The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 10 22 30
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 136 81 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 10.85% 5.908% 4.591%
As % of the System Software category 81.93% 66.94% 62.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 34 16
Average daily rate £225 £236 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -36.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £111 £100 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £428 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 27 19
Average hourly rate £12.50 £11.36 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.08% -33.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.36 £8.50 £11.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £21.00 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All System Software
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
166 121 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 13.24% 8.826% 7.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 55 26
Average daily rate £290 £325 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% +1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £122 £175 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 33 26
Average hourly rate £13.25 £13.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.85% -28.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £55.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands Active Directory Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Nottinghamshire +21 36 £260 +10.63%
Leicestershire +1 27 £225 +12.50%
Northamptonshire +16 17 £158 -34.37%
Derbyshire 0 11 £120 -70.00%
Lincolnshire -4 5 £269 +88.59%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 201 (79.45%) Windows
2 131 (51.78%) Microsoft
3 90 (35.57%) Windows Server 2008
4 85 (33.60%) MS Exchange
5 78 (30.83%) Windows 7
6 69 (27.27%) Windows XP
7 64 (25.30%) VMware
8 61 (24.11%) MS Excel
9 57 (22.53%) MS Office
9 57 (22.53%) Windows Server 2003
10 51 (20.16%) Exchange Server 2010
11 45 (17.79%) Migration
12 44 (17.39%) Citrix
13 39 (15.42%) SQL
13 39 (15.42%) SQL Server
14 37 (14.62%) SCCM
15 36 (14.23%) SAN
16 31 (12.25%) SCOM
17 29 (11.46%) Windows 2000
18 28 (11.07%) Microsoft Certification
18 28 (11.07%) Exchange Server 2003
19 26 (10.28%) Security Cleared
20 25 (9.881%) SQL Server 2008
20 25 (9.881%) HP
20 25 (9.881%) ITIL
21 24 (9.486%) Cisco
22 22 (8.696%) MCSE
23 21 (8.300%) PowerShell
24 20 (7.905%) Exchange Server 2007
24 20 (7.905%) TCP/IP

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 9 (3.557%) .NET
2 8 (3.162%) HTML
2 8 (3.162%) ASP.NET
3 7 (2.767%) Application Packaging
4 6 (2.372%) Web Services
5 5 (1.976%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 5 (1.976%) Reactive Extensions
5 5 (1.976%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 5 (1.976%) Ajax
5 5 (1.976%) .NET Remoting
5 5 (1.976%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.976%) jQuery
5 5 (1.976%) LINQ
5 5 (1.976%) WCF
5 5 (1.976%) WPF
6 2 (0.791%) XML
6 2 (0.791%) ASP
6 2 (0.791%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.395%) COM
7 1 (0.395%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 85 (33.60%) MS Exchange
2 51 (20.16%) Exchange Server 2010
3 28 (11.07%) Exchange Server 2003
4 20 (7.905%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (4.743%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 12 (4.743%) IIS
5 12 (4.743%) SharePoint
6 11 (4.348%) Lync
7 5 (1.976%) Lotus Notes
8 3 (1.186%) Lotus Domino
9 2 (0.791%) Documentum
9 2 (0.791%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (0.791%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.395%) Windows Azure
10 1 (0.395%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.395%) GroupWise
Applications
1 61 (24.11%) MS Excel
2 57 (22.53%) MS Office
3 14 (5.534%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (1.581%) MS Project
5 2 (0.791%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.395%) Office 365
6 1 (0.395%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.395%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.395%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (14.23%) SAN
2 20 (7.905%) TCP/IP
3 19 (7.510%) WAN
4 17 (6.719%) DNS
4 17 (6.719%) LAN
5 13 (5.138%) Firewall
6 12 (4.743%) Wireless
7 10 (3.953%) Unified Communications
8 9 (3.557%) DHCP
9 6 (2.372%) VPN
10 5 (1.976%) SNMP
11 4 (1.581%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.581%) NetScaler
12 3 (1.186%) iSCSI
12 3 (1.186%) VoIP
12 3 (1.186%) HTTP
12 3 (1.186%) Internet
13 2 (0.791%) VLAN
13 2 (0.791%) PBX
13 2 (0.791%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.42%) SQL Server
2 25 (9.881%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (5.929%) SQL Server 2000
4 14 (5.534%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (1.976%) SQL Server 2012
5 5 (1.976%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.976%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.186%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (0.791%) MS Access
8 1 (0.395%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.395%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.395%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (2.372%) MSI
2 5 (1.976%) Expression Blend
2 5 (1.976%) Visual Studio
2 5 (1.976%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.395%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (2.767%) Finance
2 6 (2.372%) Local Government
3 2 (0.791%) Games
3 2 (0.791%) Manufacturing
3 2 (0.791%) German Language
4 1 (0.395%) Banking
4 1 (0.395%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (15.81%) Analyst
2 39 (15.42%) Support Engineer
3 37 (14.62%) 2nd Line Support
4 21 (8.300%) 3rd Line Support
5 20 (7.905%) Desktop Support
6 17 (6.719%) Support Analyst
7 16 (6.324%) Desktop Engineer
8 14 (5.534%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.534%) IT Support
9 11 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 11 (4.348%) 1st Line Support
10 10 (3.953%) Service Analyst
10 10 (3.953%) Service Desk Analyst
