System Administrator (Sysadmin)
UK
The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in the UK is £40,400 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 436 | 552 | 676 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +116 | +124 | -174 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator | 560 | 483 | 680 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.56% | 0.49% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.59% | 0.53% | 0.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 450 | 372 | 498 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £28,750 | £28,675 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,500 | £36,250 | £35,852 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,400 | £48,675 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.00% | +8.17% | +8.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £52,500 | £63,750 | £55,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | £75,000 | £62,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £40,500 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.23% | +1.25% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 94,593 | 90,744 | 154,424 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.69% | 91.51% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,603 | 57,335 | 84,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,521 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Administrator
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator.
Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Systems Administrator
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 |
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| England | +115 | 492 | £40,410 | -16.68% | 99 |
| UK excluding London | +83 | 461 | £40,000 | -1.23% | 85 |
| Work from Home | +51 | 140 | £45,000 | -14.29% | 40 |
| North of England | +118 | 124 | £35,000 | -5.41% | 7 |
| South East | +17 | 99 | £40,000 | - | 22 |
| Midlands | +45 | 86 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 22 |
| London | +18 | 77 | £49,500 | -17.50% | 30 |
| South West | -36 | 77 | £44,375 | -2.47% | 14 |
| North West | +30 | 63 | £36,407 | -23.35% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +32 | 47 | £40,000 | +23.08% | 13 |
| Scotland | -34 | 46 | £36,000 | -2.70% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +112 | 43 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +27 | 39 | £36,250 | -9.38% | 9 |
| East of England | +11 | 25 | £30,000 | -38.46% | 10 |
| North East | +9 | 18 | £44,500 | +11.25% | 1 |
| Wales | +10 | 4 | £50,000 | -13.04% | 1 |
Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.
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Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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