Windows Systems Administrator Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Windows Systems 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 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 currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows System Administrator
Rank 742 808 787
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Systems Administrator 116 88 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.108% 0.073% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.114% 0.077% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 95 75 66
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,700 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £74,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-12.00% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £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 Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windows Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Windows Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Windows Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Systems Administrator over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Windows Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Windows Systems 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 Systems Administrator within the UK 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
England +52 107 £40,000 -11.11%
London +28 50 £50,000 -
South East +18 19 £30,000 -22.07%
East Sussex +15 15 £30,000 -20.52%
Brighton +11 15 £30,000 -20.52%
East of England +2 10 £35,928 -10.17%
North West +8 9 £40,000 +6.66%
West Midlands -13 8 £48,750 +54.76%
Yorkshire -18 7 £22,000 -
City of London +9 6 £38,750 -9.35%
Luton - 5 £34,357 -
Bedfordshire - 5 £34,357 -
West Yorkshire -4 4 £22,000 -
Leeds -15 4 £22,000 -
Manchester -16 4 £40,500 +22.72%
Birmingham -21 4 £52,500 +61.53%
Somerset - 4 £30,000 -
Ruislip - 4 £60,000 -
Bath - 4 £30,000 -
Altrincham - 4 £40,500 -
South West - 4 £30,000 -
Chester - 3 £35,000 -
Borehamwood - 3 £37,500 -
Jersey - 3 - -
Sheffield - 3 £35,000 -
Cheshire - 3 £35,000 -
Hertfordshire - 3 £37,500 -
South Yorkshire - 3 £35,000 -
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Surrey +14 2 £27,500 -29.48%

Windows Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 216 (100.00%) Windows
2 172 (79.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 104 (48.15%) VMware
4 97 (44.91%) Windows Server 2003
4 97 (44.91%) Microsoft
5 89 (41.20%) Active Directory
6 79 (36.57%) MS Exchange
6 79 (36.57%) SQL
6 79 (36.57%) SQL Server
7 72 (33.33%) Linux
8 69 (31.94%) MS Excel
9 57 (26.39%) PowerShell
10 56 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
11 53 (24.54%) DNS
12 50 (23.15%) TCP/IP
13 49 (22.69%) Finance
14 48 (22.22%) IIS
15 40 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 37 (17.13%) DHCP
17 36 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
18 35 (16.20%) HP
18 35 (16.20%) MCSE
19 34 (15.74%) Hedge funds
20 33 (15.28%) MySQL
21 32 (14.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 32 (14.81%) VMware ESXi
22 31 (14.35%) Blackberry
23 30 (13.89%) SharePoint
23 30 (13.89%) Windows 7
23 30 (13.89%) Degree

Windows Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Windows 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 Windows Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (7.870%) .NET
2 10 (4.630%) Software Packaging
3 7 (3.241%) COM
4 4 (1.852%) Web Services
5 2 (0.926%) LAMP
6 1 (0.463%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.463%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 79 (36.57%) MS Exchange
2 48 (22.22%) IIS
3 36 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 32 (14.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 30 (13.89%) SharePoint
5 30 (13.89%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (6.019%) SharePoint Server
7 10 (4.630%) Apache
8 7 (3.241%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (1.852%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.926%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.926%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.926%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.926%) Lotus Notes
11 1 (0.463%) MSMQ
11 1 (0.463%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (0.463%) Zimbra
11 1 (0.463%) Lync
Applications
1 69 (31.94%) MS Excel
2 22 (10.19%) MS Office
3 10 (4.630%) Office 365
4 1 (0.463%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 13 (6.019%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.389%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 53 (24.54%) DNS
2 50 (23.15%) TCP/IP
3 37 (17.13%) DHCP
4 22 (10.19%) SAN
5 17 (7.870%) VoIP
6 16 (7.407%) VPN
7 15 (6.944%) Firewall
8 11 (5.093%) HTTP
9 7 (3.241%) WAN
10 6 (2.778%) SMTP
10 6 (2.778%) LAN
10 6 (2.778%) PBX
11 4 (1.852%) Wireless
11 4 (1.852%) Internet
11 4 (1.852%) X.400
12 3 (1.389%) SSL
12 3 (1.389%) FTP
12 3 (1.389%) NAS
13 2 (0.926%) SSH
14 1 (0.463%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (36.57%) SQL Server
2 33 (15.28%) MySQL
3 23 (10.65%) SQL Server 2008
4 16 (7.407%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (1.389%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.389%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.926%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (0.926%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.926%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.926%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.389%) Subversion
2 2 (0.926%) Git (software)
General
1 49 (22.69%) Finance
2 19 (8.796%) Banking
3 15 (6.944%) Financial Institution
4 6 (2.778%) Law
5 5 (2.315%) Telecoms
5 5 (2.315%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.389%) Back Office
6 3 (1.389%) Publishing
7 2 (0.926%) Games
7 2 (0.926%) Retail
8 1 (0.463%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.74%) Hedge funds
