Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 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 Oxfordshire region.

 System Administrator
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6861110
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+49
Matching permanent IT job ads212531
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire1.643 %2.199 %0.990 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.698 %2.330 %1.025 %
Salaries quoted172226
Average salary£32,500£27,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18 %-8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,100£22,500£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£39,500£43,400
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£34,000£33,000
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %+3.030 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
123710733024
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire96.79 %94.37 %96.55 %
Salaries quoted11129462762
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+1521£32,500+18.18 %
Systems Administrator South EastSystems Administrator
South East

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

124 (77.42 %)Linux
221 (67.74 %)Windows
312 (38.71 %)Debian
410 (32.26 %)MySQL
410 (32.26 %)Microsoft
58 (25.81 %)SQL Server
58 (25.81 %)Apache
58 (25.81 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (25.81 %)Fedora
67 (22.58 %)Java
67 (22.58 %)Perl
67 (22.58 %)MS Excel
67 (22.58 %)MS Exchange
67 (22.58 %)Active Directory
67 (22.58 %)Samba
67 (22.58 %)VMware
76 (19.35 %)UNIX
76 (19.35 %)Solaris
76 (19.35 %)Firewall
76 (19.35 %)Exchange Server 2007
76 (19.35 %)Windows Server 2008
85 (16.13 %)C#
85 (16.13 %)Python
85 (16.13 %)VoIP
85 (16.13 %)TCP/IP
85 (16.13 %)VMware Infrastructure
85 (16.13 %)Open Source
94 (12.90 %)MCSE
94 (12.90 %)LDAP
94 (12.90 %)LAN

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (25.81 %)Apache
27 (22.58 %)MS Exchange
36 (19.35 %)Exchange Server 2007
43 (9.677 %)Tomcat
52 (6.452 %)SharePoint
61 (3.226 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (22.58 %)MS Excel
23 (9.677 %)MS Office
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (6.452 %)Microsoft CRM
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (19.35 %)Firewall
25 (16.13 %)TCP/IP
25 (16.13 %)VoIP
34 (12.90 %)LDAP
34 (12.90 %)LAN
43 (9.677 %)WAN
43 (9.677 %)Asterisk PBX
52 (6.452 %)VPN
52 (6.452 %)Wireless
52 (6.452 %)Network Security
61 (3.226 %)DNS
61 (3.226 %)DHCP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (32.26 %)MySQL
28 (25.81 %)SQL Server
34 (12.90 %)PostgreSQL
42 (6.452 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (6.452 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (3.226 %)BusinessObjects
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (6.452 %)Publishing
21 (3.226 %)Telecoms
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (16.13 %)Open Source
21 (3.226 %)Management Information System
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
124 (77.42 %)Linux
221 (67.74 %)Windows
312 (38.71 %)Debian
48 (25.81 %)Fedora
48 (25.81 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (19.35 %)Solaris
56 (19.35 %)Windows Server 2008
56 (19.35 %)UNIX
64 (12.90 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (3.226 %)Windows 2000 Server
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (9.677 %)Data Security
22 (6.452 %)CRM
22 (6.452 %)Project Planning
22 (6.452 %)Capacity Planning
31 (3.226 %)Business Process Improvement
31 (3.226 %)Data Validation
31 (3.226 %)B2B
31 (3.226 %)Validation
31 (3.226 %)Asset Management
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (22.58 %)Java
17 (22.58 %)Perl
25 (16.13 %)C#
25 (16.13 %)Python
33 (9.677 %)SQL
42 (6.452 %)Shell Script
51 (3.226 %)C
51 (3.226 %)PHP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (12.90 %)MCSE
14 (12.90 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (9.677 %)MCITP
32 (6.452 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
32 (6.452 %)MCTS
32 (6.452 %)MCSA
41 (3.226 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (22.58 %)Active Directory
17 (22.58 %)Samba
25 (16.13 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (12.90 %)Xen
41 (3.226 %)VMware ESX
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (32.26 %)Microsoft
27 (22.58 %)VMware
34 (12.90 %)Citrix
34 (12.90 %)Red Hat
43 (9.677 %)Altiris
52 (6.452 %)JBoss
61 (3.226 %)Business Objects
61 (3.226 %)HP
61 (3.226 %)Veritas