The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 17 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 102 148 176
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 120 76 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.332% 1.239% 0.388%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.475% 1.311% 0.413%
Number of salaries quoted 103 71 17
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,500 £32,100
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £47,500 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4848 5795 4847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.23% 94.49% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3844 4947 4021
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,350 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +49 85 £36,000 +2.85%
Slough -5 14 £39,500 -16.84%
Maidenhead +21 7 £41,500 +27.69%
Newbury +11 3 £32,500 +4.83%
Bracknell -29 1 £42,500 -
Systems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 159 (71.30%) Linux
2 132 (59.19%) Windows
3 80 (35.87%) UNIX
4 74 (33.18%) SAN
5 67 (30.04%) Cisco
6 66 (29.60%) VMware
7 61 (27.35%) Clustering
8 59 (26.46%) Red Hat
9 57 (25.56%) Active Directory
9 57 (25.56%) Apache
10 55 (24.66%) Microsoft
11 52 (23.32%) PHP
12 45 (20.18%) MySQL
13 40 (17.94%) CentOS
14 39 (17.49%) VMware Infrastructure
15 38 (17.04%) SUSE
15 38 (17.04%) WAN
16 37 (16.59%) Firewall
17 36 (16.14%) SQL
17 36 (16.14%) Perl
18 35 (15.70%) Oracle
18 35 (15.70%) DNS
18 35 (15.70%) HP
19 32 (14.35%) LAN
19 32 (14.35%) Windows Server 2008
19 32 (14.35%) German Language
20 31 (13.90%) Python
20 31 (13.90%) TCP/IP
20 31 (13.90%) ITIL
21 30 (13.45%) MS Exchange

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 22 (9.865%) LAMP
2 12 (5.381%) Web Services
3 10 (4.484%) WebSphere
4 7 (3.139%) COM
5 4 (1.794%) SWT
6 3 (1.345%) Memcached
7 2 (0.897%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.897%) CPAN
7 2 (0.897%) X-Windows
8 1 (0.448%) XML
8 1 (0.448%) Servlets
8 1 (0.448%) SOAP
8 1 (0.448%) .NET
8 1 (0.448%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 57 (25.56%) Apache
2 30 (13.45%) MS Exchange
3 24 (10.76%) Exchange Server 2007
4 19 (8.520%) Exchange Server 2010
5 18 (8.072%) Lotus Domino
6 17 (7.623%) Tomcat
7 16 (7.175%) SharePoint
8 13 (5.830%) IIS
9 10 (4.484%) nginx
10 9 (4.036%) IBM Connections
10 9 (4.036%) Amazon AWS
10 9 (4.036%) Lotus Notes
10 9 (4.036%) WebSphere Application Server
10 9 (4.036%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (1.345%) Exchange Server 2003
11 3 (1.345%) WebLogic
11 3 (1.345%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.345%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.345%) Amazon ELB
12 2 (0.897%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (5.381%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.242%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 74 (33.18%) SAN
2 38 (17.04%) WAN
3 37 (16.59%) Firewall
4 35 (15.70%) DNS
5 32 (14.35%) LAN
6 31 (13.90%) TCP/IP
7 27 (12.11%) LDAP
8 19 (8.520%) OSPF
8 19 (8.520%) BGP
9 17 (7.623%) VRRP
9 17 (7.623%) VPN
10 16 (7.175%) DHCP
11 11 (4.933%) Internet
12 10 (4.484%) Network Security
13 9 (4.036%) VLAN
13 9 (4.036%) VoIP
13 9 (4.036%) Kerberos
14 8 (3.587%) IPv4
14 8 (3.587%) IPv6
14 8 (3.587%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (20.18%) MySQL
2 19 (8.520%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.587%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.242%) DB2
5 4 (1.794%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.345%) Redis
6 3 (1.345%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (1.345%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.345%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.897%) dBASE
7 2 (0.897%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.897%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.448%) DB2 UDB
8 1 (0.448%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 22 (9.865%) Subversion
2 9 (4.036%) Git (software)
3 5 (2.242%) Mercurial
4 2 (0.897%) Hudson
4 2 (0.897%) Gradle
4 2 (0.897%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.897%) JIRA
4 2 (0.897%) Selenium
4 2 (0.897%) Ant
4 2 (0.897%) IntelliJ
General
1 32 (14.35%) German Language
2 16 (7.175%) French Language
3 8 (3.587%) Russian Language
4 6 (2.691%) Retail
4 6 (2.691%) Advertising
5 5 (2.242%) Marketing
5 5 (2.242%) Finance
6 3 (1.345%) Spanish Language
7 2 (0.897%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.448%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.448%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 61 (27.35%) Clustering
2 12 (5.381%) Enterprise Storage
3 8 (3.587%) Open Source
4 7 (3.139%) iPhone
4 7 (3.139%) Blackberry
5 6 (2.691%) SaaS
6 5 (2.242%) Replication
6 5 (2.242%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.794%) Semantic Web
7 4 (1.794%) Computer Science
7 4 (1.794%) Informatics
7 4 (1.794%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.345%) Firmware
8 3 (1.345%) Social Media
9 2 (0.897%) Wiki
10 1 (0.448%) NHS
10 1 (0.448%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.448%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.448%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 159 (71.30%) Linux
2 132 (59.19%) Windows
3 80 (35.87%) UNIX
4 40 (17.94%) CentOS
5 38 (17.04%) SUSE
6 32 (14.35%) Windows Server 2008
7 28 (12.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (11.21%) Windows Server 2003
