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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6378
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads817
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.869 %1.063 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£342
Average daily rate-£356
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£326
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£28.00
Average hourly rate£22.50£29.25
% change on same period last year-23.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.38£28.64
% change on same period last year-18.34 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (66.67 %)UNIX
114 (66.67 %)HP
213 (61.90 %)Linux
312 (57.14 %)Oracle
312 (57.14 %)Red Hat
312 (57.14 %)Red Hat Linux
411 (52.38 %)MySQL
411 (52.38 %)EMC
510 (47.62 %)Cisco Certification
510 (47.62 %)Cisco
510 (47.62 %)CheckPoint
510 (47.62 %)J2EE
510 (47.62 %)Firewall
510 (47.62 %)CCNA
510 (47.62 %)Nokia
65 (23.81 %)Windows
65 (23.81 %)Solaris
73 (14.29 %)AIX
73 (14.29 %)SAN
82 (9.524 %)MS Exchange
82 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (9.524 %)HPUX
82 (9.524 %)GxP
82 (9.524 %)Cisco PIX
82 (9.524 %)VMware
82 (9.524 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
82 (9.524 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (4.762 %)VMware ESX
91 (4.762 %)NetBackup
91 (4.762 %)Backup Exec

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (47.62 %)J2EE
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (9.524 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (4.762 %)SharePoint
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (47.62 %)Firewall
23 (14.29 %)SAN
32 (9.524 %)Cisco PIX
41 (4.762 %)RTSP
41 (4.762 %)SMTP
41 (4.762 %)FTP
41 (4.762 %)HTTP
41 (4.762 %)DNS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (52.38 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (9.524 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (4.762 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)NHS
11 (4.762 %)HACMP
11 (4.762 %)Blackberry
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (66.67 %)UNIX
213 (61.90 %)Linux
312 (57.14 %)Red Hat Linux
45 (23.81 %)Solaris
45 (23.81 %)Windows
53 (14.29 %)AIX
62 (9.524 %)HPUX
62 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (9.524 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (4.762 %)Tru64
71 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (4.762 %)Windows XP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.762 %)Migration
11 (4.762 %)Performance Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.762 %)C#
11 (4.762 %)C++
11 (4.762 %)VB
11 (4.762 %)Progress 4GL
11 (4.762 %)Shell Script
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (47.62 %)CCNA
110 (47.62 %)Cisco Certification
21 (4.762 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (9.524 %)GxP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.762 %)Active Directory
11 (4.762 %)VMware ESX
11 (4.762 %)NetBackup
11 (4.762 %)Backup Exec
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.762 %)Tivoli
11 (4.762 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (4.762 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
11 (4.762 %)HP Data Protector
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (66.67 %)HP
212 (57.14 %)Oracle
212 (57.14 %)Red Hat
311 (52.38 %)EMC
410 (47.62 %)Cisco
410 (47.62 %)CheckPoint
410 (47.62 %)Nokia
52 (9.524 %)VMware
61 (4.762 %)VERITAS
61 (4.762 %)Sun
61 (4.762 %)NetApp