10 10 (3.953%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 9 (3.557%) Developer
11 9 (3.557%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (3.162%) Consultant
12 8 (3.162%) Build Engineer
13 7 (2.767%) 1st Line Support Analyst
13 7 (2.767%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.534%) Blackberry
2 12 (4.743%) NHS
3 11 (4.348%) Clustering
4 7 (2.767%) Client/Server
5 6 (2.372%) CESG
6 5 (1.976%) PKI
7 4 (1.581%) Replication
8 1 (0.395%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.395%) EqualLogic
8 1 (0.395%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.395%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.395%) Celerra
8 1 (0.395%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.395%) VLE
8 1 (0.395%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 201 (79.45%) Windows
2 90 (35.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 78 (30.83%) Windows 7
4 69 (27.27%) Windows XP
5 57 (22.53%) Windows Server 2003
6 29 (11.46%) Windows 2000
7 14 (5.534%) Windows Vista
8 12 (4.743%) Linux
9 5 (1.976%) Windows 8
9 5 (1.976%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.976%) Windows 2000 Server
10 4 (1.581%) Windows NT
11 3 (1.186%) UNIX
11 3 (1.186%) NetWare
12 1 (0.395%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.395%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.395%) Solaris
12 1 (0.395%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (17.79%) Migration
2 25 (9.881%) ITIL
3 14 (5.534%) Change Management
3 14 (5.534%) Performance Management
4 10 (3.953%) Service Delivery
4 10 (3.953%) PRINCE2
5 6 (2.372%) Project Management
5 6 (2.372%) Configuration Management
6 5 (1.976%) Multithreading
6 5 (1.976%) MVVM
6 5 (1.976%) SOA
6 5 (1.976%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (1.581%) Data Security
8 3 (1.186%) Supplier Management
8 3 (1.186%) Project Planning
8 3 (1.186%) Incident Management
8 3 (1.186%) Matrix Management
8 3 (1.186%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (1.186%) Validation
9 2 (0.791%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 39 (15.42%) SQL
2 21 (8.300%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.929%) VBScript
4 9 (3.557%) C#
5 8 (3.162%) VB
6 2 (0.791%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (11.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 22 (8.696%) MCSE
4 19 (7.510%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.953%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 10 (3.953%) MCP
6 7 (2.767%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (2.767%) MCITP
7 5 (1.976%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.581%) CCA
9 3 (1.186%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.395%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.395%) VCP4
10 1 (0.395%) MCDST
10 1 (0.395%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.557%) SLA
2 3 (1.186%) QA
3 2 (0.791%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (6.719%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.743%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.953%) vSphere
4 8 (3.162%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 8 (3.162%) XenApp
5 6 (2.372%) ISA Server
6 3 (1.186%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (1.186%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.186%) VMware ESX
7 2 (0.791%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.791%) NFS
7 2 (0.791%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.791%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.395%) UAG
8 1 (0.395%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 37 (14.62%) SCCM
2 31 (12.25%) SCOM
3 7 (2.767%) WSUS
4 5 (1.976%) WMI
5 3 (1.186%) ZENworks
5 3 (1.186%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (1.186%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.791%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.791%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.791%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.395%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 131 (51.78%) Microsoft
2 64 (25.30%) VMware
3 44 (17.39%) Citrix
4 25 (9.881%) HP
5 24 (9.486%) Cisco
6 11 (4.348%) Novell
7 9 (3.557%) Remedy
8 8 (3.162%) EMC
8 8 (3.162%) IBM
8 8 (3.162%) Oracle
9 6 (2.372%) Lotus
10 5 (1.976%) Altiris
11 4 (1.581%) Dell
12 3 (1.186%) NetApp
12 3 (1.186%) Symantec
12 3 (1.186%) McAfee
13 2 (0.791%) LANDesk
13 2 (0.791%) Veritas
13 2 (0.791%) Intel
13 2 (0.791%) SAP
Derbyshire
Any experience with Oracle, SQL or UNIX applications would be an advantage, and knowledge of User Entitlement Reviews (UER's) would be beneficial... Helpdesk Administrator - Active directory, Windows,...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £12 per hour
Posted: 24 May 2013
Derbyshire
This will be a 6 month initial contract based in Kegworth, Derbyshire... Any experience with Oracle, SQL or UNIX applications would be an advantage, and knowledge of User...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £12 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Derbyshire
Currently seeking an experienced 1st/2nd Line Desktop Administrator/ Service Desk Administrator with experience of working in an ITIL Environment. (Ideally Foundation Certified) The successful candidate will have...
Experis IT
Rate: £100 - £140 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Derby, Derbyshire
Technical Knowledge: Essential Remote troubleshooting experience & knowledge in most of the following operating systems - NT4, Win2000, WinXP, Novell Netware Troubleshooting Microsoft Office 2003 Networking knowledge and troubleshooting techniques.....
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
You will be part of a busy team offering technical support in a 24 hour environment. The technical support analyst will work on a evening shift basis working...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Northampton, East Midlands
In addition, you will be required to have a proven back ground working with the following: - HP SAN - Sharepoint Admin - SCCM - Active Directory - DNS/DHCP - AzureThe role has...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013