Systems Administrator Job Trends in Lancaster

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Lancashire > Lancaster

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Lancaster is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancaster 2.33% - 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% - 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £40,500
75th Percentile - - £42,250
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +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 32 68 56
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 74.42% 93.15% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 27 57 25
10th Percentile £26,943 £25,000 £31,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,720 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £43,899 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £63,110 £70,500
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,683 £49,748
% change year-on-year -5.63% -4.15% +10.55%

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

Salary distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Lancaster.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in Lancaster

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancaster

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Sage
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sage
1 1 (100.00%) VMware