Senior Systems Administrator Jobs in the South East

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
England > South East

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 291 414
Rank change year-on-year -28 +123 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 5 4 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.041% 0.049% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.051% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 20
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.05%
75th Percentile - - £51,500
90th Percentile - - £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +2.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 11,850 7,776 17,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.37% 94.75% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 6,190 5,286 10,768
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,719 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the South East

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the South East

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Berkshire +21 5 £45,000 -
Thames Valley +1 5 £45,000 -
Senior Systems Administrator
England

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (80.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) VMS
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) HNC
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019

Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (80.00%) VMS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) HNC
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (80.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware