Systems Administrator Jobs in Oxfordshire

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South East > Oxfordshire

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Oxfordshire is £49,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 97 114
Rank change year-on-year +28 +17 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 7 17 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.01% 0.94% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 0.98% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 4
10th Percentile £46,625 £32,150 £37,950
25th Percentile £47,000 £35,000 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £36,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.25% -13.10% -45.81%
75th Percentile £55,875 £42,000 £46,875
90th Percentile £58,125 £47,500 £50,250
South East median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +22.50% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 616 1,726 1,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.63% 95.62% 84.41%
Number of salaries quoted 317 1,341 766
10th Percentile £28,650 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,441
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -1.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,000 £70,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Oxfordshire

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Oxfordshire

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 Systems Administrator within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Oxford +36 5 £49,000 +66.10%
Systems Administrator
South East

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) SAP
1 6 (85.71%) Kubernetes
1 6 (85.71%) Containerisation
2 5 (71.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) NFS
2 5 (71.43%) SUSE
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Bash
2 5 (71.43%) High Availability
2 5 (71.43%) Docker
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
4 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Business ByDesign
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
1 5 (71.43%) SUSE
1 5 (71.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Containerisation
2 5 (71.43%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Bash
1 5 (71.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Docker
1 5 (71.43%) NFS
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft