The first table below looks at the demand for the Windows Administrator role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Administrator
Rank 715 752 742
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Administrator 147 147 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.136% 0.122% 0.112%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.144% 0.128% 0.119%
Number of salaries quoted 115 128 99
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,900
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £57,500 £64,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,678 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-7.52% +1.35%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Windows Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windows Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Administrator within the UK.

Windows Administrator Salary Trend

Windows Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Administrator over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Windows Administrator Salary Histogram

Windows Administrator
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +18 137 £40,000 -
London +30 65 £50,000 +5.26%
South East +22 25 £31,250 -17.76%
West Midlands -7 19 £46,750 +48.41%
East Sussex +17 14 £30,000 -20.52%
Brighton +13 14 £30,000 -20.52%
Coventry - 12 £46,000 -
East of England -4 11 £34,357 -14.10%
North West +4 9 £37,500 +7.14%
City of London +4 8 £41,250 -7.30%
Berkshire +7 5 £32,500 -7.14%
Bedfordshire -10 5 £34,357 +32.14%
Manchester -15 5 £40,000 +21.21%
Luton - 5 £34,357 -
Altrincham - 5 £40,000 -
Hertfordshire +12 4 £37,500 -6.25%
Surrey +6 4 £33,000 -15.38%
Yorkshire -1 4 £22,000 -
South West -1 4 £30,000 -11.11%
West Yorkshire -7 4 £22,000 -
Leeds -11 4 £22,000 -
Birmingham -15 4 £52,500 +61.53%
Jersey - 4 - -
Bath - 4 £30,000 -
Somerset - 4 £30,000 -
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Cheshire +7 3 £35,000 +20.68%
Borehamwood - 3 £37,500 -
Chester - 3 £35,000 -
Reading - 3 £32,500 -

Windows Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Windows 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 Windows Administrator in their job title.

1 283 (100.00%) Windows
2 211 (74.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 143 (50.53%) Microsoft
4 133 (47.00%) VMware
5 132 (46.64%) Active Directory
6 126 (44.52%) Windows Server 2003
7 96 (33.92%) MS Exchange
8 91 (32.16%) SQL
9 81 (28.62%) SQL Server
10 79 (27.92%) MS Excel
11 77 (27.21%) VMware Infrastructure
12 73 (25.80%) PowerShell
13 71 (25.09%) Linux
14 69 (24.38%) DNS
15 68 (24.03%) TCP/IP
16 64 (22.61%) IIS
17 57 (20.14%) Windows 7
18 56 (19.79%) Finance
19 55 (19.43%) Exchange Server 2010
20 53 (18.73%) SharePoint
21 48 (16.96%) HP
21 48 (16.96%) Microsoft Certification
22 43 (15.19%) SAN
23 41 (14.49%) DHCP
24 40 (14.13%) VMware ESXi
25 39 (13.78%) Windows XP
26 36 (12.72%) Cisco
26 36 (12.72%) Firewall
27 35 (12.37%) Exchange Server 2007
27 35 (12.37%) MCSE

