Active Directory Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 9 32 16
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -16
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 34 17 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 10.12% 4.096% 8.230%
As % of the System Software category 68.00% 42.50% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 9
Average daily rate £225 £200 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -31.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £160 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £345 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 10
Average hourly rate £14.00 £12.06 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.08% -3.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.20 £10.60 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £33.60 £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-4.13% +0.83%
All System Software
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 50 40 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 14.88% 9.639% 12.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 12
Average daily rate £286 £295 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.96% -9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £193 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £365 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 10
Average hourly rate £18.50 £37.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.66% +200.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £10.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £47.50 £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
Active Directory
Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 47 (57.32%) Windows
2 46 (56.10%) Microsoft
3 27 (32.93%) MS Exchange
4 25 (30.49%) Linux
4 25 (30.49%) SQL
4 25 (30.49%) DNS
5 24 (29.27%) Windows Server 2008
6 23 (28.05%) ITIL
7 22 (26.83%) Oracle
8 20 (24.39%) Exchange Server 2010
9 19 (23.17%) SQL Server
10 17 (20.73%) DHCP
10 17 (20.73%) Red Hat
10 17 (20.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (18.29%) Windows 7
11 15 (18.29%) PKI
12 14 (17.07%) Blackberry
13 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2003
13 13 (15.85%) Citrix
13 13 (15.85%) SCOM
14 11 (13.41%) Telecoms
14 11 (13.41%) Migration
14 11 (13.41%) Windows XP
14 11 (13.41%) WSUS
15 10 (12.20%) Exchange Server 2007
15 10 (12.20%) Apache
15 10 (12.20%) Perl
15 10 (12.20%) T-SQL
15 10 (12.20%) MS Office
15 10 (12.20%) VMware

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 5 (6.098%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.220%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 27 (32.93%) MS Exchange
2 20 (24.39%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (12.20%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (12.20%) Apache
4 9 (10.98%) IIS
5 6 (7.317%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 6 (7.317%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (6.098%) Lync
7 4 (4.878%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (12.20%) MS Office
2 6 (7.317%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (7.317%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.49%) DNS
2 17 (20.73%) DHCP
3 7 (8.537%) VPN
4 6 (7.317%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.098%) LAN
5 5 (6.098%) WAN
5 5 (6.098%) NetScaler
6 4 (4.878%) BIG-IP
7 3 (3.659%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (3.659%) Wireless
8 2 (2.439%) Firewall
8 2 (2.439%) Intranet
8 2 (2.439%) Internet
8 2 (2.439%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.220%) NetScreen
9 1 (1.220%) NAS
9 1 (1.220%) VLAN
9 1 (1.220%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.220%) LDAP
9 1 (1.220%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (23.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.098%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (4.878%) OLAP
4 3 (3.659%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (3.659%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (3.659%) MSI
1 3 (3.659%) InstallShield
1 3 (3.659%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 11 (13.41%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.439%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.220%) Publishing
3 1 (1.220%) Finance
3 1 (1.220%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.220%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 23 (28.05%) Systems Administrator
1 23 (28.05%) Administrator
2 14 (17.07%) Analyst
3 12 (14.63%) Support Engineer
4 7 (8.537%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (8.537%) Support Analyst
5 6 (7.317%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (6.098%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (6.098%) IT Support
6 5 (6.098%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (4.878%) Desktop Support
8 3 (3.659%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.659%) Applications Packager
8 3 (3.659%) Senior Support Engineer
9 2 (2.439%) Desktop Analyst
9 2 (2.439%) Help Desk Engineer
9 2 (2.439%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 2 (2.439%) 3rd Line Support
9 2 (2.439%) Graduate
9 2 (2.439%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.29%) PKI
2 14 (17.07%) Blackberry
3 5 (6.098%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.098%) Clustering
4 3 (3.659%) Mobile Computing
5 2 (2.439%) iPad
6 1 (1.220%) Celerra
6 1 (1.220%) NHS
6 1 (1.220%) EMC Centera
Operating Systems
1 47 (57.32%) Windows
2 25 (30.49%) Linux
3 24 (29.27%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (20.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (18.29%) Windows 7
6 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (13.41%) Windows XP
8 7 (8.537%) UNIX
9 4 (4.878%) HPUX
10 3 (3.659%) Windows Vista
10 3 (3.659%) Mac OS
11 1 (1.220%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.05%) ITIL
2 11 (13.41%) Migration
3 7 (8.537%) Incident Management
4 6 (7.317%) Data Analysis
4 6 (7.317%) ERP
5 5 (6.098%) Change Management
5 5 (6.098%) Software Engineering
5 5 (6.098%) Knowledge Management
5 5 (6.098%) Problem Management
6 4 (4.878%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (3.659%) Project Management
8 2 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.49%) SQL
2 10 (12.20%) T-SQL
2 10 (12.20%) Perl
3 6 (7.317%) C
4 4 (4.878%) Java
4 4 (4.878%) Shell Script
5 3 (3.659%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.659%) VBScript
6 1 (1.220%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (7.317%) OCP
1 6 (7.317%) Oracle Certification
1 6 (7.317%) RHCE
2 3 (3.659%) Degree
2 3 (3.659%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.220%) CCNP
3 1 (1.220%) CISSP
3 1 (1.220%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.220%) MCTS
3 1 (1.220%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.878%) GAMP
2 2 (2.439%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (9.756%) Oracle RMAN
1 8 (9.756%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (7.317%) XenApp
3 4 (4.878%) vSphere
3 4 (4.878%) VMware ESX
4 3 (3.659%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (15.85%) SCOM
2 11 (13.41%) WSUS
3 8 (9.756%) Backup Exec
3 8 (9.756%) SCCM
3 8 (9.756%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 6 (7.317%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 6 (7.317%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (1.220%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 46 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 22 (26.83%) Oracle
3 17 (20.73%) Red Hat
4 13 (15.85%) Citrix
5 10 (12.20%) VMware
6 8 (9.756%) Symantec
7 7 (8.537%) EMC
8 6 (7.317%) SAP
9 4 (4.878%) JBoss
9 4 (4.878%) Cisco
9 4 (4.878%) NetApp
10 2 (2.439%) Altiris
10 2 (2.439%) Riverbed
10 2 (2.439%) Exinda
10 2 (2.439%) HP
10 2 (2.439%) McAfee
11 1 (1.220%) Dell
11 1 (1.220%) Juniper
11 1 (1.220%) Remedy
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