Systems Administrator Jobs in Manchester

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
North West > Manchester

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Manchester is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 143 254
Rank change year-on-year -21 +111 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 12 24 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.33% 0.91% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.94% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 8
10th Percentile £43,500 £28,915 £25,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,084 £29,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,263 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.96% +16.48% -15.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,375 £44,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £44,263 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.96% +4.15% +1.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 3,472 2,556 5,350
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 96.78% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,738 1,882 3,537
10th Percentile £34,850 £33,525 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +3.55%
75th Percentile £69,663 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,056 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,803 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.63% +4.76% +5.00%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Manchester

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Manchester

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Manchester over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Manchester

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Sale - 2 £50,000 - 2
Wigan - 2 £40,000 -
Systems Administrator
North West

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 across the Manchester region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Linux
2 9 (75.00%) Windows
3 8 (66.67%) Azure
4 7 (58.33%) AWS
4 7 (58.33%) Public Sector
5 6 (50.00%) GCP
6 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
6 2 (16.67%) MongoDB
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (16.67%) Debian
6 2 (16.67%) VMware
6 2 (16.67%) Ubuntu
6 2 (16.67%) VLAN
6 2 (16.67%) JIRA
6 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 2 (16.67%) SCCM
6 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (16.67%) Firewall
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 2 (16.67%) Apache
6 2 (16.67%) LDAP
6 2 (16.67%) DHCP
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) VPN
6 2 (16.67%) DNS
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 2 (16.67%) Intranet
6 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (16.67%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) AWS
3 6 (50.00%) GCP
4 2 (16.67%) Azure AKS
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (16.67%) Nutanix
4 2 (16.67%) Rubrik
5 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) DHCP
1 2 (16.67%) DNS
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) Intranet
1 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (16.67%) VLAN
1 2 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Data Hub
2 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
2 1 (8.33%) Ajax
2 1 (8.33%) Web Services
2 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Linux
2 9 (75.00%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) Debian
3 2 (16.67%) Ubuntu
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
1 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Fintech
2 1 (8.33%) ITSM
2 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Java
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) VMware
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow