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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the North West 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 Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Administrator
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank159183
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads95103
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.045 %
As % of the category below1.024 %0.837 %
Salaries quoted92100
Average minimum salary£26,884£27,025
Average salary£30,222£29,333
% change on same period last year+3.03 %
Average maximum salary£33,561£31,640
UK excluding London average salary£34,857£34,116
% change on same period last year+2.17 %
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads927912309
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.423 %5.408 %
Salaries quoted809310312
Average minimum salary£32,553£34,442
Average salary£36,433£38,259
% change on same period last year-4.77 %
Average maximum salary£40,313£42,077
UK excluding London average salary£38,166£39,195
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Systems Administrator EnglandSystems Administrator
England

Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

North West Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 15 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
ManchesterUp+2244£35,068+20.13 %
CheshireUp+1125£30,680-3.29 %
LancashireDown-113£23,176-15.56 %
MerseysideUp+410£20,650-16.68 %
CumbriaNew entry-2£23,250-
Systems Administrator EnglandSystems Administrator
England

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1110 (49.33 %)Windows
279 (35.43 %)TCP/IP
374 (33.18 %)UNIX
468 (30.49 %)Linux
468 (30.49 %)Active Directory
563 (28.25 %)Windows Server 2003
652 (23.32 %)DNS
749 (21.97 %)Shell Script
848 (21.52 %)Solaris
946 (20.63 %)Microsoft
1043 (19.28 %)Citrix
1142 (18.83 %)Oracle
1239 (17.49 %)SQL
1239 (17.49 %)MS Exchange
1336 (16.14 %)Firewall
1433 (14.80 %)Microsoft Certification
1433 (14.80 %)Finance
1532 (14.35 %)C
1631 (13.90 %)AIX
1631 (13.90 %)Windows XP
1728 (12.56 %)VPN
1728 (12.56 %)Oracle Application Server
1827 (12.11 %)Telecoms
1827 (12.11 %)VMware
1827 (12.11 %)Sun
1926 (11.66 %)MS Excel
1926 (11.66 %)Perl
1926 (11.66 %)Windows Vista
2025 (11.21 %)MCSE
2124 (10.76 %)WAN

