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The table below looks at the demand for the Windows Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Windows System Administrator
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank759811
Rank change on same period last yearUp+52
Matching permanent IT job ads109161
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.069 %
As % of the category below0.074 %0.079 %
Salaries quoted91115
Average minimum salary£35,620£40,461
Average salary£38,554£42,648
% change on same period last year-9.59 %
Average maximum salary£41,489£44,835
UK excluding London average salary£33,326£42,329
% change on same period last year-21.26 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads147664202900
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled85.48 %87.31 %
Salaries quoted124179163979
Average minimum salary£39,004£40,365
Average salary£42,652£44,143
% change on same period last year-3.37 %
Average maximum salary£46,300£47,921
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Windows Systems Administrator UKWindows Systems Administrator
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Windows Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Windows Systems Administrator Demand Trend

Windows Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator across the England region.

England Windows Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Windows Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Windows Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Windows Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator within the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+7759£42,755+0.12 %
South EastDown-1717£35,462-23.90 %
East of EnglandUp+2611£31,364-12.87 %
West MidlandsUp+2010£30,833-2.11 %
North WestUp+316£40,000+77.77 %
South WestUp+273£25,667+0.65 %
YorkshireUp+173£21,833-13.81 %
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Windows Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator in their job title.

1263 (100.00 %)Windows
2178 (67.68 %)Windows Server 2003
3165 (62.74 %)Active Directory
4131 (49.81 %)MS Exchange
5103 (39.16 %)Linux
691 (34.60 %)Microsoft
691 (34.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
786 (32.70 %)SQL Server
876 (28.90 %)IIS
967 (25.48 %)SAN
1065 (24.71 %)DNS
1158 (22.05 %)TCP/IP
1257 (21.67 %)Windows 2000
1257 (21.67 %)Citrix
1356 (21.29 %)UNIX
1356 (21.29 %)VMware
1453 (20.15 %)HP
1453 (20.15 %)Microsoft Certification
1551 (19.39 %)Finance
1650 (19.01 %)SQL
1749 (18.63 %)MCSE
1749 (18.63 %)Cisco
1842 (15.97 %)DHCP
1941 (15.59 %)MS Excel
2039 (14.83 %)Oracle
2039 (14.83 %)Windows 2000 Server
2136 (13.69 %)Windows XP
2232 (12.17 %)Solaris
2232 (12.17 %)LAN
2331 (11.79 %)WAN

