The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory 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 of the System Software category for the Basingstoke 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 29 17 22
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 14 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 6.573% 5.946% 3.586%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 55.00% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 2
Average daily rate £226 £90 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+151.38% -67.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £90 £144
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £298 £416
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
Average hourly rate £12.00 £13.75 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.72% -23.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £13.50 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.60 £15.00 £22.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.16 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.83%
All System Software
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
21 20 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 9.859% 10.81% 9.562%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 5
Average daily rate £338 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £108 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £544 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
Average hourly rate £12.00 £13.75 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.72% -23.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £13.50 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.60 £15.00 £22.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Hampshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 28 (80.00%) Windows
2 15 (42.86%) HP
3 14 (40.00%) MS Office
4 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
4 9 (25.71%) Windows XP
5 7 (20.00%) ITIL
5 7 (20.00%) Migration
6 5 (14.29%) VMware
6 5 (14.29%) SCCM
6 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (11.43%) UNIX
7 4 (11.43%) SLA
7 4 (11.43%) MS Exchange
7 4 (11.43%) AIX
7 4 (11.43%) Solaris
7 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (11.43%) SecurID
7 4 (11.43%) Finance
7 4 (11.43%) HP SIM
7 4 (11.43%) Windows 7
8 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (8.571%) PDA
8 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
8 3 (8.571%) Wireless
9 2 (5.714%) Project Management
9 2 (5.714%) Dell
9 2 (5.714%) Citrix
9 2 (5.714%) Problem Management

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 Platforms
1 4 (11.43%) MS Exchange
2 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 14 (40.00%) MS Office
2 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.571%) Wireless
2 1 (2.857%) LAN
2 1 (2.857%) WAN
2 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.857%) DNS
General
1 4 (11.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Support Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Desktop Support
3 5 (14.29%) Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Service Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Rollout Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 3 (8.571%) Desktop Manager
5 3 (8.571%) IT Support
5 3 (8.571%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (8.571%) Support Manager
5 3 (8.571%) Desktop Support Manager
5 3 (8.571%) Network Administrator
5 3 (8.571%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (8.571%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (5.714%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) SecurID
2 3 (8.571%) PDA
3 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 28 (80.00%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Windows XP
3 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (11.43%) Windows 7
4 4 (11.43%) UNIX
4 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (11.43%) AIX
4 4 (11.43%) Solaris
5 1 (2.857%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) ITIL
1 7 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (5.714%) Project Management
2 2 (5.714%) Problem Management
3 1 (2.857%) Data Protection
3 1 (2.857%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (2.857%) Change Control
3 1 (2.857%) Capacity Management
3 1 (2.857%) Service Management
3 1 (2.857%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (2.857%) Risk Management
3 1 (2.857%) Asset Management
3 1 (2.857%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.857%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.857%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
2 1 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) SCCM
2 4 (11.43%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 15 (42.86%) HP
2 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (14.29%) VMware
4 2 (5.714%) Dell
4 2 (5.714%) Citrix
5 1 (2.857%) McAfee
5 1 (2.857%) Cisco