The first table below looks at the demand for the Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Administrator
Rank 39 45 47
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 116 99 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 6.164% 5.003% 4.264%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.459% 5.197% 4.519%
Number of salaries quoted 81 84 77
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,944
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £32,500 £32,100
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1796 1905 2058
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.43% 96.26% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1589 1612 1879
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Administrator
Cambridgeshire

Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Administrator Salary Trend

Administrator
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge Administrator Salary Histogram

Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 119 (53.36%) Linux
2 82 (36.77%) Windows
3 76 (34.08%) UNIX
4 67 (30.04%) Red Hat
5 58 (26.01%) ITIL
6 56 (25.11%) Perl
7 55 (24.66%) Apache
7 55 (24.66%) DNS
8 54 (24.22%) Microsoft
9 53 (23.77%) Python
10 48 (21.52%) Finance
11 43 (19.28%) MySQL
11 43 (19.28%) Bash shell
12 40 (17.94%) DHCP
13 35 (15.70%) SAN
13 35 (15.70%) Degree
14 34 (15.25%) Oracle
14 34 (15.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 33 (14.80%) Ubuntu
16 32 (14.35%) CentOS
17 31 (13.90%) Debian
17 31 (13.90%) SQL Server
17 31 (13.90%) SQL
17 31 (13.90%) Active Directory
17 31 (13.90%) Shell Script
17 31 (13.90%) Firewall
18 30 (13.45%) Service Delivery
18 30 (13.45%) TCP/IP
19 29 (13.00%) Remedy
20 28 (12.56%) Middleware

Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (12.56%) Middleware
2 11 (4.933%) WebSphere
3 7 (3.139%) LAMP
4 6 (2.691%) WebCenter
5 5 (2.242%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (2.242%) Web Services
6 3 (1.345%) JRules
7 2 (0.897%) Lucene
7 2 (0.897%) XML
7 2 (0.897%) FastCGI
8 1 (0.448%) Ext JS
8 1 (0.448%) WAMP
8 1 (0.448%) .NET
8 1 (0.448%) COM
8 1 (0.448%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 55 (24.66%) Apache
2 24 (10.76%) IIS
3 23 (10.31%) SharePoint
3 23 (10.31%) MS Exchange
3 23 (10.31%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (5.830%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.794%) WebSphere MQ
5 4 (1.794%) Amazon AWS
5 4 (1.794%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (1.345%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 3 (1.345%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (0.897%) nginx
7 2 (0.897%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.897%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.897%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.897%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.448%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (6.278%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.897%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.448%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 22 (9.865%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (2.691%) Documaker
3 4 (1.794%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (1.345%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.897%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.897%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.897%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.897%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 55 (24.66%) DNS
2 40 (17.94%) DHCP
3 35 (15.70%) SAN
4 31 (13.90%) Firewall
5 30 (13.45%) TCP/IP
6 14 (6.278%) Internet
6 14 (6.278%) VLAN
7 13 (5.830%) LAN
8 12 (5.381%) Ethernet
9 11 (4.933%) Network Security
10 10 (4.484%) SNMP
11 8 (3.587%) NAS
12 7 (3.139%) Fibre Channel
12 7 (3.139%) SSH
12 7 (3.139%) WAN
13 6 (2.691%) NetScaler
13 6 (2.691%) SSL
14 5 (2.242%) iSCSI
15 4 (1.794%) HTTP
15 4 (1.794%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (19.28%) MySQL
2 31 (13.90%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.726%) MongoDB
4 12 (5.381%) Redis
5 9 (4.036%) Neo4j
6 7 (3.139%) Big Data
6 7 (3.139%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (2.691%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (1.794%) SQL Server 2012
8 4 (1.794%) Text Mining
9 3 (1.345%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (1.345%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.345%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.897%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.897%) TOAD
10 2 (0.897%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.897%) QlikView
10 2 (0.897%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.448%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (0.448%) solidDB
Development Applications
1 2 (0.897%) Subversion
2 1 (0.448%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 48 (21.52%) Finance
2 13 (5.830%) Financial Institution
3 12 (5.381%) Back Office
4 3 (1.345%) Advertising
5 2 (0.897%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (0.897%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.448%) Games
6 1 (0.448%) Retail
6 1 (0.448%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.448%) Law
6 1 (0.448%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.072%) Blackberry
2 12 (5.381%) Open Source
3 11 (4.933%) CMDB
4 10 (4.484%) Replication
5 7 (3.139%) Computer Science
5 7 (3.139%) Wiki
5 7 (3.139%) SaaS
6 5 (2.242%) EMC Centera
