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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Oxford 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3331
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.556 %0.858 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£333
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.15£26.62
% change on same period last year-9.26 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads257233
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.365 %0.235 %
Daily rates quoted7443
Average minimum daily rate£304£326
Average daily rate£318£349
% change on same period last year-9.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted4246
Average minimum hourly rate£14.69£17.00
Average hourly rate£15.42£18.42
% change on same period last year-16.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.14£19.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Systems Administrator OxfordshireSystems Administrator
Oxfordshire

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

15 (50.00 %)SQL
24 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
24 (40.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (30.00 %)E-Procurement
33 (30.00 %)Workflow
33 (30.00 %)Government
33 (30.00 %)Logistics
33 (30.00 %)General Ledger
33 (30.00 %)Local Government
33 (30.00 %)Linux
33 (30.00 %)Intel
33 (30.00 %)UNIX
33 (30.00 %)Oracle
33 (30.00 %)Agresso
33 (30.00 %)CentOS
42 (20.00 %)Sybase
42 (20.00 %)IIS
42 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (20.00 %)Perl
42 (20.00 %).NET
42 (20.00 %)Citrix
42 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (20.00 %)MCSE
42 (20.00 %)Apache
42 (20.00 %)Active Directory
42 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (10.00 %)LAMP
51 (10.00 %)MySQL

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (20.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)LAMP
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)IIS
12 (20.00 %)Apache
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)MySQL
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Government
13 (30.00 %)General Ledger
13 (30.00 %)Local Government
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
14 (40.00 %)Windows
14 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (30.00 %)Linux
23 (30.00 %)UNIX
23 (30.00 %)CentOS
32 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)E-Procurement
13 (30.00 %)Workflow
13 (30.00 %)Logistics
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)Perl
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (20.00 %)MCSE
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Intel
13 (30.00 %)Oracle
13 (30.00 %)Agresso
22 (20.00 %)Sybase
22 (20.00 %)Citrix