Windows Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Windows 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 Windows Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (9.187%) .NET
2 14 (4.947%) COM
3 10 (3.534%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.767%) Web Services
4 5 (1.767%) SAML
5 3 (1.060%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.707%) LAMP
7 1 (0.353%) ASP
7 1 (0.353%) Middleware
7 1 (0.353%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 96 (33.92%) MS Exchange
2 64 (22.61%) IIS
3 55 (19.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 53 (18.73%) SharePoint
5 35 (12.37%) Exchange Server 2007
6 34 (12.01%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 20 (7.067%) Exchange Server 2003
8 11 (3.887%) Apache
8 11 (3.887%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (1.060%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (1.060%) Lync
10 2 (0.707%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.707%) Site Server
10 2 (0.707%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.353%) MSMQ
11 1 (0.353%) Lotus Notes
11 1 (0.353%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.353%) Zimbra
11 1 (0.353%) MediaWiki
Applications
1 79 (27.92%) MS Excel
2 28 (9.894%) MS Office
3 11 (3.887%) Office 365
4 1 (0.353%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 14 (4.947%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 69 (24.38%) DNS
2 68 (24.03%) TCP/IP
3 43 (15.19%) SAN
4 41 (14.49%) DHCP
5 36 (12.72%) Firewall
6 27 (9.541%) PBX
7 23 (8.127%) HTTP
8 21 (7.420%) VPN
9 19 (6.714%) VoIP
10 14 (4.947%) SMTP
10 14 (4.947%) Internet
11 13 (4.594%) LAN
12 12 (4.240%) LDAP
13 9 (3.180%) SNMP
14 8 (2.827%) WAN
15 6 (2.120%) NAS
16 5 (1.767%) Wireless
17 4 (1.413%) VLAN
17 4 (1.413%) X.400
18 2 (0.707%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (28.62%) SQL Server
2 32 (11.31%) MySQL
3 20 (7.067%) SQL Server 2008
4 17 (6.007%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (1.060%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.060%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.060%) Redis
6 2 (0.707%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (1.413%) Subversion
2 3 (1.060%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.353%) K2 blackpoint
General
1 56 (19.79%) Finance
2 21 (7.420%) Banking
3 18 (6.360%) Financial Institution
4 13 (4.594%) Retail
5 7 (2.473%) Law
6 6 (2.120%) Investment Banking
7 5 (1.767%) Marketing
8 4 (1.413%) Publishing
8 4 (1.413%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.060%) Back Office
10 2 (0.707%) Games
10 2 (0.707%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.353%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.66%) Blackberry
1 33 (11.66%) Hedge funds
2 27 (9.541%) Clustering
3 15 (5.300%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.887%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (2.827%) SaaS
6 6 (2.120%) Computer Science
7 5 (1.767%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.413%) Replication
8 4 (1.413%) EqualLogic
8 4 (1.413%) Open Source
9 3 (1.060%) PACS
10 2 (0.707%) Mathematics
10 2 (0.707%) Physics
11 1 (0.353%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.353%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.353%) Wiki
11 1 (0.353%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 283 (100.00%) Windows
2 211 (74.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 126 (44.52%) Windows Server 2003
4 71 (25.09%) Linux
5 57 (20.14%) Windows 7
6 39 (13.78%) Windows XP
7 25 (8.834%) Ubuntu
8 24 (8.481%) CentOS
9 17 (6.007%) Windows 2000 Server
10 13 (4.594%) UNIX
11 8 (2.827%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (2.473%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (1.767%) Windows 2000
14 4 (1.413%) Windows Vista
14 4 (1.413%) VMS
15 2 (0.707%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.353%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (6.007%) Disaster Recovery
2 15 (5.300%) ITIL
3 14 (4.947%) CRM
4 13 (4.594%) Load Balancing
5 11 (3.887%) E-Commerce
5 11 (3.887%) Configuration Management
5 11 (3.887%) Investment Management
5 11 (3.887%) Network Design
6 10 (3.534%) Agile Software Development
6 10 (3.534%) OO
7 9 (3.180%) Asset Management
8 8 (2.827%) High Availability
9 7 (2.473%) Service Management
10 6 (2.120%) Migration
10 6 (2.120%) ITSM
11 5 (1.767%) Identity Management
11 5 (1.767%) Change Management
11 5 (1.767%) Infrastructure Management
12 4 (1.413%) Network Management
12 4 (1.413%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (32.16%) SQL
2 73 (25.80%) PowerShell
3 28 (9.894%) VB
4 23 (8.127%) VBScript
5 18 (6.360%) Perl
6 10 (3.534%) C
7 7 (2.473%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.120%) C#
8 6 (2.120%) Python
9 5 (1.767%) Bash shell
10 3 (1.060%) PHP
11 1 (0.353%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 48 (16.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (12.37%) MCSE
3 27 (9.541%) Degree
3 27 (9.541%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (8.834%) CCNA
5 13 (4.594%) MCSA
5 13 (4.594%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.120%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (2.120%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.413%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.060%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.707%) CCNP
9 2 (0.707%) PhD
10 1 (0.353%) MCP
10 1 (0.353%) MCSD
10 1 (0.353%) VCP4
10 1 (0.353%) MCITP
10 1 (0.353%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.834%) SLA
2 1 (0.353%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.353%) QA
System Software
1 132 (46.64%) Active Directory
2 77 (27.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (14.13%) VMware ESXi
4 33 (11.66%) VMware ESX
5 26 (9.187%) ISA Server
6 25 (8.834%) vSphere
7 15 (5.300%) UAG
8 10 (3.534%) VMware Workstation
9 9 (3.180%) Squid
10 7 (2.473%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 7 (2.473%) XenApp
11 6 (2.120%) Hyper-V
11 6 (2.120%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.707%) Varnish
12 2 (0.707%) Samba
12 2 (0.707%) Xen
13 1 (0.353%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.353%) Postfix
13 1 (0.353%) MDaemon
Systems Management
1 24 (8.481%) SCOM
2 20 (7.067%) NetBackup
3 19 (6.714%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 19 (6.714%) SCCM
4 18 (6.360%) Norton AntiVirus
5 16 (5.654%) HP SIM
