Systems Administrator Jobs with Work from Home Options

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK > Work from Home

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Work from Home is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 454 482 627
Rank change year-on-year +28 +145 -172
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 139 156 266
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.41% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.42% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 125 124 204
10th Percentile £27,700 £29,525 £31,500
25th Percentile £33,966 £37,188 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,699 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% +6.73% +5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,300 £165,000 £65,125
UK median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% +5.56% +7.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 33,422 36,879 72,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 95.89% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,463 26,702 42,447
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Systems Administrator trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Systems Administrator.

Systems Administrator salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Systems Administrator salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 48 (34.53%) Azure
2 45 (32.37%) Microsoft
3 42 (30.22%) Windows
4 34 (24.46%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (23.02%) Social Skills
6 31 (22.30%) Finance
7 30 (21.58%) Linux
7 30 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (20.86%) VMware
9 22 (15.83%) DNS
10 18 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (12.23%) Firewall
11 17 (12.23%) WAN
11 17 (12.23%) TCP/IP
11 17 (12.23%) Active Directory
11 17 (12.23%) LAN
11 17 (12.23%) ITIL
11 17 (12.23%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (11.51%) DevOps
12 16 (11.51%) SaaS
13 15 (10.79%) PowerShell
13 15 (10.79%) Entra ID
14 14 (10.07%) Data Management
14 14 (10.07%) Microsoft Exchange
14 14 (10.07%) DHCP
14 14 (10.07%) Windows Server
15 13 (9.35%) ERP
15 13 (9.35%) Management Information System
16 12 (8.63%) SQL
16 12 (8.63%) CentOS

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 14 (10.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.88%) Confluence
4 3 (2.16%) Moodle
5 1 (0.72%) Apache
5 1 (0.72%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.72%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.16%) Trello
4 1 (0.72%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) BASE24
1 4 (2.88%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (2.16%) iTrent
2 3 (2.16%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.72%) Cognos Controller
Cloud Services
1 48 (34.53%) Azure
2 34 (24.46%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (11.51%) SaaS
4 15 (10.79%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.91%) AWS
6 7 (5.04%) WhatsApp
7 5 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.88%) GCP
8 4 (2.88%) IaaS
8 4 (2.88%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.16%) Slack
10 2 (1.44%) Azure App Service
10 2 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.83%) DNS
2 17 (12.23%) Firewall
2 17 (12.23%) LAN
2 17 (12.23%) TCP/IP
2 17 (12.23%) WAN
3 14 (10.07%) DHCP
4 8 (5.76%) HTTPS
4 8 (5.76%) SSL
5 5 (3.60%) NAS
5 5 (3.60%) VoIP
5 5 (3.60%) VPN
6 4 (2.88%) SAN
6 4 (2.88%) VSAN
6 4 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.16%) SMTP
7 3 (2.16%) VLAN
8 2 (1.44%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.44%) Wireless
9 1 (0.72%) Network Security
9 1 (0.72%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.32%) NonStop SQL
1 6 (4.32%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.88%) Power BI
3 3 (2.16%) Ingres
3 3 (2.16%) MySQL
3 3 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Vagrant
2 5 (3.60%) Git
3 4 (2.88%) JIRA
4 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.72%) Subversion
General
1 32 (23.02%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.30%) Finance
3 18 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.47%) Manufacturing
4 9 (6.47%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.76%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.88%) Retail
7 3 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.16%) Police
8 2 (1.44%) Back Office
9 1 (0.72%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.88%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 4 (2.88%) REST
2 3 (2.16%) EDI
3 2 (1.44%) .NET
3 2 (1.44%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.44%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (1.44%) CSS
3 2 (1.44%) HTML
3 2 (1.44%) Itk
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.44%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.23%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (9.35%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.47%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.76%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.60%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.88%) PKI
6 4 (2.88%) Replication
7 3 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.16%) Life Science
7 3 (2.16%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.16%) VAX
8 2 (1.44%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.72%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.72%) iPhone
9 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.72%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 42 (30.22%) Windows
2 30 (21.58%) Linux
3 14 (10.07%) Windows Server
4 12 (8.63%) CentOS
5 11 (7.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (6.47%) Ubuntu
6 9 (6.47%) Unix
6 9 (6.47%) Windows 10
7 8 (5.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (5.04%) Android
8 7 (5.04%) Apple iOS
9 4 (2.88%) Mac OS
9 4 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (2.16%) Debian
10 3 (2.16%) SUSE
10 3 (2.16%) Windows 7
10 3 (2.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.72%) AIX
12 1 (0.72%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (12.23%) ITIL
3 16 (11.51%) DevOps
4 14 (10.07%) Data Management
5 13 (9.35%) ERP
6 11 (7.91%) Customer Experience
6 11 (7.91%) Time Management
7 10 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (7.19%) Migration
8 9 (6.47%) Data Security
8 9 (6.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (5.76%) Business Transformation
9 8 (5.76%) Capacity Management
9 8 (5.76%) Customer Service
9 8 (5.76%) Inventory Management
9 8 (5.76%) Software Delivery
10 7 (5.04%) Data Migration
10 7 (5.04%) Information Security
10 7 (5.04%) Project Management
11 6 (4.32%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.79%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.63%) SQL
3 9 (6.47%) Python
3 9 (6.47%) Shell Script
4 7 (5.04%) Bash
5 3 (2.16%) AWK
5 3 (2.16%) sed
6 2 (1.44%) C#
6 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.72%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 11 (7.91%) Degree
2 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.60%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.88%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.16%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.44%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.44%) CCNA
7 2 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.72%) MCSE
8 1 (0.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.16%) GDPR
3 2 (1.44%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.44%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.44%) QA
3 2 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (12.23%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.91%) Docker
3 11 (7.91%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.76%) vSphere
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (2.88%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (2.16%) XenApp
7 1 (0.72%) Lustre
7 1 (0.72%) Postfix
7 1 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 11 (7.91%) Ansible
2 4 (2.88%) McAfee ePO
2 4 (2.88%) SCVMM
2 4 (2.88%) WSUS
3 3 (2.16%) EMC VPLEX
3 3 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.16%) Nagios
3 3 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.44%) Terraform
5 1 (0.72%) Icinga
5 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.72%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 45 (32.37%) Microsoft
2 29 (20.86%) VMware
3 10 (7.19%) HP
4 9 (6.47%) Dell
4 9 (6.47%) Oracle
5 6 (4.32%) Cisco
5 6 (4.32%) Veeam
6 4 (2.88%) Apple
6 4 (2.88%) Citrix
6 4 (2.88%) McAfee
7 3 (2.16%) Centreon
7 3 (2.16%) EMC
7 3 (2.16%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.16%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.16%) Sybase
8 2 (1.44%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.72%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.72%) Cognos
9 1 (0.72%) IBM
9 1 (0.72%) Juniper