Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank154138
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching permanent IT job ads89161
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.072 %
As % of the category below1.170 %1.411 %
Salaries quoted71119
Average minimum salary£31,056£36,252
Average salary£35,641£38,504
% change on same period last year-7.43 %
Average maximum salary£40,225£40,756
UK excluding London average salary£36,077£36,890
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Systems Engineer South EastSystems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Systems Engineer Salary Histogram

Systems Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Berkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+320£37,421-14.11 %
SloughUp+413£37,200-1.32 %
NewburyDown-159£25,833-31.77 %
BracknellUp+326£30,000-11.11 %
MaidenheadDown-82£65,000+95.00 %
Systems Engineer South EastSystems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Systems Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

174 (49.33 %)Windows
252 (34.67 %)Linux
351 (34.00 %)Windows Server 2003
448 (32.00 %)UNIX
540 (26.67 %)Active Directory
630 (20.00 %)DNS
728 (18.67 %)Degree
728 (18.67 %)TCP/IP
827 (18.00 %)Microsoft
827 (18.00 %)Internet
924 (16.00 %)Cisco
1023 (15.33 %)Java
1122 (14.67 %)Perl
1122 (14.67 %)MS Exchange
1122 (14.67 %)VMware
1221 (14.00 %)Firewall
1221 (14.00 %)MS Excel
1319 (12.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
1319 (12.67 %)MCSE
1319 (12.67 %)DHCP
1319 (12.67 %)NFS
1319 (12.67 %)Microsoft Certification
1418 (12.00 %)VPN
1418 (12.00 %)Solaris
1517 (11.33 %)IIS
1616 (10.67 %)Pensions
1715 (10.00 %)SQL
1814 (9.333 %)Python
1814 (9.333 %)CCNA
1814 (9.333 %)Cisco Certification

