IT Systems Administrator Jobs in the South West

IT System Administrator
England > South West

The median IT System Administrator salary in the South West is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 275 254
Rank change year-on-year +99 -21 +53
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 4 14 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.15% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.16% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 8
10th Percentile - - £28,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £34,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.91% -
75th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,750
90th Percentile - £68,125 £39,875
England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +8.70% -10.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,384 9,007 5,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 96.23% 89.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,029 6,612 3,701
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in the South West

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the South West.

Salary trend for IT Systems Administrator in the South West

IT Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Dorset +46 4 £32,500 -13.33%
IT Systems Administrator
England

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, IT 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 South West region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware