IT Systems Administrator Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT System Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median IT System Administrator salary for remote or hybrid work is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 559 658
Rank change year-on-year +150 +99 +151
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 8 25 19
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.053% 0.074% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.077% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 8 23 18
10th Percentile - £33,966 -
25th Percentile £27,250 £36,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -3.23% -4.91%
75th Percentile £52,500 £40,250 £42,250
90th Percentile - £41,050 £57,125
UK median annual salary £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.35% -3.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,761 32,474 40,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,932 24,947 29,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,008 £36,711
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

IT Systems Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Systems Administrator trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Systems Administrator.

IT Systems Administrator salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

IT Systems Administrator salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, IT 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2019
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
2 5 (62.50%) Progress
3 3 (37.50%) LAN
3 3 (37.50%) WAN
3 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Progress
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
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