Senior Systems Administrator Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in Tyne and Wear is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 1 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.059% - 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% - 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £47,250
25th Percentile £62,500 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £50,000
75th Percentile £67,500 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £65,000 - £50,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 1,606 370 1,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 94.39% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 248 1,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £29,700
25th Percentile £38,756 £35,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,868
North East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -0.36%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Senior Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Administrator job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Administrator job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 28 May 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £65,000 - 1
Senior Systems Administrator
North East

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) iptables
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet