The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 22 10 5
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 6 19 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.529% 9.268% 13.77%
As % of the System Software category 50.00% 65.52% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
Average daily rate £245 £240 £217
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.08% +10.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £168 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £288 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
Average hourly rate £9.25 £17.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.58% +25.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.05 £17.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.45 £17.00 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.37% +6.66%
All System Software
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
12 29 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 7.059% 14.15% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 6
Average daily rate £300 £273 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.09% +28.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £150 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £326 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
Average hourly rate £9.25 £17.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.58% +25.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.05 £17.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.45 £17.00 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Active Directory across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Aberdeen Active Directory Jobs Demand Trend

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Active Directory across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Aberdeen Active Directory Daily Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Active Directory across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Active Directory also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory.

1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Windows 7
3 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
4 5 (31.25%) MS Office
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco
5 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
6 3 (18.75%) SCCM
6 3 (18.75%) SLA
6 3 (18.75%) HP
6 3 (18.75%) WAN
6 3 (18.75%) Firewall
6 3 (18.75%) VMware
6 3 (18.75%) Workflow
7 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
7 2 (12.50%) Data Management
7 2 (12.50%) VLAN
7 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
7 2 (12.50%) LAN
7 2 (12.50%) SMS
7 2 (12.50%) DNS
7 2 (12.50%) Citrix
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
8 1 (6.250%) Time Management
8 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Active Directory also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
2 1 (6.250%) X-Windows
2 1 (6.250%) CSS
2 1 (6.250%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) Photoshop
2 1 (6.250%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) WAN
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) VLAN
2 2 (12.50%) LAN
2 2 (12.50%) SMS
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (6.250%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (6.250%) SAN
3 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.250%) VPN
3 1 (6.250%) Cisco IPT
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MSI
1 1 (6.250%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (12.50%) Project Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) PC Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) IT Support
4 1 (6.250%) IT Technician
4 1 (6.250%) Build Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Wintel Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Wintel Server Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Server Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Storage Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Help Desk Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.250%) iPhone
2 1 (6.250%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.250%) Taxonomies
2 1 (6.250%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows 7
3 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
5 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (6.250%) Windows 8
5 1 (6.250%) Mac OS X
5 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Workflow
2 2 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (6.250%) Time Management
3 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL
3 1 (6.250%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) VBScript
1 1 (6.250%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) MCSE
3 1 (6.250%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) SCCM
2 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco
3 3 (18.75%) HP
3 3 (18.75%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (6.250%) NetApp
5 1 (6.250%) Novell
5 1 (6.250%) Apple
5 1 (6.250%) Compaq
5 1 (6.250%) Sun
Aberdeen, Scotland
As such you should have demonstrable experience of technologies such as (NOT ALL REQUIRED!):* Windows 2003 / 2008 / 2012 Server* Active Directory / DNS* Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8* Microsoft...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013