Systems Administrator Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 22 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 West Midlands region.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 150 160 139
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 49 30 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.974% 0.650% 0.786%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.016% 0.678% 0.821%
Number of salaries quoted 38 26 31
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 4823 4426 3898
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.88% 95.90% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4016 3887 3325
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Administrator
England

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Administrator across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Coventry - 23 £27,000 -
Birmingham -4 16 £40,000 -
Warwickshire +14 12 £27,000 -5.26%
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
Staffordshire -1 2 £32,500 -
Solihull - 2 £34,000 -
Shropshire -7 1 £28,500 -
Systems Administrator
England

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 39 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (48.00%) Windows
3 30 (40.00%) VMware
4 24 (32.00%) Linux
5 21 (28.00%) MS Exchange
5 21 (28.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 20 (26.67%) Active Directory
7 19 (25.33%) Citrix
7 19 (25.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 18 (24.00%) ITIL
9 17 (22.67%) SQL
10 15 (20.00%) Firewall
11 14 (18.67%) SAN
11 14 (18.67%) HP
12 12 (16.00%) Red Hat
13 11 (14.67%) VMware Infrastructure
13 11 (14.67%) Windows 7
13 11 (14.67%) Exchange Server 2010
13 11 (14.67%) Internet
13 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (14.67%) Cisco
14 10 (13.33%) TCP/IP
14 10 (13.33%) UNIX
14 10 (13.33%) MCSE
14 10 (13.33%) vSphere
14 10 (13.33%) Retail
15 9 (12.00%) Network Security
15 9 (12.00%) Windows XP
15 9 (12.00%) Oracle
15 9 (12.00%) MS Office

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 (2.667%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.333%) Zend Framework
2 1 (1.333%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (1.333%) ASP
2 1 (1.333%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.333%) COM
2 1 (1.333%) CSS
2 1 (1.333%) XML
2 1 (1.333%) .NET
2 1 (1.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 21 (28.00%) MS Exchange
2 11 (14.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (9.333%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (9.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 6 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (5.333%) IIS
6 3 (4.000%) SharePoint
7 2 (2.667%) Apache
7 2 (2.667%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (2.667%) Lync
8 1 (1.333%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (1.333%) nginx
8 1 (1.333%) Moodle
8 1 (1.333%) SAS
8 1 (1.333%) ArcGIS
8 1 (1.333%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (12.00%) MS Office
2 5 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.000%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.333%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.00%) Firewall
2 14 (18.67%) SAN
3 11 (14.67%) Internet
4 10 (13.33%) TCP/IP
5 9 (12.00%) Network Security
5 9 (12.00%) WAN
5 9 (12.00%) LAN
6 8 (10.67%) Wireless
6 8 (10.67%) PBX
7 7 (9.333%) xDSL
7 7 (9.333%) VPN
7 7 (9.333%) UMTS
7 7 (9.333%) GPRS
7 7 (9.333%) ISDN
7 7 (9.333%) MPLS
8 6 (8.000%) DECT
8 6 (8.000%) VoIP
9 5 (6.667%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (6.667%) DHCP
9 5 (6.667%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.667%) DB2
2 2 (2.667%) MySQL
2 2 (2.667%) TOAD
3 1 (1.333%) Redis
3 1 (1.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.333%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.333%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.333%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.000%) Git (software)
2 2 (2.667%) MSI
2 2 (2.667%) Subversion
3 1 (1.333%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.333%) Phing
3 1 (1.333%) Capistrano
3 1 (1.333%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.333%) PHPUnit
3 1 (1.333%) RSpec
3 1 (1.333%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.333%) AdminStudio
General
1 10 (13.33%) Retail
2 9 (12.00%) Finance
3 5 (6.667%) Automotive
4 4 (5.333%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.000%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.000%) Back Office
6 2 (2.667%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.333%) Banking
7 1 (1.333%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.67%) Blackberry
2 4 (5.333%) Open Source
3 3 (4.000%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.667%) HACMP
4 2 (2.667%) Clustering
4 2 (2.667%) LPAR
4 2 (2.667%) IaaS
5 1 (1.333%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.333%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.333%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.333%) SaaS
5 1 (1.333%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 36 (48.00%) Windows
