System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK
The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 462 | 441 | 560 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -21 | +119 | +92 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator | 237 | 537 | 478 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.46% | 0.55% | 0.46% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.51% | 0.58% | 0.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 188 | 432 | 367 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,250 | £28,000 | £28,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £33,500 | £36,713 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £40,400 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.76% | -14.95% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,563 | £50,313 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £59,500 | £75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £49,000 | £40,000 | £41,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.50% | -2.44% | +2.50% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Administrator
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator.
Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Systems Administrator
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -27 | 211 | £50,000 | +21.26% | 154 |
| UK excluding London | +2 | 178 | £49,000 | +22.50% | 136 |
| Work from Home | +113 | 60 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 93 |
| South West | +92 | 55 | £50,000 | +15.61% | 20 |
| London | +83 | 45 | £55,000 | +12.24% | 32 |
| North of England | +10 | 44 | £40,000 | +14.29% | 24 |
| South East | +51 | 37 | £49,000 | +22.50% | 38 |
| North West | +6 | 36 | £40,000 | +21.90% | 14 |
| East of England | +51 | 17 | £48,500 | +61.67% | 24 |
| Scotland | +97 | 10 | £50,000 | +38.89% | 6 |
| Midlands | +8 | 10 | £32,500 | -18.75% | 24 |
| Yorkshire | +41 | 8 | £52,500 | +50.00% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +17 | 6 | £32,500 | -13.33% | 11 |
| Wales | +47 | 5 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +9 | 4 | £33,750 | -15.63% | 12 |
Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Systems Administrator in the job title.
|
|
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||