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Systems Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (4.667 %)MIDP
17 (4.667 %)BREW
26 (4.000 %)HTML
26 (4.000 %)XML
32 (1.333 %)J2EE
32 (1.333 %)WebSphere
41 (0.667 %)JSP
41 (0.667 %)CORBA
41 (0.667 %)Middleware
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (14.67 %)MS Exchange
219 (12.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
317 (11.33 %)IIS
412 (8.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
510 (6.667 %)Apache
65 (3.333 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
74 (2.667 %)Tomcat
74 (2.667 %)Exchange Server 2007
83 (2.000 %)SharePoint
92 (1.333 %)WebLogic
101 (0.667 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.667 %)CICS
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (14.00 %)MS Excel
25 (3.333 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (3.333 %)SalesLogix
21 (0.667 %)SoftGrid
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (20.00 %)DNS
228 (18.67 %)TCP/IP
327 (18.00 %)Internet
421 (14.00 %)Firewall
519 (12.67 %)DHCP
618 (12.00 %)VPN
713 (8.667 %)WAN
812 (8.000 %)GSM
812 (8.000 %)LAN
910 (6.667 %)LDAP
107 (4.667 %)Broadband
107 (4.667 %)3GPP
107 (4.667 %)VoIP
107 (4.667 %)3G
107 (4.667 %)HSPA
107 (4.667 %)SAN
114 (2.667 %)Wireless
114 (2.667 %)Network Security
123 (2.000 %)SSL
132 (1.333 %)Ethernet
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (8.667 %)SQL Server
211 (7.333 %)RDBMS
33 (2.000 %)DB2
33 (2.000 %)MySQL
42 (1.333 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.333 %)Informix
42 (1.333 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.667 %)PostgreSQL
51 (0.667 %)NonStop SQL
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.333 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (0.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (10.67 %)Pensions
214 (9.333 %)Electronics
313 (8.667 %)Aerospace
412 (8.000 %)Telecoms
412 (8.000 %)Health
57 (4.667 %)Finance
65 (3.333 %)Education
74 (2.667 %)Retail
83 (2.000 %)Auditing
83 (2.000 %)Government
83 (2.000 %)Advertising
92 (1.333 %)Military
92 (1.333 %)Back Office
101 (0.667 %)Marketing
101 (0.667 %)Construction
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (7.333 %)Computer Science
27 (4.667 %)Handset
27 (4.667 %)Client/Server
36 (4.000 %)Clustering
44 (2.667 %)German Language
53 (2.000 %)IPTV
61 (0.667 %)SCADA
61 (0.667 %)Mainframe
61 (0.667 %)Management Information System
61 (0.667 %)IVR
61 (0.667 %)VSAM
61 (0.667 %)Italian Language
61 (0.667 %)French Language
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
174 (49.33 %)Windows
252 (34.67 %)Linux
351 (34.00 %)Windows Server 2003
448 (32.00 %)UNIX
518 (12.00 %)Solaris
611 (7.333 %)Windows 2000
79 (6.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
87 (4.667 %)Red Hat Linux
96 (4.000 %)Mac OS X
105 (3.333 %)Fedora
105 (3.333 %)HPUX
114 (2.667 %)Windows NT
114 (2.667 %)Windows XP
114 (2.667 %)Embedded Linux
114 (2.667 %)IRIX
123 (2.000 %)VMS
132 (1.333 %)AIX
141 (0.667 %)NetWare
141 (0.667 %)VxWorks
141 (0.667 %)Debian
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (8.667 %)Requirements Analysis
212 (8.000 %)Performance Management
310 (6.667 %)ITIL
310 (6.667 %)Change Management
49 (6.000 %)Validation
57 (4.667 %)Security Cleared
66 (4.000 %)B2B
66 (4.000 %)Project Management
74 (2.667 %)Network Design
74 (2.667 %)Requirements Management
74 (2.667 %)Configuration Management
74 (2.667 %)Problem Management
83 (2.000 %)Test Management
83 (2.000 %)SC Cleared
83 (2.000 %)PLM
92 (1.333 %)Data Management
92 (1.333 %)Migration
92 (1.333 %)Disaster Recovery
92 (1.333 %)UML
92 (1.333 %)E-Commerce
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (15.33 %)Java
222 (14.67 %)Perl
315 (10.00 %)SQL
414 (9.333 %)Python
512 (8.000 %)VBScript
69 (6.000 %)JavaScript
69 (6.000 %)AWK
76 (4.000 %)C
85 (3.333 %)C++
93 (2.000 %)Ruby
101 (0.667 %)Korn
101 (0.667 %)Assembly Language
101 (0.667 %)REXX
101 (0.667 %)Shell Script
101 (0.667 %)JCL
101 (0.667 %)VB
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (18.67 %)Degree
219 (12.67 %)Microsoft Certification
219 (12.67 %)MCSE
314 (9.333 %)CCNA
314 (9.333 %)Cisco Certification
46 (4.000 %)ACDT
46 (4.000 %)ACPT
54 (2.667 %)HNC
54 (2.667 %)HND
63 (2.000 %)MCSA
72 (1.333 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.667 %)CCSA
81 (0.667 %)CCNP
81 (0.667 %)CCA
81 (0.667 %)Citrix Certification
81 (0.667 %)CISSP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.000 %)QA
22 (1.333 %)SLA
31 (0.667 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.667 %)COBIT
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
140 (26.67 %)Active Directory
219 (12.67 %)NFS
311 (7.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (4.667 %)VMware ESX
47 (4.667 %)NetBackup
56 (4.000 %)Backup Exec
63 (2.000 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.667 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.667 %)ISA Server
71 (0.667 %)Xen
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.000 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
13 (2.000 %)WSUS
22 (1.333 %)Tivoli
31 (0.667 %)Unicenter
31 (0.667 %)MOM
31 (0.667 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.667 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.667 %)ARCserve
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (18.00 %)Microsoft
224 (16.00 %)Cisco
322 (14.67 %)VMware
414 (9.333 %)HP
511 (7.333 %)Citrix
610 (6.667 %)VERITAS
78 (5.333 %)Oracle
87 (4.667 %)Symbian
87 (4.667 %)Red Hat
96 (4.000 %)Apple
96 (4.000 %)Sun
105 (3.333 %)Sage
105 (3.333 %)McAfee Security
113 (2.000 %)WatchGuard
113 (2.000 %)Avaya
113 (2.000 %)BMC
113 (2.000 %)Compaq
122 (1.333 %)Sybase
122 (1.333 %)Juniper
122 (1.333 %)CheckPoint