Systems Administrator Jobs in England

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK > England

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in England is £40,400 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 523 645
Rank change year-on-year +106 +122 -148
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 485 448 585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.50% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.55% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 409 351 439
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,400 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +6.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £51,250 £63,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £61,500
UK median annual salary £40,400 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.83% +6.67% +5.88%

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 81,017 81,732 129,546
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,430 51,948 75,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £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 £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in England

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in England

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in England

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 Systems Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England +102 123 £35,000 +0.72% 14
South East +22 97 £40,000 - 16
Midlands +61 86 £40,000 +14.29% 16
London +37 76 £49,000 -18.33% 24
South West -39 75 £43,750 -3.05% 15
North West +30 63 £36,407 -23.35% 8
East Midlands +24 47 £40,000 +25.98% 11
Yorkshire +116 42 £35,000 +7.69% 4
West Midlands +21 39 £36,250 -9.38% 5
East of England +9 24 £30,000 -33.33% 9
North East +9 18 £44,500 +11.25% 2
Systems Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 England region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 162 (33.40%) Windows
2 132 (27.22%) Azure
3 130 (26.80%) Microsoft
4 117 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (22.27%) Social Skills
6 104 (21.44%) Active Directory
7 102 (21.03%) Linux
7 102 (21.03%) Microsoft 365
8 95 (19.59%) VMware
9 65 (13.40%) Windows Server
9 65 (13.40%) Finance
10 64 (13.20%) Firewall
10 64 (13.20%) PowerShell
11 61 (12.58%) Security Cleared
12 60 (12.37%) DNS
13 56 (11.55%) VMware Infrastructure
14 55 (11.34%) Degree
15 54 (11.13%) SQL
15 54 (11.13%) Entra ID
16 49 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
16 49 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
17 47 (9.69%) LAN
17 47 (9.69%) WAN
18 46 (9.48%) Python
19 43 (8.87%) TCP/IP
20 41 (8.45%) Customer Service
21 40 (8.25%) Microsoft Exchange
22 39 (8.04%) DHCP
23 37 (7.63%) AWS
24 36 (7.42%) Hyper-V

