Active Directory Contracts in Cheshire
 
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 Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 35 32 24
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 28 34 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.810% 4.198% 4.896%
As % of the System Software category 32.18% 43.59% 51.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 26
Average daily rate £220 £237 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.38% -10.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £172 £110 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £494 £319
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +35.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £30.00 £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 87 78 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.84% 9.630% 9.583%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 38 48
Average daily rate £283 £325 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.07% +22.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £120 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 6
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% +35.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.98 £30.00 £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Knutsford +1 5 £220 -
Chester -3 5 £240 -
Warrington -4 4 - -
Runcorn +5 2 - -
Macclesfield - 2 - -
Crewe +5 1 - -
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 71 (82.56%) Windows
2 48 (55.81%) Microsoft
3 37 (43.02%) Citrix
4 29 (33.72%) Windows 7
5 27 (31.40%) Windows XP
5 27 (31.40%) MS Excel
6 26 (30.23%) MS Exchange
7 24 (27.91%) Windows Server 2008
8 23 (26.74%) SC Cleared
8 23 (26.74%) Security Cleared
8 23 (26.74%) Incident Management
8 23 (26.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (26.74%) VPN
9 20 (23.26%) ISO 9000
10 19 (22.09%) MS Office
11 18 (20.93%) Windows Server 2003
11 18 (20.93%) VMware
12 17 (19.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (16.28%) ITIL
13 14 (16.28%) Windows NT
14 13 (15.12%) Statistics
14 13 (15.12%) DV Cleared
14 13 (15.12%) C
14 13 (15.12%) HP
14 13 (15.12%) SLA
15 12 (13.95%) MCITP
15 12 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2010
16 11 (12.79%) MS Visio
17 10 (11.63%) Blackberry
17 10 (11.63%) MCSE

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 (2.326%) .NET
2 1 (1.163%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.163%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.163%) CSS
2 1 (1.163%) DHTML
2 1 (1.163%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 26 (30.23%) MS Exchange
2 12 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (9.302%) Lotus Notes
4 6 (6.977%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (6.977%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 5 (5.814%) SharePoint
6 4 (4.651%) LiveLink
6 4 (4.651%) IIS
6 4 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.163%) Lync
7 1 (1.163%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 27 (31.40%) MS Excel
2 19 (22.09%) MS Office
3 11 (12.79%) MS Visio
4 9 (10.47%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (8.140%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 23 (26.74%) VPN
2 9 (10.47%) TCP/IP
2 9 (10.47%) Firewall
3 7 (8.140%) DNS
4 6 (6.977%) SAN
5 4 (4.651%) 3G
5 4 (4.651%) Broadband
5 4 (4.651%) LAN
5 4 (4.651%) WAN
5 4 (4.651%) DHCP
6 3 (3.488%) LDAP
6 3 (3.488%) Wireless
7 2 (2.326%) Intranet
7 2 (2.326%) Internet
7 2 (2.326%) SMTP
8 1 (1.163%) VLAN
8 1 (1.163%) NAS
8 1 (1.163%) Network Security
8 1 (1.163%) SSL
8 1 (1.163%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.977%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.163%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.163%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.163%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (1.163%) MSI
General
1 10 (11.63%) Banking
2 7 (8.140%) Local Government
3 5 (5.814%) Finance
4 3 (3.488%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.326%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.163%) French Language
6 1 (1.163%) German Language
6 1 (1.163%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.163%) Portuguese Language
6 1 (1.163%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (36.05%) Analyst
2 16 (18.60%) Help Desk Support
3 14 (16.28%) IT Support
4 11 (12.79%) Architect
4 11 (12.79%) Support Analyst
5 10 (11.63%) Help Desk Analyst
