Windows Systems Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

Windows System Administrator (Windows Sysadmin)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Windows System Administrator (Windows Sysadmin) salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 July 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 711 674
Rank change year-on-year +126 -37 +194
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Systems Administrator 9 11 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.015% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.016% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 6
10th Percentile - - £38,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £32,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -37.56% +20.59%
75th Percentile £63,750 £33,966 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - £68,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £32,983 £47,500
% change year-on-year +60.69% -30.56% -13.64%

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 38,783 67,817 44,512
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.69% 94.96% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 21,073 46,376 28,204
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,125 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +3.21%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -

Windows Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Windows Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Windows Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Windows Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Systems Administrator in the UK excluding London

Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
South East - 7 £47,500 - 1
East of England - 2 £75,000 -
Windows Systems Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 2025, Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
3 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 4 (44.44%) AWS
3 4 (44.44%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
5 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
5 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (22.22%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) Python
5 2 (22.22%) LDAP
5 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 2 (22.22%) DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) Bash
5 2 (22.22%) Change Control
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 1 (11.11%) Azure
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 1 (11.11%) MCSE
6 1 (11.11%) IIS
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) Retail
6 1 (11.11%) Citrix
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery

Windows 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 1 (11.11%) IIS
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Amazon EC2
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
General
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Change Control
1 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) Bash
2 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft