Systems Administrator Jobs in the South East

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
England > South East

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the South East is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 315 377
Rank change year-on-year +28 +62 -74
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 100 82 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.59% 0.58% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.64% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 86 63 74
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £28,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
75th Percentile £57,606 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £49,625
England median annual salary £40,827 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.94% +6.67% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,055 12,785 19,557
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 90.25% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,471 8,062 12,402
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in the South East

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in the South East

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in the South East

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 Systems Administrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Thames Valley +32 42 £40,000 -0.52% 16
Hampshire -5 25 £46,500 +16.25% 3
Kent -5 22 £50,000 +88.68% 3
Berkshire +24 19 £51,350 +27.04% 13
Oxfordshire +17 17 £36,500 -8.75% 2
Buckinghamshire -14 6 £37,500 - 1
Sussex - 6 £35,000 -
Surrey -26 4 £32,250 -35.50% 1
East Sussex +13 1 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Systems Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 South East region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 29 (29.00%) Microsoft
2 28 (28.00%) Azure
3 25 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 24 (24.00%) Security Cleared
5 22 (22.00%) Active Directory
6 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (20.00%) Windows
8 18 (18.00%) Finance
9 17 (17.00%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (16.00%) Firewall
11 13 (13.00%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (12.00%) Entra ID
12 12 (12.00%) VMware
13 11 (11.00%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (11.00%) Customer Service
14 10 (10.00%) Windows 10
14 10 (10.00%) Hyper-V
14 10 (10.00%) PowerShell
15 9 (9.00%) NAS
15 9 (9.00%) Degree
15 9 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
15 9 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Intune
15 9 (9.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 9 (9.00%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (9.00%) Decision-Making
16 8 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
16 8 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
16 8 (8.00%) Roadmaps
16 8 (8.00%) Docker

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 5 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (28.00%) Azure
2 12 (12.00%) Entra ID
3 9 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.00%) AWS
5 4 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.00%) GCP
6 3 (3.00%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.00%) SaaS
7 2 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (2.00%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.00%) DigitalOcean
8 1 (1.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.00%) Firewall
2 9 (9.00%) NAS
3 4 (4.00%) DNS
4 3 (3.00%) DHCP
4 3 (3.00%) Network Security
4 3 (3.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.00%) Wireless
5 2 (2.00%) VPN
6 1 (1.00%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.00%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.00%) Power BI
2 2 (2.00%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.00%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 25 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.00%) Finance
3 9 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.00%) Retail
5 4 (4.00%) Legal
6 3 (3.00%) Police
6 3 (3.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.00%) Law
7 2 (2.00%) Marketing
8 1 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.00%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.00%) CSS
1 2 (2.00%) HTML
1 2 (2.00%) Itk
1 2 (2.00%) JSON
1 2 (2.00%) XML
2 1 (1.00%) PHP-FPM
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (4.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.00%) Windows
2 10 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (6.00%) Windows 7
4 6 (6.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (5.00%) Linux
5 5 (5.00%) Windows Server
6 4 (4.00%) Android
6 4 (4.00%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.00%) Unix
6 4 (4.00%) VMS
7 1 (1.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (17.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (11.00%) Customer Service
4 9 (9.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 9 (9.00%) Decision-Making
5 8 (8.00%) Change Management
5 8 (8.00%) ITIL
5 8 (8.00%) Roadmaps
6 7 (7.00%) Problem Management
6 7 (7.00%) Time Management
7 6 (6.00%) Project Management
8 5 (5.00%) CRM
8 5 (5.00%) Mentoring
9 4 (4.00%) Analytical Thinking
9 4 (4.00%) ERP
9 4 (4.00%) Mathematics
9 4 (4.00%) Strategic Thinking
10 3 (3.00%) Information Security
10 3 (3.00%) Logistics
10 3 (3.00%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.00%) SQL
3 4 (4.00%) Bash
4 2 (2.00%) Python
5 1 (1.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.00%) Degree
3 6 (6.00%) HNC
4 5 (5.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.00%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.00%) GDPR
4 3 (3.00%) ISO 9001
4 3 (3.00%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.00%) QA
6 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.00%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (22.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 8 (8.00%) Docker
3 8 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (9.00%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (6.00%) SCCM
3 1 (1.00%) Grafana
3 1 (1.00%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.00%) SCOM
3 1 (1.00%) systemd
Vendors
1 29 (29.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.00%) VMware
3 5 (5.00%) Citrix
4 3 (3.00%) BT
5 2 (2.00%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.00%) Sun
6 1 (1.00%) Apple
6 1 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.00%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.00%) Mitel
6 1 (1.00%) Oracle