[teh_klev]

> SysAdmins for IIS and SQLServer get about 120k. [My note: I presume you do mean IIS]

Presuming this is USD, but even in the UK as GBP - "In my dreams" - and I'm a developer as well as a sysadmin for Windows (IIS/SQL) and Linux (Apache/MySQL), 25 years man and boy but have always kept on top of my game :)

Outside of London you'd be lucky to hit 45K GBP (~70K US$) in a permy role with that skillset, perhaps 60-65K GBP if contracting.

[malvosenior]

The UK pays quite a bit less than the US. $120k /year for a good sys admin would be a deal in the states.

[derekp7]

Midwest pays about 80 to 95K for a decent sysadmin (Unix/Linux w/ 10+ years of experience), only the specialized shops (trading firms, any place with a lot of money flowing through them) will go 120K or more.

If you know of any place north of Chicago that pays 120K or more for a 20-year Unix/Linux engineer with C systems level programming talent, and won't burn you out in 2 years like the trading firms downtown, I'd be interested.

[kingnothing]

A deal in San Francisco or NY perhaps, but not most of the country.