The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. 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 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 64 67 55
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 14 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 1.986% 0.813% 0.954%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.128% 0.856% 1.044%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 0
Average salary £43,750 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
658 584 479
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 93.33% 94.96% 91.41%
Number of salaries quoted 523 454 357
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £28,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
Hampshire

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Basingstoke Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Basingstoke Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

1 22 (73.33%) Shell Script
2 18 (60.00%) Linux
3 17 (56.67%) Windows
4 14 (46.67%) ITIL
4 14 (46.67%) IBM
4 14 (46.67%) VMware
4 14 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (40.00%) UNIX
5 12 (40.00%) ATM
6 11 (36.67%) TCP/IP
7 10 (33.33%) Debian
7 10 (33.33%) Ubuntu
7 10 (33.33%) Korn
8 9 (30.00%) Firewall
8 9 (30.00%) VPN
8 9 (30.00%) HP
8 9 (30.00%) SAN
8 9 (30.00%) vSphere
9 8 (26.67%) Postfix
9 8 (26.67%) CMDB
9 8 (26.67%) Problem Management
9 8 (26.67%) Remedy ITSM
9 8 (26.67%) Performance Management
9 8 (26.67%) Change Control
9 8 (26.67%) Novell
9 8 (26.67%) Red Hat
9 8 (26.67%) Middleware
9 8 (26.67%) Remedy
9 8 (26.67%) SSL
9 8 (26.67%) ISEB

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

Application Development
1 8 (26.67%) Middleware
2 6 (20.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) Apache
1 8 (26.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 6 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.333%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) ATM
2 11 (36.67%) TCP/IP
3 9 (30.00%) VPN
3 9 (30.00%) SAN
3 9 (30.00%) Firewall
4 8 (26.67%) SSH
4 8 (26.67%) SSL
5 2 (6.667%) HTTP
6 1 (3.333%) LAN
6 1 (3.333%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) DB2
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (26.67%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) CMDB
2 4 (13.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.333%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 18 (60.00%) Linux
2 17 (56.67%) Windows
3 12 (40.00%) UNIX
4 10 (33.33%) Debian
4 10 (33.33%) Ubuntu
5 8 (26.67%) SUSE
6 6 (20.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (20.00%) AIX
6 6 (20.00%) Solaris
7 1 (3.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) ITIL
2 8 (26.67%) Service Management
2 8 (26.67%) Change Management
2 8 (26.67%) ITSM
2 8 (26.67%) Problem Management
2 8 (26.67%) Performance Management
2 8 (26.67%) Change Control
3 1 (3.333%) Data Protection
3 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 22 (73.33%) Shell Script
2 10 (33.33%) Korn
3 6 (20.00%) Bash shell
4 1 (3.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) ISEB
2 1 (3.333%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (3.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.333%) MCITP
2 1 (3.333%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.333%) MCSE
2 1 (3.333%) MCSA
System Software
1 14 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (30.00%) vSphere
3 8 (26.67%) Postfix
4 4 (13.33%) Sendmail
5 1 (3.333%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) Backup Exec
1 1 (3.333%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) VMware
1 14 (46.67%) IBM
2 9 (30.00%) HP
3 8 (26.67%) Novell
3 8 (26.67%) Red Hat
3 8 (26.67%) Remedy
4 1 (3.333%) McAfee
4 1 (3.333%) Dell
4 1 (3.333%) Intel
4 1 (3.333%) Citrix
4 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.333%) SonicWALL
4 1 (3.333%) Veeam
4 1 (3.333%) Trend Micro