viper

How is the demand for Unix/Linux, System/Network/Security administrators? In Oz and Nz. What are the most demanding areas in IT in these two places.

Thanks and regards!

wmoore

According to AustralianIT.com demand for Systems Admins is rising, along with most IT jobs. I would suggest checking out the usual suspects as regards job web sites www.careerone.com.au, www.seek.com for example.

anya4oz

Damn. I might end up with no excuse to be a Lady of Leisure

Anya.

wmoore

LOL me neither. Erm .. except that I'm not a lady

anya4oz

Well nor am I, actually, but that's *quite* another story

Anya.

kevmitch

Whilst the demand is rising, alot of the activity at the moment is for very short term projects (3 to 6 weeks). At this early stage of the recovery there appears to be some reluctance for employers to commit full time and long term.

In Sydney (in particular)the growth areas appear to be in areas such as Business Intelligence, CRM and Data warehousing, so if your Database Admin experience is in 'complex' or 'high security'environments then there's more opportunity than for the smaller applications.

There was an article in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald talking about the projected growth in IT coming from 'in house' rather than contractor based positions.

Kev