Senior Systems Administrator Jobs

Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
UK

The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in the UK is £51,350 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 868 896 1179
Rank change year-on-year +28 +283 -314
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 39 51 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.054% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.059% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 35 41 71
10th Percentile £45,500 £31,250 £44,500
25th Percentile £47,025 £45,250 £48,198
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,350 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £56,588 £66,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,350 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.70% +9.52% +25.13%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Administrator in the UK

Senior Systems Administrator
Top 14 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +24 35 £51,350 -12.60% 8
UK excluding London -37 33 £51,350 -10.70% 6
North of England +45 17 £50,000 +53.85% 1
Work from Home +46 15 £50,000 -18.37% 4
South East -8 11 £51,350 -3.43% 3
North East - 9 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +66 7 £51,498 +58.45% 1
London +105 3 £72,500 +18.37% 2
East of England -1 2 £57,500 -
Midlands -14 2 £47,500 -26.92%
North West -4 1 £56,509 +82.29%
West Midlands -14 1 £55,000 -27.63%
East Midlands -19 1 £40,000 -37.25%
Scotland -67 1 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 featuring Senior Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 14 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 12 (30.77%) VMware
5 11 (28.21%) ITIL
5 11 (28.21%) Windows
5 11 (28.21%) Roadmaps
6 10 (25.64%) Linux
7 9 (23.08%) DNS
7 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
7 9 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (23.08%) Public Sector
8 8 (20.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 8 (20.51%) Decision-Making
8 8 (20.51%) SQL
9 7 (17.95%) Change Management
9 7 (17.95%) Degree
10 6 (15.38%) Problem Management
10 6 (15.38%) PowerShell
10 6 (15.38%) SCCM
10 6 (15.38%) Windows 7
10 6 (15.38%) Azure
10 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (15.38%) Business Continuity
10 6 (15.38%) Oracle
10 6 (15.38%) HNC
10 6 (15.38%) DHCP
10 6 (15.38%) Windows 10

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) Apache
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.56%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.69%) IaaS
4 1 (2.56%) AWS
4 1 (2.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.08%) DNS
2 6 (15.38%) DHCP
3 4 (10.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.56%) Firewall
4 1 (2.56%) InfiniBand
4 1 (2.56%) SAN
4 1 (2.56%) SSL
4 1 (2.56%) tcpdump
4 1 (2.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) MySQL
1 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.69%) Billing
4 2 (5.13%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Electronics
5 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Local Government
5 1 (2.56%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) Web Services
2 2 (5.13%) Itk
3 1 (2.56%) CSS
3 1 (2.56%) Keycloak
3 1 (2.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) Windows
2 10 (25.64%) Linux
3 6 (15.38%) Windows 10
3 6 (15.38%) Windows 7
3 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (10.26%) Ubuntu
5 3 (7.69%) Oracle Linux
5 3 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.56%) CentOS
6 1 (2.56%) HPUX
6 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (28.21%) ITIL
3 11 (28.21%) Roadmaps
4 8 (20.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 8 (20.51%) Decision-Making
5 7 (17.95%) Change Management
6 6 (15.38%) Business Continuity
6 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (15.38%) Problem Management
7 5 (12.82%) Change Control
7 5 (12.82%) Configuration Management
7 5 (12.82%) Product Roadmap
7 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
8 4 (10.26%) Application Security
8 4 (10.26%) High Availability
8 4 (10.26%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (7.69%) Break/Fix
10 2 (5.13%) DevOps
10 2 (5.13%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) SQL
2 6 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 5 (12.82%) Python
4 2 (5.13%) Bash
5 1 (2.56%) Korn
5 1 (2.56%) Perl
5 1 (2.56%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.56%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.95%) Degree
3 6 (15.38%) HNC
4 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (2.56%) MCSA
6 1 (2.56%) RHCE
6 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.26%) Hyper-V
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (10.26%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (7.69%) Docker
5 1 (2.56%) KVM
5 1 (2.56%) Lustre
5 1 (2.56%) NFS
5 1 (2.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) SCCM
2 4 (10.26%) Ansible
3 3 (7.69%) Check_MK
3 3 (7.69%) HAProxy
4 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.56%) Grafana
5 1 (2.56%) Icinga
5 1 (2.56%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.56%) Proxmox
5 1 (2.56%) Puppet
5 1 (2.56%) systemd
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 12 (30.77%) VMware
3 6 (15.38%) Oracle
4 4 (10.26%) Red Hat
4 4 (10.26%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.56%) Aruba
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco
5 1 (2.56%) HP
5 1 (2.56%) IBM
5 1 (2.56%) NVIDIA
5 1 (2.56%) QAD
5 1 (2.56%) SaltStack
5 1 (2.56%) SAP
5 1 (2.56%) Splunk