The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull 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 24 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 1.619% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.695% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £35,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
236 159 189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 95.55% 98.15% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 186 119 141
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,200
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
West Midlands

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Symantec
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (60.00%) MCITP
3 3 (60.00%) Project Management
4 2 (40.00%) vSphere
4 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (40.00%) iSCSI
4 2 (40.00%) Automotive
4 2 (40.00%) McAfee
4 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
4 2 (40.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (40.00%) ARCserve
4 2 (40.00%) VBScript
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) CCNP

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) iSCSI
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCITP
2 2 (40.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) VCP4
3 1 (20.00%) VCP5
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (40.00%) vSphere
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (40.00%) ARCserve
2 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Symantec
3 2 (40.00%) McAfee
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Dell
3 2 (40.00%) Veritas
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They are looking for somebody that has good working knowledge within a Systems Admin position... Spring Technology is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Spring Technology
Salary: £32000.00 - £39000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
MS Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010, especially Exchange 2010), Anti-virus solutions (e.g. McAfee, Symantec,Trend), Active Directory, Backup solutions (e.g. Veritas, ARCServe), Virtualisation technologies (e...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 32,000 - 39,000
Posted: 20 May 2013