The first table below looks at the demand for the Administrator role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Administrator
Rank 51 40 41
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 12 26 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.633% 3.230% 3.597%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.788% 3.542% 3.924%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 16
Average daily rate £200 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £235 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £367 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £10.58 - £13.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £12.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
671 734 892
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.29% 91.18% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 492
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £481 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Administrator
North West

Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Administrator across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Administrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester -3 4 £388 -
Macclesfield -1 1 - -
Warrington -4 1 - -
Knutsford -5 1 £180 -48.57%
Administrator
North West

Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 9 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 8 (24.24%) SQL
2 8 (24.24%) AIX
3 7 (21.21%) UNIX
3 7 (21.21%) Windows
4 6 (18.18%) Finance
4 6 (18.18%) QA
5 5 (15.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (15.15%) OLTP
6 4 (12.12%) RDBMS
6 4 (12.12%) IBM
6 4 (12.12%) ITIL
6 4 (12.12%) MS Office
6 4 (12.12%) Replication
6 4 (12.12%) Migration
6 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (9.091%) Banking
7 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (9.091%) Project Management
7 3 (9.091%) SAN
7 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (9.091%) Oracle
7 3 (9.091%) Linux
7 3 (9.091%) SharePoint
7 3 (9.091%) Data Modelling
7 3 (9.091%) HTTP
8 2 (6.061%) ETL
8 2 (6.061%) Cognos

Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.061%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.030%) Visualforce
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.061%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (6.061%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (3.030%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) MS Office
2 1 (3.030%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.091%) SAN
1 3 (9.091%) HTTP
2 1 (3.030%) NAS
2 1 (3.030%) Firewall
2 1 (3.030%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 5 (15.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (15.15%) OLTP
3 4 (12.12%) RDBMS
3 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (3.030%) IDMS
5 1 (3.030%) VLDB
General
1 6 (18.18%) Finance
2 3 (9.091%) Banking
3 2 (6.061%) Back Office
3 2 (6.061%) Retail
4 1 (3.030%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Replication
2 1 (3.030%) Statistics
2 1 (3.030%) Data Integration
2 1 (3.030%) Clustering
2 1 (3.030%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) AIX
2 7 (21.21%) UNIX
2 7 (21.21%) Windows
3 3 (9.091%) Linux
4 2 (6.061%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.030%) Tru64
5 1 (3.030%) Windows 2000
5 1 (3.030%) HPUX
5 1 (3.030%) Solaris
5 1 (3.030%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.12%) ITIL
1 4 (12.12%) Migration
2 3 (9.091%) Project Management
2 3 (9.091%) Data Modelling
3 2 (6.061%) ETL
3 2 (6.061%) Change Management
3 2 (6.061%) Unit Testing
3 2 (6.061%) Test Scripting
3 2 (6.061%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.030%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.030%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (3.030%) Performance Management
4 1 (3.030%) Data Mapping
4 1 (3.030%) Process Improvement
4 1 (3.030%) Change Control
4 1 (3.030%) Data Transformation
4 1 (3.030%) Performance Testing
4 1 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.030%) Password Management
4 1 (3.030%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) SQL
2 1 (3.030%) Apex Code
2 1 (3.030%) Perl
2 1 (3.030%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (6.061%) IBM WebSphere Certification
2 1 (3.030%) BC Cleared
2 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.030%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (3.030%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.061%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.030%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) Tivoli
1 1 (3.030%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) IBM
2 3 (9.091%) Oracle
3 2 (6.061%) Cognos
3 2 (6.061%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.061%) Red Hat
3 2 (6.061%) VMware
3 2 (6.061%) Brocade
4 1 (3.030%) AppSense
4 1 (3.030%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (3.030%) Hitachi
4 1 (3.030%) NetApp
4 1 (3.030%) Veritas
4 1 (3.030%) SAP
4 1 (3.030%) HP
4 1 (3.030%) Citrix
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