2 24 (32.00%) Linux
3 21 (28.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (25.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (14.67%) Windows 7
6 10 (13.33%) UNIX
7 9 (12.00%) Windows XP
8 8 (10.67%) Solaris
8 8 (10.67%) SUSE
9 7 (9.333%) AIX
10 4 (5.333%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (4.000%) CentOS
11 3 (4.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (4.000%) HPUX
12 2 (2.667%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (1.333%) Ubuntu
13 1 (1.333%) Mac OS X
13 1 (1.333%) Gentoo
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.00%) ITIL
2 9 (12.00%) Project Management
3 6 (8.000%) Problem Management
4 5 (6.667%) Configuration Management
5 4 (5.333%) Change Management
6 3 (4.000%) Capacity Management
6 3 (4.000%) ERP
6 3 (4.000%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.667%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.667%) Workflow
7 2 (2.667%) Business Continuity
7 2 (2.667%) PRINCE2
7 2 (2.667%) Asset Management
7 2 (2.667%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (2.667%) Network Management
8 1 (1.333%) Analytics
8 1 (1.333%) Static Code Analysis
8 1 (1.333%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.333%) Active Record
8 1 (1.333%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.67%) SQL
2 6 (8.000%) Shell Script
3 4 (5.333%) PHP
4 3 (4.000%) Ruby
4 3 (4.000%) Perl
4 3 (4.000%) VBScript
4 3 (4.000%) Python
5 2 (2.667%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.333%) PHP5
6 1 (1.333%) Korn
6 1 (1.333%) C#
6 1 (1.333%) Java
6 1 (1.333%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (13.33%) MCSE
3 9 (12.00%) CCNP
3 9 (12.00%) CCNA
3 9 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (9.333%) CCIE
5 6 (8.000%) Degree
6 2 (2.667%) MCITP
7 1 (1.333%) VCP5
7 1 (1.333%) VCP4
7 1 (1.333%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.333%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.333%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.67%) SLA
2 1 (1.333%) QA
2 1 (1.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (13.33%) vSphere
4 4 (5.333%) MetaFrame
5 2 (2.667%) Terminal Server
5 2 (2.667%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (2.667%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.667%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (1.333%) Veritas File System
6 1 (1.333%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 6 (8.000%) SCCM
2 5 (6.667%) SCOM
3 4 (5.333%) Backup Exec
4 3 (4.000%) Puppet
5 2 (2.667%) Foglight
5 2 (2.667%) Nagios
5 2 (2.667%) OpenNMS
5 2 (2.667%) YUM
6 1 (1.333%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (1.333%) HP SIM
6 1 (1.333%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 39 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (40.00%) VMware
3 19 (25.33%) Citrix
4 14 (18.67%) HP
5 12 (16.00%) Red Hat
6 11 (14.67%) Cisco
7 9 (12.00%) Oracle
8 6 (8.000%) Symantec
8 6 (8.000%) NetApp
8 6 (8.000%) IBM
9 5 (6.667%) Veritas
10 4 (5.333%) CheckPoint
10 4 (5.333%) Dell
11 2 (2.667%) BMC
11 2 (2.667%) Sun
12 1 (1.333%) Zend
12 1 (1.333%) EMC
12 1 (1.333%) Mapinfo
12 1 (1.333%) McAfee
12 1 (1.333%) ESRI
Systems Administrator
Walsgrave, Coventry
A comprehensive knowledge of system storage administration is essential, with broad systems administration experience that covers Operating Systems, Scheduling, Monitoring and Networks/Security Systems. An understanding of UNIX...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Systems Administrator
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Walsgrave, Coventry. £attractive. As a Systems Administrator with Sainsbury’s, you will be part of a small team providing fault finding, preventative maintenance and development services. A comprehensive...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
WebSphere Systems Administrator
Warwickshire, West Midlands
The role will be focused around the design, implementation and support for server equipment; primarily architected using WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker in predominantly aRedhat Linux environment. Skills...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Microsoft Systems Administrator
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They are looking for somebody that has good working knowledge within a Systems Admin position... Spring Technology is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Spring Technology
Salary: £32000.00 - £39000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Systems Administrator - SAN, SCOM, VMware
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator - Birmingham My Birmingham based client is seeking an 3rd/4th Line Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator to join their growing business and IT team of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Unix Linux Red Hat System Administrator Veritas Scripting
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate should have experience of supporting Unix, Solaris and Linux Operating systems within large scale production environments. They should also have strong experience of Veritas (VxVM,...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Unix Linux Red Hat System Administrator Veritas Scripting
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate should have experience of supporting Unix, Solaris and Linux Operating systems within large scale production environments. They should also have strong experience of Veritas (VxVM,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Unix System Administrator
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Unix Systems Administrator - £45-55,000 + Bonus + BenefitsOur prestigious Central Birmingham client is looking to recruit an experienced Unix Systems Administrator with a strong technical background and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Operations Systems Administrator, SCCM, HP Client Automation,
Coventry
This role involves a certain degree of application packaging and hardware knowledge. The team works together with other areas of the business to define and build the clients'...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Operations Systems Administrator, SCCM, HP Client Automation,
Coventry
This role involves a certain degree of application packaging and hardware knowledge. The team works together with other areas of the business to define and build the clients'...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Systems Administrators
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
We’re seeking professionals who take ownership of their work, strive for continuous improvement and have the ability to design processes suited to a sophisticated IT operation, with...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Senior Systems Administrators (HP Client Automation, Microsoft SCCM, Design and Enterprise Configuration)
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
We're seeking professionals who take ownership of their work, strive for continuous improvement and have the ability to design processes suited to a sophisticated IT operation, with...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior System Administrator, Device Build and Client Automation
Coventry
The team will be supporting the client's infrastructure nationwide so the ideal candidate will have previously coming from a large blue chip/enterprised sized organisation.The role...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Systems Administrator
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will also need to have a strong server background with SAN Enterprise Storage - Dell Compellant, EqualLogic or PowerVault... Key words:- Dell Compellant, EqualLogic, PowerVault, SAN, SCCM, SCOM,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Microsoft System Administrator - Shirley, Solihull
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
MS Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010, especially Exchange 2010), Anti-virus solutions (e.g. McAfee, Symantec,Trend), Active Directory, Backup solutions (e.g. Veritas, ARCServe), Virtualisation technologies (e...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 32,000 - 39,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Operations Systems Administrator, Major Infrastructure Deployments
Coventry
This role is for someone who has enterprise level deployment experience, and a background involved windows platforms and messaging systems... Essential Skills and Experiences: Detailed and current knowledge...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Operations Systems Administrator, 2nd line support, Major Infrastructure Deployments, Leadership
Coventry
Senior Operations Systems Administrator, Major Infrastructure Deployments, MS Office 2003, MS Office 2007 & MS Office 2010, MS Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Antivirus, malware prevention, laptop encryption, PBX, DECT,...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Systems Administrator, hardware deployments, software deployments, 2nd line support,
Coventry, West Midlands
Operations - System Administrator, Infrastructure Deployments, 2nd line support, Infrastructure roll - outs, MS Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Antivirus, malware prevention, laptop encryption, PBX, DECT, Mobile Carrier based VOIP, HP...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Operations - System Administrator, 3rd line support, 3rd line Support Engineer
Coventry
MS Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Antivirus, malware prevention, laptop encryption, PBX, DECT, Mobile Carrier based and VOIP, HP Client Automation, enterprise infrastructure deployments Major blue chip client in...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
System Administrator, 3rd line support, 3rd line Support Engineer
Coventry
MS Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Antivirus, malware prevention, laptop encryption, PBX, DECT, Mobile Carrier based and VOIP, HP Client Automation, enterprise infrastructure deployments, Windows 7Major blue chip client...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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