Server Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

Server Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Server Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 754 713 866
Rank change year-on-year -41 +153 -174
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Administrator 26 15 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.032% 0.027% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.031% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 7
10th Percentile £35,350 £37,750 -
25th Percentile £41,875 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 - £53,125
90th Percentile - £46,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £41,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +17.58% -2.94% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Server Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Server Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Server Administrator in the UK excluding London

Server Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Server Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Server Administrator in the UK excluding London

Server Administrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Server Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Server Administrator in the UK excluding London

Server Administrator
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
East of England +6 17 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Midlands -34 6 £32,000 -14.67%
West Midlands -8 5 £32,000 -14.67%
Yorkshire +59 3 - -
North of England +3 3 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Server Administrator
UK

Server Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Server 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 UK excluding London region featuring Server Administrator in the job title.

1 19 (73.08%) Active Directory
1 19 (73.08%) Windows
1 19 (73.08%) Windows Server
2 18 (69.23%) Linux
2 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 18 (69.23%) SAN
2 18 (69.23%) VMware
2 18 (69.23%) PowerShell
3 15 (57.69%) Server Management
3 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
4 14 (53.85%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 14 (53.85%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (53.85%) SC Cleared
4 14 (53.85%) Security Cleared
4 14 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
4 14 (53.85%) Performance Monitoring
4 14 (53.85%) Citrix
4 14 (53.85%) Data Centre
4 14 (53.85%) Data Centre Operations
4 14 (53.85%) NetApp
4 14 (53.85%) Benchmarking
5 5 (19.23%) LAN
5 5 (19.23%) WAN
5 5 (19.23%) DHCP
5 5 (19.23%) DNS
5 5 (19.23%) Patch Management
5 5 (19.23%) Load Balancing
5 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (19.23%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (15.38%) vCenter Server

Server Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (11.54%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (3.85%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 18 (69.23%) SAN
2 5 (19.23%) DHCP
2 5 (19.23%) DNS
2 5 (19.23%) LAN
2 5 (19.23%) WAN
3 4 (15.38%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (15.38%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Data Centre
1 14 (53.85%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (15.38%) PKI
3 1 (3.85%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 19 (73.08%) Windows
1 19 (73.08%) Windows Server
2 18 (69.23%) Linux
3 4 (15.38%) CentOS
3 4 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (15.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Server Management
2 14 (53.85%) Benchmarking
2 14 (53.85%) Data Centre Operations
2 14 (53.85%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 14 (53.85%) Performance Monitoring
2 14 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (19.23%) Load Balancing
3 5 (19.23%) Patch Management
3 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (15.38%) Change Control
4 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (15.38%) Task Automation
4 4 (15.38%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 3 (11.54%) Analytics
5 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.85%) Business Continuity
6 1 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.85%) Identity Management
6 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) PowerShell
2 4 (15.38%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) SC Cleared
1 14 (53.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 19 (73.08%) Active Directory
2 5 (19.23%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (15.38%) VMware NSX
3 4 (15.38%) VMware Server
3 4 (15.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
1 18 (69.23%) VMware
2 14 (53.85%) Citrix
2 14 (53.85%) NetApp
3 4 (15.38%) Dell
4 3 (11.54%) Oracle