Systems Administrator Jobs in London

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
England > London

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in London is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 436 477 687
Rank change year-on-year +41 +210 -214
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 72 164 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.46% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.48% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 59 152 155
10th Percentile £36,750 £38,525 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,250 £44,108
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £58,125 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £159,750 £78,000
England median annual salary £40,400 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.95% +5.56% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,087 34,033 62,964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 95.02% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,626 24,925 34,921
10th Percentile £38,454 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in London

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in London

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in London

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +31 8 £49,500 +4.21% 3
South London - 5 £38,500 -
East London - 1 £85,000 - 1
Systems Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 London region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 32 (44.44%) Windows
2 23 (31.94%) Microsoft
3 22 (30.56%) Social Skills
4 19 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (25.00%) Oracle
6 16 (22.22%) Degree
7 15 (20.83%) Azure
7 15 (20.83%) Linux
7 15 (20.83%) Management Information System
8 14 (19.44%) VMware
9 13 (18.06%) Windows Server
10 12 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (15.28%) Customer Service
11 11 (15.28%) Active Directory
12 10 (13.89%) DNS
12 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
12 10 (13.89%) Computer Science
12 10 (13.89%) NAS
13 9 (12.50%) Oracle HRMS
13 9 (12.50%) SQL
13 9 (12.50%) HP
13 9 (12.50%) Finance
13 9 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (11.11%) Python
14 8 (11.11%) PowerShell
15 7 (9.72%) Problem Management
15 7 (9.72%) Information Security
15 7 (9.72%) HTML

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.94%) Exchange Server 2013
2 5 (6.94%) Site Server
3 4 (5.56%) SharePoint
4 3 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (4.17%) Moodle
5 1 (1.39%) Apache
5 1 (1.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Oracle HRMS
2 4 (5.56%) BASE24
3 1 (1.39%) MetaTrader
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.83%) Azure
2 12 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (9.72%) AWS
3 7 (9.72%) SaaS
4 6 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (8.33%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.78%) Azure App Service
5 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.89%) DNS
1 10 (13.89%) NAS
2 5 (6.94%) iSCSI
2 5 (6.94%) LAN
2 5 (6.94%) VoIP
2 5 (6.94%) WAN
3 4 (5.56%) SMTP
4 1 (1.39%) Firewall
4 1 (1.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) NonStop SQL
2 2 (2.78%) Power BI
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Subversion
General
1 22 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.50%) Finance
4 6 (8.33%) Automotive
5 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.39%) Banking
7 1 (1.39%) Electronics
7 1 (1.39%) iGaming
7 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.39%) Marketing
7 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.72%) HTML
2 4 (5.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 3 (4.17%) CSS
4 2 (2.78%) .NET
4 2 (2.78%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.78%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (2.78%) REST
4 2 (2.78%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.56%) Replication
3 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.78%) Learning Management System
4 2 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.39%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.39%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 32 (44.44%) Windows
2 15 (20.83%) Linux
3 13 (18.06%) Windows Server
4 8 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (9.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (8.33%) Unix
6 6 (8.33%) Windows 10
6 6 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (6.94%) Windows 7
7 5 (6.94%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (2.78%) CentOS
8 2 (2.78%) OpenVMS
8 2 (2.78%) VMS
9 1 (1.39%) AIX
9 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.39%) OpenBSD
9 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (15.28%) Customer Service
3 10 (13.89%) Computer Science
4 7 (9.72%) Information Security
4 7 (9.72%) Problem Management
5 6 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (8.33%) DevOps
5 6 (8.33%) ERP
5 6 (8.33%) Machine Learning
5 6 (8.33%) Performance Management
5 6 (8.33%) Server Management
5 6 (8.33%) Task Automation
5 6 (8.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 5 (6.94%) Investment Management
7 4 (5.56%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (5.56%) ITIL
7 4 (5.56%) Migration
7 4 (5.56%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.50%) SQL
2 8 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.11%) Python
3 7 (9.72%) Bash
4 6 (8.33%) Perl
5 2 (2.78%) C#
5 2 (2.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.39%) Korn
6 1 (1.39%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.39%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 16 (22.22%) Degree
2 9 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (8.33%) MCSA
3 6 (8.33%) MCSE
3 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) ISO 9001
1 2 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 11 (15.28%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.94%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.39%) NFS
4 1 (1.39%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.78%) NetBackup
2 2 (2.78%) Terraform
2 2 (2.78%) WSUS
3 1 (1.39%) Ansible
3 1 (1.39%) SCCM
3 1 (1.39%) systemd
Vendors
1 23 (31.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (25.00%) Oracle
3 14 (19.44%) VMware
4 9 (12.50%) HP
5 5 (6.94%) Dell
5 5 (6.94%) Juniper
6 4 (5.56%) Citrix
7 2 (2.78%) Veeam
7 2 (2.78%) Veritas
8 1 (1.39%) Cognizant
8 1 (1.39%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.39%) SAP
8 1 (1.39%) WooCommerce