The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales 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 17 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 66 84 70
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 22 6 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.097% 0.630% 1.672%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.138% 0.644% 1.771%
Number of salaries quoted 22 4 15
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% -25.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £32,450 £34,700
10% offered a salary of more than £34,750 £33,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1029 932 847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 98.09% 97.80% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 940 830 791
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
Wales

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cardiff -6 15 £32,500 -2.98%
Blaenau Gwent - 1 £22,000 -
Bridgend - 1 £30,000 -
Systems Administrator
Wales

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 23 (88.46%) Windows
2 22 (84.62%) Cisco
2 22 (84.62%) Firewall
3 18 (69.23%) UNIX
4 17 (65.38%) Linux
5 16 (61.54%) CCNA
5 16 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (57.69%) Degree
7 14 (53.85%) CheckPoint
8 11 (42.31%) SharePoint
9 6 (23.08%) IP Telephony
9 6 (23.08%) VMware
9 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
10 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
10 5 (19.23%) IIS
10 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
11 4 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
11 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
11 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
12 3 (11.54%) DNS
12 3 (11.54%) SQL
12 3 (11.54%) Data Cleansing
12 3 (11.54%) Blue Coat
13 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (7.692%) Quality Management
13 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
13 2 (7.692%) MS Office
13 2 (7.692%) SLA
13 2 (7.692%) Red Hat

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 11 (42.31%) SharePoint
2 5 (19.23%) IIS
3 1 (3.846%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.846%) Site Server
3 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 22 (84.62%) Firewall
2 6 (23.08%) IP Telephony
3 3 (11.54%) DNS
4 1 (3.846%) VPN
4 1 (3.846%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.846%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (3.846%) Back Office
1 1 (3.846%) Finance
1 1 (3.846%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.846%) Replication
2 1 (3.846%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 23 (88.46%) Windows
2 18 (69.23%) UNIX
3 17 (65.38%) Linux
4 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.846%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.846%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.846%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.846%) AIX
5 1 (3.846%) HPUX
5 1 (3.846%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.54%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (7.692%) Quality Management
3 1 (3.846%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) C
2 1 (3.846%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) CCNA
1 16 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (57.69%) Degree
3 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) SLA
2 1 (3.846%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
1 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (3.846%) Terminal Services
3 1 (3.846%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) WSUS
1 1 (3.846%) SCCM
1 1 (3.846%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (84.62%) Cisco
2 14 (53.85%) CheckPoint
3 6 (23.08%) VMware
3 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 3 (11.54%) Blue Coat
5 2 (7.692%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.846%) Business Objects
6 1 (3.846%) Dell
6 1 (3.846%) Kaspersky
6 1 (3.846%) Veeam
Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
IIS 7.x deployment and operations. Active Directory administration and troubleshooting. Microsoft SQL 2008 deployment / admin / troubleshooting experience. Working knowledge of TCP / IP / DNS / VPN / Firewalls / Load Balancers.
Vizolution
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
6 Months Fixed Term Contract (Ending 31st December 2013) Cardiff £20,000-£24,000 (Pro-rata) My client is looking to take on the services of a Systems...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £20000.00 - £24000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013