IT Systems Administrator Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT System Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT System Administrator salary in the Thames Valley is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 244 261
Rank change year-on-year +66 +17 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 2 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% 0.030% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.031% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £36,425 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £41,188 -
90th Percentile - £41,675 -
South East median annual salary £27,500 £35,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +32.08% -24.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,802 6,361 5,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.57% 94.69% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 4,463 3,154
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley

IT Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 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
Berkshire - 2 £47,500 -
IT Systems Administrator
South East

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) VMS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) VMS
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft