The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior System Administrator
Rank 258 257 250
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Administrator 11 15 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.133% 0.172% 0.116%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.139% 0.178% 0.122%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 9
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,700 £42,250 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,250 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-12.35% +6.25%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7891 8411 8993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.43% 96.72% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6875 7028 7682
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Systems Administrator
England

Senior Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Senior Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator across the East of England region.

East of England Senior Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Senior Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Senior Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Senior Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Administrator within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridgeshire -7 5 £37,500 -6.25%
Hertfordshire +8 4 £42,500 +51.78%
Essex +30 2 £30,000 -29.41%
Senior Systems Administrator
England

Senior Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 16 (66.67%) Linux
2 13 (54.17%) UNIX
3 11 (45.83%) Windows
4 10 (41.67%) Red Hat
5 7 (29.17%) SAN
5 7 (29.17%) Perl
6 6 (25.00%) Degree
6 6 (25.00%) NFS
6 6 (25.00%) Firewall
7 5 (20.83%) NetApp
7 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
7 5 (20.83%) LAN
7 5 (20.83%) VMware
7 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (16.67%) Network Security
8 4 (16.67%) Bash shell
8 4 (16.67%) Debian
8 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu
8 4 (16.67%) SQL
8 4 (16.67%) MySQL
8 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
8 4 (16.67%) Cisco
9 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (12.50%) VPN
9 3 (12.50%) Python
9 3 (12.50%) WAN
9 3 (12.50%) CentOS
10 2 (8.333%) System Testing
10 2 (8.333%) Windows Storage Server

Senior Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.333%) XML
2 1 (4.167%) Middleware
2 1 (4.167%) OLE
2 1 (4.167%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) Apache
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) PowerPivot
2 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) SAN
2 6 (25.00%) Firewall
3 5 (20.83%) LAN
4 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 4 (16.67%) Network Security
5 3 (12.50%) VPN
5 3 (12.50%) WAN
6 2 (8.333%) Internet
6 2 (8.333%) Wireless
6 2 (8.333%) NAS
6 2 (8.333%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (8.333%) WLAN
7 1 (4.167%) iSCSI
7 1 (4.167%) DNS
7 1 (4.167%) HTTP
7 1 (4.167%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) MySQL
2 2 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (4.167%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (4.167%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
2 2 (8.333%) Biology
3 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.167%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (66.67%) Linux
2 13 (54.17%) UNIX
3 11 (45.83%) Windows
4 5 (20.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (16.67%) Debian
5 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu
6 3 (12.50%) CentOS
7 2 (8.333%) SUSE
7 2 (8.333%) Mac OS X
8 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
8 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (4.167%) AIX
8 1 (4.167%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (8.333%) CRM
2 2 (8.333%) ERP
2 2 (8.333%) System Testing
3 1 (4.167%) Parallel Computing
3 1 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (4.167%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (4.167%) ITIL
3 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.167%) Project Management
3 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.167%) Change Management
3 1 (4.167%) Information Security
3 1 (4.167%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Perl
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Bash shell
3 3 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (8.333%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.167%) CCEE
2 1 (4.167%) CCAA
2 1 (4.167%) CCIA
2 1 (4.167%) MCSE
2 1 (4.167%) CCNA
2 1 (4.167%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.167%) RHCE
2 1 (4.167%) RHCA
2 1 (4.167%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (4.167%) MCITP
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) NFS
2 2 (8.333%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.167%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.167%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) NetBackup
1 2 (8.333%) Windows Storage Server
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Red Hat
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) NetApp
2 5 (20.83%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Cisco
4 2 (8.333%) Veritas
4 2 (8.333%) HP
4 2 (8.333%) Apple
4 2 (8.333%) Symantec
5 1 (4.167%) Perforce
5 1 (4.167%) EMC
5 1 (4.167%) Intel
5 1 (4.167%) Citrix
5 1 (4.167%) SonicWALL
5 1 (4.167%) Isilon
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
This is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate your current system administration skills and develop your knowledge in Unix/Linux at one of the largest High Performance Computing facilities...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Salary: £29750 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Experience with administration of Linux systems on modern HP server hardware and SAN disk systems... The main technical skills needed are Red Hat Linux and Net App Storage.
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013