Systems Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 408 534
Rank change year-on-year +65 +126 -105
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 419 293 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.61% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.68% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 331 210 253
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £28,050
25th Percentile £34,481 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £56,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South East +35 105 £50,000 +25.00% 12
North of England +43 85 £35,000 +7.69% 17
South West +9 77 £50,000 +9.89% 5
Midlands +4 73 £37,500 +7.14% 11
Scotland +5 62 £40,000 -13.04% 1
North West +6 44 £45,000 -5.26% 11
East Midlands -8 38 £37,500 +10.29% 1
West Midlands 0 35 £37,500 +7.14% 10
Yorkshire +72 34 £32,500 - 4
East of England -23 12 £40,000 -31.62% 2
North East -5 7 £35,000 -12.50% 2
Wales +27 5 £50,000 +53.85%
Systems Administrator
UK

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 116 (27.68%) Windows
2 90 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (20.29%) Microsoft
4 77 (18.38%) Linux
5 76 (18.14%) Security Cleared
6 75 (17.90%) Active Directory
7 66 (15.75%) Azure
8 65 (15.51%) Microsoft 365
9 59 (14.08%) VMware
10 54 (12.89%) Social Skills
11 49 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
12 46 (10.98%) Finance
12 46 (10.98%) SQL
13 42 (10.02%) Firewall
13 42 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
14 41 (9.79%) Entra ID
15 40 (9.55%) DV Cleared
16 36 (8.59%) PKI
16 36 (8.59%) Windows Server
17 35 (8.35%) PowerShell
18 34 (8.11%) Degree
18 34 (8.11%) DNS
19 30 (7.16%) Agile
20 28 (6.68%) DHCP
21 27 (6.44%) LAN
22 26 (6.21%) TCP/IP
22 26 (6.21%) WAN
22 26 (6.21%) Python
22 26 (6.21%) AWS
22 26 (6.21%) Customer Service

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 24 (5.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.39%) Confluence
4 4 (0.95%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.72%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.48%) Trello
5 1 (0.24%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 5 (1.19%) iTrent
2 4 (0.95%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.72%) Magento
4 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.24%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.24%) Maximo
5 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 66 (15.75%) Azure
2 65 (15.51%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (9.79%) Entra ID
4 26 (6.21%) AWS
5 15 (3.58%) SaaS
6 14 (3.34%) GCP
7 12 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.15%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.43%) DigitalOcean
10 5 (1.19%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (0.95%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.72%) IaaS
12 3 (0.72%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.72%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.48%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (10.02%) Firewall
2 34 (8.11%) DNS
3 28 (6.68%) DHCP
4 27 (6.44%) LAN
5 26 (6.21%) TCP/IP
5 26 (6.21%) WAN
6 15 (3.58%) VPN
7 13 (3.10%) VLAN
7 13 (3.10%) VSAN
8 12 (2.86%) SAN
9 8 (1.91%) Internet
10 6 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (1.43%) Wireless
11 5 (1.19%) 802.11
11 5 (1.19%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.95%) HTTPS
12 4 (0.95%) NAS
12 4 (0.95%) SSL
12 4 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.72%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.67%) Crystal Reports
2 7 (1.67%) MySQL
3 6 (1.43%) Power BI
4 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.48%) Ingres
6 2 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
6 2 (0.48%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.24%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (2.15%) JIRA
2 5 (1.19%) AdminStudio
3 4 (0.95%) Git
3 4 (0.95%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
General
1 54 (12.89%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.98%) Finance
3 23 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.53%) Manufacturing
5 13 (3.10%) Marketing
6 11 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.63%) Retail
7 10 (2.39%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.67%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.95%) Law
10 4 (0.95%) Legal
11 3 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.72%) Local Government
11 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.24%) French Language
12 1 (0.24%) Games
12 1 (0.24%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.67%) Software Packaging
2 5 (1.19%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.19%) EDI
2 5 (1.19%) REST
3 4 (0.95%) XML
4 3 (0.72%) JSON
4 3 (0.72%) OpenACC
4 3 (0.72%) OpenMP