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (4.933 %).NET
25 (2.242 %)ASP
34 (1.794 %)J2EE
34 (1.794 %)HTML
43 (1.345 %)SAP XI
43 (1.345 %)SAP Basis
52 (0.897 %)WebSphere
52 (0.897 %)WSH
52 (0.897 %)CSS
61 (0.448 %)XML
61 (0.448 %)LAMP
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
139 (17.49 %)MS Exchange
228 (12.56 %)Oracle Application Server
315 (6.726 %)IIS
315 (6.726 %)Lotus Notes
414 (6.278 %)Apache
512 (5.381 %)Exchange Server 2003
69 (4.036 %)Tomcat
75 (2.242 %)SharePoint
75 (2.242 %)Exchange Server 2007
84 (1.794 %)JBoss
92 (0.897 %)Lotus Domino
92 (0.897 %)WebLogic
101 (0.448 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.448 %)WebSphere MQ
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (11.66 %)MS Excel
223 (10.31 %)MS Office
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.897 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.448 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.448 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
179 (35.43 %)TCP/IP
252 (23.32 %)DNS
336 (16.14 %)Firewall
428 (12.56 %)VPN
524 (10.76 %)WAN
622 (9.865 %)SAN
721 (9.417 %)LAN
811 (4.933 %)SNA
99 (4.036 %)DHCP
99 (4.036 %)Broadband
107 (3.139 %)Internet
116 (2.691 %)Cisco PIX
116 (2.691 %)SSL
125 (2.242 %)Cisco ASA
133 (1.345 %)CTI
133 (1.345 %)SMTP
142 (0.897 %)Intranet
142 (0.897 %)DMZ
142 (0.897 %)Wireless
142 (0.897 %)SSH
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (10.76 %)SQL Server
213 (5.830 %)MySQL
38 (3.587 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (3.139 %)Crystal Reports
56 (2.691 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (1.794 %)PostgreSQL
71 (0.448 %)Hyperion Essbase
71 (0.448 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.448 %)MS Access
71 (0.448 %)BusinessObjects
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (1.794 %)Subversion
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (14.80 %)Finance
227 (12.11 %)Telecoms
315 (6.726 %)Pensions
45 (2.242 %)Manufacturing
54 (1.794 %)Games
63 (1.345 %)FMCG
63 (1.345 %)Legal
63 (1.345 %)Insurance
72 (0.897 %)Health
72 (0.897 %)Banking
72 (0.897 %)Back Office
81 (0.448 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.448 %)Education
81 (0.448 %)Multimedia
81 (0.448 %)Billing
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (5.830 %)Clustering
24 (1.794 %)Management Information System
33 (1.345 %)HACMP
33 (1.345 %)Mainframe
42 (0.897 %)Blackberry
42 (0.897 %)Handset
51 (0.448 %)LIMS
51 (0.448 %)PDA
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1110 (49.33 %)Windows
274 (33.18 %)UNIX
368 (30.49 %)Linux
463 (28.25 %)Windows Server 2003
548 (21.52 %)Solaris
631 (13.90 %)AIX
631 (13.90 %)Windows XP
726 (11.66 %)Windows Vista
816 (7.175 %)Windows 2000 Server
915 (6.726 %)Windows 2000
108 (3.587 %)Debian
117 (3.139 %)Red Hat Linux
126 (2.691 %)Fedora
126 (2.691 %)CentOS
126 (2.691 %)HPUX
135 (2.242 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
144 (1.794 %)SUSE
152 (0.897 %)VMS
152 (0.897 %)Windows Server 2008
161 (0.448 %)Tru64
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (10.76 %)Project Management
216 (7.175 %)ITIL
315 (6.726 %)Process Management
412 (5.381 %)Migration
511 (4.933 %)Document Management
67 (3.139 %)Software Testing
76 (2.691 %)Web Development
76 (2.691 %)Logistics
84 (1.794 %)Automated Testing
84 (1.794 %)Load Balancing
84 (1.794 %)Release Management
84 (1.794 %)Performance Testing
93 (1.345 %)Disaster Recovery
93 (1.345 %)Systems Analysis
93 (1.345 %)Business Analysis
93 (1.345 %)CRM
93 (1.345 %)Business Intelligence
93 (1.345 %)Configuration Management
102 (0.897 %)Service Delivery
102 (0.897 %)Change Management
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
149 (21.97 %)Shell Script
239 (17.49 %)SQL
332 (14.35 %)C
426 (11.66 %)Perl
57 (3.139 %)PHP
66 (2.691 %)VBScript
75 (2.242 %)C++
84 (1.794 %)C#
84 (1.794 %)JavaScript
91 (0.448 %)Java
91 (0.448 %)VB
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
133 (14.80 %)Microsoft Certification
225 (11.21 %)MCSE
310 (4.484 %)MCP
49 (4.036 %)CCNA
49 (4.036 %)Cisco Certification
49 (4.036 %)Degree
55 (2.242 %)ITIL Certification
63 (1.345 %)MCSA
72 (0.897 %)HNC
81 (0.448 %)RHCE
81 (0.448 %)RHCT
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.587 %)QA
23 (1.345 %)SLA
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
168 (30.49 %)Active Directory
211 (4.933 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (4.484 %)Terminal Server
47 (3.139 %)VMware ESX
47 (3.139 %)MailMarshal
54 (1.794 %)Samba
63 (1.345 %)ISA Server
63 (1.345 %)NetBackup
63 (1.345 %)MetaFrame
71 (0.448 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.448 %)Backup Exec
71 (0.448 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.448 %)VMware Server
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (2.242 %)Nagios
15 (2.242 %)Norton AntiVirus
23 (1.345 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
32 (0.897 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.448 %)WSUS
41 (0.448 %)SCCM
41 (0.448 %)SCOM
41 (0.448 %)HP Data Protector
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (20.63 %)Microsoft
243 (19.28 %)Citrix
342 (18.83 %)Oracle
427 (12.11 %)Sun
427 (12.11 %)VMware
524 (10.76 %)Cisco
619 (8.520 %)Avaya
619 (8.520 %)Siemens
718 (8.072 %)Toshiba
815 (6.726 %)Lotus
912 (5.381 %)SAP
107 (3.139 %)Red Hat
116 (2.691 %)Symantec
116 (2.691 %)HP
116 (2.691 %)Dell
116 (2.691 %)Intel
116 (2.691 %)IBM
124 (1.794 %)Juniper
124 (1.794 %)Redback
124 (1.794 %)VERITAS