Systems Administrator Jobs in England

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK > England

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in England is £40,410 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 528 651
Rank change year-on-year +105 +123 -158
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 480 448 579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.50% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.54% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 404 350 439
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,410 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.81% +6.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,313 £63,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,750 £75,000 £62,500
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 81,072 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,480 52,417 75,087
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 £71,669 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,519 £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 8 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 8 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 +107 124 £35,000 -9.09% 16
South East +30 96 £40,000 - 18
Midlands +59 85 £40,000 +14.29% 17
South West -41 74 £43,625 -3.06% 16
London +35 73 £49,000 -18.33% 23
North West +31 63 £36,407 -23.35% 12
East Midlands +27 46 £40,000 +25.98% 10
Yorkshire +108 43 £35,000 +7.69% 3
West Midlands +27 39 £36,250 -9.38% 7
East of England +19 24 £30,000 -33.33% 8
North East +13 18 £44,500 +11.25% 1
Systems Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 158 (32.92%) Windows
2 133 (27.71%) Azure
3 130 (27.08%) Microsoft
4 118 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (22.50%) Social Skills
6 107 (22.29%) Active Directory
7 103 (21.46%) Microsoft 365
8 102 (21.25%) Linux
9 94 (19.58%) VMware
10 67 (13.96%) Windows Server
11 65 (13.54%) PowerShell
12 64 (13.33%) Finance
13 62 (12.92%) Firewall
14 60 (12.50%) DNS
15 57 (11.88%) Security Cleared
16 56 (11.67%) Degree
17 55 (11.46%) VMware Infrastructure
18 54 (11.25%) SQL
18 54 (11.25%) Entra ID
19 49 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
19 49 (10.21%) Cybersecurity
19 49 (10.21%) Python
20 47 (9.79%) LAN
20 47 (9.79%) WAN
21 44 (9.17%) TCP/IP
22 40 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
23 39 (8.13%) Customer Service
24 38 (7.92%) DHCP
25 37 (7.71%) AWS
25 37 (7.71%) Bash

