Active Directory Contracts in Cambridgeshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridgeshire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 10 28 17
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -11
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 53 37 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 9.725% 5.425% 8.235%
As % of the System Software category 68.83% 52.86% 71.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 21
Average daily rate £225 £225 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £165 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £368 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 19
Average hourly rate £14.00 £12.41 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.85% -4.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.05 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £29.65 £16.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 77 70 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 14.13% 10.26% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 25
Average daily rate £310 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £209 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £388 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 22
Average hourly rate £17.50 £29.75 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.17% +128.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £47.50 £19.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +24 34 £225 +12.50%
Peterborough 0 9 £223 -13.17%
Huntingdon +4 1 - -
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 89 (66.92%) Windows
2 74 (55.64%) Microsoft
3 49 (36.84%) MS Exchange
4 45 (33.83%) Windows Server 2008
5 36 (27.07%) Exchange Server 2010
6 35 (26.32%) ITIL
7 32 (24.06%) Windows Server 2003
7 32 (24.06%) Windows 7
8 30 (22.56%) SQL Server
9 29 (21.80%) SQL
9 29 (21.80%) Citrix
9 29 (21.80%) DNS
10 27 (20.30%) Linux
11 22 (16.54%) Oracle
11 22 (16.54%) PKI
12 21 (15.79%) DHCP
12 21 (15.79%) VMware
12 21 (15.79%) Migration
13 19 (14.29%) Windows XP
13 19 (14.29%) HP
14 18 (13.53%) Red Hat
14 18 (13.53%) MS Office
14 18 (13.53%) Exchange Server 2003
15 17 (12.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 17 (12.78%) Hyper-V
15 17 (12.78%) SCOM
15 17 (12.78%) XenApp
15 17 (12.78%) MS Excel
15 17 (12.78%) Cisco
15 17 (12.78%) Wireless

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (3.759%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.752%) Middleware
2 1 (0.752%) COM
Application Platforms
1 49 (36.84%) MS Exchange
2 36 (27.07%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (13.53%) Exchange Server 2003
4 12 (9.023%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (8.271%) IIS
6 10 (7.519%) Apache
6 10 (7.519%) Lync
7 7 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (3.008%) Tomcat
9 2 (1.504%) SharePoint
9 2 (1.504%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.752%) Documentum
Applications
1 18 (13.53%) MS Office
2 17 (12.78%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.511%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (21.80%) DNS
2 21 (15.79%) DHCP
3 17 (12.78%) Wireless
4 16 (12.03%) TCP/IP
5 11 (8.271%) Firewall
6 10 (7.519%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (6.767%) LAN
8 8 (6.015%) VPN
9 7 (5.263%) WAN
10 6 (4.511%) Internet
11 5 (3.759%) Unified Communications
11 5 (3.759%) NetScaler
11 5 (3.759%) Intranet
12 4 (3.008%) BIG-IP
13 3 (2.256%) SAN
14 2 (1.504%) LDAP
14 2 (1.504%) Cisco Nexus
14 2 (1.504%) Cisco IOS
14 2 (1.504%) NAS
14 2 (1.504%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (22.56%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.774%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.008%) OLAP
3 4 (3.008%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (2.256%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.504%) MSI
1 2 (1.504%) InstallShield
1 2 (1.504%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (0.752%) JIRA
2 1 (0.752%) Subversion
General
1 13 (9.774%) Telecoms
2 3 (2.256%) Finance
3 2 (1.504%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.752%) Publishing
4 1 (0.752%) Front Office
4 1 (0.752%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (21.80%) Analyst
2 23 (17.29%) Administrator
3 22 (16.54%) Systems Administrator
4 14 (10.53%) Support Engineer
5 12 (9.023%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (8.271%) Support Analyst
7 7 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (5.263%) IT Support
