Systems Administrator Jobs in Wales

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK > Wales

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Wales is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 117 133
Rank change year-on-year +37 +16 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 5 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.45% 0.19% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.21% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £33,023 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +43.75%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £49,000 £40,827 £48,000
% change year-on-year +20.02% -14.94% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 955 1,925 1,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.50% 92.73% 86.00%
Number of salaries quoted 537 1,313 806
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £33,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Wales

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Wales

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Wales over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Wales

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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
South Wales - 5 £47,500 - 10
Systems Administrator
UK

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 23 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 across the Wales region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
1 4 (80.00%) Ubuntu
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) MySQL
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) RDBMS
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (80.00%) CentOS
1 4 (80.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (80.00%) vSphere
1 4 (80.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (80.00%) MariaDB
1 4 (80.00%) Relational Database
1 4 (80.00%) Security Patching
1 4 (80.00%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) VBA
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) MS Access
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) MariaDB
1 4 (80.00%) MySQL
1 4 (80.00%) RDBMS
1 4 (80.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) MS Access
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) CentOS
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (80.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (80.00%) vSphere
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft