The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Lincoln 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 22 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 Lincoln region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 14 15 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincoln 1.333% 1.493% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.429% 1.587% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £28,500 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
Lincoln
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
70 63 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincoln 93.33% 94.03% 92.31%
Number of salaries quoted 59 55 45
Average salary £31,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £18,300 £24,650 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £41,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
Lincolnshire

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincoln 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 Lincoln region.

Lincoln Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincoln 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 8 (80.00%) LAN
2 8 (80.00%) WAN
2 8 (80.00%) Symantec
3 7 (70.00%) Twitter
4 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (20.00%) VoIP
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) CentOS
5 1 (10.00%) Open Source
5 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless
5 1 (10.00%) SUSE
5 1 (10.00%) Debian
5 1 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (10.00%) Ubuntu
5 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (10.00%) Mandriva Linux
5 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (10.00%) iSCSI
5 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (10.00%) ProCurve
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (10.00%) MS Office

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincoln 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 1 (10.00%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
1 8 (80.00%) LAN
1 8 (80.00%) WAN
2 2 (20.00%) VoIP
3 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) CentOS
3 1 (10.00%) SUSE
3 1 (10.00%) Debian
3 1 (10.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (10.00%) Mandriva Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (10.00%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Software Deployment
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) NFS
1 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Symantec
2 7 (70.00%) Twitter
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) ProCurve
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat