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This section looks at the demand for the Windows Systems Administrator role in IT contracts across the UK 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Windows System Administrator
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank551606
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching contract IT job ads3449
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.050 %
As % of the category below0.050 %0.054 %
Daily rates quoted1516
Average minimum daily rate£323£326
Average daily rate£351£328
% change on same period last year+7.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£392£364
% change on same period last year+7.67 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.21
Average hourly rate-£27.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£28.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6752690610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled90.01 %91.67 %
Daily rates quoted2212126824
Average minimum daily rate£378£390
Average daily rate£404£415
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted56807267
Average minimum hourly rate£22.08£24.52
Average hourly rate£23.72£26.04
% change on same period last year-8.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Windows Systems Administrator Demand Trend

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 within the UK.

Windows Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Windows Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows Systems Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

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 within the UK.

Windows Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Systems Administrator
Top 13 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+6334£351+7.07 %
LondonUp+6727£341+16.77 %
City of LondonDown-219£351-
South EastUp+384£363-0.34 %
SurreyDown-13£450+20.00 %
CamberleyUp+52--
East MidlandsUp+61--
North WestDown-51--
ManchesterDown-131--
OxfordNew entry-1£275-
TwickenhamNew entry-1--
LeicestershireNew entry-1--
OxfordshireNew entry-1£275-

Windows Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

163 (100.00 %)Windows
223 (36.51 %)Active Directory
320 (31.75 %)Windows Server 2003
419 (30.16 %)Citrix
518 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
518 (28.57 %)IIS
617 (26.98 %)SQL
716 (25.40 %)Microsoft
813 (20.63 %)VMware
912 (19.05 %)DNS
912 (19.05 %)MS Exchange
912 (19.05 %)UNIX
1011 (17.46 %)TCP/IP
1011 (17.46 %)Finance
1110 (15.87 %)HP
1110 (15.87 %)Microsoft Certification
129 (14.29 %)Cisco
129 (14.29 %)SQL Server
129 (14.29 %)Clustering
138 (12.70 %)MCSE
138 (12.70 %)VBScript
138 (12.70 %)Windows XP
138 (12.70 %)Exchange Server 2003
147 (11.11 %)MS Excel
147 (11.11 %)VB
147 (11.11 %).NET
147 (11.11 %)Banking
156 (9.524 %)Oracle
156 (9.524 %)Linux
156 (9.524 %)DHCP

Windows Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (11.11 %).NET
25 (7.937 %)ASP.NET
34 (6.349 %)XML
34 (6.349 %)HTML
42 (3.175 %)ODBC
42 (3.175 %)ActiveX
42 (3.175 %)DCOM
51 (1.587 %)ASP
51 (1.587 %)WebSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (28.57 %)IIS
212 (19.05 %)MS Exchange
38 (12.70 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (4.762 %)Apache
52 (3.175 %)Tomcat
52 (3.175 %)SharePoint
61 (1.587 %)Lotus Notes
61 (1.587 %)BizTalk Server
61 (1.587 %)WebSphere MQ
61 (1.587 %)Exchange Server 5.5
61 (1.587 %)Exchange Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (11.11 %)MS Excel
23 (4.762 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (19.05 %)DNS
211 (17.46 %)TCP/IP
36 (9.524 %)DHCP
45 (7.937 %)SAN
45 (7.937 %)Firewall
52 (3.175 %)Internet
61 (1.587 %)DMZ
61 (1.587 %)IPsec
61 (1.587 %)VPN
61 (1.587 %)SSL
61 (1.587 %)LDAP
61 (1.587 %)Broadband
61 (1.587 %)LAN
61 (1.587 %)WAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (14.29 %)SQL Server
24 (6.349 %)Oracle 9i
24 (6.349 %)TOAD
24 (6.349 %)Oracle 10g
24 (6.349 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (3.175 %)SQL Navigator
42 (3.175 %)MS Access
51 (1.587 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (3.175 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (17.46 %)Finance
27 (11.11 %)Banking
35 (7.937 %)Investment Banking
43 (4.762 %)Retail
51 (1.587 %)Health
51 (1.587 %)Telecoms
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (14.29 %)Clustering
22 (3.175 %)Blackberry
31 (1.587 %)Replication
31 (1.587 %)Wiki
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
163 (100.00 %)Windows
220 (31.75 %)Windows Server 2003
318 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
412 (19.05 %)UNIX
58 (12.70 %)Windows XP
66 (9.524 %)Linux
75 (7.937 %)Solaris
83 (4.762 %)Windows NT
92 (3.175 %)HPUX
101 (1.587 %)NetWare
101 (1.587 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (6.349 %)OO
14 (6.349 %)Migration
23 (4.762 %)Problem Management
32 (3.175 %)ITIL
32 (3.175 %)UML
32 (3.175 %)OOD
32 (3.175 %)DRM
32 (3.175 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (1.587 %)Agile Software Development
41 (1.587 %)Content Management
41 (1.587 %)Software Testing
41 (1.587 %)Release Management
41 (1.587 %)Performance Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (26.98 %)SQL
28 (12.70 %)VBScript
37 (11.11 %)VB
44 (6.349 %)C#
44 (6.349 %)PL/SQL
53 (4.762 %)Perl
62 (3.175 %)Transact-SQL
62 (3.175 %)VBA
62 (3.175 %)Shell Script
62 (3.175 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (15.87 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (12.70 %)MCSE
32 (3.175 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
41 (1.587 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
123 (36.51 %)Active Directory
25 (7.937 %)ISA Server
33 (4.762 %)Terminal Services
33 (4.762 %)Citrix Presentation Server
33 (4.762 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (3.175 %)Backup Exec
51 (1.587 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
51 (1.587 %)Samba
51 (1.587 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (3.175 %)ARCserve
12 (3.175 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (1.587 %)BMC Performance Manager
21 (1.587 %)Legato
21 (1.587 %)Tivoli
21 (1.587 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (1.587 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (30.16 %)Citrix
216 (25.40 %)Microsoft
313 (20.63 %)VMware
410 (15.87 %)HP
59 (14.29 %)Cisco
66 (9.524 %)Oracle
72 (3.175 %)EMC
72 (3.175 %)CheckPoint
72 (3.175 %)MicroStrategy
72 (3.175 %)Symantec
81 (1.587 %)Accenture
81 (1.587 %)Altiris
81 (1.587 %)Brocade
81 (1.587 %)LANDesk
81 (1.587 %)Lotus
81 (1.587 %)Red Hat
81 (1.587 %)JD Edwards
81 (1.587 %)NetIQ
81 (1.587 %)BMC
81 (1.587 %)CA
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