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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Senior Systems Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 currently tracked.

 Senior System Engineer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank569524708
Rank change year-on-year
Down-45Up+184
Matching permanent IT job ads107146268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.125 %0.172 %0.131 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.134 %0.184 %0.139 %
Salaries quoted87124234
Average salary£42,250£41,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.800 %+3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£33,250£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£57,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.610 %+3.750 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8006179487192657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.18 %93.72 %94.40 %
Salaries quoted6618965376157185
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-

Senior Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK.

Senior Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Senior Systems Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Systems Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
EnglandDown-4896£42,500+2.40 %
South EastDown-2039£42,000+1.20 %
LondonDown-5032£50,000+22.04 %
SurreyUp+1520£37,500-9.63 %
West SussexDown-49£55,000+22.22 %
ReigateNew entry-9£37,500-
HampshireUp+297£42,000-8.69 %
East MidlandsUp+117£32,750-34.50 %
South WestUp+86£40,000-3.61 %
City of LondonDown-576£48,000+10.34 %
ScotlandNew entry-6£42,500-
GlasgowNew entry-5£50,000-
ChertseyNew entry-5--
West MidlandsUp+324£40,500-2.40 %
East of EnglandUp+14£32,750-19.13 %
NottinghamUp+183£31,500-37.00 %
NottinghamshireUp+53£31,500-37.00 %
WalesDown-43£32,500-40.90 %
LeicesterNew entry-3£34,000-
LeicestershireNew entry-3£34,000-
SwanseaNew entry-3£32,500-
West WalesNew entry-3£32,500-
West YorkshireUp+52£27,500-
North WestUp+42£55,000+39.24 %
Northern IrelandUp+22--
YorkshireNo change02£27,500-31.25 %
WiltshireDown-12£40,000-3.61 %
GloucestershireDown-32--
GloucesterDown-42--
KentDown-52£39,000+14.70 %

Senior Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Systems Engineer 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 Senior Systems Engineer in their job title.

171 (36.04 %)Windows
257 (28.93 %)VMware
342 (21.32 %)SQL
342 (21.32 %)Cisco
441 (20.81 %)Linux
538 (19.29 %)Citrix
538 (19.29 %)Microsoft Certification
637 (18.78 %)Microsoft
637 (18.78 %)Active Directory
732 (16.24 %)Cisco Certification
830 (15.23 %)SAN
830 (15.23 %)MCSE
929 (14.72 %)Windows Server 2003
1027 (13.71 %)UNIX
1027 (13.71 %)MS Exchange
1027 (13.71 %)Java
1126 (13.20 %)Red Hat
1126 (13.20 %)CCNA
1126 (13.20 %)Red Hat Linux
1225 (12.69 %)C
1225 (12.69 %)SQL Server
1324 (12.18 %)LAN
1423 (11.68 %)WAN
1522 (11.17 %)Oracle
1620 (10.15 %)Firewall
1719 (9.645 %)DNS
1719 (9.645 %)VMware Infrastructure
1818 (9.137 %)ITIL
1917 (8.629 %)JBoss
2016 (8.122 %)Finance

Senior Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Systems Engineer 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 Senior Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
116 (8.122 %)Spring
214 (7.107 %).NET
311 (5.584 %)ASP.NET
311 (5.584 %)Servlets
46 (3.046 %)SOAP
46 (3.046 %)WebSphere
46 (3.046 %)HTML
55 (2.538 %)Middleware
55 (2.538 %)XML
64 (2.030 %)J2EE
73 (1.523 %)ASP
73 (1.523 %)Web Services
73 (1.523 %)Silverlight
73 (1.523 %)Hibernate
82 (1.015 %)Flash
91 (0.508 %)SGML
91 (0.508 %)LAMP
91 (0.508 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
127 (13.71 %)MS Exchange
214 (7.107 %)Tomcat
311 (5.584 %)Exchange Server 2003
410 (5.076 %)Apache
59 (4.569 %)WebLogic
59 (4.569 %)Exchange Server 2007
67 (3.553 %)IIS
76 (3.046 %)SharePoint
84 (2.030 %)WebSphere Application Server
84 (2.030 %)GlassFish
93 (1.523 %)Jetty
102 (1.015 %)SharePoint Server 2007
111 (0.508 %)SharePoint Portal Server
111 (0.508 %)Office Communications Server
111 (0.508 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (3.553 %)MS Excel
22 (1.015 %)MS Visio
22 (1.015 %)MS Office
31 (0.508 %)AutoCAD
31 (0.508 %)Pro/ENGINEER
31 (0.508 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
130 (15.23 %)SAN
224 (12.18 %)LAN
323 (11.68 %)WAN
420 (10.15 %)Firewall
519 (9.645 %)DNS
616 (8.122 %)TCP/IP
713 (6.599 %)Internet
810 (5.076 %)DHCP
810 (5.076 %)SSL
98 (4.061 %)VoIP
98 (4.061 %)VLAN
98 (4.061 %)VPN
106 (3.046 %)NAS
115 (2.538 %)HTTP
123 (1.523 %)SNMP
123 (1.523 %)HTTPS
123 (1.523 %)iSCSI
123 (1.523 %)DVB
123 (1.523 %)Wireless
132 (1.015 %)Reverse Proxy
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (12.69 %)SQL Server
28 (4.061 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (1.523 %)Essbase
33 (1.523 %)MySQL
42 (1.015 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.508 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.508 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (4.061 %)Ant
18 (4.061 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (8.122 %)Finance
210 (5.076 %)Telecoms
210 (5.076 %)Banking
38 (4.061 %)Insurance
47 (3.553 %)Military
55 (2.538 %)Marketing
64 (2.030 %)Manufacturing
64 (2.030 %)Back Office
73 (1.523 %)Electronics
73 (1.523 %)Aerospace
82 (1.015 %)Electric
82 (1.015 %)Front Office
82 (1.015 %)Health
82 (1.015 %)Avionics
91 (0.508 %)Legal
91 (0.508 %)Advertising
91 (0.508 %)Pensions
91 (0.508 %)Music
91 (0.508 %)Music Industry
91 (0.508 %)Government
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (4.569 %)Physics
28 (4.061 %)Mathematics
37 (3.553 %)Credit Risk
46 (3.046 %)SaaS
54 (2.030 %)PaaS
54 (2.030 %)Cloud Computing
54 (2.030 %)Clustering
63 (1.523 %)Thin Client
63 (1.523 %)Blackberry
63 (1.523 %)Fat Client
63 (1.523 %)Multithreading
72 (1.015 %)MPEG
72 (1.015 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
72 (1.015 %)Firmware
72 (1.015 %)DTV
72 (1.015 %)STB
72 (1.015 %)Computer Science
81 (0.508 %)Wiki
81 (0.508 %)Flash Lite
81 (0.508 %)MHEG
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
171 (36.04 %)Windows
241 (20.81 %)Linux
329 (14.72 %)Windows Server 2003
427 (13.71 %)UNIX
526 (13.20 %)Red Hat Linux
612 (6.091 %)Windows Server 2008
79 (4.569 %)Windows XP
88 (4.061 %)Solaris
97 (3.553 %)Windows 2000 Server
106 (3.046 %)CentOS
114 (2.030 %)Debian
114 (2.030 %)AIX
123 (1.523 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
132 (1.015 %)HPUX
132 (1.015 %)Windows 2000
141 (0.508 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.508 %)Fedora
141 (0.508 %)Ubuntu
141 (0.508 %)Windows Vista
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
118 (9.137 %)ITIL
216 (8.122 %)Project Management
315 (7.614 %)UML
48 (4.061 %)OOA/OOD
48 (4.061 %)E-Commerce
48 (4.061 %)Change Management
56 (3.046 %)Problem Management
56 (3.046 %)Integration Testing
65 (2.538 %)Use Case
65 (2.538 %)Requirements Analysis
65 (2.538 %)Validation
74 (2.030 %)PRINCE
74 (2.030 %)Load Balancing
74 (2.030 %)DoDAF
74 (2.030 %)MODAF
74 (2.030 %)SysML
83 (1.523 %)Enterprise Architecture
83 (1.523 %)Performance Management
83 (1.523 %)Configuration Management
83 (1.523 %)Information Security
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
142 (21.32 %)SQL
227 (13.71 %)Java
325 (12.69 %)C
46 (3.046 %)C#
54 (2.030 %)VBScript
63 (1.523 %)C++
63 (1.523 %)Perl
63 (1.523 %)Python
72 (1.015 %)PHP
81 (0.508 %)VB
81 (0.508 %)T-SQL
81 (0.508 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
138 (19.29 %)Microsoft Certification
232 (16.24 %)Cisco Certification
330 (15.23 %)MCSE
426 (13.20 %)CCNA
516 (8.122 %)Degree
615 (7.614 %)RHCE
711 (5.584 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
810 (5.076 %)Citrix Certification
99 (4.569 %)CCA
108 (4.061 %)HND
117 (3.553 %)VCP4
125 (2.538 %)Security Cleared
134 (2.030 %)HP ASE
134 (2.030 %)HP MASE
134 (2.030 %)SC Cleared
134 (2.030 %)MCITP
134 (2.030 %)HNC
143 (1.523 %)CCNP
152 (1.015 %)MCP
152 (1.015 %)CCEA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.538 %)SLA
23 (1.523 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
137 (18.78 %)Active Directory
219 (9.645 %)VMware Infrastructure
312 (6.091 %)XenServer
411 (5.584 %)VMware ESX
57 (3.553 %)MetaFrame
57 (3.553 %)vSphere
66 (3.046 %)XenApp
74 (2.030 %)ISA Server
83 (1.523 %)Citrix Presentation Server
92 (1.015 %)Postfix
92 (1.015 %)Sendmail
101 (0.508 %)Hyper-V
101 (0.508 %)Terminal Services
101 (0.508 %)VMware Workstation
101 (0.508 %)Squid
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (5.076 %)OpenView
26 (3.046 %)Backup Exec
34 (2.030 %)Unicenter
34 (2.030 %)Tivoli
34 (2.030 %)BMC PATROL
43 (1.523 %)SCOM
52 (1.015 %)Nagios
61 (0.508 %)MIMEsweeper
61 (0.508 %)Cisco IPCC
61 (0.508 %)NetBackup
61 (0.508 %)ZABBIX
61 (0.508 %)Cisco UCCE
61 (0.508 %)Plesk
61 (0.508 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
157 (28.93 %)VMware
242 (21.32 %)Cisco
338 (19.29 %)Citrix
437 (18.78 %)Microsoft
526 (13.20 %)Red Hat
622 (11.17 %)Oracle
717 (8.629 %)JBoss
816 (8.122 %)HP
97 (3.553 %)EMC
97 (3.553 %)CommVault
105 (2.538 %)SunGard
105 (2.538 %)IBM
114 (2.030 %)BMC
114 (2.030 %)Opsware
123 (1.523 %)Veritas
123 (1.523 %)Blue Coat
123 (1.523 %)TippingPoint
123 (1.523 %)CheckPoint
123 (1.523 %)Dell
123 (1.523 %)Avaya