Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank89128
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching contract IT job ads2814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.015 %
As % of the category below1.133 %0.387 %
Daily rates quoted115
Average minimum daily rate£284£328
Average daily rate£305£340
% change on same period last year-10.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£331
% change on same period last year-5.86 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£46.67
Average hourly rate-£48.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.75£28.09
% change on same period last year-15.44 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads24713622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.892 %3.881 %
Daily rates quoted6651004
Average minimum daily rate£341£334
Average daily rate£363£354
% change on same period last year+2.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted179429
Average minimum hourly rate£21.41£25.90
Average hourly rate£22.81£27.38
% change on same period last year-16.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.21£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Systems Administrator South EastSystems Administrator
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Systems Administrator Demand Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Systems Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+2510£337+3.69 %
SloughUp+42£280-13.84 %
MaidenheadNew entry-2--
WokinghamNew entry-2£225-
BracknellUp+61--
NewburyNew entry-1--
Systems Administrator South EastSystems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Systems Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Administrator in their job title.

115 (44.12 %)UNIX
214 (41.18 %)Linux
311 (32.35 %)Solaris
410 (29.41 %)Red Hat Linux
58 (23.53 %)Windows
67 (20.59 %)MySQL
67 (20.59 %)DNS
67 (20.59 %)Problem Management
76 (17.65 %)Disaster Recovery
76 (17.65 %)Replication
76 (17.65 %)Red Hat
76 (17.65 %)VERITAS
76 (17.65 %)SQL
85 (14.71 %)HPUX
85 (14.71 %)ITIL
85 (14.71 %)NFS
85 (14.71 %)Sun
85 (14.71 %)Clustering
85 (14.71 %)Amdocs
85 (14.71 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
85 (14.71 %)Drupal
85 (14.71 %)Change Management
94 (11.76 %)Migration
94 (11.76 %)Telecoms
94 (11.76 %)Active Directory
94 (11.76 %)WebLogic
94 (11.76 %)Oracle
103 (8.824 %)Apache
103 (8.824 %)Tomcat
103 (8.824 %)MS Exchange

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Systems Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (14.71 %)Drupal
21 (2.941 %)WebSphere
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.76 %)WebLogic
23 (8.824 %)MS Exchange
23 (8.824 %)Apache
23 (8.824 %)Tomcat
32 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (5.882 %)IIS
41 (2.941 %)JBoss
41 (2.941 %)Lotus Notes
41 (2.941 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (2.941 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (2.941 %)SharePoint
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (20.59 %)DNS
23 (8.824 %)FTP
32 (5.882 %)HTTP
32 (5.882 %)LAN
32 (5.882 %)WAN
32 (5.882 %)DHCP
41 (2.941 %)Broadband
41 (2.941 %)SMTP
41 (2.941 %)Internet
41 (2.941 %)NGN
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (20.59 %)MySQL
21 (2.941 %)SQL Server
21 (2.941 %)DB2
21 (2.941 %)Crystal Reports
21 (2.941 %)Informix
21 (2.941 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (2.941 %)Oracle 9i
21 (2.941 %)Oracle 10g
21 (2.941 %)IDMS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (11.76 %)Telecoms
22 (5.882 %)Government
22 (5.882 %)Retail
31 (2.941 %)Marketing
31 (2.941 %)Law
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (17.65 %)Replication
25 (14.71 %)Clustering
31 (2.941 %)IPTV
31 (2.941 %)EPoS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (44.12 %)UNIX
214 (41.18 %)Linux
311 (32.35 %)Solaris
410 (29.41 %)Red Hat Linux
58 (23.53 %)Windows
65 (14.71 %)HPUX
65 (14.71 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
72 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
72 (5.882 %)Windows NT
72 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (5.882 %)Tru64
81 (2.941 %)SUSE
81 (2.941 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (2.941 %)Windows XP
81 (2.941 %)zOS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (20.59 %)Problem Management
26 (17.65 %)Disaster Recovery
35 (14.71 %)Change Management
35 (14.71 %)ITIL
44 (11.76 %)Migration
52 (5.882 %)Test Scripting
52 (5.882 %)DV Cleared
52 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
61 (2.941 %)Project Management
61 (2.941 %)Service Management
61 (2.941 %)Service Delivery
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (17.65 %)SQL
21 (2.941 %)Shell Script
21 (2.941 %)Java
21 (2.941 %)Perl
21 (2.941 %)PHP
21 (2.941 %)PL/SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.882 %)RHCE
12 (5.882 %)RHCA
21 (2.941 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (8.824 %)SLA
22 (5.882 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (14.71 %)NFS
24 (11.76 %)Active Directory
32 (5.882 %)ISA Server
41 (2.941 %)NetBackup
41 (2.941 %)Snort
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.941 %)Netcool
11 (2.941 %)Netcool/Proviso
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (17.65 %)VERITAS
16 (17.65 %)Red Hat
25 (14.71 %)Sun
25 (14.71 %)Amdocs
34 (11.76 %)Oracle
42 (5.882 %)SAP
42 (5.882 %)Citrix
42 (5.882 %)Sophos
51 (2.941 %)VMware
51 (2.941 %)HP
51 (2.941 %)Baan
51 (2.941 %)Remedy
51 (2.941 %)Lotus