The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 19 June 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 32 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 14 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 4.698% 1.807% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.000% 1.840% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £30,500 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.15% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
280 163 279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.96% 98.19% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 156 152 266
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £46,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Systems Administrator
Cheshire

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 15 (83.33%) Linux
3 13 (72.22%) SAS
4 9 (50.00%) VMware
5 8 (44.44%) VMware ESX
5 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
5 8 (44.44%) Capacity Management
6 7 (38.89%) E-Commerce
6 7 (38.89%) MCTS
6 7 (38.89%) MCITP
6 7 (38.89%) MCSA
6 7 (38.89%) ITIL
6 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (33.33%) SQL
8 4 (22.22%) Red Hat
8 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
8 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (22.22%) HP
8 4 (22.22%) EMC
8 4 (22.22%) HTTP
8 4 (22.22%) IBM
9 3 (16.67%) SAN
9 3 (16.67%) Financial Institution
9 3 (16.67%) Finance
9 3 (16.67%) VBScript
9 3 (16.67%) UNIX
9 3 (16.67%) Base SAS
9 3 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (11.11%) Internet
10 2 (11.11%) Shell Script

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.556%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (72.22%) SAS
2 2 (11.11%) IIS
3 1 (5.556%) Apache
3 1 (5.556%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) HTTP
2 3 (16.67%) SAN
3 2 (11.11%) Internet
4 1 (5.556%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (16.67%) Base SAS
General
1 3 (16.67%) Financial Institution
1 3 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 15 (83.33%) Linux
3 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (16.67%) UNIX
4 3 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (5.556%) Debian
6 1 (5.556%) AIX
6 1 (5.556%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Capacity Management
2 7 (38.89%) E-Commerce
2 7 (38.89%) ITIL
3 1 (5.556%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 3 (16.67%) VBScript
4 2 (11.11%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.556%) C#
5 1 (5.556%) Java
5 1 (5.556%) Perl
5 1 (5.556%) Korn
5 1 (5.556%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) MCTS
1 7 (38.89%) MCITP
1 7 (38.89%) MCSA
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.556%) CCNA
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) VMware ESX
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (22.22%) Red Hat
2 4 (22.22%) HP
2 4 (22.22%) EMC
2 4 (22.22%) IBM
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.556%) Sun
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle
Chester, North West
You must be willing to develop your skills using SAS.As the systems administrator, you will be required to ensure the software reflects the latest, fully licensed version...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £1 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
You will also be responsible for carrying out effective health checks and risk assessments, successfully managing capacity utilisaton and availability, maintaining availability of the BCM solution, software asset...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
The successful Linux/Windows System Administrator (Windows, Linux, RedHat) would be required to manage the live production environment, maximizing performance, stability and availability... The Successful Linux/Windows System...
TEKsystems
Salary: Negotiable + Package
Posted: 14 June 2013