[Gllug] hourly/daily rate for linux systems admins?

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Wed Nov 17 15:28:23 UTC 2010


On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:46:48AM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 11/14/2010 07:24 PM, JLMS wrote:
> > And no wonder: lots of systems admins are jobless due to the recession
> > and is going to get worse
> 
> Not sure I agree with that - the present situation in London seems to be 
> completely inverse. There are a fair few sysadmin jobs going with very 
> few $cluefull applicants around. I know at-least three companies looking 
> for people who know what they are doing - and unable to recruit for 
> elongated periods of time. One setup, has had over a dozen interviews 
> from almost 60 CV's  ( ~ 2 months effort ).
> 
> Ok, these are for permanent jobs and not consulting roles - but if the 
> situation was as grim as you make it out to be, I see no reason why 
> these super capable people would not be switching from consulting to 
> perm roles.

Maybe in a downturn capable people keep their jobs?

Rich.

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