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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the Cardiff 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5171
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching permanent IT job ads227
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.817 %0.770 %
Salaries quoted227
Average minimum salary£28,682£31,429
Average salary£33,386£34,214
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Average maximum salary£38,091£37,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,882£34,043
% change on same period last year+2.46 %
Cardiff IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cardiff
Matching permanent IT job ads781909
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.456 %0.390 %
Salaries quoted731837
Average minimum salary£30,559£30,842
Average salary£34,212£35,036
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Average maximum salary£37,864£39,229
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Systems Administrator South WalesSystems Administrator
South Wales

Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Cardiff Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

126 (74.29 %)Linux
225 (71.43 %)Windows
323 (65.71 %)Firewall
421 (60.00 %)UNIX
519 (54.29 %)SQL
519 (54.29 %)Oracle
618 (51.43 %)Red Hat
618 (51.43 %)SUSE
618 (51.43 %)Red Hat Linux
717 (48.57 %)Apache
87 (20.00 %)Shell Script
87 (20.00 %)WebSphere
96 (17.14 %)Replication
96 (17.14 %)Clustering
96 (17.14 %)Cognos
105 (14.29 %)Active Directory
105 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
105 (14.29 %)SQL Server
105 (14.29 %)Samba
105 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
114 (11.43 %)Time Management
114 (11.43 %)Competitive Intelligence
114 (11.43 %)Management Information System
114 (11.43 %)DB2
114 (11.43 %)Crystal Reports
114 (11.43 %)Benchmarking
123 (8.571 %)Perl
123 (8.571 %)Debian
123 (8.571 %)Mobile Games
123 (8.571 %)Games

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (20.00 %)WebSphere
Cardiff IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (48.57 %)Apache
21 (2.857 %)WebLogic
21 (2.857 %)Lotus Notes
Cardiff IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.857 %)MS Office
Cardiff IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (65.71 %)Firewall
21 (2.857 %)DHCP
21 (2.857 %)TCP/IP
21 (2.857 %)DNS
Cardiff IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (14.29 %)SQL Server
24 (11.43 %)DB2
24 (11.43 %)Crystal Reports
31 (2.857 %)Datawarehouse
Cardiff IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (8.571 %)Mobile Games
13 (8.571 %)Games
21 (2.857 %)Insurance
21 (2.857 %)Pensions
21 (2.857 %)Health
Cardiff IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (17.14 %)Replication
16 (17.14 %)Clustering
24 (11.43 %)Management Information System
32 (5.714 %)AS400
32 (5.714 %)Streaming Video
Cardiff IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (74.29 %)Linux
225 (71.43 %)Windows
321 (60.00 %)UNIX
418 (51.43 %)Red Hat Linux
418 (51.43 %)SUSE
55 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (8.571 %)CentOS
63 (8.571 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
63 (8.571 %)Debian
63 (8.571 %)Fedora
63 (8.571 %)Ubuntu
72 (5.714 %)Windows 2000
81 (2.857 %)AIX
Cardiff IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (11.43 %)Benchmarking
14 (11.43 %)Competitive Intelligence
14 (11.43 %)Time Management
23 (8.571 %)Load Balancing
31 (2.857 %)Project Management
31 (2.857 %)Service Management
31 (2.857 %)ITIL
31 (2.857 %)Business Intelligence
Cardiff IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (54.29 %)SQL
27 (20.00 %)Shell Script
33 (8.571 %)Perl
41 (2.857 %)Java
Cardiff IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.714 %)MCSE
12 (5.714 %)Cisco Certification
12 (5.714 %)Microsoft Certification
Cardiff IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (14.29 %)Active Directory
15 (14.29 %)Samba
Cardiff IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (54.29 %)Oracle
218 (51.43 %)Red Hat
36 (17.14 %)Cognos
42 (5.714 %)Cisco
51 (2.857 %)IBM
51 (2.857 %)VERITAS
51 (2.857 %)Lotus