The first table below looks at the demand for the Administrator role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 22 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 Oxfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Administrator
Rank 18 26 33
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 37 31 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 8.168% 4.921% 3.563%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.665% 5.141% 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 5
Average daily rate £303 £270 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.03% -28.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 £11.25 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.44% +2.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £12.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -10.71%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
427 603 432
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.26% 95.71% 96.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 288 196
Average daily rate £340 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £489 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 81 62
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.20 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Administrator
South East

Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford +8 18 £275 -21.42%
Bicester 0 8 £320 +48.83%
Abingdon -1 1 - -
Administrator
South East

Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 31 (46.27%) SQL
2 27 (40.30%) Windows
3 21 (31.34%) VMware
4 18 (26.87%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (23.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (22.39%) DNS
7 14 (20.90%) Cisco
7 14 (20.90%) TCP/IP
7 14 (20.90%) Firewall
7 14 (20.90%) Altiris
8 13 (19.40%) DHCP
8 13 (19.40%) SQL Server
9 12 (17.91%) Active Directory
10 11 (16.42%) NetWare
10 11 (16.42%) UNIX
10 11 (16.42%) Java
10 11 (16.42%) Oracle
10 11 (16.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (16.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (16.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (14.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 10 (14.93%) Java EE
11 10 (14.93%) Oracle Application Server
11 10 (14.93%) Migration
11 10 (14.93%) Solaris
11 10 (14.93%) HTTP
11 10 (14.93%) SOA
11 10 (14.93%) Oracle 10g
11 10 (14.93%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 10 (14.93%) Internet

Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 10 (14.93%) Java EE
2 9 (13.43%) OC4J
3 3 (4.478%) WSH
4 2 (2.985%) Web Services
5 1 (1.493%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.493%) XML
5 1 (1.493%) ODBC
5 1 (1.493%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (14.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 10 (14.93%) Oracle Application Server
1 10 (14.93%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 9 (13.43%) Apache
3 3 (4.478%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.985%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.985%) IIS
4 2 (2.985%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.493%) Jetty
5 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.493%) QuickPlace
5 1 (1.493%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.493%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (1.493%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.493%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (1.493%) Moodle
Applications
1 4 (5.970%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.493%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (22.39%) DNS
2 14 (20.90%) TCP/IP
2 14 (20.90%) Firewall
3 13 (19.40%) DHCP
4 10 (14.93%) HTTP
4 10 (14.93%) Internet
5 7 (10.45%) LDAP
6 6 (8.955%) SAN
7 4 (5.970%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (2.985%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.985%) Network Security
9 1 (1.493%) BGP
9 1 (1.493%) LAN
9 1 (1.493%) WAN
9 1 (1.493%) SMTP
9 1 (1.493%) SNMP
9 1 (1.493%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (19.40%) SQL Server
2 11 (16.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 11 (16.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (14.93%) Oracle 10g
4 6 (8.955%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (8.955%) Oracle Discoverer
4 6 (8.955%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (8.955%) InterSystems Cache
5 5 (7.463%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (7.463%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (7.463%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (1.493%) MS Access
6 1 (1.493%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (8.955%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (1.493%) Multimedia
1 1 (1.493%) Telecoms
1 1 (1.493%) Finance
1 1 (1.493%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.493%) E-Learning
1 1 (1.493%) Blackberry
1 1 (1.493%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 27 (40.30%) Windows
2 18 (26.87%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (16.42%) NetWare
3 11 (16.42%) UNIX
3 11 (16.42%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (14.93%) Solaris
5 5 (7.463%) Linux
6 3 (4.478%) Debian
7 2 (2.985%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.493%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.493%) AIX
8 1 (1.493%) Windows XP
8 1 (1.493%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.493%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.88%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (14.93%) Migration
2 10 (14.93%) SOA
3 8 (11.94%) Problem Management
4 7 (10.45%) ITIL
5 5 (7.463%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (4.478%) ETL
6 3 (4.478%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (1.493%) Web Development
7 1 (1.493%) Logistics
7 1 (1.493%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.493%) Project Management
7 1 (1.493%) OO
7 1 (1.493%) ERP
7 1 (1.493%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (46.27%) SQL
2 11 (16.42%) Java
3 5 (7.463%) T-SQL
4 3 (4.478%) VB
5 1 (1.493%) LotusScript
5 1 (1.493%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.493%) C#
5 1 (1.493%) COBOL
5 1 (1.493%) Python
5 1 (1.493%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 8 (11.94%) SC Cleared
1 8 (11.94%) Security Cleared
1 8 (11.94%) Degree
2 3 (4.478%) CCNA
2 3 (4.478%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (4.478%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.478%) MCSE
3 1 (1.493%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.493%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.463%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (17.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.955%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (8.955%) vSphere
4 3 (4.478%) vCloud
5 1 (1.493%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (8.955%) Tivoli
1 6 (8.955%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 6 (8.955%) Nagios
2 1 (1.493%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (31.34%) VMware
2 14 (20.90%) Cisco
2 14 (20.90%) Altiris
3 11 (16.42%) Oracle
4 5 (7.463%) Lagan
4 5 (7.463%) Business Objects
5 4 (5.970%) Microsoft
5 4 (5.970%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.478%) Citrix
7 2 (2.985%) Dell
8 1 (1.493%) EMC
8 1 (1.493%) HP
8 1 (1.493%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (1.493%) Lotus
8 1 (1.493%) Blackboard
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