6 9 (3.180%) Zenoss
7 8 (2.827%) WSUS
8 7 (2.473%) Nagios
9 5 (1.767%) SolarWinds Orion
9 5 (1.767%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.413%) Puppet
10 4 (1.413%) Backup Exec
10 4 (1.413%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.353%) HP Data Protector
11 1 (0.353%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.353%) Splunk
Vendors
1 143 (50.53%) Microsoft
2 133 (47.00%) VMware
3 48 (16.96%) HP
4 36 (12.72%) Cisco
5 33 (11.66%) Citrix
6 27 (9.541%) Symantec
7 24 (8.481%) NetApp
8 16 (5.654%) Sophos
9 15 (5.300%) CA
10 13 (4.594%) SolarWinds
11 11 (3.887%) Juniper
11 11 (3.887%) EMC
12 10 (3.534%) Red Hat
13 9 (3.180%) IBM
14 7 (2.473%) Oracle
15 5 (1.767%) McAfee
15 5 (1.767%) Avaya
16 4 (1.413%) Aruba
16 4 (1.413%) FalconStor
16 4 (1.413%) Veeam
Brighton, East Sussex
The successful candidate will have substantial experience supporting Windows 7 and should be comfortable in a user facing environment dealing with MS Office and Windows Desktop issues. Experience...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
The ideal Windows Systems Administrator will have experience working with the majority of the following; *Windows Server 2003 / 2008 *Windows OS *Exchange and Active Directory *Networking (routing, switching,...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
As the VMware Systems Administrator, you will be possess the following skills and experiences:- *VMware ESX Systems Administration. *Windows Server Systems Administrator. *TCP / IP networking and troubleshooting including...
Spring Technology
Salary: £32000.00 - £37000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The Windows Systems Administrator shall maintain the core Microsoft infrastructure estate that can be considered High Availability, and Low Latency, whilst providing automation assistance using configuration management and...
ISL
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Systems Administrator will come from an extensive Windows Server and UNIX/Linux background, with excellent experience of large virtual server environments, understanding of networking principles and...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Administration of the Windows infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and Printing... Good degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline... Microsoft Exchange and general email infrastructure systems...
Ocado
Salary: £Competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
Middlesex
The successful candidate will have a solid and broad Windows Systems Administration experience, an excellent grasp of Exchange 2007/2010, Windows Server 2003/2008, VMware and a good...
Involved Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + On Call + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
Windows Systems Administrator (2nd line) - ideally with MCSE/CCNA - Altrincham Main skills:Windows Administration (AD configuration, Group Policy, etc). MS Exchange administration Network administration (network design, Cisco, HP,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Windows Systems Administrator (2nd line) - ideally with MCSE/CCNA - Altrincham... MS Exchange administration Network administration (network design, Cisco, HP, VPN) (interest in) Cloud Computing Windows Systems Administrator (2nd...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
West London
We are looking for a Windows Systems Administrator who not only understands the meaning of fanatical support but also enjoys delivering it to their highest ability... We give...
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
East London
To provide Third Line Windows support to the business... Incident and Problem management our infrastructure. Drive operational excellence and maintain SLA to the business... Microsoft - In depth experience...
Coral Racing Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £43,000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have an in depth knowledge of networking protocols and security: firewalls, IDS, naming services, mail servers, webservers, and web-based services, solid programming or scripting is...
SYSTEM RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £38000 - £40000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare etc
Posted: 22 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser are working with their Specialist consultancy in Oxfordshire to find an experienced Windows Systems Administrator to join their experienced team... Accountabilities/Responsibilities: Duties will include: - Second...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Skills/Experience required: **Advanced knowledge of administering Windows server across multiple domains - 2003, 2008 (R2 Preferable) ** Solid understanding of technologies: IIS, WSUS, SCOM, DFS, Active Directory, Windows clustering **...
Gregory James
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - + Benefits package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Essential skills required for the position of Linux /Windows Desktop System Administrator /Sys Admin / Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer - Relevant degree or computing experience 5 years + in a service...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
West London
Ability to maintain and troubleshoot FTP, HTTP, SSL, and SMTP mail flow... Thorough understanding of clustering requirements; ability to build and maintain Microsoft Windows clusters... Microsoft SQL configuration...
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Supplier Management. Problem Management... Change Management. Assets/Configuration Management. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery... Operating Systems including Microsoft Windows and Linux. Database systems including Oracle and MS SQL...
DictateIT
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
A solid understanding of Microsoft technologies: IIS, WSUS, SCOM, DFS, Active Directory and Windows clustering... A deep understanding of networking fundamentals - the ability to troubleshoot TCP/IP, HTTP,...
Personnel IT
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
Responsibilities * Ensure that live 24/7 services are monitored and kept up * Pro-actively maintain servers/services to prevent outages * Configuration of new machines/servers/networks * Provide out-...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 10 May 2013