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This section looks at the demand for the Administrator role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdministrator
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4547
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads11091480
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.462 %1.548 %
As % of the category below3.741 %3.606 %
Daily rates quoted415482
Average minimum daily rate£281£325
Average daily rate£297£343
% change on same period last year-13.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£299
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Hourly rates quoted87191
Average minimum hourly rate£18.69£21.04
Average hourly rate£20.12£22.32
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.54£23.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.77£21.41
% change on same period last year-12.33 %
Job Titles LondonJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2964141048
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.08 %42.92 %
Daily rates quoted1237015159
Average minimum daily rate£408£427
Average daily rate£437£457
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£486
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted15642059
Average minimum hourly rate£22.75£24.32
Average hourly rate£24.36£26.01
% change on same period last year-6.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.98£27.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.39£25.89
% change on same period last year-9.63 %
Administrator EnglandAdministrator
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.

Administrator
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Administrator across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Administrator Demand Trend

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Administrator across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Administrator across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London Administrator Hourly Rate Histogram

Administrator
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Administrator within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+10327£289-23.13 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2644£227-41.66 %
Canary WharfUp+2028£227-36.97 %
HammersmithNo change07£392+154.54 %
HayesDown-16£175+22.66 %
CroydonDown-36--
UxbridgeDown-172£250+87.50 %
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-2--
TwickenhamUp+92--
LutonNew entry-1--
HendonNew entry-1--
PaddingtonNew entry-1--
West DraytonNew entry-1£302-
LewishamNo change01--
Administrator EnglandAdministrator
England

Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1668 (28.53 %)Unix
2580 (24.78 %)Finance
3494 (21.10 %)Windows
4462 (19.74 %)Solaris
5444 (18.97 %)Linux
6359 (15.34 %)Banking
7299 (12.77 %)Oracle
8293 (12.52 %)SAN
9289 (12.35 %)Microsoft
10257 (10.98 %)SQL
11243 (10.38 %)MS Excel
12229 (9.782 %)Perl
13227 (9.697 %)Red Hat
14222 (9.483 %)SQL Server
15215 (9.184 %)Active Directory
16199 (8.501 %)MS Office
17197 (8.415 %)Investment Banking
18186 (7.945 %)Sun
19179 (7.646 %)VERITAS
20168 (7.176 %)TCP/IP
21154 (6.578 %)EMC
22153 (6.536 %)Apache
23144 (6.151 %)Cisco
24136 (5.809 %)Migration
25134 (5.724 %)Shell Script
26133 (5.681 %)HP
27121 (5.169 %)Firewall
28120 (5.126 %)AIX
29118 (5.041 %)VMware
30110 (4.699 %)DNS

Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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
180 (3.417 %)HTML
277 (3.289 %)WebSphere
355 (2.349 %)XML
451 (2.179 %)Middleware
545 (1.922 %)J2EE
636 (1.538 %).NET
636 (1.538 %)CSS
721 (0.897 %)WebServices
818 (0.769 %)ASP.NET
917 (0.726 %)RSS
1010 (0.427 %)JSP
119 (0.384 %)ASP
128 (0.342 %)XSLT
135 (0.214 %)Windows SharePoint Services
135 (0.214 %)ODBC
135 (0.214 %)DCOM
135 (0.214 %)ActiveX
144 (0.171 %)XHTML
144 (0.171 %)SAP Basis
153 (0.128 %)COM
Application Platforms
1153 (6.536 %)Apache
298 (4.186 %)SharePoint
389 (3.802 %)MS Exchange
486 (3.674 %)Lotus Notes
583 (3.545 %)Tomcat
682 (3.503 %)Exchange Server 2003
776 (3.246 %)WebLogic
864 (2.734 %)IIS
945 (1.922 %)JBoss
1042 (1.794 %)CMS
1134 (1.452 %)MQSeries
1231 (1.324 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1325 (1.068 %)MQSI
1325 (1.068 %)WebSphere MQ
1420 (0.854 %)WebSphere Application Server
1519 (0.812 %)Lotus Domino
1618 (0.769 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1716 (0.683 %)Exchange Server 2007
1814 (0.598 %)Oracle Application Server
1814 (0.598 %)Resin
Applications
1243 (10.38 %)MS Excel
2199 (8.501 %)MS Office
380 (3.417 %)MS PowerPoint
457 (2.435 %)MS Project
528 (1.196 %)MS Visio
69 (0.384 %)CA Clarity
69 (0.384 %)Photoshop
73 (0.128 %)Acrobat
82 (0.085 %)Adobe Captivate
91 (0.043 %)MATLAB
91 (0.043 %)S-PLUS
91 (0.043 %)PageMaker
91 (0.043 %)Paint Shop Pro
91 (0.043 %)Fireworks
Business Applications
112 (0.513 %)Oracle Financials
210 (0.427 %)Loan IQ
39 (0.384 %)WebTrends
48 (0.342 %)Oracle 11i
56 (0.256 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
56 (0.256 %)Summit
56 (0.256 %)Academy Housing
65 (0.214 %)Oracle Applications
74 (0.171 %)BusinessWorks
74 (0.171 %)Remedy AR System
74 (0.171 %)Cerner Millennium
83 (0.128 %)TIBCO iProcess
83 (0.128 %)Cognos Planning
83 (0.128 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
83 (0.128 %)Line 500
83 (0.128 %)arcHouse
92 (0.085 %)PeopleSoft Financials
92 (0.085 %)Oracle EBS
92 (0.085 %)Oracle HRMS
92 (0.085 %)Global One
Communications & Networking
1293 (12.52 %)SAN
2168 (7.176 %)TCP/IP
3121 (5.169 %)Firewall
4110 (4.699 %)DNS
582 (3.503 %)Internet
677 (3.289 %)LAN
769 (2.947 %)WAN
833 (1.410 %)Intranet
929 (1.239 %)LDAP
929 (1.239 %)DHCP
1025 (1.068 %)WINS
1121 (0.897 %)SNMP
1219 (0.812 %)Network Security
1219 (0.812 %)Connectrix
1219 (0.812 %)Ethernet
1316 (0.683 %)VPN
1412 (0.513 %)VoIP
1510 (0.427 %)SSL
169 (0.384 %)VLAN
169 (0.384 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1222 (9.483 %)SQL Server
2100 (4.272 %)Oracle 10g
398 (4.186 %)MySQL
470 (2.990 %)SQL Server 2005
558 (2.478 %)SQL Server 2000
648 (2.050 %)Oracle 9i
735 (1.495 %)RDBMS
833 (1.410 %)MS Access
932 (1.367 %)Oracle 8/8i
1031 (1.324 %)Crystal Reports
1122 (0.940 %)DB2
1122 (0.940 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1221 (0.897 %)SQL Server 7
1319 (0.812 %)Datawarehouse
1417 (0.726 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1417 (0.726 %)BusinessObjects
1516 (0.683 %)Oracle Reports
1614 (0.598 %)DTS
179 (0.384 %)ETL
187 (0.299 %)Reference Data
Development Applications
117 (0.726 %)Flash
215 (0.641 %)ClearQuest
215 (0.641 %)Visual Studio
313 (0.555 %)FrontPage
412 (0.513 %)Subversion
510 (0.427 %)ClearCase
68 (0.342 %)Dreamweaver
76 (0.256 %)Oracle Forms
76 (0.256 %)JIRA
85 (0.214 %)Ant
93 (0.128 %)QuickTest Pro
102 (0.085 %)LoadRunner
102 (0.085 %)WinRunner
102 (0.085 %)TestDirector
102 (0.085 %)VSS/SourceSafe
111 (0.043 %)ERwin
111 (0.043 %)JProbe
111 (0.043 %)Optimizeit
111 (0.043 %)JUnit
111 (0.043 %)PVCS
General
1580 (24.78 %)Finance
2359 (15.34 %)Banking
3197 (8.415 %)Investment Banking
473 (3.118 %)Government
566 (2.819 %)Financial Institution
655 (2.349 %)Telecoms
737 (1.581 %)Legal
737 (1.581 %)Insurance
830 (1.282 %)Law
926 (1.111 %)Back Office
1023 (0.982 %)Marketing
1023 (0.982 %)Front Office
1023 (0.982 %)Health
1122 (0.940 %)Education
1221 (0.897 %)Publishing
1320 (0.854 %)Retail
1417 (0.726 %)Billing
1512 (0.513 %)General Ledger
1611 (0.470 %)Local Government
179 (0.384 %)Private Banking
Miscellaneous
199 (4.229 %)Clustering
265 (2.777 %)Asset Management
359 (2.520 %)Blackberry
454 (2.307 %)Replication
542 (1.794 %)CLARiiON
624 (1.025 %)Celerra
722 (0.940 %)Mainframe
821 (0.897 %)Symmetrix
920 (0.854 %)NHS
920 (0.854 %)Statistics
1018 (0.769 %)Management Information System
1116 (0.683 %)Fund Management
1214 (0.598 %)IBM Mainframe
1313 (0.555 %)Blog
1313 (0.555 %)HACMP
1411 (0.470 %)SecurID
1510 (0.427 %)Fixed Income
169 (0.384 %)French Language
178 (0.342 %)Derivative
186 (0.256 %)AS400
Operating Systems
1668 (28.53 %)Unix
2494 (21.10 %)Windows
3462 (19.74 %)Solaris
4444 (18.97 %)Linux
5120 (5.126 %)AIX
6106 (4.528 %)HPUX
7101 (4.314 %)Windows Server 2003
874 (3.161 %)Windows 2000
939 (1.666 %)Windows NT
1035 (1.495 %)Windows XP
1114 (0.598 %)Debian
1212 (0.513 %)SUSE
1310 (0.427 %)Windows Mobile
148 (0.342 %)zOS
157 (0.299 %)Fedora
165 (0.214 %)VMS
173 (0.128 %)FreeBSD
182 (0.085 %)Mac OS X
182 (0.085 %)OpenVMS
182 (0.085 %)Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1136 (5.809 %)Migration
2101 (4.314 %)ITIL
387 (3.716 %)Project Management
470 (2.990 %)Disaster Recovery
564 (2.734 %)Security Cleared
645 (1.922 %)Change Management
744 (1.880 %)Content Management
837 (1.581 %)Service Delivery
936 (1.538 %)Configuration Management
1028 (1.196 %)Validation
1127 (1.153 %)Time Management
1225 (1.068 %)Investment Management
1225 (1.068 %)Security Management
1225 (1.068 %)PRINCE2
1324 (1.025 %)Service Management
1324 (1.025 %)SC Cleared
1324 (1.025 %)Performance Management
1324 (1.025 %)Problem Management
1324 (1.025 %)Load Balancing
1423 (0.982 %)Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1257 (10.98 %)SQL
2229 (9.782 %)Perl
3134 (5.724 %)Shell Script
486 (3.674 %)Java
551 (2.179 %)Korn
644 (1.880 %)PHP
731 (1.324 %)C#
830 (1.282 %)VB
923 (0.982 %)Transact-SQL
923 (0.982 %)VBScript
1019 (0.812 %)C
1118 (0.769 %)PL/SQL
1216 (0.683 %)JavaScript
1314 (0.598 %)VBA
1412 (0.513 %)Python
1412 (0.513 %)AWK
156 (0.256 %)Ruby
165 (0.214 %)VB6
165 (0.214 %)C++
174 (0.171 %)JCL
Qualifications
178 (3.332 %)Microsoft Certification
264 (2.734 %)Degree
359 (2.520 %)MCSE
447 (2.008 %)Cisco Certification
533 (1.410 %)CCNA
617 (0.726 %)RHCE
713 (0.555 %)MCP
713 (0.555 %)MCSA
811 (0.470 %)CCNP
910 (0.427 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
109 (0.384 %)IBM Certification
117 (0.299 %)Oracle Certification
126 (0.256 %)ITIL Certification
126 (0.256 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
135 (0.214 %)MCDBA
135 (0.214 %)CISSP
135 (0.214 %)Citrix Certification
144 (0.171 %)CCA
144 (0.171 %)CCEA
144 (0.171 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
130 (1.282 %)SLA
217 (0.726 %)QA
34 (0.171 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.128 %)COBIT
52 (0.085 %)Basel II
61 (0.043 %)BS7799
System Software
1215 (9.184 %)Active Directory
286 (3.674 %)NetBackup
344 (1.880 %)VMware ESX
440 (1.709 %)VMware Infrastructure
538 (1.623 %)NFS
623 (0.982 %)Samba
722 (0.940 %)Squid
820 (0.854 %)Oracle RAC
919 (0.812 %)Oracle RMAN
1018 (0.769 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1116 (0.683 %)ISA Server
1116 (0.683 %)Backup Exec
129 (0.384 %)Xen
136 (0.256 %)Terminal Services
136 (0.256 %)AquaLogic
143 (0.128 %)VMware Server
143 (0.128 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
143 (0.128 %)VMware Workstation
152 (0.085 %)Terminal Server
152 (0.085 %)Nmap
Systems Management
143 (1.837 %)Tivoli
238 (1.623 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
334 (1.452 %)EMC TimeFinder
432 (1.367 %)EMC NetWorker
526 (1.111 %)OpenView
619 (0.812 %)HP Data Protector
619 (0.812 %)AutoSys
718 (0.769 %)Legato
814 (0.598 %)Norton AntiVirus
913 (0.555 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
108 (0.342 %)BMC PATROL
108 (0.342 %)WSUS
117 (0.299 %)MIIS
117 (0.299 %)MOM
124 (0.171 %)CiscoWorks
124 (0.171 %)Tivoli Monitoring
124 (0.171 %)EMC Navisphere
133 (0.128 %)DiskXtender
133 (0.128 %)RepliStor
133 (0.128 %)ARCserve
Vendors
1299 (12.77 %)Oracle
2289 (12.35 %)Microsoft
3227 (9.697 %)Red Hat
4186 (7.945 %)Sun
5179 (7.646 %)VERITAS
6154 (6.578 %)EMC
7144 (6.151 %)Cisco
8133 (5.681 %)HP
9118 (5.041 %)VMware
1088 (3.759 %)IBM
1187 (3.716 %)Lotus
1285 (3.631 %)Remedy
1374 (3.161 %)Sybase
1467 (2.862 %)Citrix
1564 (2.734 %)Brocade
1641 (1.751 %)Symantec
1733 (1.410 %)NetApp
1832 (1.367 %)CheckPoint
1930 (1.282 %)Bloomberg
2029 (1.239 %)Reuters
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