Systems Administrator Jobs in Leicestershire

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Leicestershire is £33,966 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 91 113
Rank change year-on-year -12 +22 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 9 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 0.72% 0.38% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.41% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 4
10th Percentile £32,423 £28,766 -
25th Percentile - £32,539 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,966 £40,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -17.95% +8.33%
75th Percentile £45,000 £40,856 £53,750
90th Percentile £45,500 £41,370 -
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £33,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.78% -26.11% +28.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 1,171 739 1,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.02% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 651 267 636
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £34,375 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,250 £68,740 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £44,000 £51,786 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.04% +9.02% +9.20%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Leicestershire

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Leicestershire

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Leicestershire

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 10 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
Loughborough - 4 £33,966 -
Leicester +16 3 £45,000 +32.80% 1
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1 £27,500 -
Wigston - 1 £36,500 -
Systems Administrator
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 Leicestershire region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (44.44%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (44.44%) WSUS
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 4 (44.44%) High Availability
3 4 (44.44%) PKI
3 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
3 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
3 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (11.11%) VLAN
5 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (11.11%) GDPR
5 1 (11.11%) iTrent
5 1 (11.11%) Retail
5 1 (11.11%) Data Management
5 1 (11.11%) Finance

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

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) VLAN
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
1 4 (44.44%) PKI
1 4 (44.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) High Availability
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) VMware