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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the Aberdeen region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3340
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads102
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below3.584 %0.683 %
Salaries quoted61
Average minimum salary£32,167£30,000
Average salary£35,250£30,000
% change on same period last year+17.49 %
Average maximum salary£38,333£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,533£33,910
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Aberdeen
Matching permanent IT job ads279293
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.154 %0.123 %
Salaries quoted165197
Average minimum salary£36,979£33,953
Average salary£39,621£35,784
% change on same period last year+10.72 %
Average maximum salary£42,264£37,614
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Systems Administrator ScotlandSystems Administrator
Scotland

Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Systems Administrator Demand Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Aberdeen Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with Systems Administrator in their job title.

112 (85.71 %)Linux
210 (71.43 %)Windows
38 (57.14 %)Citrix
45 (35.71 %)Active Directory
45 (35.71 %)MS Exchange
45 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (21.43 %)UNIX
53 (21.43 %)Solaris
53 (21.43 %)Cisco
53 (21.43 %)Microsoft
53 (21.43 %)SAN
53 (21.43 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (14.29 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
62 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (14.29 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (14.29 %)Sun
62 (14.29 %)Oracle
62 (14.29 %)ITIL
62 (14.29 %)MCP
62 (14.29 %)HNC
62 (14.29 %)HND
62 (14.29 %)MCSE
62 (14.29 %)MS Excel
62 (14.29 %)Degree
62 (14.29 %)VMware
71 (7.143 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
71 (7.143 %)Novell eDirectory
71 (7.143 %)VMware Infrastructure
71 (7.143 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (7.143 %)AIX

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (35.71 %)MS Exchange
15 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (7.143 %)IIS
21 (7.143 %)GroupWise
Aberdeen IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (14.29 %)MS Excel
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (21.43 %)SAN
21 (7.143 %)LAN
21 (7.143 %)WAN
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (85.71 %)Linux
210 (71.43 %)Windows
33 (21.43 %)UNIX
33 (21.43 %)Solaris
33 (21.43 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (7.143 %)SUSE
41 (7.143 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (7.143 %)NetWare
41 (7.143 %)AIX
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)ITIL
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.143 %)SQL
Aberdeen IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)MCP
12 (14.29 %)HNC
12 (14.29 %)HND
12 (14.29 %)MCSE
12 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (14.29 %)Degree
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (14.29 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Aberdeen IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (35.71 %)Active Directory
21 (7.143 %)Novell eDirectory
21 (7.143 %)VMware Infrastructure
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (14.29 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (7.143 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Aberdeen IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (57.14 %)Citrix
23 (21.43 %)Cisco
23 (21.43 %)Microsoft
32 (14.29 %)Sun
32 (14.29 %)Oracle
32 (14.29 %)VMware
41 (7.143 %)Novell
41 (7.143 %)VERITAS
41 (7.143 %)Red Hat