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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1015
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads132113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.208 %0.121 %
As % of the category below80.00 %66.47 %
Daily rates quoted6029
Average minimum daily rate£285£321
Average daily rate£294£337
% change on same period last year-12.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£303£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£291£281
% change on same period last year+3.67 %
Hourly rates quoted2426
Average minimum hourly rate£16.65£21.84
Average hourly rate£17.83£22.96
% change on same period last year-22.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.01£24.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.03£18.27
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads165170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.260 %0.182 %
Daily rates quoted7533
Average minimum daily rate£288£309
Average daily rate£298£326
% change on same period last year-8.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£317
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted2543
Average minimum hourly rate£16.84£22.44
Average hourly rate£18.17£23.58
% change on same period last year-22.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.50£24.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.19£21.57
% change on same period last year-1.75 %
Active Directory South EastActive Directory
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Active Directory
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Active Directory across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Buckinghamshire Active Directory Demand Trend

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Buckinghamshire Active Directory Daily Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Buckinghamshire Active Directory Hourly Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesUp+296£300-16.50 %
High WycombeUp+818--
AylesburyUp+81--
MarlowUp+31--
Active Directory South EastActive Directory
South East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1160 (74.07 %)Windows
2100 (46.30 %)Security Cleared
384 (38.89 %)Windows Server 2003
480 (37.04 %)SC Cleared
555 (25.46 %)Windows 2000
642 (19.44 %)Microsoft
741 (18.98 %)HP
837 (17.13 %)Windows Vista
935 (16.20 %)MS Exchange
1034 (15.74 %)DNS
1133 (15.28 %)Government
1232 (14.81 %)Microsoft Certification
1331 (14.35 %)Finance
1427 (12.50 %)MS Office
1526 (12.04 %)Citrix
1526 (12.04 %)Windows XP
1625 (11.57 %)MCSE
1723 (10.65 %)Replication
1821 (9.722 %)SAN
1919 (8.796 %)VB
1919 (8.796 %)Auditing
2018 (8.333 %)SQL
2018 (8.333 %)ITIL
2117 (7.870 %)VBScript
2117 (7.870 %)MS Excel
2117 (7.870 %)Windows 2000 Server
2216 (7.407 %)Migration
2216 (7.407 %)Cisco
2314 (6.481 %)Legal
2314 (6.481 %)OpenView Configuration Management

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (0.926 %).NET
12 (0.926 %)ASP.NET
21 (0.463 %)ASP
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (16.20 %)MS Exchange
210 (4.630 %)IIS
37 (3.241 %)SharePoint
37 (3.241 %)Exchange Server 2003
46 (2.778 %)Exchange Server 2000
55 (2.315 %)Exchange Server 5.5
64 (1.852 %)Apache
73 (1.389 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
73 (1.389 %)Exchange Server 2007
82 (0.926 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.463 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.463 %)SAS
91 (0.463 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (12.50 %)MS Office
217 (7.870 %)MS Excel
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
134 (15.74 %)DNS
221 (9.722 %)SAN
311 (5.093 %)Firewall
49 (4.167 %)DHCP
49 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
58 (3.704 %)LAN
58 (3.704 %)Ethernet
65 (2.315 %)WAN
65 (2.315 %)VPN
65 (2.315 %)Wireless
74 (1.852 %)3G
83 (1.389 %)Cisco PIX
83 (1.389 %)Network Security
83 (1.389 %)2G
92 (0.926 %)FirePass
101 (0.463 %)Wi-Fi
101 (0.463 %)Cisco ASA
101 (0.463 %)SSH
101 (0.463 %)VLAN
101 (0.463 %)Intranet
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (4.630 %)SQL Server
24 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.463 %)DB2
31 (0.463 %)Oracle Reports
31 (0.463 %)Oracle Discoverer
31 (0.463 %)SQL Server 7
31 (0.463 %)SQL Server 2000
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (2.315 %)TestDirector
