Senior Systems Administrator Jobs in the North West

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
England > North West

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in the North West is £56,509 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 303 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.010% 0.012% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.014% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,163 £30,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,509 £31,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +82.29% - -
75th Percentile £57,854 £31,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £51,350 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.42% +14.29% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,086 7,244 9,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.30% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,011 4,162 5,539
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,996
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the North West

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator in the North West.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the North West

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Cheshire -5 1 £56,509 +82.29%
Senior Systems Administrator
England

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Senior 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 North West region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) OpenStack
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) InfiniBand
1 1 (100.00%) Icinga
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) InfiniBand
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Lustre
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Icinga
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA
1 1 (100.00%) VMware