The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cheltenham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 16 - 17
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 1 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 1.351% - 6.000%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.449% - 6.383%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £330
% change year-on-year
- -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £21.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+25.58% +7.50%
All Job Titles
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
69 247 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 93.24% 91.14% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 132 38
Average daily rate £343 £425 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.41% +37.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £693 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 18
Average hourly rate £39.00 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.70% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.44 £21.64 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £38.00 £36.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Systems Administrator
Gloucestershire

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheltenham Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) SCSA
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Solaris
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (50.00%) Sun
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Sun Certification
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Middleware
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL V3
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Application Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
2 2 (50.00%) Solaris
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL V3
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Sun Certification
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (50.00%) SCSA
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) IBM