IT Role Rank Poland
#66 by score · #65 editorially · IT Operations and Support

SysAdmin (infrastructure, general/hybrid)

Tier 4 · Safe if you evolveAI risk: mediumMixed17 offers on SOLID.Jobs

Servers, virtualisation, networks - the company's infrastructure level; a natural start towards the cloud

Overall scoreDerived
3.89/ 10
#66 of 73 by score with the default weights. #65 in the editorial ranking.
  • Salary 30% × 2.30.69
  • AI resistance 35% × 4.01.40
  • Demand 20% × 5.01.00
  • Remote work 10% × 6.00.60
  • Low stress 5% × 4.00.20

Salary, k PLN per month

Mixed
0510152025303540Estimate≈9–15Market B2B16.8–23.5 · 13 offers · SOLID.JobsMarket employment7.1–17.9 · 4 offers · SOLID.JobsReport B2B20.2–26.9 · No Fluff Jobs

estimate MID → SENIORmarket (SOLID.Jobs): middle half of offersreport (No Fluff Jobs H1 2026): mid → senior, B2B range mediansmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)

Range MID → SENIOR
≈9–15
Range midpoint
≈12.0
Junior Derived
≈6.0
Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
≈8.2
Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
≈9.8

NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.

Easiest transitions

Estimate
Cloud EngDevOpsVirtualization Eng

2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)

Key certifications

Estimate
RHCSA/LFCS or the Microsoft pathCCNA basics

Scores 1–10

Estimate
  • AI resistance4/10
    10 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
  • Demand5/10
    10 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
  • Remote work6/10
    10 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
  • Stress6/10
    10 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
  • Entry barrier4/10
    10 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
  • Prestige4/10
    10 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula

The market in job ads

From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 13/11/2026
17offers · 11 employers
18.5kB2B median · 16.8–23.5k
11.5kemployment median · 4 offers
12%remote · 71% hybrid

Most common stack

  • IBM Mainframe
  • JCL
  • Linux
  • Hyper-V
  • Active Directory
  • Azure
  • HTTP/HTTPS
  • Microsoft 365
  • NetView for z/OS
  • REXX
  • SSH
  • System Automation Policy Database

requirednice to have% of this role's offers

Experience level

Junior 12%Regular 65%Senior 24%

8825 Q16125 Q24325 Q33925 Q45726 Q18026 Q25626 Q31826 Q4
Offers per quarter in Administration · hollow dot = quarter in progress

Matching: 11 by title, 6 by category. Pay is the midpoint of each offer's range in PLN per month (B2B net, employment gross); the median and the band holding the middle half of offers are shown.

Salaries in job-board reports

From reports

No Fluff Jobs: „Kariera w IT 2026”data for H1 2026

Report category: IT System Administration.

LevelB2B netEmployment, gross
Junior8.4–10.97–9
Mid20.2–2510–15
Senior21.8–26.916.9–22

Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. A dash means the report gives no amount because there were too few ads. Source: page 34 of the report.

No Fluff Jobs: „Rynek pracy IT w Polsce 2025/2026”data for 2025

Report category: System Administrator.

LevelB2B netEmployment, gross
Overall16.8–22.712–16
Junior9.2–11.77–8.5
Mid16.4–20.211–15
Senior20.6–25.213–18

Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. Year-on-year change of the overall upper median: B2B -5.5%, employment -11.1%. Source: pages 27 and 32 of the report.

Reports are shown on their own, with a link and page number. They are not averaged with SOLID.Jobs data because they measure something else: the report gives the median lower and upper bounds, SOLID.Jobs the median of the range midpoints.