The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bath 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 Bath 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 8 12 13
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 2.500% 4.255% 4.545%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £95 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £14.00 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.71% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.16 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.83%
All System Software
Bath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 2.500% 4.255% 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £95 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £14.00 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.71% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Somerset

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

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 Bath region.

Bath Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Vista
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL V2
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) VB

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Technician
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Vista
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) VB
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
1 1 (33.33%) XenApp
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
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