2 31 (14.35%) Blackberry
3 16 (7.407%) Clustering
4 15 (6.944%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.630%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.315%) Computer Science
7 4 (1.852%) Replication
7 4 (1.852%) Open Source
7 4 (1.852%) EqualLogic
8 2 (0.926%) Mathematics
8 2 (0.926%) Physics
9 1 (0.463%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.463%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.463%) EPoS
9 1 (0.463%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.463%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 216 (100.00%) Windows
2 172 (79.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 97 (44.91%) Windows Server 2003
4 72 (33.33%) Linux
5 30 (13.89%) Windows 7
6 29 (13.43%) CentOS
7 23 (10.65%) Ubuntu
8 21 (9.722%) Windows XP
9 14 (6.481%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (5.556%) UNIX
11 5 (2.315%) Windows Vista
11 5 (2.315%) Windows 2000 Server
12 4 (1.852%) VMS
13 3 (1.389%) Windows 2000
13 3 (1.389%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (8.796%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (6.019%) CRM
3 11 (5.093%) Service Management
3 11 (5.093%) Investment Management
4 10 (4.630%) Network Design
4 10 (4.630%) Configuration Management
4 10 (4.630%) E-Commerce
5 9 (4.167%) ITIL
5 9 (4.167%) OO
5 9 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (3.241%) Asset Management
6 7 (3.241%) High Availability
7 6 (2.778%) ITSM
8 4 (1.852%) Migration
8 4 (1.852%) Time Management
9 3 (1.389%) Load Balancing
9 3 (1.389%) Analytics
9 3 (1.389%) Data Modelling
9 3 (1.389%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.926%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 79 (36.57%) SQL
2 57 (26.39%) PowerShell
3 19 (8.796%) Perl
4 18 (8.333%) VB
5 16 (7.407%) VBScript
6 9 (4.167%) C
7 7 (3.241%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.778%) Python
8 6 (2.778%) C#
9 4 (1.852%) Bash shell
10 3 (1.389%) PHP
10 3 (1.389%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.463%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (16.20%) MCSE
3 30 (13.89%) Degree
4 14 (6.481%) CCNA
4 14 (6.481%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.778%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.778%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (2.778%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.315%) MCSA
7 4 (1.852%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.926%) PhD
8 2 (0.926%) MCP
9 1 (0.463%) VCP4
9 1 (0.463%) VCP5
9 1 (0.463%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.852%) SLA
2 2 (0.926%) QA
3 1 (0.463%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 89 (41.20%) Active Directory
2 56 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (14.81%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (10.19%) vSphere
4 22 (10.19%) VMware ESX
5 16 (7.407%) ISA Server
6 14 (6.481%) UAG
7 10 (4.630%) VMware Workstation
8 7 (3.241%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 6 (2.778%) Xen
9 6 (2.778%) Terminal Server
9 6 (2.778%) XenApp
10 4 (1.852%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.926%) Varnish
11 2 (0.926%) NFS
12 1 (0.463%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.463%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.463%) Postfix
12 1 (0.463%) MDaemon
Systems Management
1 20 (9.259%) SCOM
2 18 (8.333%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 17 (7.870%) SCCM
3 17 (7.870%) NetBackup
4 15 (6.944%) HP SIM
5 14 (6.481%) Norton AntiVirus
6 10 (4.630%) Nagios
7 9 (4.167%) Puppet
8 6 (2.778%) WSUS
9 5 (2.315%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.852%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (1.389%) Backup Exec
12 1 (0.463%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 104 (48.15%) VMware
2 97 (44.91%) Microsoft
3 35 (16.20%) HP
4 23 (10.65%) Citrix
5 22 (10.19%) Symantec
6 16 (7.407%) Cisco
7 15 (6.944%) Sophos
8 14 (6.481%) CA
9 11 (5.093%) NetApp
10 10 (4.630%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.241%) IBM
12 6 (2.778%) Oracle
12 6 (2.778%) SolarWinds
13 5 (2.315%) EMC
13 5 (2.315%) Avaya
14 4 (1.852%) Hitachi
14 4 (1.852%) Aruba
14 4 (1.852%) FalconStor
14 4 (1.852%) Veeam
14 4 (1.852%) McAfee
Windows Systems Administrator - Oxford
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Pioneering Software Development Company developing high-volume transactional software is looking for a Windows Systems Administrator!... Essential skills: IIS (v6 or v7) Clustering or Load Balancing. Server 2008...
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Windows Hosting Systems Administrator - Kent
Kent
Leading IT Solutions provider is looking for a Windows Hosting Administrator!... Essential experience: DNS, DHCP, Active Directory. Windows Hyper-V administration. Multi-site IIS farm administration. Storage & SAN...
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £62,000 per annum + superb benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Windows Systems Administrator
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
Windows Systems Administrator - London - £45,000 - £55,000
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: 13 May 2013
Windows Systems Administrator / Network (2nd Line)
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
Windows Systems Administrator / Network (2nd Line)
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
Windows Systems Administrator Exchange/VMware/Server- Middlesex
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
Junior Windows Systems Administrator
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
Linux /Windows Desktop System Administrator - Cambridge
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
Senior Windows Systems Administrator
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
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