Systems Administrator Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Kingston Upon Thames is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 3 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Kingston Upon Thames 1.45% - 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% - 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £49,000 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £38,500
75th Percentile - - £40,250
90th Percentile - - -
South London median annual salary £50,000 - £38,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Kingston Upon Thames

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames. 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 Kingston Upon Thames with a recognized job title 188 123 319
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 99.19% 98.46%
Number of salaries quoted 75 43 114
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £30,251
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,454 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,000 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +1.24% +9.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £75,750 £74,250
South London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Salary distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
New Malden - 3 £55,000 - 2
Systems Administrator
South London

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, Systems Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Kingston Upon Thames region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) VMware