21 (0.463 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.463 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.463 %)Rational Rose
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (15.28 %)Government
231 (14.35 %)Finance
319 (8.796 %)Auditing
414 (6.481 %)Legal
512 (5.556 %)Telecoms
66 (2.778 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (1.852 %)Retail
82 (0.926 %)Military
82 (0.926 %)Back Office
91 (0.463 %)Health
91 (0.463 %)Automotive
91 (0.463 %)Education
91 (0.463 %)Electric
91 (0.463 %)Banking
91 (0.463 %)Investment Banking
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
149 (22.69 %)Analyst
232 (14.81 %)Active Directory Specialist
326 (12.04 %)Support Analyst
421 (9.722 %)Consultant
518 (8.333 %)2nd Line Support
615 (6.944 %)Server Specialist
713 (6.019 %)Administrator
812 (5.556 %)3rd Line Support
911 (5.093 %)Support Engineer
1010 (4.630 %)Helpdesk Analyst
119 (4.167 %)Support Specialist
119 (4.167 %)Helpdesk Support
128 (3.704 %)Technical Consultant
128 (3.704 %)Desktop Support
137 (3.241 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
146 (2.778 %)Systems Analyst
146 (2.778 %)Support Technician
146 (2.778 %)Network Engineer
146 (2.778 %)Systems Support
146 (2.778 %)Rollout Engineer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (10.65 %)Replication
211 (5.093 %)Client/Server
37 (3.241 %)Mainframe
46 (2.778 %)Clustering
53 (1.389 %)CESG
53 (1.389 %)Blackberry
62 (0.926 %)Thin Client
62 (0.926 %)Computer Science
62 (0.926 %)Fat Client
62 (0.926 %)AS400
71 (0.463 %)Celerra
71 (0.463 %)Management Information System
71 (0.463 %)EPoS
71 (0.463 %)CESG CLAS
71 (0.463 %)PDA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1160 (74.07 %)Windows
284 (38.89 %)Windows Server 2003
355 (25.46 %)Windows 2000
437 (17.13 %)Windows Vista
526 (12.04 %)Windows XP
617 (7.870 %)Windows 2000 Server
713 (6.019 %)UNIX
812 (5.556 %)Windows Server 2008
98 (3.704 %)Windows NT
105 (2.315 %)Linux
113 (1.389 %)Solaris
122 (0.926 %)AIX
122 (0.926 %)HPUX
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1100 (46.30 %)Security Cleared
280 (37.04 %)SC Cleared
318 (8.333 %)ITIL
416 (7.407 %)Migration
512 (5.556 %)Incident Management
610 (4.630 %)Release Management
78 (3.704 %)Operations Management
87 (3.241 %)System Testing
87 (3.241 %)DV Cleared
95 (2.315 %)Data Security
104 (1.852 %)Test Scripting
113 (1.389 %)Network Design
113 (1.389 %)ITSM
122 (0.926 %)CRM
122 (0.926 %)Time Management
122 (0.926 %)Integration Testing
122 (0.926 %)BC Cleared
131 (0.463 %)CTC Cleared
131 (0.463 %)Service Delivery
131 (0.463 %)Change Management
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (8.796 %)VB
218 (8.333 %)SQL
317 (7.870 %)VBScript
44 (1.852 %)C
44 (1.852 %)PL/SQL
53 (1.389 %)Shell Script
62 (0.926 %)PowerShell
62 (0.926 %)C#
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (14.81 %)Microsoft Certification
225 (11.57 %)MCSE
311 (5.093 %)MCP
410 (4.630 %)CNE
410 (4.630 %)Novell Certification
57 (3.241 %)ISEB
66 (2.778 %)MCSA
75 (2.315 %)Cisco Certification
84 (1.852 %)Degree
84 (1.852 %)ITIL Certification
93 (1.389 %)CCNP
93 (1.389 %)CCNA
101 (0.463 %)CCA
101 (0.463 %)Citrix Certification
101 (0.463 %)CISSP
101 (0.463 %)MOS
101 (0.463 %)HP APS
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (5.556 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
28 (3.704 %)SLA
34 (1.852 %)QA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.389 %)Terminal Server
22 (0.926 %)Terminal Services
22 (0.926 %)Citrix Presentation Server
22 (0.926 %)RACF
22 (0.926 %)NetBackup
31 (0.463 %)Xen
31 (0.463 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
31 (0.463 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.463 %)ISA Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (6.481 %)OpenView Configuration Management
210 (4.630 %)OVOW
39 (4.167 %)OpenView
48 (3.704 %)OVPI
48 (3.704 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (1.389 %)MOM
53 (1.389 %)ARCserve
62 (0.926 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.463 %)DameWare
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
142 (19.44 %)Microsoft
241 (18.98 %)HP
326 (12.04 %)Citrix
416 (7.407 %)Cisco
513 (6.019 %)Remedy
67 (3.241 %)Compaq
74 (1.852 %)EMC
74 (1.852 %)Sun
74 (1.852 %)VMware
74 (1.852 %)VERITAS
83 (1.389 %)StorageTek
92 (0.926 %)Lotus
92 (0.926 %)Blue Coat
92 (0.926 %)Unisys
92 (0.926 %)Oracle
101 (0.463 %)SAP
101 (0.463 %)Sophos