Systems Administrator Jobs in Lancaster

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Lancashire > Lancaster

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Lancaster is £37,924 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancaster 5.88% 2.16% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.67% 2.17% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £32,961 - -
25th Percentile £34,237 £31,210 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,924 £32,815 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.57% -18.98% -
75th Percentile £41,566 £38,584 £42,250
90th Percentile £42,816 £41,083 -
Lancashire median annual salary £37,924 £28,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +35.44% -41.05% +3.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancaster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancaster. 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 Lancaster with a recognized job title 30 138 44
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 99.28% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 29 133 30
10th Percentile £32,110 £30,100 £34,550
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,384 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% -9.09% +16.47%
75th Percentile £53,093 £52,084 £60,874
90th Percentile £54,300 £60,000 £72,500
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,124 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.93% -5.00% +11.76%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Lancaster

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Lancaster

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Lancaster

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancaster

For the 6 months to 28 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 Lancaster region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) VSAN
2 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) SAN

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware