Systems Administrator Jobs in West Yorkshire

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in West Yorkshire is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 120 180
Rank change year-on-year -4 +60 +28
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 1 17 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.060% 0.67% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.70% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 17 7
10th Percentile - £27,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -10.96% -8.75%
75th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £37,375
90th Percentile - - £41,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +61.54% - -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,512 2,418 2,744
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 95.69% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 796 1,529 1,791
10th Percentile £29,375 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,963 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,617 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,063 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £87,419
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +1.94%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in West Yorkshire

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for Systems Administrator job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 29 August 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft