The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford 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 Bradford 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 16 19 22
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 13 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 7.182% 4.819% 0.794%
As % of the System Software category 59.09% 80.00% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
Average daily rate £225 £100 £65
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+125.00% +53.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
Average hourly rate £13.38 £32.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.84% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.37% +6.66%
All System Software
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
22 10 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 12.15% 6.024% 9.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 2
Average daily rate £250 £100 £133
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% -24.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £100 £79
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £100 £187
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
Average hourly rate £13.38 £32.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.84% +54.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Active Directory
West Yorkshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Bradford Active Directory Hourly Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) VMware
3 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (40.00%) Citrix
3 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (35.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (35.00%) ITIL
5 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
6 5 (25.00%) MCSE
6 5 (25.00%) MCSA
6 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (25.00%) Cisco
6 5 (25.00%) SAN
7 4 (20.00%) Firewall
7 4 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
7 4 (20.00%) VoIP
7 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (20.00%) CCNA
7 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
7 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
7 4 (20.00%) Windows XP
7 4 (20.00%) SQL
7 4 (20.00%) XenApp
7 4 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (15.00%) MS PowerPoint
8 3 (15.00%) LANDesk
8 3 (15.00%) vSphere
8 3 (15.00%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (15.00%) SAP

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 (5.000%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.000%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
1 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.00%) IBM Notes
3 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.000%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (15.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (5.000%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) SAN
2 4 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) VoIP
3 3 (15.00%) Wireless
4 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.000%) VLAN
5 1 (5.000%) NAS
5 1 (5.000%) VPN
5 1 (5.000%) DNS
5 1 (5.000%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (5.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Support Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Rollout Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Exchange Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Junior Support Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) IT Support
6 1 (5.000%) VMware Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (5.000%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Replication
2 1 (5.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (10.00%) UNIX
5 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) ITIL
2 1 (5.000%) Data Migration
2 1 (5.000%) Information Security
2 1 (5.000%) Migration
2 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.000%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.000%) VBScript
2 1 (5.000%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) MCSE
1 5 (25.00%) MCSA
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (20.00%) CCNA
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (5.000%) MCITP
3 1 (5.000%) MCTS
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (20.00%) XenApp
3 3 (15.00%) vSphere
3 3 (15.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.000%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.000%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (5.000%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (5.000%) NetBackup
1 1 (5.000%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) VMware
2 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (40.00%) Citrix
3 5 (25.00%) Cisco
4 3 (15.00%) LANDesk
4 3 (15.00%) SAP
4 3 (15.00%) Lotus
4 3 (15.00%) Remedy
5 2 (10.00%) HP
6 1 (5.000%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.000%) IBM
6 1 (5.000%) Dell
6 1 (5.000%) Avaya
6 1 (5.000%) Sophos
6 1 (5.000%) Symantec
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