IT Systems Administrator Job Trends in Oxfordshire

IT System Administrator
South East > Oxfordshire

The median IT System Administrator salary in Oxfordshire is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £46,250 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +28.57% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 794 675 1,198
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 87.78% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 567 370 1,004
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £28,575
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £74,625
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.52% +13.02% -9.09%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Systems Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

IT Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Systems Administrator job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Systems Administrator job vacancies in Oxfordshire

IT Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Systems Administrator within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 February 2026. 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
Wallingford - 1 £37,500 - 2
IT Systems Administrator
South East

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 14 February 2026, IT Systems Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Oxfordshire region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware