Systems Administrator Jobs in Kent

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South East > Kent

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Kent is £44,250 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 82 80 103
Rank change year-on-year -2 +23 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 20 20 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.33% 1.77% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 2.07% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 20 20 12
10th Percentile £26,225 - £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,750 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £26,500 £34,125
Median % change year-on-year +66.98% -22.34% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £35,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £36,038
South East median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,394 967 1,253
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 85.65% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 532 736
10th Percentile £25,250 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Kent over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Kent 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
Chatham - 6 £36,750 -
Sevenoaks - 2 £75,000 -
Sittingbourne - 2 £26,000 -
Stansted - 2 £27,500 -
Systems Administrator
South East

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

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 Kent region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Azure
5 4 (20.00%) Apple iOS
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (20.00%) Android
5 4 (20.00%) VMware
5 4 (20.00%) Windows
5 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
5 4 (20.00%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (15.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (15.00%) Supply Chain Management
6 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (15.00%) GDPR
6 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
7 2 (10.00%) Time Management
7 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
7 2 (10.00%) Power BI
7 2 (10.00%) SQL
7 2 (10.00%) Sun
7 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
8 1 (5.00%) Degree
8 1 (5.00%) Computer Science

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (20.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Android
1 4 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (15.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.00%) Time Management
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) GDPR
1 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (15.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) VMware
2 2 (10.00%) Sun
3 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.00%) Darktrace
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft