The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Support 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Support
Rank 288 266 280
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 35 57 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.291% 0.433% 0.355%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.314% 0.463% 0.380%
Number of salaries quoted 29 53 54
Average salary £52,500 £42,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,200 £32,500 £30,450
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £56,200 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -6.45%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11163 12316 14730
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.96% 93.51% 93.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9631 11241 13261
Average salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.94% -3.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Systems Support
London

Systems Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Systems Support Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Support across the City of London region.

City of London Systems Support Salary Trend

Systems Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Support across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Systems Support Salary Histogram

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Systems Support 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 Support in their job title.

1 33 (47.14%) Windows
2 28 (40.00%) Banking
3 26 (37.14%) ITIL
4 24 (34.29%) SQL
5 22 (31.43%) Finance
6 19 (27.14%) IT Governance
7 17 (24.29%) Service Delivery
7 17 (24.29%) Linux
8 16 (22.86%) Service Management
8 16 (22.86%) COBIT
9 15 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 15 (21.43%) ITSM
9 15 (21.43%) Active Directory
10 14 (20.00%) UNIX
10 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
11 12 (17.14%) TCP/IP
12 11 (15.71%) MS Exchange
12 11 (15.71%) VMware
13 10 (14.29%) Shell Script
13 10 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (14.29%) MS Excel
13 10 (14.29%) SQL Server
13 10 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
14 9 (12.86%) Statistical Analysis
14 9 (12.86%) Investment Banking
14 9 (12.86%) Citrix
15 8 (11.43%) Java
15 8 (11.43%) SAN
16 7 (10.00%) International Banking

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Systems Support 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 Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (8.571%) WebSphere
2 5 (7.143%) Java EE
2 5 (7.143%) Spring
2 5 (7.143%) .NET
3 4 (5.714%) J2EE
3 4 (5.714%) Web Services
3 4 (5.714%) XML
3 4 (5.714%) Hibernate
3 4 (5.714%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (5.714%) Ajax
3 4 (5.714%) GWT
4 3 (4.286%) Software Packaging
4 3 (4.286%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.857%) MSMQ
5 2 (2.857%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.857%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (1.429%) Middleware
6 1 (1.429%) X-Windows
6 1 (1.429%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 11 (15.71%) MS Exchange
2 7 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (8.571%) IIS
4 4 (5.714%) WebLogic
4 4 (5.714%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (4.286%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (4.286%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (4.286%) IBM Notes
5 3 (4.286%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (1.429%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.429%) LiveLink
6 1 (1.429%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.857%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.429%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (1.429%) Monis
1 1 (1.429%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.14%) TCP/IP
2 8 (11.43%) SAN
3 6 (8.571%) LDAP
4 5 (7.143%) Firewall
4 5 (7.143%) DNS
5 4 (5.714%) VPN
5 4 (5.714%) DHCP
5 4 (5.714%) Internet
5 4 (5.714%) NetScaler
6 3 (4.286%) HTTP
6 3 (4.286%) POP3
6 3 (4.286%) SMTP
6 3 (4.286%) LAN
6 3 (4.286%) SSL
7 2 (2.857%) VoIP
7 2 (2.857%) WAN
7 2 (2.857%) BSS
7 2 (2.857%) VLAN
8 1 (1.429%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.429%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.714%) RDBMS
3 3 (4.286%) MySQL
4 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.429%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.714%) JUnit
1 4 (5.714%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (1.429%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.429%) Hudson
2 1 (1.429%) Subversion
2 1 (1.429%) CruiseControl
General
1 28 (40.00%) Banking
2 22 (31.43%) Finance
3 9 (12.86%) Investment Banking
4 7 (10.00%) International Banking
5 4 (5.714%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.286%) Front Office
6 3 (4.286%) Law
7 1 (1.429%) Arabic Language
7 1 (1.429%) Japanese Language
7 1 (1.429%) Russian Language
7 1 (1.429%) Billing
7 1 (1.429%) Retail
7 1 (1.429%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Equities
1 7 (10.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (5.714%) Replication
3 3 (4.286%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.857%) Derivative
4 2 (2.857%) SaaS
5 1 (1.429%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.429%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.429%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.429%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (1.429%) Statistics
5 1 (1.429%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.429%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.429%) Life Science
5 1 (1.429%) SecurID
5 1 (1.429%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.429%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.429%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 33 (47.14%) Windows
2 17 (24.29%) Linux
3 15 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (20.00%) UNIX
5 6 (8.571%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (4.286%) Windows XP
7 2 (2.857%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.429%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.429%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.429%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (1.429%) Solaris
8 1 (1.429%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.14%) ITIL
2 19 (27.14%) IT Governance
3 17 (24.29%) Service Delivery
4 16 (22.86%) Service Management
5 15 (21.43%) ITSM
6 10 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
7 9 (12.86%) Statistical Analysis
8 5 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (5.714%) Data Modelling
9 4 (5.714%) OOD
9 4 (5.714%) SOA
9 4 (5.714%) UML
9 4 (5.714%) OO
9 4 (5.714%) Document Management
9 4 (5.714%) TDD
9 4 (5.714%) Change Control
10 3 (4.286%) Release Management
10 3 (4.286%) Load Balancing
10 3 (4.286%) Migration
10 3 (4.286%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 24 (34.29%) SQL
2 10 (14.29%) Shell Script
3 8 (11.43%) Java
4 7 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 7 (10.00%) Perl
4 7 (10.00%) Python
5 5 (7.143%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.857%) VBA
6 2 (2.857%) C++
7 1 (1.429%) Bash shell
7 1 (1.429%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (5.714%) CCA
1 4 (5.714%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (5.714%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (5.714%) Degree
2 3 (4.286%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (2.857%) MCSE
3 2 (2.857%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.429%) MCITP
4 1 (1.429%) CCNP
4 1 (1.429%) CCNA
4 1 (1.429%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.86%) COBIT
2 10 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (5.714%) QA
4 1 (1.429%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.429%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 10 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.571%) XenApp
4 4 (5.714%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (5.714%) VMware Server
4 4 (5.714%) XenServer
5 2 (2.857%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.429%) vSphere
6 1 (1.429%) Cronacle
6 1 (1.429%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.429%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.429%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 3 (4.286%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (2.857%) Nagios
3 1 (1.429%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.429%) Puppet
3 1 (1.429%) SCCM
3 1 (1.429%) WSUS
3 1 (1.429%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.429%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.429%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.71%) VMware
3 9 (12.86%) Citrix
4 7 (10.00%) Sybase
4 7 (10.00%) Oracle
5 5 (7.143%) Symantec
6 4 (5.714%) JBoss
7 3 (4.286%) Lotus
7 3 (4.286%) Bloomberg
7 3 (4.286%) Cisco
8 2 (2.857%) Fidessa
8 2 (2.857%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (2.857%) Reuters
8 2 (2.857%) Northgate
9 1 (1.429%) IronPort
9 1 (1.429%) Altiris
9 1 (1.429%) Mitel
9 1 (1.429%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.429%) Avaya
9 1 (1.429%) CommVault
City, London
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Salary: £24000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
As the Junior Systems Administrator, you will be working with a broad range of technologies including Windows 2008 server, VMwware ESX, Linux Infrastructure, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange management.....
Harrington Starr
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
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harringtonstarr
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
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Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £300000 - £330000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
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Salary: £300000 - £330000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus
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