Buckinghamshire Active Directory Contracts

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.

Microsoft Active Directory
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Belper Berkshire Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Cobham Colchester Coleraine Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Haslemere Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Kegworth Kent Kingswinford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liphook Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Neath Port Talbot New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Shields North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Pershore Peterborough Plymouth Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redditch Redhill Romford Rotherham Rugby Sale Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thatcham Thirsk Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	10	15
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	132	113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.208 %	0.121 %
As % of the category below	80.00 %	66.47 %
Daily rates quoted	60	29
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 quoted	24	26
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 %
System Software Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	165	170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.260 %	0.182 %
Daily rates quoted	75	33
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 quoted	25	43
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Location	Rank 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 Keynes	+2	96	£300	-16.50 %
High Wycombe	+8	18	-	-
Aylesbury	+8	1	-	-
Marlow	+3	1	-	-

Active 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.

1 160 (74.07 %) Windows 2 100 (46.30 %) Security Cleared 3 84 (38.89 %) Windows Server 2003 4 80 (37.04 %) SC Cleared 5 55 (25.46 %) Windows 2000 6 42 (19.44 %) Microsoft 7 41 (18.98 %) HP 8 37 (17.13 %) Windows Vista 9 35 (16.20 %) MS Exchange 10 34 (15.74 %) DNS 11 33 (15.28 %) Government 12 32 (14.81 %) Microsoft Certification 13 31 (14.35 %) Finance 14 27 (12.50 %) MS Office 15 26 (12.04 %) Citrix

15 26 (12.04 %) Windows XP 16 25 (11.57 %) MCSE 17 23 (10.65 %) Replication 18 21 (9.722 %) SAN 19 19 (8.796 %) VB 19 19 (8.796 %) Auditing 20 18 (8.333 %) SQL 20 18 (8.333 %) ITIL 21 17 (7.870 %) VBScript 21 17 (7.870 %) MS Excel 21 17 (7.870 %) Windows 2000 Server 22 16 (7.407 %) Migration 22 16 (7.407 %) Cisco 23 14 (6.481 %) Legal 23 14 (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.

