Systems Administrator Jobs in the Midlands

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
England > Midlands

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the Midlands is £34,000 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 254 231 281
Rank change year-on-year -23 +50 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 8 91 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.12% 0.72% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.76% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8 86 33
10th Percentile £29,200 £29,500 £26,275
25th Percentile £31,188 £33,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +14.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,581 £52,500 £67,250
England median annual salary £49,000 £40,420 £48,000
% change year-on-year +21.23% -15.79% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,261 11,918 8,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.53% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 8,778 4,580
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,930 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the Midlands

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the Midlands

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the Midlands

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +26 4 £35,500 -11.25% 35
East Midlands -6 4 £33,750 -15.63% 36
Systems Administrator
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) GIS
2 2 (25.00%) Data Security
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Logistics
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) PBX
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) B2B

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) PBX
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) GIS
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) CRM
1 2 (25.00%) Data Management
1 2 (25.00%) Data Security
1 2 (25.00%) Logistics
1 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (12.50%) B2B
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) ERP
2 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) Ubiquiti