Junior Systems Administrator Jobs in England

Junior System Administrator
UK > England

The median Junior System Administrator salary in England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 698 774 791
Rank change year-on-year +76 +17 +357
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Systems Administrator 9 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.017% 0.005% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.006% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 12
10th Percentile £30,688 - £26,700
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,210 £28,556
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,157 £31,375
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +12.05% -19.03%
75th Percentile £35,319 £38,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £40,600 - £39,375
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,157 £31,375
% change year-on-year -0.45% +12.05% -16.33%

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 47,746 70,788 62,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.89% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 26,558 47,751 45,101
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Junior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Systems Administrator in England

Junior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Junior Systems Administrator in England

Junior Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Systems Administrator in England over the 6 months to 6 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Systems Administrator in England

Junior 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 Junior Systems Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 6 August 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 West - 5 £35,000 -
South East +31 1 £49,000 +30.67%
North of England +6 1 £33,715 +2.74%
North West -18 1 £33,715 +2.74%
London - 1 £36,000 -
Midlands - 1 £25,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £25,000 -
Junior Systems Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 August 2025, Junior 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 Junior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Bash
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Ubuntu
4 1 (11.11%) Derivative
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
4 1 (11.11%) Reference Data
4 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 1 (11.11%) CentOS
4 1 (11.11%) Git
4 1 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) SAN
4 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 1 (11.11%) Telnet
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (11.11%) PBX

Junior 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) PBX
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
1 1 (11.11%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Derivative
1 1 (11.11%) Equities
1 1 (11.11%) Fixed Income
1 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) Reference Data
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) CentOS
2 1 (11.11%) Debian
2 1 (11.11%) Rocky
2 1 (11.11%) SUSE
2 1 (11.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (11.11%) Ubuntu
2 1 (11.11%) Unix
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) B2B
2 1 (11.11%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (11.11%) High Availability
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Bash
1 2 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
1 1 (11.11%) NFS
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Ubiquiti
2 1 (11.11%) VMware