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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the Cheltenham 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1322
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.009 %
As % of the category below43.14 %37.50 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£368-
Average daily rate£368-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£368-
UK excluding London average daily rate£302£301
% change on same period last year+0.25 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.00
Average hourly rate-£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.27£18.67
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads5124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.024 %
Daily rates quoted108
Average minimum daily rate£423£361
Average daily rate£424£362
% change on same period last year+17.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£323
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.00
Average hourly rate-£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.22£21.42
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Active Directory GloucestershireActive Directory
Gloucestershire

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 Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

140 (85.11 %)Security Cleared
231 (65.96 %)DV Cleared
323 (48.94 %)Windows
417 (36.17 %)Sophos
510 (21.28 %)Microsoft
69 (19.15 %)Telecoms
69 (19.15 %)Solaris
69 (19.15 %)Perl
69 (19.15 %)Korn
76 (12.77 %)Government
76 (12.77 %)Migration
76 (12.77 %)SC Cleared
85 (10.64 %)Windows 2000
93 (6.383 %)Service Management
93 (6.383 %)Windows Server 2008
93 (6.383 %)Incident Management
93 (6.383 %)Auditing
93 (6.383 %)Project Planning
93 (6.383 %)MCP
93 (6.383 %)SQL
93 (6.383 %)MS Office
93 (6.383 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (6.383 %)Microsoft Certification
102 (4.255 %)HP
102 (4.255 %)ISA Server
102 (4.255 %)Symantec
102 (4.255 %)Remedy
102 (4.255 %)Norton AntiVirus
102 (4.255 %)VB
102 (4.255 %)HTML

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (4.255 %)HTML
21 (2.128 %).NET
21 (2.128 %)ASP.NET
21 (2.128 %)CSS
21 (2.128 %)XML
21 (2.128 %)AJAX
21 (2.128 %).NET Framework
21 (2.128 %)Application Packaging
21 (2.128 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.128 %)SharePoint
11 (2.128 %)BizTalk Server
11 (2.128 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (6.383 %)MS Office
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.255 %)LAN
12 (4.255 %)WAN
12 (4.255 %)FTP
12 (4.255 %)SNMP
21 (2.128 %)TCP/IP
21 (2.128 %)DNS
21 (2.128 %)Intranet
21 (2.128 %)Extranet
21 (2.128 %)iSCSI
21 (2.128 %)LDAP
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.128 %)SQL Server
11 (2.128 %)SQL Server 2005
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (19.15 %)Telecoms
26 (12.77 %)Government
33 (6.383 %)Auditing
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
126 (55.32 %)Consultant
211 (23.40 %)Administrator
38 (17.02 %)Technical Consultant
46 (12.77 %)Solaris Administrator
55 (10.64 %)Systems Administrator
64 (8.511 %)Windows Technical Consultant
73 (6.383 %)Systems Engineer
73 (6.383 %)Analyst
73 (6.383 %)Security Analyst
82 (4.255 %)Infrastructure Analyst
82 (4.255 %)Windows Administrator
82 (4.255 %)Windows Systems Administrator
91 (2.128 %)Messaging Consultant
91 (2.128 %)Messaging Engineer
91 (2.128 %)SharePoint Consultant
91 (2.128 %)Microsoft Consultant
91 (2.128 %)Migration Consultant
91 (2.128 %)2nd Line Support
91 (2.128 %)Support Consultant
91 (2.128 %)Desktop Support Engineer
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.128 %)Management Information System
11 (2.128 %)Replication
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (48.94 %)Windows
29 (19.15 %)Solaris
35 (10.64 %)Windows 2000
43 (6.383 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (6.383 %)Windows Server 2008
52 (4.255 %)Windows Vista
61 (2.128 %)Windows XP
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (85.11 %)Security Cleared
231 (65.96 %)DV Cleared
36 (12.77 %)Migration
36 (12.77 %)SC Cleared
43 (6.383 %)Service Management
43 (6.383 %)Incident Management
43 (6.383 %)Project Planning
51 (2.128 %)Business Development
51 (2.128 %)Web Design
51 (2.128 %)Information Security
51 (2.128 %)ITIL
51 (2.128 %)SOA
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (19.15 %)Perl
19 (19.15 %)Korn
23 (6.383 %)SQL
32 (4.255 %)VB
41 (2.128 %)C#
41 (2.128 %)DHTML
41 (2.128 %)JavaScript
41 (2.128 %)Transact-SQL
41 (2.128 %)VBScript
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (6.383 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (6.383 %)MCP
22 (4.255 %)MCSE
31 (2.128 %)MCAD
31 (2.128 %)MCSD
31 (2.128 %)ITIL Certification
31 (2.128 %)MCTS
31 (2.128 %)MCPD
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (4.255 %)ISA Server
21 (2.128 %)NFS
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (4.255 %)Norton AntiVirus
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (36.17 %)Sophos
210 (21.28 %)Microsoft
32 (4.255 %)HP
32 (4.255 %)Symantec
32 (4.255 %)Remedy
32 (4.255 %)Tripwire
32 (4.255 %)LANDesk
41 (2.128 %)Oracle
41 (2.128 %)Primavera
41 (2.128 %)Altiris
41 (2.128 %)Dell
41 (2.128 %)Intel
41 (2.128 %)Citrix
41 (2.128 %)VERITAS