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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex 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 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Middlesex region.

 System Administrator
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank466353
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Down-10
Matching permanent IT job ads13436
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex2.181 %0.475 %2.769 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.347 %0.524 %2.908 %
Salaries quoted12336
Average salary£41,500£40,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.750 %+14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,650£38,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,750£44,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£34,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %+4.610 %
Middlesex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5547641238
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex92.95 %90.74 %95.23 %
Salaries quoted4796421028
Average salary£45,000£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£25,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£62,500£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Systems Administrator South EastSystems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Middlesex Systems Administrator Demand Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Middlesex Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

Middlesex Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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.

116 (69.57 %)VMware
116 (69.57 %)Windows
116 (69.57 %)Cisco
214 (60.87 %)SAN
313 (56.52 %)Windows Server 2003
411 (47.83 %)VMware ESX
411 (47.83 %)Clustering
411 (47.83 %)Firewall
411 (47.83 %)IIS
411 (47.83 %)Pensions
510 (43.48 %)Windows Server 2008
510 (43.48 %)SQL Server 2005
510 (43.48 %)SQL Server
510 (43.48 %)Microsoft
510 (43.48 %)Citrix
510 (43.48 %)MetaFrame
510 (43.48 %)Microsoft Certification
510 (43.48 %)MCSE
510 (43.48 %)MCSA
510 (43.48 %)Active Directory
69 (39.13 %)SQL Server 2000
69 (39.13 %)MS Excel
69 (39.13 %)Windows 2000
77 (30.43 %)Linux
77 (30.43 %)UNIX
77 (30.43 %)Apache
85 (21.74 %)Tomcat
85 (21.74 %)Solaris
85 (21.74 %)MySQL
94 (17.39 %)Red Hat Linux

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Middlesex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (4.348 %)CSS
11 (4.348 %).NET
Middlesex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (47.83 %)IIS
27 (30.43 %)Apache
35 (21.74 %)Tomcat
43 (13.04 %)WebLogic
51 (4.348 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
51 (4.348 %)SharePoint
51 (4.348 %)MS Exchange
51 (4.348 %)Lotus Notes
51 (4.348 %)Office Communications Server
51 (4.348 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2007
Middlesex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (39.13 %)MS Excel
Middlesex IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (4.348 %)AWD
Middlesex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (60.87 %)SAN
211 (47.83 %)Firewall
33 (13.04 %)Cisco PIX
42 (8.696 %)NAS
42 (8.696 %)TCP/IP
42 (8.696 %)Internet
51 (4.348 %)DNS
51 (4.348 %)LAN
51 (4.348 %)WAN
51 (4.348 %)Network Security
Middlesex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (43.48 %)SQL Server 2005
110 (43.48 %)SQL Server
29 (39.13 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (21.74 %)MySQL
42 (8.696 %)Oracle 9i
42 (8.696 %)Oracle 10g
51 (4.348 %)SQL Server 2008
Middlesex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (47.83 %)Pensions
22 (8.696 %)Telecoms
22 (8.696 %)Health
31 (4.348 %)Manufacturing
31 (4.348 %)Finance
31 (4.348 %)Back Office
31 (4.348 %)Auditing
Middlesex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (47.83 %)Clustering
21 (4.348 %)Blackberry
Middlesex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
116 (69.57 %)Windows
213 (56.52 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (43.48 %)Windows Server 2008
49 (39.13 %)Windows 2000
57 (30.43 %)Linux
57 (30.43 %)UNIX
65 (21.74 %)Solaris
74 (17.39 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (17.39 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
83 (13.04 %)AIX
91 (4.348 %)Windows 2000 Server
Middlesex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (13.04 %)Load Balancing
22 (8.696 %)ITIL
31 (4.348 %)Data Protection
Middlesex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (13.04 %)SQL
Middlesex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (43.48 %)Microsoft Certification
110 (43.48 %)MCSE
110 (43.48 %)MCSA
22 (8.696 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
31 (4.348 %)RHCE
Middlesex IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (47.83 %)VMware ESX
210 (43.48 %)MetaFrame
210 (43.48 %)Active Directory
31 (4.348 %)ISA Server
31 (4.348 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (4.348 %)Sendmail
Middlesex IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (8.696 %)NetBackup
21 (4.348 %)SCCM
Middlesex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (69.57 %)VMware
116 (69.57 %)Cisco
210 (43.48 %)Microsoft
210 (43.48 %)Citrix
34 (17.39 %)Oracle
34 (17.39 %)Veritas
34 (17.39 %)Sun
43 (13.04 %)Red Hat
52 (8.696 %)HP
52 (8.696 %)Dell
61 (4.348 %)Lotus