Application Development 1 2 (0.926 %) .NET 1 2 (0.926 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (0.463 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 35 (16.20 %) MS Exchange 2 10 (4.630 %) IIS 3 7 (3.241 %) SharePoint 3 7 (3.241 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 6 (2.778 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 5 (2.315 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 4 (1.852 %) Apache 7 3 (1.389 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 3 (1.389 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 2 (0.926 %) Lotus Notes 9 1 (0.463 %) Lotus Domino 9 1 (0.463 %) SAS 9 1 (0.463 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 27 (12.50 %) MS Office 2 17 (7.870 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 34 (15.74 %) DNS 2 21 (9.722 %) SAN 3 11 (5.093 %) Firewall 4 9 (4.167 %) DHCP 4 9 (4.167 %) TCP/IP 5 8 (3.704 %) LAN 5 8 (3.704 %) Ethernet 6 5 (2.315 %) WAN 6 5 (2.315 %) VPN 6 5 (2.315 %) Wireless 7 4 (1.852 %) 3G 8 3 (1.389 %) Cisco PIX 8 3 (1.389 %) Network Security 8 3 (1.389 %) 2G 9 2 (0.926 %) FirePass 10 1 (0.463 %) Wi-Fi 10 1 (0.463 %) Cisco ASA 10 1 (0.463 %) SSH 10 1 (0.463 %) VLAN 10 1 (0.463 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (4.630 %) SQL Server 2 4 (1.852 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (0.463 %) DB2 3 1 (0.463 %) Oracle Reports 3 1 (0.463 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 1 (0.463 %) SQL Server 7 3 1 (0.463 %) SQL Server 2000	Development Applications 1 5 (2.315 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.463 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.463 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (0.463 %) Rational Rose
General 1 33 (15.28 %) Government 2 31 (14.35 %) Finance 3 19 (8.796 %) Auditing 4 14 (6.481 %) Legal 5 12 (5.556 %) Telecoms 6 6 (2.778 %) Pharmaceutical 7 4 (1.852 %) Retail 8 2 (0.926 %) Military 8 2 (0.926 %) Back Office 9 1 (0.463 %) Health 9 1 (0.463 %) Automotive 9 1 (0.463 %) Education 9 1 (0.463 %) Electric 9 1 (0.463 %) Banking 9 1 (0.463 %) Investment Banking	Job Titles 1 49 (22.69 %) Analyst 2 32 (14.81 %) Active Directory Specialist 3 26 (12.04 %) Support Analyst 4 21 (9.722 %) Consultant 5 18 (8.333 %) 2nd Line Support 6 15 (6.944 %) Server Specialist 7 13 (6.019 %) Administrator 8 12 (5.556 %) 3rd Line Support 9 11 (5.093 %) Support Engineer 10 10 (4.630 %) Helpdesk Analyst 11 9 (4.167 %) Support Specialist 11 9 (4.167 %) Helpdesk Support 12 8 (3.704 %) Technical Consultant 12 8 (3.704 %) Desktop Support 13 7 (3.241 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst 14 6 (2.778 %) Systems Analyst 14 6 (2.778 %) Support Technician 14 6 (2.778 %) Network Engineer 14 6 (2.778 %) Systems Support 14 6 (2.778 %) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 23 (10.65 %) Replication 2 11 (5.093 %) Client/Server 3 7 (3.241 %) Mainframe 4 6 (2.778 %) Clustering 5 3 (1.389 %) CESG 5 3 (1.389 %) Blackberry 6 2 (0.926 %) Thin Client 6 2 (0.926 %) Computer Science 6 2 (0.926 %) Fat Client 6 2 (0.926 %) AS400 7 1 (0.463 %) Celerra 7 1 (0.463 %) Management Information System 7 1 (0.463 %) EPoS 7 1 (0.463 %) CESG CLAS 7 1 (0.463 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 160 (74.07 %) Windows 2 84 (38.89 %) Windows Server 2003 3 55 (25.46 %) Windows 2000 4 37 (17.13 %) Windows Vista 5 26 (12.04 %) Windows XP 6 17 (7.870 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 13 (6.019 %) UNIX 8 12 (5.556 %) Windows Server 2008 9 8 (3.704 %) Windows NT 10 5 (2.315 %) Linux 11 3 (1.389 %) Solaris 12 2 (0.926 %) AIX 12 2 (0.926 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 100 (46.30 %) Security Cleared 2 80 (37.04 %) SC Cleared 3 18 (8.333 %) ITIL 4 16 (7.407 %) Migration 5 12 (5.556 %) Incident Management 6 10 (4.630 %) Release Management 7 8 (3.704 %) Operations Management 8 7 (3.241 %) System Testing 8 7 (3.241 %) DV Cleared 9 5 (2.315 %) Data Security 10 4 (1.852 %) Test Scripting 11 3 (1.389 %) Network Design 11 3 (1.389 %) ITSM 12 2 (0.926 %) CRM 12 2 (0.926 %) Time Management 12 2 (0.926 %) Integration Testing 12 2 (0.926 %) BC Cleared 13 1 (0.463 %) CTC Cleared 13 1 (0.463 %) Service Delivery 13 1 (0.463 %) Change Management	Programming Languages 1 19 (8.796 %) VB 2 18 (8.333 %) SQL 3 17 (7.870 %) VBScript 4 4 (1.852 %) C 4 4 (1.852 %) PL/SQL 5 3 (1.389 %) Shell Script 6 2 (0.926 %) PowerShell 6 2 (0.926 %) C#
Qualifications 1 32 (14.81 %) Microsoft Certification 2 25 (11.57 %) MCSE 3 11 (5.093 %) MCP 4 10 (4.630 %) CNE 4 10 (4.630 %) Novell Certification 5 7 (3.241 %) ISEB 6 6 (2.778 %) MCSA 7 5 (2.315 %) Cisco Certification 8 4 (1.852 %) Degree 8 4 (1.852 %) ITIL Certification 9 3 (1.389 %) CCNP 9 3 (1.389 %) CCNA 10 1 (0.463 %) CCA 10 1 (0.463 %) Citrix Certification 10 1 (0.463 %) CISSP 10 1 (0.463 %) MOS 10 1 (0.463 %) HP APS	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (5.556 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 8 (3.704 %) SLA 3 4 (1.852 %) QA
System Software 1 3 (1.389 %) Terminal Server 2 2 (0.926 %) Terminal Services 2 2 (0.926 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 2 (0.926 %) RACF 2 2 (0.926 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.463 %) Xen 3 1 (0.463 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 3 1 (0.463 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.463 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 14 (6.481 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 10 (4.630 %) OVOW 3 9 (4.167 %) OpenView 4 8 (3.704 %) OVPI 4 8 (3.704 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 3 (1.389 %) MOM 5 3 (1.389 %) ARCserve 6 2 (0.926 %) MIMEsweeper 7 1 (0.463 %) DameWare
Vendors 1 42 (19.44 %) Microsoft 2 41 (18.98 %) HP 3 26 (12.04 %) Citrix 4 16 (7.407 %) Cisco 5 13 (6.019 %) Remedy 6 7 (3.241 %) Compaq 7 4 (1.852 %) EMC 7 4 (1.852 %) Sun 7 4 (1.852 %) VMware 7 4 (1.852 %) VERITAS 8 3 (1.389 %) StorageTek 9 2 (0.926 %) Lotus 9 2 (0.926 %) Blue Coat 9 2 (0.926 %) Unisys 9 2 (0.926 %) Oracle 10 1 (0.463 %) SAP 10 1 (0.463 %) Sophos