IT System Administrator
UK
The median IT System Administrator salary in the UK is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 684 | 809 | 870 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +125 | +61 | +255 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator | 24 | 105 | 83 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.044% | 0.10% | 0.085% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.048% | 0.11% | 0.093% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24 | 100 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £29,675 | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,250 | £33,500 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £37,500 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.33% | +15.38% | -18.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £39,250 | £45,000 | £43,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £52,500 | £50,000 | £51,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,500 | £37,500 | £29,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.33% | +27.12% | -12.92% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 49,581 | 97,268 | 88,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.39% | 94.79% | 91.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,819 | 69,389 | 56,377 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,875 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator.
IT Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
IT Systems Administrator
Top 12 Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +129 | 24 | £32,500 | -13.33% | 10 |
| England | +97 | 20 | £32,500 | -13.33% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +103 | 8 | £27,500 | -26.67% | 8 |
| South East | +91 | 7 | £27,500 | -21.43% | 1 |
| South West | +106 | 5 | £32,500 | -15.58% | 2 |
| North of England | +25 | 5 | £38,500 | +10.00% | 2 |
| Scotland | +121 | 3 | £50,000 | +38.89% | |
| West Midlands | +42 | 3 | £32,500 | -18.75% | |
| Midlands | +37 | 3 | £32,500 | -13.33% | 2 |
| North West | -3 | 3 | £38,500 | -14.44% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +50 | 2 | £33,125 | -1.85% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £24,205 | - | 2 |
IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 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 featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.
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IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: