Systems Administrator Jobs in the Thames Valley

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South East > Thames Valley

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the Thames Valley is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 167 196
Rank change year-on-year +7 +29 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 31 21 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.77% 0.59% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.63% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 27 16 40
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,130 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,875 £40,938 £35,214
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,563 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.60% -11.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £56,909 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £64,375 £66,625
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% +13.33% -6.25%

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 3,692 3,340 5,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.51% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,911 2,245 3,658
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,800 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,263 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,760 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -2.25% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the Thames Valley

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 Systems Administrator within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 December 2024. 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 +24 20 £46,250 -7.89% 3
Oxfordshire -22 6 £53,818 +26.63%
Buckinghamshire -15 5 £29,500 -52.80% 2
Systems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 6 December 2024, 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 Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft
1 12 (38.71%) Azure
2 11 (35.48%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (35.48%) Windows
3 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
4 9 (29.03%) SharePoint
4 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (29.03%) Apple iOS
4 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
5 8 (25.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (25.81%) Entra ID
5 8 (25.81%) Hyper-V
5 8 (25.81%) Security Cleared
5 8 (25.81%) Linux
5 8 (25.81%) VMS
6 6 (19.35%) Configuration Management
6 6 (19.35%) Python
6 6 (19.35%) Mentoring
7 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.90%) Docker
7 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
7 4 (12.90%) Project Management
7 4 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (12.90%) Logistics
7 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (9.68%) OpenStack
8 3 (9.68%) Parallel Programming
8 3 (9.68%) C-shell
8 3 (9.68%) Bash
8 3 (9.68%) CUDA

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 9 (29.03%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.68%) OpenStack
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Azure
2 11 (35.48%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (25.81%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.45%) SaaS
4 2 (6.45%) WhatsApp
5 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.23%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) MySQL
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Marketing
2 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) OpenACC
1 3 (9.68%) OpenMP
1 3 (9.68%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Algorithms
1 3 (9.68%) CUDA
1 3 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) NHS
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (35.48%) Windows
2 9 (29.03%) Apple iOS
3 8 (25.81%) Linux
3 8 (25.81%) VMS
4 3 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (9.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 3 (9.68%) Ubuntu
4 3 (9.68%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.23%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Configuration Management
1 6 (19.35%) Mentoring
2 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (12.90%) Logistics
2 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.90%) Project Management
3 3 (9.68%) Agile
3 3 (9.68%) Benchmarking
3 3 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (9.68%) Computer Security
3 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (9.68%) E-Commerce
3 3 (9.68%) Parallel Programming
3 3 (9.68%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
3 3 (9.68%) Storage Management
3 3 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (9.68%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (9.68%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) Bash
2 3 (9.68%) C
2 3 (9.68%) C++
2 3 (9.68%) C-shell
2 3 (9.68%) Fortran
2 3 (9.68%) JavaScript
2 3 (9.68%) PHP
3 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.81%) Hyper-V
2 8 (25.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (12.90%) Docker
4 3 (9.68%) Ceph
4 3 (9.68%) GPFS
4 3 (9.68%) Lustre
4 3 (9.68%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
3 3 (9.68%) Podman
4 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) VMware
3 1 (3.23%) Apple
3 1 (3.23%) Meraki
3 1 (3.23%) Veeam