7 3 (1.345%) CLARiiON
7 3 (1.345%) PKI
8 2 (0.897%) Clustering
8 2 (0.897%) Biology
8 2 (0.897%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.448%) Online Games
9 1 (0.448%) EqualLogic
9 1 (0.448%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.448%) New Media
9 1 (0.448%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.448%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.448%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 119 (53.36%) Linux
2 82 (36.77%) Windows
3 76 (34.08%) UNIX
4 34 (15.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 33 (14.80%) Ubuntu
6 32 (14.35%) CentOS
7 31 (13.90%) Debian
8 5 (2.242%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (2.242%) HPUX
9 4 (1.794%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.794%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (1.794%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.345%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.897%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.448%) Scientific Linux
12 1 (0.448%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.448%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.01%) ITIL
2 30 (13.45%) Service Delivery
3 18 (8.072%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (7.175%) E-Commerce
4 16 (7.175%) Information Security
5 14 (6.278%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (5.830%) ITSM
7 11 (4.933%) Incident Management
8 8 (3.587%) Load Balancing
8 8 (3.587%) Problem Management
8 8 (3.587%) Network Design
9 7 (3.139%) Data Protection
9 7 (3.139%) ERP
9 7 (3.139%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (3.139%) Analytics
10 6 (2.691%) BPMN
11 5 (2.242%) BCP
11 5 (2.242%) Configuration Management
11 5 (2.242%) Enterprise Architecture
11 5 (2.242%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 56 (25.11%) Perl
2 53 (23.77%) Python
3 43 (19.28%) Bash shell
4 31 (13.90%) Shell Script
4 31 (13.90%) SQL
5 13 (5.830%) PHP
6 12 (5.381%) Bourne shell
7 7 (3.139%) T-SQL
8 6 (2.691%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.794%) VBA
9 4 (1.794%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.897%) VB
10 2 (0.897%) Java
11 1 (0.448%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.448%) C#
Qualifications
1 35 (15.70%) Degree
2 8 (3.587%) RHCE
2 8 (3.587%) Postgraduate
3 5 (2.242%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (1.794%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (1.794%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.345%) CCNA
6 2 (0.897%) CCNP
7 1 (0.448%) CCIE
7 1 (0.448%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.448%) OCP
7 1 (0.448%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.448%) RHCA
7 1 (0.448%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.278%) SLA
2 3 (1.345%) GxP
2 3 (1.345%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.897%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.448%) GAMP
System Software
1 31 (13.90%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.623%) VMware ESX
3 16 (7.175%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (7.175%) NFS
4 13 (5.830%) vSphere
5 9 (4.036%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (3.139%) Oracle RMAN
6 7 (3.139%) Samba
7 6 (2.691%) Postfix
7 6 (2.691%) Sendmail
7 6 (2.691%) XenApp
8 4 (1.794%) XenDesktop
8 4 (1.794%) VirtualBox
9 3 (1.345%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.897%) Cygwin
11 1 (0.448%) Nmap
11 1 (0.448%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.448%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (8.969%) SCOM
2 19 (8.520%) Nagios
3 16 (7.175%) Backup Exec
3 16 (7.175%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 15 (6.726%) Control-M
5 13 (5.830%) WSUS
6 12 (5.381%) EMC NetWorker
7 10 (4.484%) BMC PATROL
8 9 (4.036%) SCCM
9 6 (2.691%) OSSEC
10 5 (2.242%) Puppet
10 5 (2.242%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 4 (1.794%) Oracle Identity Manager
11 4 (1.794%) Oracle Identity Management
11 4 (1.794%) Zenoss
12 3 (1.345%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.345%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 3 (1.345%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.897%) Windows Storage Server
14 1 (0.448%) Legato
Vendors
1 67 (30.04%) Red Hat
2 54 (24.22%) Microsoft
3 34 (15.25%) Oracle
4 29 (13.00%) Remedy
5 25 (11.21%) Citrix
6 24 (10.76%) BMC
7 23 (10.31%) VMware
8 22 (9.865%) Symantec
9 20 (8.969%) NetApp
9 20 (8.969%) EMC
10 19 (8.520%) Cisco
11 15 (6.726%) IBM
12 12 (5.381%) SAP
13 10 (4.484%) HP
14 8 (3.587%) Brocade
15 7 (3.139%) Business Objects
16 6 (2.691%) TippingPoint
16 6 (2.691%) SolarWinds
17 5 (2.242%) Informatica
18 4 (1.794%) Juniper
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The client is looking for someone who will be able to take responsibility for all aspects of the System Admin role: to ensure that production and operational systems...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Essential experience / technical skills required for this position includes the following: - Windows Server 2003 / 2008 - Windows 7 deployment experience - Active Directory administration - SCCM Any previous experience of the...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30k - 40k per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
In this position as a Unix System Administrator you will be responsible for managing and providing support for all aspects of the client's website and infrastructure... Required...
montreal
Salary: Attractive Salary Package
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Great new role for an experienced Linux Systems Administration Engineer to join a flourishing Cambridge enterprise... You'll be ideally degree educated and be comfortable installing, configuring and...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Great Base+Prospects
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Are you an experienced Linux Systems Administrator looking for a hands-on role maintaining a high performance global network?... You will also need a good knowledge of Internet...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Experience in both Linux and Windows systems, the focus is on Linux but you will need to understand the Microsoft platforms too... - Scripting experience or decent programming in...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + 25 days holiday
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Experience with administration of Linux systems on modern HP server hardware and SAN disk systems... The main technical skills needed are Red Hat Linux and Net App Storage.
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Unix, Linux, Python, Perl, Apache Troubleshooting , System Administrator, Bourne shell scripting, AWS, Bash, MongoDB clusters, Redis clusters, Neo4j, MySQL... The successful candidate will have strong experience of Linux...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Leading Engineering Company is actively recruiting for an experience Linux Systems Administrator to provide Linux/Unix administration across Redhat, Centos, Ubuntu in a HPC (high performance computing/clustering...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A leading software company based in Cambridge require a Systems Administrator with Linux experience and solid networking knowledge... Experience required The ideal candidate will have a broad experience...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Excellent salary and Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have experience with both Linux and Windows platforms as well as scripting experience in Python, Bash or similar... Key words: Linux, Windows, HW, SW, Cloud, Server,...
Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Excellent benefits package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Senior Systems Administrator - Linux, Windows - Cambridge... Experience required Linux (Ubuntu 8.0.4+, CentOS 5+, Debian 5) Microsoft Windows Server (2003+) Virtualization Hypervisors including VMWare ESX(i), Xen &...
Ability Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Pension, BUPA, Share Options
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Must have excellent Linux Desktop administration skills... Client TCP/IP knowledge. Microsoft Office (especially Outlook). Desirable skills for the position of Linux Support Engineer / Windows Support Engineer / (1...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + bonus + shares + benefits + reloca
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Essential skills required for the position of Linux /Windows Desktop System Administrator /Sys Admin / Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer - Relevant degree or computing experience 5 years + in a service...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Basic scripting using bash/shell/perl... Desired: Experience of CheckPoint Firewalls... RedHat RHCT/RHCE certification. Cisco CCNA/CCNP certification... Ability to produce simple web tools using Perl, Python,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Unix, Linux, Python, Perl, Apache Troubleshooting , System Administrator, Bourne shell scripting, AWS, Bash, MongoDB clusters, Redis clusters, Neo4j, MySQL... You will work with technologies such as Nagios, Puppet,...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Unix, Linux, Python, Perl, Apache Troubleshooting , System Administrator, Bourne shell scripting, AWS, Bash, MongoDB clusters, Redis clusters, Neo4j, MySQL... You will work with technologies such as Nagios, Puppet,...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Central London, London, Hounslow, Slough,...
Network Administrator, German, Cisco Firewalls, Juniper Firewalls, Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, LAN, WAN, Linux, Unix, £45-55,000, Central London... Key Skills:- Basic communication skills in German.- Proven...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £45-55,000 + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You must have 1-3 years' experience in administering SQL databases and undertaking small development projects, including experience in administering SQL Server 2008/2008R2 databases and SSIS packages...
LEXSTRA
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge
You will be responsible for the maintenance and future development of PA's financial Microsoft SQL Server BI stack. The current solution includes a SSIS centred data warehouse,...
PA Consulting
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The role is to support the Global Change and Configuration Management service and the management and maintenance of the WorldPay Change and Configuration Management System. Assist in ensuring...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
With continued growth this is a role for an Operations Administrator with commercial experience to join their expanding team.Responsibilities include logistics, production control, forecasting and planning, tracking...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £competitive + benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013