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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4138
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads1738
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.038 %
As % of the category below2.644 %3.609 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£285£413
Average daily rate£285£438
% change on same period last year-34.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£333
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£12.00
Average hourly rate£27.50£13.50
% change on same period last year+103.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.15£26.62
% change on same period last year-9.26 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads6431053
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.914 %1.063 %
Daily rates quoted133194
Average minimum daily rate£312£304
Average daily rate£337£321
% change on same period last year+4.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted143188
Average minimum hourly rate£20.24£28.51
Average hourly rate£21.75£30.52
% change on same period last year-28.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.26£32.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Systems Administrator East of EnglandSystems Administrator
East of England

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
CambridgeUp+199£285-36.66 %
Systems Administrator East of EnglandSystems Administrator
East of England

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

123 (74.19 %)Windows
219 (61.29 %)Windows Server 2003
317 (54.84 %)SQL Server
415 (48.39 %)Active Directory
513 (41.94 %)MS Exchange
513 (41.94 %)Citrix
513 (41.94 %)UNIX
69 (29.03 %)SMS
78 (25.81 %)Microsoft Certification
78 (25.81 %)Exchange Server 2003
78 (25.81 %)Terminal Server
78 (25.81 %)Finance
87 (22.58 %)Mac OS X
87 (22.58 %)Change Management
87 (22.58 %)MCSE
87 (22.58 %)Linux
96 (19.35 %)SQL
104 (12.90 %)SQL Server 2005
104 (12.90 %)Exchange Server 2007
113 (9.677 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
113 (9.677 %)Samba
113 (9.677 %)HPUX
113 (9.677 %)Solaris
113 (9.677 %)SQL Server 2000
113 (9.677 %)HP
122 (6.452 %)TCP/IP
122 (6.452 %)VPN
122 (6.452 %)Microsoft
122 (6.452 %)SAN
122 (6.452 %)Lotus

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (41.94 %)MS Exchange
28 (25.81 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (12.90 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (6.452 %)Lotus Notes
42 (6.452 %)SharePoint
42 (6.452 %)Office Project Server
51 (3.226 %)Office Communications Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.452 %)MS Project
12 (6.452 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (3.226 %)MS Excel
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (29.03 %)SMS
22 (6.452 %)TCP/IP
22 (6.452 %)VPN
22 (6.452 %)SAN
22 (6.452 %)IPsec
31 (3.226 %)Firewall
31 (3.226 %)Ethernet
31 (3.226 %)LAN
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (54.84 %)SQL Server
24 (12.90 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (9.677 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
33 (9.677 %)SQL Server 2000
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.226 %)CruiseControl
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (25.81 %)Finance
22 (6.452 %)Telecoms
31 (3.226 %)Retail Banking
31 (3.226 %)Banking
31 (3.226 %)Retail
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.226 %)Wiki
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (74.19 %)Windows
219 (61.29 %)Windows Server 2003
313 (41.94 %)UNIX
47 (22.58 %)Mac OS X
47 (22.58 %)Linux
53 (9.677 %)HPUX
53 (9.677 %)Solaris
62 (6.452 %)AIX
62 (6.452 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (3.226 %)Ubuntu
71 (3.226 %)SUSE
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (22.58 %)Change Management
21 (3.226 %)Agile Software Development
21 (3.226 %)Migration
21 (3.226 %)OO
21 (3.226 %)Configuration Management
21 (3.226 %)OOD
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (19.35 %)SQL
22 (6.452 %)Perl
31 (3.226 %)C
31 (3.226 %)Java
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (25.81 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (22.58 %)MCSE
31 (3.226 %)MCDBA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (48.39 %)Active Directory
28 (25.81 %)Terminal Server
33 (9.677 %)Samba
41 (3.226 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (41.94 %)Citrix
23 (9.677 %)HP
32 (6.452 %)Microsoft
32 (6.452 %)Lotus
32 (6.452 %)Red Hat
41 (3.226 %)MKS
41 (3.226 %)VMware