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 40 (8.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (6.19%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.24%) Confluence
3 6 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.62%) Apache
4 3 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.62%) IIS
4 3 (0.62%) Moodle
4 3 (0.62%) Site Server
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (4.54%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.82%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 9 (1.86%) Oracle HRMS
2 4 (0.82%) BASE24
2 4 (0.82%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.62%) iTrent
3 3 (0.62%) Magento
3 3 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.21%) MetaTrader
Cloud Services
1 132 (27.22%) Azure
2 102 (21.03%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (11.13%) Entra ID
4 37 (7.63%) AWS
5 13 (2.68%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.47%) SaaS
7 11 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (2.27%) GCP
8 9 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (1.86%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.65%) WhatsApp
10 6 (1.24%) IaaS
10 6 (1.24%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.82%) Slack
12 3 (0.62%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.41%) Azure App Service
13 2 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.41%) PaaS
13 2 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 64 (13.20%) Firewall
2 60 (12.37%) DNS
3 47 (9.69%) LAN
3 47 (9.69%) WAN
4 43 (8.87%) TCP/IP
5 39 (8.04%) DHCP
6 18 (3.71%) NAS
7 17 (3.51%) VLAN
7 17 (3.51%) VSAN
8 13 (2.68%) VPN
9 12 (2.47%) Intrusion Detection
10 11 (2.27%) SAN
11 10 (2.06%) Wireshark
12 8 (1.65%) 802.11
12 8 (1.65%) VoIP
13 7 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (1.44%) Wireless
14 6 (1.24%) Internet
14 6 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (1.03%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.74%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.68%) MySQL
2 13 (2.68%) Power BI
3 9 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.44%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (1.44%) Ingres
4 7 (1.44%) NonStop SQL
5 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.21%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (2.27%) Git
2 5 (1.03%) AdminStudio
2 5 (1.03%) JIRA
3 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 108 (22.27%) Social Skills
2 65 (13.40%) Finance
3 49 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.54%) Manufacturing
5 19 (3.92%) Retail
6 14 (2.89%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.27%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.06%) Marketing
10 8 (1.65%) Law
11 6 (1.24%) Automotive
11 6 (1.24%) Legal
12 5 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.82%) Local Government
14 3 (0.62%) French Language
14 3 (0.62%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.62%) Police
14 3 (0.62%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.06%) EDI
2 8 (1.65%) 802.1X
3 7 (1.44%) HTML
3 7 (1.44%) REST
3 7 (1.44%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.03%) CSS
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 3 (0.62%) JSON
6 3 (0.62%) XML
7 2 (0.41%) .NET
7 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.41%) Itk
7 2 (0.41%) LDAP
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.41%) SAML
7 2 (0.41%) SPFx
8 1 (0.21%) Keycloak
8 1 (0.21%) PHP-FPM
8 1 (0.21%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.22%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.54%) Data Centre
2 22 (4.54%) PKI
3 20 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.47%) Wiki
5 11 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.44%) VAX
7 6 (1.24%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.24%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.24%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.03%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.82%) Life Science
9 4 (0.82%) Replication
10 3 (0.62%) Clustering
10 3 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.62%) NHS
11 2 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.41%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 162 (33.40%) Windows
2 102 (21.03%) Linux
3 65 (13.40%) Windows Server
4 31 (6.39%) Windows 10
5 30 (6.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (5.36%) Unix
7 25 (5.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (4.54%) CentOS
9 18 (3.71%) Windows 7
10 17 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (3.09%) Debian
12 13 (2.68%) Android
12 13 (2.68%) Apple iOS
12 13 (2.68%) Mac OS
13 12 (2.47%) Windows Server 2008
13 12 (2.47%) Windows Server 2012
14 11 (2.27%) SUSE
15 9 (1.86%) Ubuntu
16 6 (1.24%) VMS
17 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (8.45%) Customer Service
4 36 (7.42%) ITIL
5 32 (6.60%) Computer Science
5 32 (6.60%) Patch Management
6 25 (5.15%) Agile
6 25 (5.15%) ERP
7 24 (4.95%) Collaborative Working
8 23 (4.74%) DevOps
9 22 (4.54%) Project Management
10 21 (4.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (3.71%) Roadmaps
11 18 (3.71%) Time Management
12 17 (3.51%) Data Management
12 17 (3.51%) Migration
12 17 (3.51%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 15 (3.09%) Information Security
13 15 (3.09%) Load Balancing
13 15 (3.09%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.20%) PowerShell
2 54 (11.13%) SQL
3 46 (9.48%) Python
4 35 (7.22%) Bash
5 20 (4.12%) Perl
6 7 (1.44%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.82%) C#
8 3 (0.62%) AWK
8 3 (0.62%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.62%) sed
9 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.21%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.21%) Java
10 1 (0.21%) Korn
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 61 (12.58%) Security Cleared
2 55 (11.34%) Degree
3 23 (4.74%) DV Cleared
4 22 (4.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.47%) CCNA
6 12 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (1.86%) HNC
8 8 (1.65%) CCNP
9 7 (1.44%) MCSE
10 6 (1.24%) MCSA
10 6 (1.24%) RHCE
11 5 (1.03%) RHCSA
11 5 (1.03%) SC Cleared
12 4 (0.82%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.62%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.62%) HND
13 3 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.65%) QA
4 5 (1.03%) GDPR
4 5 (1.03%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.41%) SLA
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 104 (21.44%) Active Directory
2 56 (11.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (7.42%) Hyper-V
4 21 (4.33%) vSphere
5 17 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (2.47%) Docker
7 11 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
7 11 (2.27%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.44%) XenApp
9 5 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.41%) Postfix
11 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.21%) KVM
12 1 (0.21%) Lustre
12 1 (0.21%) NFS
12 1 (0.21%) Shibboleth
12 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (4.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (3.92%) SCCM
3 14 (2.89%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (2.47%) Ansible
5 8 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
5 8 (1.65%) Puppet
6 7 (1.44%) EMC VPLEX
6 7 (1.44%) Nagios
6 7 (1.44%) WSUS
7 6 (1.24%) McAfee ePO
7 6 (1.24%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.24%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.62%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.41%) Grafana
10 2 (0.41%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.41%) systemd
10 2 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 130 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 95 (19.59%) VMware
3 23 (4.74%) Oracle
4 22 (4.54%) Veeam
5 19 (3.92%) Citrix
5 19 (3.92%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.89%) Cisco
7 10 (2.06%) Epicor
7 10 (2.06%) HP
8 9 (1.86%) Dell
8 9 (1.86%) SAP
9 7 (1.44%) Centreon
9 7 (1.44%) EMC
9 7 (1.44%) Sybase
10 6 (1.24%) Apple
10 6 (1.24%) McAfee
11 3 (0.62%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.62%) BT
11 3 (0.62%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.62%) Salesforce