Systems Administrator Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 - 74
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 17 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.67% - 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% - 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 6
10th Percentile £33,500 - £26,625
25th Percentile £35,000 - £27,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £33,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.70%
75th Percentile £50,000 - £43,125
90th Percentile £52,500 - £51,875
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% +21.43% +2.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 992 665 771
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.45% 84.93% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 835 411 544
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,875 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,683 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,242 £48,872
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% +10.99% +9.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £85,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Newcastle upon Tyne

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Newcastle upon Tyne

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Newcastle upon Tyne

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (58.82%) Windows
3 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
4 8 (47.06%) Roadmaps
4 8 (47.06%) SQL
5 7 (41.18%) ITIL
5 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (41.18%) Windows Server
6 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
6 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
6 6 (35.29%) DHCP
6 6 (35.29%) DNS
6 6 (35.29%) VMware
6 6 (35.29%) Degree
7 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
7 5 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
7 5 (29.41%) Change Control
7 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (23.53%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (23.53%) Application Security
8 4 (23.53%) Finance
8 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
8 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (23.53%) ERP
8 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (23.53%) Epicor
9 3 (17.65%) Autodesk
9 3 (17.65%) Change Management
9 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 3 (17.65%) IIS
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) IaaS
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) DHCP
1 6 (35.29%) DNS
2 3 (17.65%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Clustering
1 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Storage
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 7 (41.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Roadmaps
2 7 (41.18%) ITIL
2 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
4 5 (29.41%) Change Control
4 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
5 4 (23.53%) Application Security
5 4 (23.53%) ERP
6 3 (17.65%) Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
6 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (17.65%) Change Management
6 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (17.65%) CRM
6 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (17.65%) High Availability
6 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (17.65%) HNC
3 3 (17.65%) HND
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (23.53%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) VMware
3 4 (23.53%) Epicor
4 3 (17.65%) Autodesk
4 3 (17.65%) SolarWinds