The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chelmsford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 24 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 Chelmsford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 14 10 6
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chelmsford 5.000% 2.326% 14.63%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £100 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All System Software
Chelmsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
2 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chelmsford 5.000% 2.326% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £100 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Active Directory
Essex

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chelmsford 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 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 2 (28.57%) MPLS
2 2 (28.57%) BGP
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Siemens
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (28.57%) UAG
2 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (14.29%) IaaS
3 1 (14.29%) DFS Replication
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) SLA
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) IIS

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chelmsford 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 Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) MPLS
1 2 (28.57%) BGP
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCNP
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (28.57%) UAG
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (14.29%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Siemens
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix