The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 20 June 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 62 61 68
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 9 17 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.173% 1.972% 0.709%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.202% 2.051% 0.728%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 4
Average salary £32,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
749 829 824
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 97.65% 96.17% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 677 668 705
Average salary £33,500 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.47% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Systems Administrator
Yorkshire

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Systems Administrator Salary Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Sheffield -5 9 £32,000 -8.57% 2
Systems Administrator
Yorkshire

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 15 (83.33%) Linux
2 10 (55.56%) UNIX
3 9 (50.00%) Windows
4 6 (33.33%) VMware
4 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (27.78%) Debian
5 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
6 4 (22.22%) Shell Script
6 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
6 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 4 (22.22%) Perl
6 4 (22.22%) Apache
6 4 (22.22%) Python
6 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 4 (22.22%) Firewall
6 4 (22.22%) Fedora
6 4 (22.22%) Ruby
6 4 (22.22%) Ubuntu
6 4 (22.22%) Bash shell
6 4 (22.22%) Puppet
7 3 (16.67%) Analytics
7 3 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (16.67%) Time Management
7 3 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (16.67%) Degree
7 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 Development
1 2 (11.11%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) Apache
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (5.556%) NAS
2 1 (5.556%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git (software)
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Replication
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Linux
2 10 (55.56%) UNIX
3 9 (50.00%) Windows
4 5 (27.78%) Debian
5 4 (22.22%) Fedora
5 4 (22.22%) Ubuntu
6 3 (16.67%) Solaris
7 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
7 1 (5.556%) SUSE
7 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
7 1 (5.556%) AIX
7 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 3 (16.67%) Analytics
2 3 (16.67%) Time Management
2 3 (16.67%) CRM
2 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Shell Script
1 4 (22.22%) Perl
1 4 (22.22%) Python
1 4 (22.22%) Ruby
1 4 (22.22%) Bash shell
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (16.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.556%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (5.556%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) VMware
2 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
3 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) Veritas
4 2 (11.11%) JBoss
5 1 (5.556%) Atlassian
5 1 (5.556%) IBM
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle
5 1 (5.556%) HP
5 1 (5.556%) Citrix
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
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Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013