Systems Administrator Jobs in Kent

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South East > Kent

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Kent is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 76 121
Rank change year-on-year -8 +45 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 27 19 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.65% 1.89% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 2.24% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 27 19 7
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,600 -
25th Percentile £37,750 £25,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £26,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +88.68% -20.90% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £27,250 £35,688
90th Percentile £79,250 £64,500 £41,175
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,554 850 1,433
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 84.41% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,140 496 729
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £34,625 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,800 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £69,375 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Kent over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Kent

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Kent region over the 6 months to 11 June 2024. 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
Chatham - 5 £38,500 -
Sevenoaks - 2 £75,000 -
Sittingbourne - 2 £26,000 -
Stansted - 2 £27,500 -
Systems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, 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 Kent region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 13 (48.15%) Finance
2 9 (33.33%) AWS
2 9 (33.33%) GCP
3 7 (25.93%) Azure
4 6 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (18.52%) DigitalOcean
5 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
6 4 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (11.11%) GDPR
7 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
7 3 (11.11%) Android
7 3 (11.11%) Apple iOS
7 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
7 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (11.11%) VMware
7 3 (11.11%) Windows
7 3 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
7 3 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (7.41%) SQL
8 2 (7.41%) Sun
8 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (7.41%) Time Management
8 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
8 2 (7.41%) Power BI

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

Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) AWS
1 9 (33.33%) GCP
2 7 (25.93%) Azure
3 5 (18.52%) DigitalOcean
4 4 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
General
1 13 (48.15%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Android
1 3 (11.11%) Apple iOS
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
2 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (7.41%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) GDPR
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
1 3 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) VMware
2 2 (7.41%) Sun
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft