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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Cambridge 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3252
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.198 %1.007 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£285£433
Average daily rate£285£450
% change on same period last year-36.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£467
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£332
% change on same period last year-3.50 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£27.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.71£26.62
% change on same period last year-7.18 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads364596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.512 %0.602 %
Daily rates quoted82118
Average minimum daily rate£298£312
Average daily rate£321£329
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9091
Average minimum hourly rate£19.71£29.99
Average hourly rate£21.45£32.18
% change on same period last year-33.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.19£34.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Systems Administrator CambridgeshireSystems Administrator
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

114 (73.68 %)Windows
210 (52.63 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (42.11 %)SQL Server
47 (36.84 %)Linux
56 (31.58 %)SQL
56 (31.58 %)Active Directory
56 (31.58 %)Finance
64 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (21.05 %)Citrix
64 (21.05 %)UNIX
64 (21.05 %)MS Exchange
73 (15.79 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (15.79 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
82 (10.53 %)Samba
82 (10.53 %)Telecoms
82 (10.53 %)IPsec
82 (10.53 %)Change Management
82 (10.53 %)Lotus
82 (10.53 %)Red Hat
82 (10.53 %)MS PowerPoint
82 (10.53 %)Office Project Server
82 (10.53 %)Exchange Server 2007
82 (10.53 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (10.53 %)HP
82 (10.53 %)SharePoint
82 (10.53 %)SMS
82 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
82 (10.53 %)VPN
82 (10.53 %)Microsoft

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (21.05 %)MS Exchange
22 (10.53 %)Lotus Notes
22 (10.53 %)SharePoint
22 (10.53 %)Office Project Server
22 (10.53 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (5.263 %)Office Communications Server
31 (5.263 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.53 %)MS Project
12 (10.53 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
12 (10.53 %)VPN
12 (10.53 %)SMS
12 (10.53 %)IPsec
21 (5.263 %)LAN
21 (5.263 %)Ethernet
21 (5.263 %)SAN
21 (5.263 %)Firewall
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (42.11 %)SQL Server
24 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (15.79 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.263 %)CruiseControl
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (31.58 %)Finance
22 (10.53 %)Telecoms
31 (5.263 %)Banking
31 (5.263 %)Retail
31 (5.263 %)Retail Banking
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Wiki
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (73.68 %)Windows
210 (52.63 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (36.84 %)Linux
44 (21.05 %)UNIX
52 (10.53 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (5.263 %)SUSE
61 (5.263 %)Ubuntu
61 (5.263 %)AIX
61 (5.263 %)HPUX
61 (5.263 %)Solaris
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.53 %)Change Management
21 (5.263 %)Agile Software Development
21 (5.263 %)OO
21 (5.263 %)OOD
21 (5.263 %)Configuration Management
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (31.58 %)SQL
22 (10.53 %)Perl
31 (5.263 %)C
31 (5.263 %)Java
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (15.79 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (10.53 %)MCSE
31 (5.263 %)MCDBA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (31.58 %)Active Directory
22 (10.53 %)Samba
31 (5.263 %)Terminal Server
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (21.05 %)Citrix
22 (10.53 %)Lotus
22 (10.53 %)Red Hat
22 (10.53 %)Microsoft
22 (10.53 %)HP
31 (5.263 %)MKS