Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin)
UK
The median Senior System Administrator (Senior Sysadmin) salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 January 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 752 | 718 | 938 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -34 | +220 | +110 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator | 13 | 23 | 71 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.020% | 0.039% | 0.066% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.021% | 0.041% | 0.070% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £37,000 | £44,500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £41,875 | £45,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £51,498 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.62% | -14.17% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £47,813 | £55,000 | £73,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £48,750 | £59,300 | £78,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £50,000 | £48,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +4.17% | -8.57% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 60,520 | 56,220 | 102,135 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.94% | 95.42% | 95.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,988 | 41,178 | 66,345 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £30,000 | £33,036 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.93% | -4.17% | +1.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £95,063 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £52,772 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -5.25% | +5.54% |
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.
Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator.
Senior Systems Administrator
Top 9 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 16 January 2025. 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 | -39 | 11 | £45,000 | -12.62% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | -41 | 11 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 1 |
| South East | -25 | 6 | £45,000 | +28.57% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +35 | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +18 | 2 | - | - | |
| London | +11 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| North of England | -27 | 2 | - | - | |
| North West | - | 2 | - | - | |
| South West | +11 | 1 | - | - |
Senior Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 January 2025, 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.
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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: