Junior Systems Administrator Jobs

Junior System Administrator
UK

The median Junior System Administrator salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 709 904 940
Rank change year-on-year +195 +36 +307
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Systems Administrator 12 17 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.016% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.017% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 12 17 6
10th Percentile £32,299 - £28,725
25th Percentile £34,750 £28,000 £31,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,147 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.10% -26.92% +3.13%
75th Percentile £51,000 £31,720 £43,750
90th Percentile - £32,887 £48,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £30,147 £30,200
% change year-on-year +16.10% -0.18% -24.50%

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 50,705 102,755 84,914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 94.75% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26,686 72,539 55,149
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,524 £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 £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%

Junior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Systems Administrator in the UK

Junior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Systems Administrator.

Salary trend for Junior Systems Administrator in the UK

Junior Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Systems Administrator in the UK

Junior Systems Administrator
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Systems Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 10 June 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
England +162 12 £35,000 +16.10% 2
UK excluding London +189 11 £35,000 +16.10% 2
South West - 5 £35,000 -
South East - 4 £49,000 -
North of England +45 1 £33,715 +11.84% 2
North West -7 1 £33,715 +11.84%
London - 1 £36,000 -
Midlands - 1 £25,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £25,000 -

Junior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 June 2025, Junior 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 Junior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Bash
3 4 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 4 (33.33%) Azure
3 4 (33.33%) High Availability
3 4 (33.33%) Docker
3 4 (33.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
3 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (33.33%) NFS
3 4 (33.33%) SUSE
3 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (33.33%) SAP
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (8.33%) Derivative
6 1 (8.33%) Degree
6 1 (8.33%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 1 (8.33%) Atlassian
6 1 (8.33%) Reference Data
6 1 (8.33%) Fixed Income
6 1 (8.33%) Equities

Junior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) PBX
1 1 (8.33%) SAN
1 1 (8.33%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
General
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Banking
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Derivative
1 1 (8.33%) Equities
1 1 (8.33%) Fixed Income
1 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (8.33%) Reference Data
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (33.33%) SUSE
2 4 (33.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (8.33%) CentOS
3 1 (8.33%) Debian
3 1 (8.33%) Rocky
3 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
3 1 (8.33%) Unix
3 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Containerisation
1 4 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) B2B
3 1 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Bash
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Docker
1 4 (33.33%) NFS
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (33.33%) SAP
1 4 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (8.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (8.33%) Ubiquiti