Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the West Sussex 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank3044
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.270 %1.124 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£280£350
Average daily rate£308£350
% change on same period last year-12.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£331
% change on same period last year-5.86 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£15.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.75£28.09
% change on same period last year-15.44 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads315534
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.496 %0.572 %
Daily rates quoted84180
Average minimum daily rate£310£327
Average daily rate£330£341
% change on same period last year-3.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted2791
Average minimum hourly rate£24.68£15.65
Average hourly rate£26.80£16.84
% change on same period last year+59.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.92£18.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Systems Administrator South EastSystems Administrator
South East

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

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 West Sussex 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.

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
CrawleyUp+153£277-20.95 %
GatwickDown-31£400+14.28 %
Systems Administrator South EastSystems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

15 (62.50 %)IBM
24 (50.00 %)HP
24 (50.00 %)Intel
24 (50.00 %)Citrix
24 (50.00 %)VERITAS
24 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (50.00 %)UNIX
24 (50.00 %)Windows
24 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
24 (50.00 %)VMware
24 (50.00 %)NetBackup
24 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (25.00 %)BladeLogic
41 (12.50 %)Clustering
41 (12.50 %)FTP
41 (12.50 %)HTTP
41 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
41 (12.50 %)SLA
41 (12.50 %)AIX
41 (12.50 %)Solaris
41 (12.50 %)Sun
41 (12.50 %)Change Management

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
14 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)FTP
11 (12.50 %)HTTP
11 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Clustering
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
14 (50.00 %)UNIX
14 (50.00 %)Windows
14 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (12.50 %)AIX
21 (12.50 %)Solaris
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Change Management
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)SLA
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (50.00 %)NetBackup
14 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (62.50 %)IBM
24 (50.00 %)HP
24 (50.00 %)Intel
24 (50.00 %)Citrix
24 (50.00 %)VERITAS
24 (50.00 %)VMware
32 (25.00 %)BladeLogic
41 (12.50 %)Sun