Junior Systems Administrator Jobs

Junior System Administrator
UK

The median Junior System Administrator salary in the UK is £30,147 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 997 1166
Rank change year-on-year +125 +169 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Systems Administrator 25 4 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.004% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.004% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 24 4 45
10th Percentile - £35,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £38,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,147 £41,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +3.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £35,189 £43,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £46,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,147 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Systems Administrator in the UK

Junior Systems Administrator
Top 7 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 18 April 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
England +154 25 £30,147 -26.92%
UK excluding London - 19 £30,147 -
North of England - 18 £30,147 -
North West - 18 £30,147 -
Work from Home - 14 £30,147 -
London +158 6 £42,500 +3.03%
East of England - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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 9 (36.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Windows
4 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
4 6 (24.00%) Juniper
4 6 (24.00%) Site Server
4 6 (24.00%) Finance
4 6 (24.00%) HTML
4 6 (24.00%) Data Management
4 6 (24.00%) Business Transformation
4 6 (24.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (24.00%) NAS
4 6 (24.00%) SQL
4 6 (24.00%) Investment Management
4 6 (24.00%) iSCSI
5 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (12.00%) Change Control
5 3 (12.00%) Linux
6 2 (8.00%) Coaching
6 2 (8.00%) Software Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) Statistics
6 2 (8.00%) Software Packaging
7 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
7 1 (4.00%) Degree
7 1 (4.00%) Physics
7 1 (4.00%) Machine Learning
7 1 (4.00%) Bash

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 6 (24.00%) Site Server
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) iSCSI
1 6 (24.00%) NAS
2 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) HTML
2 2 (8.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (24.00%) Business Transformation
3 6 (24.00%) Data Management
3 6 (24.00%) Investment Management
4 3 (12.00%) Change Control
4 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (8.00%) Coaching
5 2 (8.00%) Software Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Statistics
6 1 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (4.00%) Machine Learning
6 1 (4.00%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Bash
2 1 (4.00%) Perl
2 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (24.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Juniper
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft