The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 23 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 107 126 99
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 19 8 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.065% 0.400% 1.253%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.112% 0.418% 1.331%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 17
Average salary £40,000 £30,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.14% -18.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1708 1914 1578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.74% 95.60% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1355 1680 1344
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
North West

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Chester -13 8 £35,000 +7.69%
Warrington +16 6 £40,000 +21.21%
Knutsford - 4 £40,000 -
Congleton - 1 £23,000 -
Systems Administrator
North West

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 60 (88.24%) Linux
2 50 (73.53%) Red Hat
3 48 (70.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 47 (69.12%) UNIX
5 45 (66.18%) AIX
6 30 (44.12%) Finance
7 27 (39.71%) SAN
8 26 (38.24%) IBM
8 26 (38.24%) HP
9 24 (35.29%) C
10 23 (33.82%) PHP
11 22 (32.35%) Configuration Management
11 22 (32.35%) Replication
11 22 (32.35%) Clustering
11 22 (32.35%) High Availability
12 21 (30.88%) Problem Management
12 21 (30.88%) WebSphere
12 21 (30.88%) WebSphere MQ
12 21 (30.88%) Perl
13 17 (25.00%) Service Delivery
14 14 (20.59%) Solaris
15 11 (16.18%) Windows
16 10 (14.71%) Dell
16 10 (14.71%) Nimsoft
16 10 (14.71%) iSeries
17 6 (8.824%) Change Management
18 5 (7.353%) HTTP
18 5 (7.353%) SAS
18 5 (7.353%) PowerShell
19 4 (5.882%) Capacity Management

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 21 (30.88%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.471%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 21 (30.88%) WebSphere MQ
2 5 (7.353%) SAS
3 3 (4.412%) MS Exchange
3 3 (4.412%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (4.412%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.941%) Apache
4 2 (2.941%) IIS
5 1 (1.471%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.471%) Zimbra
5 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (1.471%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (39.71%) SAN
2 5 (7.353%) HTTP
3 1 (1.471%) LDAP
3 1 (1.471%) SMS
3 1 (1.471%) SMTP
3 1 (1.471%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.471%) NAS
3 1 (1.471%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.941%) MySQL
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.471%) DTS
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.471%) Base SAS
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 30 (44.12%) Finance
2 3 (4.412%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 22 (32.35%) Replication
1 22 (32.35%) Clustering
2 10 (14.71%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 60 (88.24%) Linux
2 48 (70.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 47 (69.12%) UNIX
4 45 (66.18%) AIX
5 14 (20.59%) Solaris
6 11 (16.18%) Windows
7 2 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (2.941%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.471%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.471%) Debian
8 1 (1.471%) HPUX
8 1 (1.471%) CentOS
8 1 (1.471%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.35%) Configuration Management
1 22 (32.35%) High Availability
2 21 (30.88%) Problem Management
3 17 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 6 (8.824%) Change Management
5 4 (5.882%) Capacity Management
6 3 (4.412%) ITIL
6 3 (4.412%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.941%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (2.941%) Product Management
8 1 (1.471%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 24 (35.29%) C
2 23 (33.82%) PHP
3 21 (30.88%) Perl
4 5 (7.353%) PowerShell
5 4 (5.882%) SQL
6 3 (4.412%) VBScript
7 2 (2.941%) Ruby
7 2 (2.941%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.471%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.471%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.412%) MCSA
2 3 (4.412%) MCTS
2 3 (4.412%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (4.412%) VMware ESX
2 2 (2.941%) Sendmail
Vendors
1 50 (73.53%) Red Hat
2 26 (38.24%) IBM
2 26 (38.24%) HP
3 10 (14.71%) Dell
3 10 (14.71%) Nimsoft
4 4 (5.882%) EMC
4 4 (5.882%) VMware
5 3 (4.412%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.471%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.471%) Sun
6 1 (1.471%) NetApp
6 1 (1.471%) Oracle
6 1 (1.471%) Cisco
Chester, North West
Job Title: SAS Systems Administrator, Near to Chester, competitive salary and benefitsMy client are looking for an experienced SAS Systems Administrator to join their team to successfully manage...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £1 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Cheshire
Linux Systems Administrator - Linux / Red Hat / UNIX / AIX / Infrastructure / Finance... As a Linux Systems Administrator you will be joining the client's technology centre. The role is predominantly...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + excellent package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
With 11. years. in the market they offer services into the media and entertainment business. The Systems Administrator will be responsible for provisioning, installation and maintenance of systems...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 22,000 - 30,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Linux, Systems Administrator, Linux Administrator, Monitoring tools, Nimsoft. iSeries, OpenPlan, RedHat, Managed Service... Are you an experienced Linux Administrator?... We are recruiting on behalf of THE biggest company...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013