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This section looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Leeds 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7159
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads714
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.594 %1.295 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£323£283
Average daily rate£350£297
% change on same period last year+17.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£336
% change on same period last year+2.96 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.55£27.72
% change on same period last year-4.22 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11781081
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.555 %1.077 %
Daily rates quoted298185
Average minimum daily rate£327£330
Average daily rate£347£354
% change on same period last year-1.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted6297
Average minimum hourly rate£22.27£26.49
Average hourly rate£24.41£27.76
% change on same period last year-12.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.55£29.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Systems Administrator West YorkshireSystems Administrator
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Leeds Systems Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

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 Leeds region.

Leeds Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

111 (78.57 %)Windows
29 (64.29 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (50.00 %)Linux
46 (42.86 %)TCP/IP
46 (42.86 %)Firewall
46 (42.86 %)Debian
55 (35.71 %)Mac OS X
55 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
55 (35.71 %)MS Exchange
64 (28.57 %)WAN
64 (28.57 %)ITIL
64 (28.57 %)Apple
64 (28.57 %)X-Windows
73 (21.43 %)SUSE
73 (21.43 %)Social Network
73 (21.43 %)RHCT
73 (21.43 %)UNIX
82 (14.29 %)Solaris
82 (14.29 %)Oracle
82 (14.29 %)Red Hat
82 (14.29 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (7.143 %)Asset Management
91 (7.143 %)Subversion
91 (7.143 %)VMware
91 (7.143 %)AWK
91 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
91 (7.143 %)Finance
91 (7.143 %)ATG
91 (7.143 %)ATG Dynamo
91 (7.143 %)Release Management

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (28.57 %)X-Windows
21 (7.143 %)WebSphere
21 (7.143 %)Middleware
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
15 (35.71 %)MS Exchange
21 (7.143 %)ATG Dynamo
21 (7.143 %)JBoss
21 (7.143 %)Tomcat
21 (7.143 %)JRun
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (42.86 %)TCP/IP
16 (42.86 %)Firewall
24 (28.57 %)WAN
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)RDBMS
11 (7.143 %)MySQL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Subversion
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
11 (7.143 %)Finance
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)Social Network
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (78.57 %)Windows
29 (64.29 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (50.00 %)Linux
46 (42.86 %)Debian
55 (35.71 %)Mac OS X
63 (21.43 %)SUSE
63 (21.43 %)UNIX
72 (14.29 %)Solaris
72 (14.29 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (7.143 %)Mac OS X Server
81 (7.143 %)Windows XP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (28.57 %)ITIL
21 (7.143 %)Asset Management
21 (7.143 %)Release Management
21 (7.143 %)OOD
21 (7.143 %)Configuration Management
21 (7.143 %)CRM
21 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.143 %)AWK
11 (7.143 %)Shell Script
11 (7.143 %)Perl
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (21.43 %)RHCT
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.143 %)SLA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.143 %)Active Directory
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (28.57 %)Apple
22 (14.29 %)Oracle
22 (14.29 %)Red Hat
31 (7.143 %)VMware
31 (7.143 %)ATG
31 (7.143 %)webMethods
31 (7.143 %)Cisco
31 (7.143 %)IBM
31 (7.143 %)Sun
31 (7.143 %)Nokia
31 (7.143 %)SAP
31 (7.143 %)Siebel