Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Plymouth 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank813
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below5.714 %1.449 %
Daily rates quoted20
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£315£326
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.67£28.03
% change on same period last year-19.11 %
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Plymouth
Matching contract IT job ads3569
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.075 %
Daily rates quoted1715
Average minimum daily rate£287£349
Average daily rate£307£367
% change on same period last year-16.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted611
Average minimum hourly rate£15.99£26.26
Average hourly rate£16.29£29.09
% change on same period last year-43.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.60£31.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.15£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Systems Administrator DevonSystems Administrator
Devon

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

Plymouth 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 Plymouth region.

Plymouth 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 Plymouth region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Plymouth 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 Plymouth region.

Plymouth Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Plymouth 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.

114 (82.35 %)UNIX
213 (76.47 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
312 (70.59 %)SQL
49 (52.94 %)Windows
49 (52.94 %)Client/Server
58 (47.06 %)TCP/IP
67 (41.18 %)FTP
67 (41.18 %)Microsoft
67 (41.18 %)AIX
67 (41.18 %)Disaster Recovery
76 (35.29 %)BMC PATROL
76 (35.29 %)Perl
76 (35.29 %)Intel
76 (35.29 %)BMC
85 (29.41 %)SAN
85 (29.41 %)ITIL
94 (23.53 %)HACMP
94 (23.53 %)Tivoli
94 (23.53 %)Samba
94 (23.53 %)Change Management
94 (23.53 %)SLA
94 (23.53 %)IBM
94 (23.53 %)HTTP
94 (23.53 %)NFS
94 (23.53 %)Oracle
103 (17.65 %)WebLogic
103 (17.65 %)IIS
103 (17.65 %)MS Office
103 (17.65 %)PL/SQL
103 (17.65 %)VBScript

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Plymouth 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.

Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (17.65 %)Middleware
22 (11.76 %)WebSphere
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (17.65 %)Documentum
13 (17.65 %)WebLogic
13 (17.65 %)IIS
22 (11.76 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (11.76 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (17.65 %)MS Office
13 (17.65 %)MS Excel
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (47.06 %)TCP/IP
27 (41.18 %)FTP
35 (29.41 %)SAN
44 (23.53 %)HTTP
53 (17.65 %)SMTP
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (17.65 %)Oracle 9i
13 (17.65 %)DataStage
22 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (11.76 %)SQL Server
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (52.94 %)Client/Server
24 (23.53 %)HACMP
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (82.35 %)UNIX
29 (52.94 %)Windows
37 (41.18 %)AIX
43 (17.65 %)Windows XP
43 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (17.65 %)Windows 2000 Server
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)Disaster Recovery
25 (29.41 %)ITIL
34 (23.53 %)Change Management
43 (17.65 %)Data Protection
43 (17.65 %)Service Management
52 (11.76 %)Migration
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (70.59 %)SQL
26 (35.29 %)Perl
33 (17.65 %)PL/SQL
33 (17.65 %)VBScript
33 (17.65 %)VB
33 (17.65 %)Shell Script
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (23.53 %)SLA
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (23.53 %)Samba
14 (23.53 %)NFS
23 (17.65 %)Active Directory
23 (17.65 %)Terminal Services
23 (17.65 %)VMware ESX
23 (17.65 %)Oracle RMAN
23 (17.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (76.47 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
26 (35.29 %)BMC PATROL
34 (23.53 %)Tivoli
43 (17.65 %)Tivoli Remote Control
43 (17.65 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
51 (5.882 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (41.18 %)Microsoft
26 (35.29 %)Intel
26 (35.29 %)BMC
34 (23.53 %)Oracle
34 (23.53 %)IBM
43 (17.65 %)HP
43 (17.65 %)McAfee Security
43 (17.65 %)VMware
51 (5.882 %)Lotus