Senior Systems Administrator Jobs in Glasgow

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in Glasgow is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 432 3,904 1,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.52% 98.04% 85.78%
Number of salaries quoted 258 852 664
10th Percentile £31,775 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,813 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £75,360 £65,000 £68,975
90th Percentile £85,700 £78,750 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,462
% change year-on-year +4.76% -5.34% +5.64%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in Glasgow

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Administrator in Glasgow

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Senior 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 Glasgow region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible