South West Administrator Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Administrator role in IT contracts within the South West 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 Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Administrator
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Altrincham Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Belper Benfleet Berkshire Birmingham Bletchley Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Clydebank Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Filton Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guernsey Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hayes Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Pudsey Reading Rhyl Rickmansworth Rugby Sale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stockton-on-Tees Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thatcham Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Witham Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	47	26
Rank change on same period last year	-21
Matching contract IT job ads	107	242
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.169 %	0.259 %
As % of the category below	2.709 %	4.506 %
Daily rates quoted	16	48
Average minimum daily rate	£263	£314
Average daily rate	£275	£325
% change on same period last year	-15.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£287	£337
UK excluding London average daily rate	£283	£291
% change on same period last year	-2.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	43
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.03	£22.56
Average hourly rate	£17.65	£25.80
% change on same period last year	-31.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.26	£29.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.67	£21.75
% change on same period last year	-18.75 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	3950	5371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.222 %	5.755 %
Daily rates quoted	1138	1373
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£342
Average daily rate	£367	£362
% change on same period last year	+1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	557	675
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.34	£25.38
Average hourly rate	£24.90	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.46	£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Administrator across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Administrator across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Wiltshire	-4	28	£320	+32.97 %
Gloucestershire	-12	24	£370	-15.42 %
Bristol	-29	11	-	-
Somerset	-13	11	-	-
Devon	+17	10	£214	-53.72 %
Dorset	-9	2	£200	-31.94 %

Administrator England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 94 (34.69 %) Security Cleared 2 70 (25.83 %) UNIX 3 61 (22.51 %) Windows 4 49 (18.08 %) Microsoft 5 45 (16.61 %) DV Cleared 6 41 (15.13 %) SC Cleared 7 37 (13.65 %) SQL 7 37 (13.65 %) Solaris 8 32 (11.81 %) Perl 8 32 (11.81 %) Government 9 31 (11.44 %) MS Excel 10 29 (10.70 %) Windows Server 2003 11 28 (10.33 %) Active Directory 11 28 (10.33 %) MS Office 11 28 (10.33 %) Finance

12 27 (9.963 %) Oracle 13 24 (8.856 %) VMware 14 21 (7.749 %) ClearCase 14 21 (7.749 %) Windows 2000 15 19 (7.011 %) ITIL 15 19 (7.011 %) HP 16 18 (6.642 %) SQL Server 16 18 (6.642 %) FTP 17 17 (6.273 %) Service Management 18 16 (5.904 %) Firewall 18 16 (5.904 %) SAN 19 15 (5.535 %) MS Exchange 19 15 (5.535 %) Linux 19 15 (5.535 %) Change Management 20 14 (5.166 %) Tivoli Storage Manager

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 7 (2.583 %) HTML 2 5 (1.845 %) CORBA 3 4 (1.476 %) Middleware 4 2 (0.738 %) ISAPI 4 2 (0.738 %) WebSphere 5 1 (0.369 %) CGI 5 1 (0.369 %) Windows SharePoint Services 5 1 (0.369 %) .NET 5 1 (0.369 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.369 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 15 (5.535 %) MS Exchange 2 8 (2.952 %) IIS 2 8 (2.952 %) SharePoint 3 7 (2.583 %) WebLogic 3 7 (2.583 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 7 (2.583 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 6 (2.214 %) Lotus Notes 4 6 (2.214 %) Lotus Domino 5 3 (1.107 %) Apache 5 3 (1.107 %) Documentum 5 3 (1.107 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 3 (1.107 %) CMS 5 3 (1.107 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 2 (0.738 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 2 (0.738 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 2 (0.738 %) ArcGIS 6 2 (0.738 %) WebSphere MQ 6 2 (0.738 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 1 (0.369 %) MQSeries 7 1 (0.369 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 31 (11.44 %) MS Excel 2 28 (10.33 %) MS Office 3 9 (3.321 %) MS PowerPoint 4 5 (1.845 %) MS Visio 5 4 (1.476 %) Spreadsheet 6 2 (0.738 %) ArcView 6 2 (0.738 %) Photoshop 6 2 (0.738 %) MS Project 7 1 (0.369 %) SPSS	Business Applications 1 7 (2.583 %) assyst 2 4 (1.476 %) Summit 3 2 (0.738 %) Oracle Financials 3 2 (0.738 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 18 (6.642 %) FTP 2 16 (5.904 %) SAN 2 16 (5.904 %) Firewall 3 12 (4.428 %) LAN 4 11 (4.059 %) TCP/IP 4 11 (4.059 %) DNS 5 10 (3.690 %) WAN 6 8 (2.952 %) SNMP 7 7 (2.583 %) LDAP 8 6 (2.214 %) VoIP 8 6 (2.214 %) HTTP 9 5 (1.845 %) ATM 9 5 (1.845 %) MPLS 9 5 (1.845 %) Frame Relay 10 4 (1.476 %) Network Security 10 4 (1.476 %) iSCSI 10 4 (1.476 %) DHCP 11 3 (1.107 %) SMTP 12 2 (0.738 %) IP Telephony 13 1 (0.369 %) SSH	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (6.642 %) SQL Server 2 10 (3.690 %) Oracle 10g 3 6 (2.214 %) SQL Server 2000 3 6 (2.214 %) Crystal Reports 4 5 (1.845 %) MS Access 5 4 (1.476 %) Datawarehouse 6 3 (1.107 %) Oracle Reports 6 3 (1.107 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 3 (1.107 %) Oracle 9i 6 3 (1.107 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 3 (1.107 %) DataStage 6 3 (1.107 %) MySQL 6 3 (1.107 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 2 (0.738 %) SQL Server 2005 7 2 (0.738 %) Oracle BI EE 7 2 (0.738 %) ETL 7 2 (0.738 %) GIS 8 1 (0.369 %) Oracle OWB 8 1 (0.369 %) BusinessObjects 8 1 (0.369 %) DTS
Development Applications 1 21 (7.749 %) ClearCase 2 1 (0.369 %) Dreamweaver	General 1 32 (11.81 %) Government 2 28 (10.33 %) Finance 3 9 (3.321 %) Telecoms 4 4 (1.476 %) Auditing 5 3 (1.107 %) Banking 5 3 (1.107 %) Health 6 2 (0.738 %) Legal 6 2 (0.738 %) Marketing 6 2 (0.738 %) Education 7 1 (0.369 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.369 %) Publishing 7 1 (0.369 %) Home Office 7 1 (0.369 %) Military 7 1 (0.369 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.369 %) Aerospace 7 1 (0.369 %) Construction
Miscellaneous 1 10 (3.690 %) Client/Server 2 6 (2.214 %) Thin Client 2 6 (2.214 %) Clustering 2 6 (2.214 %) Fat Client 3 5 (1.845 %) HACMP 4 3 (1.107 %) Blackberry 4 3 (1.107 %) Replication 5 2 (0.738 %) CLARiiON 5 2 (0.738 %) Mainframe 5 2 (0.738 %) Management Information System 5 2 (0.738 %) CMDB 6 1 (0.369 %) Wiki 6 1 (0.369 %) SecurID 6 1 (0.369 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 70 (25.83 %) UNIX 2 61 (22.51 %) Windows 3 37 (13.65 %) Solaris 4 29 (10.70 %) Windows Server 2003 5 21 (7.749 %) Windows 2000 6 15 (5.535 %) Linux 7 13 (4.797 %) AIX 8 7 (2.583 %) HPUX 9 5 (1.845 %) Tru64 9 5 (1.845 %) Windows XP 9 5 (1.845 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 4 (1.476 %) Windows Server 2008 11 3 (1.107 %) Red Hat Linux 11 3 (1.107 %) Windows NT 12 1 (0.369 %) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies 1 94 (34.69 %) Security Cleared 2 45 (16.61 %) DV Cleared 3 41 (15.13 %) SC Cleared 4 19 (7.011 %) ITIL 5 17 (6.273 %) Service Management 6 15 (5.535 %) Change Management 7 11 (4.059 %) Time Management 8 10 (3.690 %) Configuration Management 9 9 (3.321 %) Migration 10 8 (2.952 %) Asset Management 11 7 (2.583 %) Software Testing 11 7 (2.583 %) Disaster Recovery 12 5 (1.845 %) Workflow 12 5 (1.845 %) Logistics 12 5 (1.845 %) Load Balancing 12 5 (1.845 %) Data Migration 13 4 (1.476 %) IT Governance 14 3 (1.107 %) Data Management 14 3 (1.107 %) Content Management 14 3 (1.107 %) Test Scripting	Programming Languages 1 37 (13.65 %) SQL 2 32 (11.81 %) Perl 3 9 (3.321 %) Korn 4 8 (2.952 %) C 5 7 (2.583 %) Java 5 7 (2.583 %) VB 5 7 (2.583 %) Shell Script 6 4 (1.476 %) PL/SQL 7 3 (1.107 %) Transact-SQL 7 3 (1.107 %) VBScript 8 2 (0.738 %) PHP 8 2 (0.738 %) LINC 9 1 (0.369 %) PowerHouse 9 1 (0.369 %) C#
Qualifications 1 4 (1.476 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (1.107 %) MCP 2 3 (1.107 %) MCSE 3 1 (0.369 %) MCAD 3 1 (0.369 %) ITIL Certification 3 1 (0.369 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (2.583 %) SLA
System Software 1 28 (10.33 %) Active Directory 2 12 (4.428 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 9 (3.321 %) VMware ESX 4 7 (2.583 %) NFS 5 5 (1.845 %) MailMarshal 6 4 (1.476 %) Oracle RMAN 6 4 (1.476 %) Samba 7 3 (1.107 %) VMware GSX 7 3 (1.107 %) Terminal Server 7 3 (1.107 %) Terminal Services 7 3 (1.107 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 7 3 (1.107 %) Oracle RAC 8 1 (0.369 %) ISA Server 8 1 (0.369 %) NetBackup	Systems Management 1 14 (5.166 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 6 (2.214 %) BMC PATROL 3 5 (1.845 %) Tivoli 4 3 (1.107 %) Tivoli Remote Control 4 3 (1.107 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 4 3 (1.107 %) OpenView 5 2 (0.738 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 2 (0.738 %) Norton AntiVirus 6 1 (0.369 %) EMC Navisphere 6 1 (0.369 %) WSUS 6 1 (0.369 %) Netcool/Proviso 6 1 (0.369 %) SCOM 6 1 (0.369 %) Netcool 6 1 (0.369 %) MOM
Vendors 1 49 (18.08 %) Microsoft 2 27 (9.963 %) Oracle 3 24 (8.856 %) VMware 4 19 (7.011 %) HP 5 13 (4.797 %) SAP 6 11 (4.059 %) Intel 7 10 (3.690 %) Sophos 8 9 (3.321 %) Sun 9 8 (2.952 %) Tripwire 9 8 (2.952 %) Lotus 9 8 (2.952 %) Symantec 9 8 (2.952 %) LANDesk 10 7 (2.583 %) IBM 11 6 (2.214 %) BMC 11 6 (2.214 %) VERITAS 12 5 (1.845 %) Remedy 13 4 (1.476 %) Red Hat 13 4 (1.476 %) EMC 13 4 (1.476 %) Cisco 13 4 (1.476 %) Altiris