4 3 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.72%) React
5 2 (0.48%) CSS
5 2 (0.48%) HTML
6 1 (0.24%) Ajax
6 1 (0.24%) Itk
6 1 (0.24%) LDAP
6 1 (0.24%) PHP-FPM
6 1 (0.24%) SAML
6 1 (0.24%) ServiceStack
6 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.59%) PKI
2 18 (4.30%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.67%) Cyberattack
4 7 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (1.19%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.19%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.19%) Wiki
6 4 (0.95%) Driving Licence
6 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
7 3 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 3 (0.72%) CUDA
7 3 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.72%) VAX
8 2 (0.48%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.48%) Device Driver
8 2 (0.48%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 116 (27.68%) Windows
2 77 (18.38%) Linux
3 36 (8.59%) Windows Server
4 20 (4.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (4.53%) Windows 10
6 17 (4.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (3.58%) CentOS
7 15 (3.58%) Unix
8 13 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (2.63%) Ubuntu
10 10 (2.39%) Apple iOS
10 10 (2.39%) Mac OS
10 10 (2.39%) Windows 7
11 9 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (1.67%) Android
13 5 (1.19%) Debian
14 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.72%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 3 (0.72%) VMS
16 2 (0.48%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (7.16%) Agile
4 26 (6.21%) Customer Service
5 24 (5.73%) ITIL
6 18 (4.30%) Patch Management
6 18 (4.30%) Project Management
7 17 (4.06%) ERP
8 16 (3.82%) Change Management
8 16 (3.82%) Roadmaps
9 15 (3.58%) Collaborative Working
9 15 (3.58%) Computer Science
9 15 (3.58%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (3.34%) DevOps
10 14 (3.34%) Service Management
11 12 (2.86%) Customer Experience
11 12 (2.86%) Time Management
11 12 (2.86%) User Experience
12 11 (2.63%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (2.63%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 46 (10.98%) SQL
2 35 (8.35%) PowerShell
3 26 (6.21%) Python
4 16 (3.82%) Bash
5 7 (1.67%) Perl
6 5 (1.19%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
7 4 (0.95%) PHP
7 4 (0.95%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.72%) C
8 3 (0.72%) C++
8 3 (0.72%) C-shell
8 3 (0.72%) Fortran
9 2 (0.48%) Java
10 1 (0.24%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 76 (18.14%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.55%) DV Cleared
3 34 (8.11%) Degree
4 11 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.91%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.43%) CCNA
6 6 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.43%) HNC
7 5 (1.19%) CCNP
7 5 (1.19%) RHCE
7 5 (1.19%) RHCSA
8 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.95%) GDPR
4 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.72%) QA
4 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.72%) SLA
5 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 75 (17.90%) Active Directory
2 49 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.06%) VMware ESXi
3 17 (4.06%) vSphere
4 15 (3.58%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.34%) Docker
6 11 (2.63%) VMware NSX
7 7 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.95%) Lustre
8 4 (0.95%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.72%) Ceph
9 3 (0.72%) GPFS
9 3 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.72%) XenApp
10 1 (0.24%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.24%) KVM
10 1 (0.24%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 18 (4.30%) Ansible
1 18 (4.30%) SCCM
2 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.91%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.91%) WSUS
4 7 (1.67%) Puppet
5 6 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.43%) Terraform
6 5 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (0.72%) Nagios
7 3 (0.72%) Podman
8 2 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.48%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.48%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.24%) Grafana
9 1 (0.24%) Icinga
9 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.24%) systemd
9 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 59 (14.08%) VMware
3 13 (3.10%) Oracle
3 13 (3.10%) Red Hat
4 12 (2.86%) Cisco
4 12 (2.86%) Veeam
5 11 (2.63%) Epicor
6 8 (1.91%) SAP
7 6 (1.43%) Apple
7 6 (1.43%) Citrix
7 6 (1.43%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.19%) Dell
8 5 (1.19%) EMC
9 3 (0.72%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.72%) Centreon
9 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.72%) Google
9 3 (0.72%) HP
9 3 (0.72%) Sybase
10 2 (0.48%) McAfee