Systems Administration Leader Jobs in England

Systems Administration Leader
UK > England

The median Systems Administration Leader salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 681 757 797
Rank change year-on-year +76 +40 +389
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administration Leader 8 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.007% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.007% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile - £39,750 £59,000
25th Percentile - £43,125 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -28.00% +34.41%
75th Percentile - £46,875 £66,875
90th Percentile £62,625 £50,250 £67,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -28.00% +26.26%

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 48,014 70,159 61,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.92% 91.84%
Number of salaries quoted 26,757 47,255 44,209
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% -

Systems Administration Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administration Leader in England

Systems Administration Leader
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administration Leader in England.

Salary trend for Systems Administration Leader in England

Systems Administration Leader
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administration Leader in England over the 6 months to 9 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Administration Leader in England

Systems Administration Leader
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administration Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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 - 7 £45,000 -
London +72 1 £97,500 +143.75% 2
Systems Administration Leader
UK

Systems Administration Leader Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 August 2025, Systems Administration Leader 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 Systems Administration Leader in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Product Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Change Control
2 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) GitLab
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
2 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation

Systems Administration Leader 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) GitLab
General
1 7 (87.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Change Control
1 1 (12.50%) Change Management
1 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
1 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (12.50%) DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
1 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
1 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
1 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
1 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
1 1 (12.50%) Product Strategy
1 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) VMware