The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Devon 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 21 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 Devon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 42 38 50
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 3 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 1.053% 2.303% 0.959%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.111% 2.349% 0.993%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 4
Average salary £37,500 £30,212 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.12% +37.32%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
270 298 403
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 94.74% 98.03% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 225 254 349
Average salary £33,000 £30,212 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.22% +0.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
South West

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Systems Administrator Salary Trend

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 Devon region over the 3 months to 21 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
Exeter +4 3 £37,500 +24.12%
Systems Administrator
South West

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 7 (63.64%) Apache
2 6 (54.55%) IIS
2 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Linux
3 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
4 4 (36.36%) Oracle
4 4 (36.36%) PHP
4 4 (36.36%) Tomcat
4 4 (36.36%) LAMP
5 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
5 3 (27.27%) SQL
5 3 (27.27%) MySQL
5 3 (27.27%) NoSQL
5 3 (27.27%) Riak
6 2 (18.18%) Node.js
6 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
6 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
6 2 (18.18%) Puppet
6 2 (18.18%) Perl
6 2 (18.18%) .NET
6 2 (18.18%) Python
6 2 (18.18%) VMware
6 2 (18.18%) HTTP
6 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (18.18%) Silverlight
7 1 (9.091%) Release Management
7 1 (9.091%) Computer Security
7 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 4 (36.36%) LAMP
2 2 (18.18%) Node.js
2 2 (18.18%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) Silverlight
3 1 (9.091%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (63.64%) Apache
2 6 (54.55%) IIS
3 4 (36.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
2 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) DNS
2 1 (9.091%) SAN
2 1 (9.091%) DHCP
2 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 3 (27.27%) MySQL
2 3 (27.27%) NoSQL
2 3 (27.27%) Riak
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.091%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
1 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
1 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (9.091%) Release Management
2 1 (9.091%) Computer Security
2 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
2 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PHP
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) Perl
3 2 (18.18%) Python
4 1 (9.091%) Java
4 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) NetApp
3 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
Plymouth, Devon
Junior/Mid level System Administrator (LAMP Engineer - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) required for a leading mobile billing and messaging aggregator in the Plymouth area... You will have an...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Plymouth, Devon
The right candidate will have some experience of PHP (overview only - not expert) but who are willing develop their skills in PHP. The right candidate will have a...
Edge Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £15000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013