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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the Cambridgeshire 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
Rank9851
Rank change on same period last yearDown-47
Matching permanent IT job ads70129
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.054 %
As % of the category below1.797 %3.438 %
Salaries quoted52112
Average minimum salary£32,519£30,851
Average salary£34,721£32,509
% change on same period last year+6.80 %
Average maximum salary£36,923£34,168
UK excluding London average salary£34,533£33,910
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads38953752
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.155 %1.573 %
Salaries quoted33053105
Average minimum salary£32,571£32,982
Average salary£35,508£36,072
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
Average maximum salary£38,446£39,161
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Systems Administrator East of EnglandSystems Administrator
East of England

Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
CambridgeDown-4456£36,439+10.32 %
PeterboroughDown-44£27,833-18.13 %
HuntingdonDown-102£30,500-
Systems Administrator East of EnglandSystems Administrator
East of England

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

199 (66.00 %)Linux
293 (62.00 %)UNIX
390 (60.00 %)Windows
454 (36.00 %)Windows Server 2003
552 (34.67 %)MS Exchange
646 (30.67 %)Active Directory
646 (30.67 %)Solaris
743 (28.67 %)TCP/IP
839 (26.00 %)Cisco
839 (26.00 %)Oracle
938 (25.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
1035 (23.33 %)Red Hat Linux
1035 (23.33 %)Red Hat
1134 (22.67 %)LAN
1232 (21.33 %)WAN
1232 (21.33 %)IIS
1330 (20.00 %)Microsoft
1426 (17.33 %)E-Commerce
1525 (16.67 %)SAN
1623 (15.33 %)Firewall
1623 (15.33 %)VPN
1623 (15.33 %)Apache
1718 (12.00 %)MS Excel
1817 (11.33 %)SQL
1916 (10.67 %)Perl
1916 (10.67 %)AIX
2015 (10.00 %)DNS
2015 (10.00 %)SNMP
2114 (9.333 %)SQL Server
2114 (9.333 %)VMware

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (5.333 %)CGI
24 (2.667 %)WebServices
31 (0.667 %)HTML
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
152 (34.67 %)MS Exchange
238 (25.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
332 (21.33 %)IIS
423 (15.33 %)Apache
510 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2007
69 (6.000 %)Tomcat
77 (4.667 %)WebLogic
83 (2.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (1.333 %)Office Project Server
101 (0.667 %)Office Communications Server
101 (0.667 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
101 (0.667 %)CMS
101 (0.667 %)SharePoint
101 (0.667 %)JBoss
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (12.00 %)MS Excel
27 (4.667 %)MS Office
32 (1.333 %)MS Project
32 (1.333 %)MS PowerPoint
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.667 %)GoldMine
11 (0.667 %)Line 500
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
143 (28.67 %)TCP/IP
234 (22.67 %)LAN
332 (21.33 %)WAN
425 (16.67 %)SAN
523 (15.33 %)VPN
523 (15.33 %)Firewall
615 (10.00 %)DNS
615 (10.00 %)SNMP
711 (7.333 %)3G
89 (6.000 %)DHCP
98 (5.333 %)2G
107 (4.667 %)Internet
107 (4.667 %)SMTP
114 (2.667 %)VoIP
123 (2.000 %)Bluetooth
123 (2.000 %)Wireless
123 (2.000 %)IP Telephony
132 (1.333 %)IPsec
132 (1.333 %)FTP
132 (1.333 %)HTTP
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (9.333 %)SQL Server
211 (7.333 %)MySQL
37 (4.667 %)SQLPlus
43 (2.000 %)RDBMS
52 (1.333 %)PostgreSQL
61 (0.667 %)Crystal Reports
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (5.333 %)PVCS
18 (5.333 %)ClearCase
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (8.667 %)Back Office
211 (7.333 %)Finance
39 (6.000 %)Telecoms
46 (4.000 %)Manufacturing
54 (2.667 %)Pensions
62 (1.333 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.667 %)Construction
71 (0.667 %)Government
71 (0.667 %)Health
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.667 %)Blackberry
23 (2.000 %)CCTV
31 (0.667 %)Computer Science
31 (0.667 %)Replication
31 (0.667 %)Client/Server
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
199 (66.00 %)Linux
293 (62.00 %)UNIX
390 (60.00 %)Windows
454 (36.00 %)Windows Server 2003
546 (30.67 %)Solaris
635 (23.33 %)Red Hat Linux
716 (10.67 %)AIX
811 (7.333 %)Debian
811 (7.333 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
910 (6.667 %)Windows 2000 Server
108 (5.333 %)OpenBSD
108 (5.333 %)Ubuntu
108 (5.333 %)Windows Vista
116 (4.000 %)SUSE
116 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
122 (1.333 %)CentOS
131 (0.667 %)Windows NT
131 (0.667 %)Windows XP
131 (0.667 %)OpenVMS
131 (0.667 %)NetWare
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (17.33 %)E-Commerce
211 (7.333 %)Configuration Management
38 (5.333 %)Disaster Recovery
38 (5.333 %)Software Engineering
47 (4.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
47 (4.667 %)Integration Testing
55 (3.333 %)ERP
63 (2.000 %)ITIL
63 (2.000 %)CRM
63 (2.000 %)Change Management
72 (1.333 %)Security Management
72 (1.333 %)Information Security
81 (0.667 %)Automated Testing
81 (0.667 %)Operations Management
81 (0.667 %)System Testing
81 (0.667 %)Performance Management
81 (0.667 %)Security Cleared
81 (0.667 %)Migration
81 (0.667 %)Service Delivery
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (11.33 %)SQL
216 (10.67 %)Perl
311 (7.333 %)C
311 (7.333 %)C++
48 (5.333 %)PHP
48 (5.333 %)Shell Script
53 (2.000 %)Java
61 (0.667 %)JavaScript
61 (0.667 %)VB
61 (0.667 %)VBA
61 (0.667 %)Python
61 (0.667 %)VB6
61 (0.667 %)Korn
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (8.667 %)Microsoft Certification
212 (8.000 %)MCSE
310 (6.667 %)Degree
45 (3.333 %)MCSA
54 (2.667 %)MCP
54 (2.667 %)RHCE
63 (2.000 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.667 %)CNE
71 (0.667 %)Novell Certification
71 (0.667 %)SCSA
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.000 %)ISO27001
21 (0.667 %)QA
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
146 (30.67 %)Active Directory
212 (8.000 %)VMware ESX
38 (5.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
46 (4.000 %)Citrix Presentation Server
53 (2.000 %)Backup Exec
62 (1.333 %)Samba
71 (0.667 %)VMware Server
71 (0.667 %)NFS
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.667 %)Tivoli
11 (0.667 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (0.667 %)ZENworks
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
139 (26.00 %)Oracle
139 (26.00 %)Cisco
235 (23.33 %)Red Hat
330 (20.00 %)Microsoft
414 (9.333 %)VMware
513 (8.667 %)IBM
611 (7.333 %)HP
611 (7.333 %)MKS
79 (6.000 %)Citrix
79 (6.000 %)NetApp
88 (5.333 %)Sun
88 (5.333 %)Perforce
97 (4.667 %)Sybase
97 (4.667 %)CheckPoint
104 (2.667 %)Sage
104 (2.667 %)EMC
104 (2.667 %)Intel
113 (2.000 %)Juniper
122 (1.333 %)Brocade
131 (0.667 %)Novell