Systems Administrator Job Trends in West London

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
London > West London

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in West London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.66% - 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% - 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £53,750 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £64,500
London median annual salary £57,500 £72,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -20.69% +68.60% -25.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 554 348 406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 88.32% 91.03%
Number of salaries quoted 286 117 344
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,350 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.36%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in West London

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in West London.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in West London

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the West London region over the 6 months to 16 February 2026. 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
Ealing - 3 - -
Systems Administrator
London

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, Systems Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West London region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) QMS
1 3 (75.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) ExaGrid
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Nutanix
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) Veeam
2 1 (25.00%) VMware

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Nutanix
General
1 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) QMS
1 3 (75.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) ExaGrid
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk
1 1 (25.00%) Veeam
1 1 (25.00%) VMware