South East Windows Systems Administrator Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Windows Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the South East 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 Windows Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Windows System Administrator
Location Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham City of London East of England Egham England Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Leeds London South East South West Surrey UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	246	278
Rank change on same period last year	+32
Matching contract IT job ads	1	15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	0.009 %	0.096 %
Daily rates quoted	0	11
Average minimum daily rate	-	£347
Average daily rate	-	£363
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£363
% change on same period last year	-3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.00	£24.50
% change on same period last year	+2.04 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	10913	15672
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.36 %	15.84 %
Daily rates quoted	2841	4021
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£337
Average daily rate	£353	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	1271	2066
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.91	£24.95
Average hourly rate	£24.44	£26.43
% change on same period last year	-7.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.97	£27.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
Windows Systems Administrator 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.

Windows Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Windows Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Windows Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
Surrey	+17	1	-	-

Windows Systems Administrator England

Windows Systems Administrator
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 6 (100.00 %) Windows 2 3 (50.00 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (33.33 %) Windows 2000 3 2 (33.33 %) MCSE 3 2 (33.33 %) UNIX 3 2 (33.33 %) Finance 4 1 (16.67 %) Health 4 1 (16.67 %) VMware 4 1 (16.67 %) WebSphere 4 1 (16.67 %) BMC Performance Manager 4 1 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 1 (16.67 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (16.67 %) DNS 4 1 (16.67 %) Active Directory

4 1 (16.67 %) EMC 4 1 (16.67 %) Citrix 4 1 (16.67 %) C# 4 1 (16.67 %) VBScript 4 1 (16.67 %) .NET 4 1 (16.67 %) IIS 4 1 (16.67 %) ASP 4 1 (16.67 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (16.67 %) SAN 4 1 (16.67 %) BMC 4 1 (16.67 %) Legato 4 1 (16.67 %) WebSphere MQ 4 1 (16.67 %) Solaris

Windows Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (16.67 %) .NET 1 1 (16.67 %) ASP 1 1 (16.67 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (16.67 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 1 (16.67 %) IIS 1 1 (16.67 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (16.67 %) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking 1 1 (16.67 %) DNS 1 1 (16.67 %) SAN	General 1 2 (33.33 %) Finance 2 1 (16.67 %) Health
Operating Systems 1 6 (100.00 %) Windows 2 3 (50.00 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (33.33 %) UNIX 3 2 (33.33 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (16.67 %) Solaris 4 1 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 Server	Programming Languages 1 1 (16.67 %) C# 1 1 (16.67 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 2 (33.33 %) MCSE 1 2 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification	System Software 1 1 (16.67 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (16.67 %) Legato 1 1 (16.67 %) BMC Performance Manager	Vendors 1 1 (16.67 %) EMC 1 1 (16.67 %) Citrix 1 1 (16.67 %) BMC 1 1 (16.67 %) VMware