Systems Administrator Jobs in Hampshire

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South East > Hampshire

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Hampshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 166 163
Rank change year-on-year +48 -3 +88
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 6 25 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.30% 0.63% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.66% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 22 2
10th Percentile £29,000 £24,000 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +16.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,000 - -
South East median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +22.50% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,925 3,780 2,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 94.55% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 2,958 1,984
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £81,025
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Hampshire

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Hampshire

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Hampshire

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Romsey - 4 £50,000 -
Southampton +36 2 £40,000 -13.98%
Systems Administrator
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Bash
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Python
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
1 4 (66.67%) Terraform
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Ansible
2 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (16.67%) ACCA
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management

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

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (16.67%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Bash
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ACCA
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Terraform
2 3 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) VMware