Senior Systems Administrator Job Trends in Reading

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in Reading is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
12 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 3 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.19% - 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £79,750 - -
25th Percentile £83,125 - £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - £51,350
75th Percentile £98,125 - £57,838
90th Percentile £99,250 - £60,000
Berkshire median annual salary £92,500 - £51,350
% change year-on-year - - +5.12%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,487 471 1,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 88.87% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 285 717
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -2.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,250 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.54% +2.77%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Senior Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Reading

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Administrator job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Administrator job vacancies in Reading

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator in Reading over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Administrator in Reading

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 12 September 2026, Senior 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 Reading region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
2 2 (66.67%) Big Data
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Rocky
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Big Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Rocky
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Science
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
Senior Systems Administrator jobs