Windows Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (10.27 %)ASP
25 (1.901 %).NET
25 (1.901 %)Windows SharePoint Services
34 (1.521 %)HTML
34 (1.521 %)WebServices
34 (1.521 %)J2EE
43 (1.141 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.380 %)COM+
51 (0.380 %)WebSphere
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1131 (49.81 %)MS Exchange
291 (34.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
376 (28.90 %)IIS
431 (11.79 %)Exchange Server 2007
516 (6.084 %)Tomcat
613 (4.943 %)Apache
712 (4.563 %)SharePoint
88 (3.042 %)Exchange Server 2000
96 (2.281 %)Office Project Server
96 (2.281 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
104 (1.521 %)SharePoint Portal Server
104 (1.521 %)JBoss
104 (1.521 %)Office Communications Server
113 (1.141 %)Exchange Server 5.5
121 (0.380 %)ActiveMQ
121 (0.380 %)MQSeries
121 (0.380 %)WebSphere Application Server
121 (0.380 %)ColdFusion
121 (0.380 %)Commerce Server
121 (0.380 %)Site Server
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
141 (15.59 %)MS Excel
27 (2.662 %)MS Project
36 (2.281 %)MS PowerPoint
45 (1.901 %)MS Office
51 (0.380 %)MS Visio
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
167 (25.48 %)SAN
265 (24.71 %)DNS
358 (22.05 %)TCP/IP
442 (15.97 %)DHCP
532 (12.17 %)LAN
631 (11.79 %)WAN
724 (9.125 %)VPN
820 (7.605 %)Firewall
917 (6.464 %)Internet
1011 (4.183 %)LDAP
118 (3.042 %)FTP
127 (2.662 %)Cisco PIX
136 (2.281 %)HTTP
145 (1.901 %)VoIP
154 (1.521 %)SMS
154 (1.521 %)SSL
163 (1.141 %)Network Security
163 (1.141 %)IPsec
163 (1.141 %)SSH
171 (0.380 %)NetScreen
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
186 (32.70 %)SQL Server
223 (8.745 %)SQL Server 2005
320 (7.605 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (2.662 %)MySQL
52 (0.760 %)DB2
52 (0.760 %)RDBMS
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (2.662 %)MSI
24 (1.521 %)Subversion
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
151 (19.39 %)Finance
229 (11.03 %)Banking
320 (7.605 %)Investment Banking
412 (4.563 %)Pensions
412 (4.563 %)Health
59 (3.422 %)Telecoms
68 (3.042 %)Government
77 (2.662 %)Education
77 (2.662 %)Insurance
84 (1.521 %)Games
84 (1.521 %)Back Office
93 (1.141 %)Financial Institution
93 (1.141 %)Publishing
102 (0.760 %)Marketing
102 (0.760 %)Legal
111 (0.380 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.380 %)Auditing
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (8.745 %)Blackberry
212 (4.563 %)Clustering
39 (3.422 %)Replication
47 (2.662 %)Client/Server
54 (1.521 %)Derivative
62 (0.760 %)Computer Science
62 (0.760 %)Dutch Language
62 (0.760 %)French Language
71 (0.380 %)German Language
71 (0.380 %)Web 2.0
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1263 (100.00 %)Windows
2178 (67.68 %)Windows Server 2003
3103 (39.16 %)Linux
457 (21.67 %)Windows 2000
556 (21.29 %)UNIX
639 (14.83 %)Windows 2000 Server
736 (13.69 %)Windows XP
832 (12.17 %)Solaris
911 (4.183 %)Red Hat Linux
911 (4.183 %)Windows Server 2008
108 (3.042 %)Windows Vista
116 (2.281 %)HPUX
125 (1.901 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
133 (1.141 %)SUSE
133 (1.141 %)Debian
133 (1.141 %)AIX
142 (0.760 %)Windows NT
151 (0.380 %)Fedora
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (9.506 %)ITIL
219 (7.224 %)Disaster Recovery
316 (6.084 %)E-Commerce
412 (4.563 %)Change Management
59 (3.422 %)Migration
67 (2.662 %)Agile Software Development
67 (2.662 %)Stress Testing
76 (2.281 %)Asset Management
76 (2.281 %)Scrum
76 (2.281 %)Extreme Programming
85 (1.901 %)Service Delivery
94 (1.521 %)PRINCE
103 (1.141 %)Project Management
103 (1.141 %)Security Management
103 (1.141 %)Wealth Management
112 (0.760 %)Supplier Management
112 (0.760 %)Project Planning
112 (0.760 %)Load Balancing
112 (0.760 %)Risk Analysis
121 (0.380 %)Web Development
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
150 (19.01 %)SQL
223 (8.745 %)Perl
315 (5.703 %)C#
44 (1.521 %)PHP
44 (1.521 %)Shell Script
44 (1.521 %)VBScript
53 (1.141 %)VB
53 (1.141 %)C
62 (0.760 %)Java
71 (0.380 %)C++
71 (0.380 %)Transact-SQL
71 (0.380 %)Python
71 (0.380 %)AWK
71 (0.380 %)Ruby
71 (0.380 %)Korn
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
153 (20.15 %)Microsoft Certification
249 (18.63 %)MCSE
321 (7.985 %)MCSA
321 (7.985 %)Degree
410 (3.802 %)MCP
54 (1.521 %)Cisco Certification
54 (1.521 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (1.141 %)ITIL Certification
63 (1.141 %)CCNA
71 (0.380 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.380 %)CCEA
71 (0.380 %)MCDBA
71 (0.380 %)CCIE
71 (0.380 %)CCNP
71 (0.380 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
71 (0.380 %)MCTS
71 (0.380 %)RHCE
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.521 %)SLA
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1165 (62.74 %)Active Directory
224 (9.125 %)VMware Infrastructure
321 (7.985 %)Backup Exec
417 (6.464 %)MetaFrame
513 (4.943 %)NetBackup
612 (4.563 %)Samba
711 (4.183 %)Terminal Services
711 (4.183 %)Citrix Presentation Server
88 (3.042 %)VMware ESX
94 (1.521 %)ISA Server
94 (1.521 %)NFS
103 (1.141 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.760 %)VMware Server
121 (0.380 %)MSMQ
121 (0.380 %)Terminal Server
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
124 (9.125 %)WSUS
218 (6.844 %)Norton AntiVirus
317 (6.464 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
45 (1.901 %)MOM
53 (1.141 %)HP Data Protector
62 (0.760 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
62 (0.760 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.380 %)EMC NetWorker
71 (0.380 %)SCOM
71 (0.380 %)Nagios
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
191 (34.60 %)Microsoft
257 (21.67 %)Citrix
356 (21.29 %)VMware
453 (20.15 %)HP
549 (18.63 %)Cisco
639 (14.83 %)Oracle
725 (9.506 %)VERITAS
819 (7.224 %)Symantec
916 (6.084 %)Sun
1014 (5.323 %)Sybase
1113 (4.943 %)Red Hat
1113 (4.943 %)Intel
1211 (4.183 %)IBM
138 (3.042 %)Dell
146 (2.281 %)NetApp
153 (1.141 %)Novell
153 (1.141 %)NetIQ
162 (0.760 %)Lotus
162 (0.760 %)EMC
162 (0.760 %)Compaq