6 7 (8.140%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (8.140%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 6 (6.977%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (6.977%) Field Engineer
7 6 (6.977%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.977%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 5 (5.814%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (5.814%) Desktop Support
8 5 (5.814%) Technical Architect
8 5 (5.814%) Support Specialist
8 5 (5.814%) Service Analyst
9 4 (4.651%) Technical Support
9 4 (4.651%) Security Architect
9 4 (4.651%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.12%) Statistics
2 10 (11.63%) Blackberry
3 4 (4.651%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.488%) iPad
4 3 (3.488%) Handset
4 3 (3.488%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.326%) Clustering
5 2 (2.326%) Thin Client
5 2 (2.326%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.326%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 71 (82.56%) Windows
2 29 (33.72%) Windows 7
3 27 (31.40%) Windows XP
4 24 (27.91%) Windows Server 2008
5 18 (20.93%) Windows Server 2003
6 14 (16.28%) Windows NT
7 4 (4.651%) Windows Vista
8 3 (3.488%) UNIX
9 2 (2.326%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.163%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (1.163%) AIX
10 1 (1.163%) HPUX
10 1 (1.163%) Solaris
10 1 (1.163%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (26.74%) Incident Management
2 14 (16.28%) ITIL
3 9 (10.47%) Service Management
4 7 (8.140%) Migration
5 6 (6.977%) Information Security
6 3 (3.488%) TOGAF
6 3 (3.488%) Business Analysis
6 3 (3.488%) Identity Management
6 3 (3.488%) Security Management
6 3 (3.488%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.326%) Project Management
7 2 (2.326%) UML
7 2 (2.326%) Problem Management
7 2 (2.326%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (2.326%) Test Scripting
7 2 (2.326%) Capacity Management
7 2 (2.326%) Service Desk Management
8 1 (1.163%) Software Architecture
8 1 (1.163%) Network Management
8 1 (1.163%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) C
2 9 (10.47%) SQL
3 2 (2.326%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.163%) VBScript
4 1 (1.163%) VB
4 1 (1.163%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.163%) VBA
4 1 (1.163%) C#
4 1 (1.163%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.163%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (26.74%) SC Cleared
1 23 (26.74%) Security Cleared
2 17 (19.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (15.12%) DV Cleared
4 12 (13.95%) MCITP
5 10 (11.63%) MCSE
6 9 (10.47%) MCP
7 7 (8.140%) MCDST
8 3 (3.488%) MCTS
8 3 (3.488%) CISSP
8 3 (3.488%) GIAC
8 3 (3.488%) CISA
9 2 (2.326%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.326%) CCNP
9 2 (2.326%) CCNA
9 2 (2.326%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.163%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (26.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (23.26%) ISO 9000
3 13 (15.12%) SLA
4 7 (8.140%) BS25999
System Software
1 7 (8.140%) XenApp
2 6 (6.977%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.651%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.488%) vSphere
4 3 (3.488%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (1.163%) XenServer
5 1 (1.163%) Postfix
5 1 (1.163%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.163%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (8.140%) OpenView
1 7 (8.140%) ServiceCenter
1 7 (8.140%) SCCM
2 3 (3.488%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 3 (3.488%) Tivoli
2 3 (3.488%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 2 (2.326%) SCOM
4 1 (1.163%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (1.163%) WSUS
4 1 (1.163%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.163%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.163%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 48 (55.81%) Microsoft
2 37 (43.02%) Citrix
3 18 (20.93%) VMware
4 13 (15.12%) HP
5 8 (9.302%) Lotus
6 6 (6.977%) Cisco
7 5 (5.814%) AppSense
8 3 (3.488%) Dell
8 3 (3.488%) Oracle
9 2 (2.326%) Symantec
9 2 (2.326%) Remedy
9 2 (2.326%) Micro Focus
9 2 (2.326%) IBM
9 2 (2.326%) Compuware
9 2 (2.326%) Fujitsu
10 1 (1.163%) Acronis
10 1 (1.163%) Twitter
10 1 (1.163%) Mitel
10 1 (1.163%) LANDesk
10 1 (1.163%) IronPort
2nd / 3rd Line Infra Anaylst - Cheshire - Contract
Cheshire, North West
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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