%) Azure
4 11 (55.00%) Windows Server
5 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (50.00%) VMware
6 9 (45.00%) Firewall
7 8 (40.00%) Windows 10
7 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (35.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (35.00%) Manufacturing
9 6 (30.00%) SAN
9 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (30.00%) ERP
9 6 (30.00%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
10 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
10 5 (25.00%) Time Management
10 5 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
10 5 (25.00%) Progress
10 5 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (15.00%) Law
11 3 (15.00%) LAN
11 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
11 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
12 2 (10.00%) Jamf Pro

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 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) Azure
2 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Stack
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) Firewall
2 6 (30.00%) SAN
3 5 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (15.00%) LAN
5 2 (10.00%) DHCP
5 2 (10.00%) DNS
5 2 (10.00%) WAN
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.00%) PBX
6 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.00%) VPN
6 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (35.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Automotive
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.00%) Life Science
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Replication
3 1 (5.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) Windows Server
3 8 (40.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (10.00%) Linux
5 2 (10.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
6 1 (5.00%) Mac OS X
6 1 (5.00%) VMS
6 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) ERP
3 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 5 (25.00%) Time Management
3 5 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
4 2 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (10.00%) Network Management
5 1 (5.00%) B2B
5 1 (5.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.00%) IT Strategy
5 1 (5.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.00%) Migration
5 1 (5.00%) Patch Management
5 1 (5.00%) Project Management
5 1 (5.00%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (5.00%) Task Automation
5 1 (5.00%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (95.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (35.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.00%) RHEV
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (50.00%) VMware
3 5 (25.00%) Progress
4 2 (10.00%) Aruba
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) Apple
5 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.00%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (5.00%) Veeam