Systems Administrator Jobs in Surrey

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South East > Surrey

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Surrey is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 151 129
Rank change year-on-year +62 -22 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 18 5 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 1.53% 0.20% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 0.21% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 20
10th Percentile - - £37,375
25th Percentile £27,250 £26,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £47,500 £54,375
90th Percentile - £52,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +22.50% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 953 2,341 2,162
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.90% 91.48% 93.92%
Number of salaries quoted 556 1,501 1,357
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +8.11%
75th Percentile £68,188 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £90,000
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 Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Surrey

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Surrey

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Surrey over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Surrey

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 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
Dorking +7 5 £70,000 +86.67%
Egham - 5 £27,500 -
Reigate - 1 £45,000 -
Systems Administrator
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Surrey region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (38.89%) Red Hat
1 7 (38.89%) Linux
1 7 (38.89%) Python
1 7 (38.89%) PowerShell
1 7 (38.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (38.89%) Bash
2 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Legal
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 6 (33.33%) Data Management
2 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2019
3 5 (27.78%) Windows 10
3 5 (27.78%) Workday
3 5 (27.78%) Creative Thinking
3 5 (27.78%) Service Management
3 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (27.78%) Windows
3 5 (27.78%) Progress
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) ServiceNow
3 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
3 5 (27.78%) Coaching
3 5 (27.78%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.56%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) HubSpot
4 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM

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

Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
1 6 (33.33%) Legal
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Linux
1 7 (38.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Windows 10
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Data Management
1 6 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Coaching
2 5 (27.78%) Creative Thinking
2 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
2 5 (27.78%) Service Management
3 1 (5.56%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.56%) CRM
3 1 (5.56%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
3 1 (5.56%) Project Management
3 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Bash
1 7 (38.89%) PowerShell
1 7 (38.89%) Python
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Red Hat
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (27.78%) Progress
3 5 (27.78%) ServiceNow
3 5 (27.78%) Workday
4 1 (5.56%) HubSpot