The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London 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 21 25 39
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +14
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 9 7 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 5.172% 3.196% 3.918%
As % of the System Software category 50.00% 46.67% 45.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 6
Average daily rate £350 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £134 £217 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £630 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £26.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +27.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
18 15 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 10.34% 6.849% 8.688%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 9 22
Average daily rate £350 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £320 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £700 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
London

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Docklands, London Active Directory Daily Rate Histogram

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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 5 (50.00%) MS Office
1 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 5 (50.00%) Citrix
1 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) UNIX
3 3 (30.00%) Sybase
3 3 (30.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) SAN
3 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (30.00%) Tivoli
3 3 (30.00%) Blackberry
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Office 365
4 2 (20.00%) NetScaler
4 2 (20.00%) Software Distribution
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (20.00%) Bugzilla
4 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (20.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (20.00%) MSI
4 2 (20.00%) InstallShield
4 2 (20.00%) MOM
4 2 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (20.00%) XenApp
4 2 (20.00%) XenServer
4 2 (20.00%) XenDesktop

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) MS Office
2 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (30.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) SAN
2 2 (20.00%) NetScaler
2 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Bugzilla
1 2 (20.00%) MSI
1 2 (20.00%) InstallShield
1 2 (20.00%) Selenium
1 2 (20.00%) WinRunner
1 2 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (20.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) 1st Line Support
1 3 (30.00%) Administrator
1 3 (30.00%) Exchange Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Management Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (20.00%) Windows NT
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (10.00%) AIX
3 1 (10.00%) HPUX
3 1 (10.00%) Solaris
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Software Distribution
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (20.00%) ISEB
1 2 (20.00%) CCA
1 2 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (20.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (20.00%) XenApp
1 2 (20.00%) XenServer
1 2 (20.00%) XenDesktop
1 2 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Tivoli
2 2 (20.00%) MOM
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Citrix
2 3 (30.00%) Sybase
2 3 (30.00%) HP
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (20.00%) NetApp
3 2 (20.00%) Compaq
3 2 (20.00%) Dell
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) Sun
4 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
4 1 (10.00%) EMC
4 1 (10.00%) Veritas