9 24 (10.76%) Ubuntu
10 21 (9.417%) HPUX
11 15 (6.726%) Debian
12 11 (4.933%) Windows 7
13 9 (4.036%) OpenBSD
13 9 (4.036%) Solaris
14 7 (3.139%) AIX
14 7 (3.139%) Windows 8
14 7 (3.139%) Android
15 6 (2.691%) Windows 2000 Server
16 5 (2.242%) VMS
16 5 (2.242%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (13.90%) ITIL
2 26 (11.66%) Data Protection
3 17 (7.623%) E-Commerce
4 15 (6.726%) Scrum
5 13 (5.830%) Migration
6 12 (5.381%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (5.381%) OOD
7 11 (4.933%) Agile Software Development
8 10 (4.484%) Service Delivery
9 9 (4.036%) OO
10 8 (3.587%) Network Design
10 8 (3.587%) Infrastructure Management
10 8 (3.587%) Time Management
11 7 (3.139%) Data Migration
12 6 (2.691%) Change Management
12 6 (2.691%) Configuration Management
13 5 (2.242%) Content Management
13 5 (2.242%) Mobile Device Management
13 5 (2.242%) Load Testing
14 4 (1.794%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.32%) PHP
2 36 (16.14%) SQL
2 36 (16.14%) Perl
3 31 (13.90%) Python
4 24 (10.76%) Ruby
5 21 (9.417%) Bash shell
6 18 (8.072%) Java
7 12 (5.381%) PowerShell
8 8 (3.587%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.691%) C
10 3 (1.345%) C++
10 3 (1.345%) Scala
11 2 (0.897%) C-shell
11 2 (0.897%) Korn
12 1 (0.448%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (5.381%) Degree
2 10 (4.484%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (4.484%) RHCE
3 8 (3.587%) ITIL Certification
3 8 (3.587%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.691%) Citrix Certification
4 6 (2.691%) CCNA
4 6 (2.691%) HND
4 6 (2.691%) MCITP
5 4 (1.794%) MCSE
6 3 (1.345%) MCSA
7 2 (0.897%) CCNP
7 2 (0.897%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.897%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.448%) MCTS
8 1 (0.448%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.520%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (25.56%) Active Directory
2 39 (17.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.036%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (3.587%) vSphere
4 8 (3.587%) VMware ESX
5 5 (2.242%) XenApp
5 5 (2.242%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.794%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 4 (1.794%) Samba
6 4 (1.794%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (1.345%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.345%) Xen
8 2 (0.897%) Sendmail
8 2 (0.897%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (0.897%) NFS
9 1 (0.448%) UAG
Systems Management
1 29 (13.00%) Puppet
2 28 (12.56%) Nagios
3 10 (4.484%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 10 (4.484%) Cacti
4 9 (4.036%) WSUS
5 6 (2.691%) ZABBIX
6 4 (1.794%) Veritas Storage Foundation
7 2 (0.897%) Netcool
7 2 (0.897%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.897%) YUM
8 1 (0.448%) Ganglia
8 1 (0.448%) Plesk
8 1 (0.448%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 67 (30.04%) Cisco
2 66 (29.60%) VMware
3 59 (26.46%) Red Hat
4 55 (24.66%) Microsoft
5 35 (15.70%) HP
5 35 (15.70%) Oracle
6 12 (5.381%) Citrix
7 11 (4.933%) Lotus
8 9 (4.036%) IBM
8 9 (4.036%) Dell
8 9 (4.036%) Sun
9 8 (3.587%) Juniper
9 8 (3.587%) JBoss
10 7 (3.139%) Symantec
10 7 (3.139%) Google
11 6 (2.691%) F5
11 6 (2.691%) Rackspace
12 5 (2.242%) EMC
13 4 (1.794%) Sybase
13 4 (1.794%) Veritas
Reading, Berkshire
They are looking for a Systems Administrator that has a good all round experience of the Linux flavours; Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat and CentOS , with the ability to develop...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
In addition to this you will also need to have knowledge of shell scripting and knowledge of at least one of (PHP, C++, Scala, Java, Ruby, or Python).
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 60,000 depending on skills
Posted: 13 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, Support, Windows server, MCSA/MSCE, CCNA/CCNP, VWware, Hyper-V... The successful candidate will be a self-starter with MCSA/MCSE and CCNA/CCNP...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + EX BENS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Working with vendors like Dell, Microsoft, VMware and Cisco for troubleshooting and support issues... Windows servers with its associated services like WWW, Active Directories and Domains, Group policies,...
eGain Communications
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
UK (Slough)
Industry analyst Gartner has placed eGain in the leaders' quadrant for the last 5 years and we are expanding our team in EMEA to capitalise on our position...
eGain
Salary: : £30,000-£40,000 + excellent benefits (inc: Bonus, stock options, bupa, pension)
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Support Engineer is required for a worldwide household name. This company specialises within the technology sector and provide excellent training and career progression. The Technical Services team...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £35,000 per annum Plus Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Support Engineer is required for a worldwide household name. This company specialises within the technology sector and provide excellent training and career progression. The Technical Services team...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £35,000 per annum Plus Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013