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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.25%) Confluence
3 6 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.63%) Apache
4 3 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.63%) IIS
4 3 (0.63%) Moodle
4 3 (0.63%) 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 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.83%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 9 (1.88%) Oracle HRMS
2 4 (0.83%) BASE24
2 4 (0.83%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.63%) iTrent
3 3 (0.63%) Magento
3 3 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.21%) MetaTrader
Cloud Services
1 133 (27.71%) Azure
2 103 (21.46%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (11.25%) Entra ID
4 37 (7.71%) AWS
5 14 (2.92%) SaaS
6 13 (2.71%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (2.29%) GCP
8 9 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.88%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.67%) WhatsApp
10 7 (1.46%) IaaS
11 6 (1.25%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.83%) Slack
13 3 (0.63%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.63%) PaaS
14 2 (0.42%) Azure App Service
14 2 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 62 (12.92%) Firewall
2 60 (12.50%) DNS
3 47 (9.79%) LAN
3 47 (9.79%) WAN
4 44 (9.17%) TCP/IP
5 38 (7.92%) DHCP
6 18 (3.75%) NAS
7 17 (3.54%) VLAN
8 16 (3.33%) VSAN
9 13 (2.71%) VPN
10 12 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
11 11 (2.29%) SAN
12 10 (2.08%) Wireshark
13 8 (1.67%) 802.11
13 8 (1.67%) VoIP
14 7 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (1.25%) Internet
15 6 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
16 5 (1.04%) SMTP
16 5 (1.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.71%) MySQL
2 13 (2.71%) Power BI
3 9 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.46%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (1.46%) Ingres
4 7 (1.46%) NonStop SQL
5 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.42%) 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 (2.29%) Git
2 5 (1.04%) AdminStudio
2 5 (1.04%) JIRA
3 2 (0.42%) GitLab
4 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 108 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 64 (13.33%) Finance
3 49 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.38%) Manufacturing
5 18 (3.75%) Retail
6 14 (2.92%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.08%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.08%) Marketing
9 8 (1.67%) Law
10 6 (1.25%) Automotive
11 5 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.83%) Legal
12 4 (0.83%) Local Government
13 3 (0.63%) French Language
13 3 (0.63%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.63%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.63%) Police
13 3 (0.63%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.08%) EDI
2 8 (1.67%) 802.1X
3 7 (1.46%) HTML
3 7 (1.46%) REST
3 7 (1.46%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.04%) CSS
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 3 (0.63%) JSON
6 3 (0.63%) XML
7 2 (0.42%) .NET
7 2 (0.42%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.42%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.42%) Itk
7 2 (0.42%) LDAP
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.42%) SAML
7 2 (0.42%) SPFx
8 1 (0.21%) Keycloak
8 1 (0.21%) PHP-FPM
8 1 (0.21%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.29%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 20 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.54%) PKI
5 12 (2.50%) Wiki
6 11 (2.29%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.46%) VAX
8 6 (1.25%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.25%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.25%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.04%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.83%) Clustering
10 4 (0.83%) Life Science
10 4 (0.83%) Replication
11 3 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.63%) NHS
12 2 (0.42%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.42%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 158 (32.92%) Windows
2 102 (21.25%) Linux
3 67 (13.96%) Windows Server
4 31 (6.46%) Windows 10
4 31 (6.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (5.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (5.42%) Unix
7 23 (4.79%) CentOS
8 18 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (3.75%) Windows 7
9 15 (3.13%) Debian
10 13 (2.71%) Android
10 13 (2.71%) Apple iOS
10 13 (2.71%) Mac OS
10 13 (2.71%) Windows Server 2008
10 13 (2.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (2.29%) SUSE
12 9 (1.88%) Ubuntu
13 6 (1.25%) VMS
14 4 (0.83%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (10.21%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (8.13%) Customer Service
4 36 (7.50%) ITIL
5 32 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 32 (6.67%) Patch Management
6 25 (5.21%) ERP
7 24 (5.00%) Agile
7 24 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 23 (4.79%) Collaborative Working
8 23 (4.79%) DevOps
9 22 (4.58%) Project Management
10 18 (3.75%) Migration
10 18 (3.75%) Roadmaps
10 18 (3.75%) Time Management
11 16 (3.33%) Data Management
11 16 (3.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 15 (3.13%) Information Security
12 15 (3.13%) Load Balancing
12 15 (3.13%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 65 (13.54%) PowerShell
2 54 (11.25%) SQL
3 49 (10.21%) Python
4 37 (7.71%) Bash
5 21 (4.38%) Perl
6 7 (1.46%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.83%) C#
8 3 (0.63%) AWK
8 3 (0.63%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.63%) sed
9 2 (0.42%) PHP
9 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.21%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.21%) Java
10 1 (0.21%) Korn
10 1 (0.21%) tcsh
10 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (11.88%) Security Cleared
2 56 (11.67%) Degree
3 22 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (3.96%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.50%) CCNA
6 12 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (1.88%) HNC
8 8 (1.67%) CCNP
9 7 (1.46%) MCSE
10 6 (1.25%) MCSA
10 6 (1.25%) RHCE
11 5 (1.04%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.83%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.83%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.63%) HND
13 3 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.46%) QA
4 5 (1.04%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.83%) GDPR
6 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.42%) SLA
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 107 (22.29%) Active Directory
2 55 (11.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (7.71%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.17%) vSphere
5 16 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (2.50%) Docker
7 10 (2.08%) VMware NSX
8 9 (1.88%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.46%) XenApp
10 5 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.42%) Postfix
14 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
14 1 (0.21%) KVM
14 1 (0.21%) Lustre
14 1 (0.21%) NFS
14 1 (0.21%) Shibboleth
14 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.38%) SCCM
3 14 (2.92%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (2.50%) Ansible
5 8 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
5 8 (1.67%) Puppet
6 7 (1.46%) EMC VPLEX
6 7 (1.46%) Nagios
6 7 (1.46%) WSUS
7 6 (1.25%) McAfee ePO
7 6 (1.25%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.25%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.83%) Terraform
9 3 (0.63%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.42%) Grafana
10 2 (0.42%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.42%) systemd
Vendors
1 130 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 94 (19.58%) VMware
3 23 (4.79%) Oracle
4 22 (4.58%) Veeam
5 19 (3.96%) Citrix
5 19 (3.96%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.92%) Cisco
7 10 (2.08%) Epicor
7 10 (2.08%) HP
8 9 (1.88%) Dell
8 9 (1.88%) SAP
9 7 (1.46%) Centreon
9 7 (1.46%) EMC
9 7 (1.46%) Sybase
10 6 (1.25%) Apple
10 6 (1.25%) McAfee
11 3 (0.63%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.63%) BT
11 3 (0.63%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.63%) Salesforce