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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 39 38 41
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 1 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 0.341% 2.985% 0.351%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.369% 3.344% 0.361%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 1
Average salary £52,500 £40,000 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.25% -40.74%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
271 299 277
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 92.49% 89.25% 97.19%
Number of salaries quoted 241 275 262
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £42,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -11.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
London

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) CentOS
3 2 (40.00%) Bash shell
3 2 (40.00%) Cacti
3 2 (40.00%) Zenoss
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) LAMP
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Nagios
3 2 (40.00%) Perl
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) IIS
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) CCA
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (20.00%) SAN
4 1 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (20.00%) XenApp
4 1 (20.00%) XenServer

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (40.00%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) CentOS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bash shell
1 2 (40.00%) Perl
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCA
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (20.00%) MCTS
1 1 (20.00%) MCITP
1 1 (20.00%) CCEE
1 1 (20.00%) CCAA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) XenApp
1 1 (20.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Cacti
1 2 (40.00%) Zenoss
1 2 (40.00%) Nagios
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) SCOM
2 1 (20.00%) Puppet
2 1 (20.00%) CFEngine
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
Croydon, South East
Progressive are seeking an Infrastructure Engineer for an international retailer based in Croydon. The Infrastructure Technician's role is to work with the Infrastructure & Technical Services Manager to...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013