Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
UK
The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in the UK is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 692 | 874 | 911 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +182 | +37 | +244 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator | 17 | 38 | 51 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.031% | 0.037% | 0.052% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.034% | 0.039% | 0.057% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 34 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,938 | £46,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £47,025 | £45,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,750 | £51,350 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.41% | -14.42% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,438 | £57,044 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £60,000 | £68,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £51,350 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.85% | -10.70% | +9.52% |
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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £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% |
Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator.
Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Senior 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 Senior Systems Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 |
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| England | +138 | 14 | £57,500 | +11.98% | 76 |
| UK excluding London | +174 | 12 | £60,000 | +16.85% | 80 |
| East of England | +50 | 5 | £72,500 | +26.09% | 12 |
| London | +115 | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +120 | 3 | £60,000 | - | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +57 | 3 | £33,125 | -35.68% | 11 |
| North of England | +39 | 3 | £33,125 | -33.75% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +107 | 2 | - | - | 86 |
| South East | +78 | 1 | £47,500 | -7.50% | 17 |
Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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