The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 37 40 44
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 13 15 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.760% 2.577% 1.619%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.921% 2.655% 1.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 0
Average daily rate £275 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.40% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.50 £25.76
% change year-on-year
+27.90% -16.53%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
445 565 476
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.48% 97.08% 96.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 279 218
Average daily rate £350 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 76 65
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.00 £11.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Oxfordshire Systems Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Oxfordshire Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Administrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford +3 10 £275 -21.42% 3
Abingdon - 1 - - 1
Witney - - - -
Systems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 10 (45.45%) VMware
2 8 (36.36%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) Windows
3 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
4 6 (27.27%) SAN
4 6 (27.27%) vSphere
5 5 (22.73%) Lagan
5 5 (22.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (22.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (22.73%) BusinessObjects XI
5 5 (22.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (22.73%) Business Objects
5 5 (22.73%) Linux
5 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
5 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
5 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
6 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (18.18%) MCSE
6 4 (18.18%) Red Hat
7 3 (13.64%) Migration
7 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (13.64%) Citrix
7 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
7 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (13.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (13.64%) vCloud
8 2 (9.091%) IIS
8 2 (9.091%) MS Office
8 2 (9.091%) Web Services

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (9.091%) Web Services
2 1 (4.545%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
2 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (9.091%) IIS
4 1 (4.545%) Apache
4 1 (4.545%) Tomcat
4 1 (4.545%) CMS
4 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
2 2 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) SAN
2 2 (9.091%) Firewall
2 2 (9.091%) Network Security
3 1 (4.545%) DNS
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (4.545%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 5 (22.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (22.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (22.73%) BusinessObjects XI
2 5 (22.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (13.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (9.091%) Debian
5 1 (4.545%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.545%) Windows XP
5 1 (4.545%) AIX
5 1 (4.545%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Migration
2 2 (9.091%) ITIL
3 1 (4.545%) OO
3 1 (4.545%) Web Development
3 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.545%) C#
2 1 (4.545%) COBOL
2 1 (4.545%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) MCSE
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.545%) RHCE
2 1 (4.545%) RHCT
2 1 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) vSphere
2 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (13.64%) vCloud
4 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (4.545%) Squid
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (4.545%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) VMware
2 5 (22.73%) Lagan
2 5 (22.73%) Business Objects
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) Red Hat
4 3 (13.64%) Citrix
5 2 (9.091%) Dell
5 2 (9.091%) Cisco
6 1 (4.545%) Oracle
6 1 (4.545%) JBoss
6 1 (4.545%) HP
6 1 (4.545%) Salesforce.com