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Systems Administrator Career Market Report 2026

1,413 active jobs. 539 companies. Median salary $92K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,413
Active Job Openings
539
Companies Hiring
$92K
Median Salary (US)
71%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Systems Administrator market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 71% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $92K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $77K to $144K.

Remote roles pay 13% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

Linux is the most-demanded skill at 40%

Linux demand rose +9.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Cgsfederal leads hiring with 60 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Lead → Staff (+$41K, +39%)

Salary increase: +$41K · Sample: Lead → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 42% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Mid-Level62$78K$90K$117K
Senior62$90K$100K$144K
Junior16$64K$73K$87K
Staff10$116K$144K$222K
Lead7$95K$104K$140K

What jumps out

Lead → Staff: +$41K (39%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States157$99KUSD
Remote10$86KUSD
Canada4$99KUSD
Germany3$78KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site5.1%
Remote6.7%
Hybrid6.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Linux
40%
AI/LLM
25%
AWS
18%
Python
17%
Azure
17%
Windows Server
16%
Bash
16%
PowerShell
16%
Unix
15%
TypeScript
14%
SQL
13%
Ansible
11%

Skills on the Rise

Linux ↑+9.2ppDocker ↑+6.5ppProject Management ↑+6.2ppKubernetes ↑+6.0ppDevOps ↑+6.0pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-15.1pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Cgsfederal604.2%
Gdit564.0%
Krgtechnology493.5%
Leidos382.7%
Kyndryl271.9%
Ngc271.9%
Globalhr221.6%
Bah211.5%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States660
Remote104
India45
United Kingdom29
Germany19
Canada17
Philippines15
Portugal13

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree49.0%494
Master's Degree17.5%176
Bachelor's Degree17.2%173
PhD / Doctorate0.1%1

Certifications

CompTIA (11%)ITIL (9%)CompTIA Security+ (7%)CCNA (4%)AWS Certified (2%)CISSP (2%)Azure Certified (2%)CPA (1%)

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