IT System Administrator
UK
The median IT System Administrator salary in the UK is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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 8 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 796 | 839 | 1170 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +43 | +331 | -305 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator | 113 | 81 | 115 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.087% | 0.067% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.095% | 0.070% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 108 | 68 | 98 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £25,750 | £29,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,500 | £26,250 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £32,500 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.38% | -18.75% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £45,000 | £43,063 | £52,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £50,000 | £50,000 | £62,625 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £29,500 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.12% | -15.71% | - |
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 | 102,593 | 85,161 | 165,180 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.87% | 91.21% | 95.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72,456 | 55,290 | 85,908 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,518 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| 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 | £50,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +5.94% | +6.32% |
IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator.
IT Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Systems Administrator over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.
IT Systems Administrator
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Systems Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 | +44 | 107 | £38,500 | +15.79% | 25 |
| UK excluding London | +4 | 98 | £37,500 | +27.12% | 21 |
| North of England | +32 | 25 | £35,000 | +11.11% | 3 |
| Midlands | -21 | 25 | £37,500 | +20.97% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +59 | 24 | £37,500 | +19.05% | 12 |
| South East | -3 | 20 | £38,750 | +46.23% | 3 |
| South West | -28 | 19 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +8 | 15 | £42,000 | +51.35% | |
| London | +65 | 14 | £40,750 | -1.81% | 5 |
| North West | +4 | 13 | £45,000 | +73.08% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +76 | 11 | £32,500 | - | 2 |
| East Midlands | -28 | 10 | £35,733 | +15.27% | 5 |
| Scotland | -54 | 6 | £36,000 | -20.00% | 1 |
| East of England | -9 | 3 | £29,500 | - | 4 |
| North East | -16 | 1 | £32,500 | +18.18% |
IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, IT 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 IT Systems Administrator in the job title.
|
|
IT 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||