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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Cheltenham 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2829
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the category below2.734 %1.258 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£332
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00-
Average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.98£26.29
% change on same period last year-8.77 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads256159
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.362 %0.161 %
Daily rates quoted9758
Average minimum daily rate£378£364
Average daily rate£390£375
% change on same period last year+3.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted2525
Average minimum hourly rate£20.12£31.46
Average hourly rate£21.37£33.02
% change on same period last year-35.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.62£34.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Systems Administrator GloucestershireSystems Administrator
Gloucestershire

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

18 (66.67 %)DV Cleared
18 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
27 (58.33 %)Windows
27 (58.33 %)Solaris
36 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
36 (50.00 %)UNIX
36 (50.00 %)Government
45 (41.67 %)Active Directory
54 (33.33 %)FTP
54 (33.33 %)Sophos
63 (25.00 %)Sun
63 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (25.00 %)Linux
63 (25.00 %)HPUX
63 (25.00 %)Oracle
63 (25.00 %)ITIL
72 (16.67 %)MCP
72 (16.67 %)MS Office
72 (16.67 %)SQL
72 (16.67 %)VB
72 (16.67 %)MCSE
72 (16.67 %)Windows NT
72 (16.67 %)LAN
72 (16.67 %)WAN
72 (16.67 %)Symantec
72 (16.67 %)Remedy
72 (16.67 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
72 (16.67 %)HTTP
72 (16.67 %)SNMP

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (16.67 %)MS Office
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (33.33 %)FTP
22 (16.67 %)HTTP
22 (16.67 %)SNMP
22 (16.67 %)LAN
22 (16.67 %)WAN
31 (8.333 %)iSCSI
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (50.00 %)Government
22 (16.67 %)Auditing
31 (8.333 %)Finance
31 (8.333 %)Legal
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (58.33 %)Windows
17 (58.33 %)Solaris
26 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
26 (50.00 %)UNIX
33 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (25.00 %)Linux
33 (25.00 %)HPUX
42 (16.67 %)Tru64
42 (16.67 %)Windows NT
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (66.67 %)DV Cleared
18 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
23 (25.00 %)ITIL
32 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
41 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
41 (8.333 %)Service Management
41 (8.333 %)Information Security
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)SQL
12 (16.67 %)VB
21 (8.333 %)Shell Script
21 (8.333 %)Korn
21 (8.333 %)C
21 (8.333 %)Perl
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (16.67 %)MCP
12 (16.67 %)MCSE
12 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (8.333 %)ITIL Certification
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (41.67 %)Active Directory
21 (8.333 %)NFS
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (16.67 %)Norton AntiVirus
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (33.33 %)Sophos
23 (25.00 %)Sun
23 (25.00 %)Oracle
32 (16.67 %)Symantec
32 (16.67 %)Remedy
32 (16.67 %)HP
32 (16.67 %)Tripwire
32 (16.67 %)LANDesk
41 (8.333 %)Primavera
41 (8.333 %)Intel
41 (8.333 %)Citrix
41 (8.333 %)VERITAS
41 (8.333 %)Microsoft