7 7 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
7 7 (5.263%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (4.511%) Consultant
8 6 (4.511%) Desktop Support
8 6 (4.511%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (4.511%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (3.008%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 3 (2.256%) Senior Support Engineer
10 3 (2.256%) Desktop Analyst
10 3 (2.256%) Help Desk Engineer
10 3 (2.256%) Wintel Engineer
10 3 (2.256%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.54%) PKI
2 15 (11.28%) Blackberry
3 8 (6.015%) Clustering
4 5 (3.759%) Fat Client
4 5 (3.759%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.759%) Thin Client
5 3 (2.256%) Mobile Computing
6 2 (1.504%) iPad
7 1 (0.752%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.752%) CMDB
7 1 (0.752%) Celerra
7 1 (0.752%) EMC Centera
7 1 (0.752%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 89 (66.92%) Windows
2 45 (33.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 32 (24.06%) Windows Server 2003
3 32 (24.06%) Windows 7
4 27 (20.30%) Linux
5 19 (14.29%) Windows XP
6 17 (12.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (5.263%) UNIX
8 4 (3.008%) HPUX
9 3 (2.256%) Windows Vista
9 3 (2.256%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.752%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.752%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.752%) Solaris
10 1 (0.752%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.32%) ITIL
2 21 (15.79%) Migration
3 14 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (4.511%) ERP
4 6 (4.511%) Problem Management
4 6 (4.511%) Incident Management
4 6 (4.511%) Data Analysis
4 6 (4.511%) Software Engineering
5 5 (3.759%) Knowledge Management
5 5 (3.759%) Change Management
6 4 (3.008%) ITSM
6 4 (3.008%) Build Automation
6 4 (3.008%) Change Control
6 4 (3.008%) Infrastructure Management
6 4 (3.008%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (3.008%) Release Management
6 4 (3.008%) Load Balancing
7 3 (2.256%) Project Management
8 1 (0.752%) IC Design
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.80%) SQL
2 10 (7.519%) T-SQL
2 10 (7.519%) Perl
2 10 (7.519%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.511%) C
4 5 (3.759%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.008%) Java
6 2 (1.504%) VBScript
7 1 (0.752%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (4.511%) OCP
1 6 (4.511%) Oracle Certification
1 6 (4.511%) RHCE
2 5 (3.759%) Security Cleared
2 5 (3.759%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.008%) Degree
4 3 (2.256%) CCEE
4 3 (2.256%) MCSE
4 3 (2.256%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.752%) MCITP
5 1 (0.752%) MCTS
5 1 (0.752%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.752%) CISSP
5 1 (0.752%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.752%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.008%) SLA
1 4 (3.008%) GAMP
2 2 (1.504%) GxP
System Software
1 17 (12.78%) Hyper-V
1 17 (12.78%) XenApp
2 11 (8.271%) vSphere
3 8 (6.015%) Oracle RMAN
4 6 (4.511%) Microsoft App-V
4 6 (4.511%) XenDesktop
5 5 (3.759%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (3.759%) VMware ESX
6 4 (3.008%) Terminal Services
6 4 (3.008%) XenServer
7 3 (2.256%) IAG
8 2 (1.504%) vCloud
9 1 (0.752%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.752%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.752%) Samba
9 1 (0.752%) NFS
Systems Management
1 17 (12.78%) SCOM
2 14 (10.53%) WSUS
3 8 (6.015%) Backup Exec
3 8 (6.015%) SCCM
4 7 (5.263%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 6 (4.511%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 6 (4.511%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (1.504%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.752%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.752%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.752%) ARCserve
7 1 (0.752%) AppManager
Vendors
1 74 (55.64%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.80%) Citrix
3 22 (16.54%) Oracle
4 21 (15.79%) VMware
5 19 (14.29%) HP
6 18 (13.53%) Red Hat
7 17 (12.78%) Cisco
8 10 (7.519%) Symantec
9 9 (6.767%) AppSense
10 8 (6.015%) EMC
10 8 (6.015%) Altiris
11 6 (4.511%) SAP
11 6 (4.511%) NetApp
12 5 (3.759%) Riverbed
12 5 (3.759%) Exinda
13 4 (3.008%) JBoss
13 4 (3.008%) Wyse
14 3 (2.256%) Dell
15 2 (1.504%) McAfee
16 1 (0.752%) Twitter
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