Systems administrators

Systems administrators develop, control, maintain and support the optimal performance and security of information technology systems.

Skill level: Highly skilled

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  • Salary range for the majority of workers in Systems administrators - from £2,527 to £5,918 per month - 2025.
  • A Systems administrators typically earns between £2,527 and £4,321 gross per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between £2,822 and £4,921 per month for a working week of 38 hours.

Job Responsibilities

  • Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software and all configurations
  • Recommending changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determining hardware or software requirements related to such changes
  • Diagnosing hardware and software problems
  • Performing data backups and disaster recovery operations
  • Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use

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