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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3031
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads177201
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.236 %0.203 %
As % of the category below58.61 %61.09 %
Daily rates quoted3451
Average minimum daily rate£206£314
Average daily rate£216£322
% change on same period last year-32.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£225£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£303
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
Hourly rates quoted5952
Average minimum hourly rate£16.17£22.01
Average hourly rate£17.41£23.03
% change on same period last year-24.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.65£24.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.55£18.80
% change on same period last year-6.62 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads302329
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.403 %0.333 %
Daily rates quoted5272
Average minimum daily rate£280£328
Average daily rate£295£341
% change on same period last year-13.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£327
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted7872
Average minimum hourly rate£18.65£22.89
Average hourly rate£19.87£23.99
% change on same period last year-17.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.09£25.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£22.17
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Active Directory EnglandActive Directory
England

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England Active Directory Hourly Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireUp+2569£225+14.50 %
EssexDown-336£159-47.80 %
HertfordshireDown-3229£288-18.82 %
NorfolkUp+723£178-53.44 %
SuffolkUp+312£425-
East AngliaNo change08£325+80.55 %
BedfordshireUp+96£270+5.88 %
Active Directory EnglandActive Directory
England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1286 (68.42 %)Windows
2134 (32.06 %)Microsoft
3133 (31.82 %)MS Exchange
4106 (25.36 %)MS Office
599 (23.68 %)Exchange Server 2003
680 (19.14 %)Microsoft Certification
772 (17.22 %)Windows 2000
867 (16.03 %)Windows XP
965 (15.55 %)MCSE
1062 (14.83 %)DNS
1161 (14.59 %)Windows Server 2003
1260 (14.35 %)Cisco
1359 (14.11 %)Citrix
1455 (13.16 %)SQL Server
1551 (12.20 %)LAN
1650 (11.96 %)VMware
1747 (11.24 %)Windows NT
1846 (11.00 %)HP
1846 (11.00 %)TCP/IP
1943 (10.29 %)DHCP
1943 (10.29 %)MS Excel
2039 (9.330 %)VPN
2039 (9.330 %)Firewall
2136 (8.612 %)WAN
2233 (7.895 %)SharePoint
2233 (7.895 %)Migration
2331 (7.416 %)ITIL
2430 (7.177 %)SQL
2430 (7.177 %)Blackberry
2529 (6.938 %)Lotus

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (5.263 %).NET
216 (3.828 %)ADO.NET
216 (3.828 %)ASP.NET
216 (3.828 %)XML
38 (1.914 %)ASP
45 (1.196 %)WMI
54 (0.957 %)Application Packaging
54 (0.957 %)ADSI
54 (0.957 %)ADO
63 (0.718 %)WebServices
72 (0.478 %)HTML
72 (0.478 %)Jolt
81 (0.239 %)X-Windows
81 (0.239 %)J2EE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1133 (31.82 %)MS Exchange
299 (23.68 %)Exchange Server 2003
333 (7.895 %)SharePoint
425 (5.981 %)Exchange Server 2007
425 (5.981 %)Lotus Notes
523 (5.502 %)Exchange Server 2000
616 (3.828 %)IIS
715 (3.589 %)BizTalk Server
810 (2.392 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
98 (1.914 %)Exchange Server 5.5
106 (1.435 %)Apache
114 (0.957 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.478 %)SharePoint Server 2007
131 (0.239 %)Office Project Server
131 (0.239 %)CoreMedia CMS
131 (0.239 %)Site Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1106 (25.36 %)MS Office
243 (10.29 %)MS Excel
33 (0.718 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.478 %)MS Visio
51 (0.239 %)Paint Shop Pro
51 (0.239 %)Photoshop
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.478 %)assyst
21 (0.239 %)SAP CRM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
162 (14.83 %)DNS
251 (12.20 %)LAN
346 (11.00 %)TCP/IP
443 (10.29 %)DHCP
539 (9.330 %)VPN
539 (9.330 %)Firewall
636 (8.612 %)WAN
722 (5.263 %)SAN
819 (4.545 %)ADSL
914 (3.349 %)Cisco PIX
1013 (3.110 %)ISDN
1013 (3.110 %)Internet
1112 (2.871 %)VoIP
129 (2.153 %)Network Security
138 (1.914 %)Intrusion Detection
146 (1.435 %)SMS
155 (1.196 %)LDAP
164 (0.957 %)Broadband
164 (0.957 %)WLAN
164 (0.957 %)Wireless
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (13.16 %)SQL Server
29 (2.153 %)SQL Server 2000
38 (1.914 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (1.196 %)MySQL
53 (0.718 %)Crystal Reports
62 (0.478 %)SQL Server 7
62 (0.478 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.239 %)TOAD
71 (0.239 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.239 %)MS Access
71 (0.239 %)EDRMS
71 (0.239 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.196 %)Bugzilla
15 (1.196 %)Subversion
21 (0.239 %)FrontPage
21 (0.239 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.239 %)ERwin
21 (0.239 %)MSI
21 (0.239 %)InstallShield
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (3.828 %)Finance
214 (3.349 %)Government
39 (2.153 %)Legal
48 (1.914 %)Construction
48 (1.914 %)Telecoms
57 (1.675 %)Back Office
65 (1.196 %)Electronics
74 (0.957 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (0.957 %)Manufacturing
74 (0.957 %)Insurance
83 (0.718 %)Publishing
92 (0.478 %)Education
92 (0.478 %)Chemicals
92 (0.478 %)Marketing
101 (0.239 %)Retail
101 (0.239 %)Billing
101 (0.239 %)Local Government
101 (0.239 %)Law
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1112 (26.79 %)Analyst
268 (16.27 %)Support Engineer
362 (14.83 %)Support Analyst
452 (12.44 %)2nd Line Support
539 (9.330 %)Desktop Support
631 (7.416 %)Server Engineer
725 (5.981 %)3rd Line Support
823 (5.502 %)Network Engineer
823 (5.502 %)Administrator
922 (5.263 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1021 (5.024 %)Service Analyst
1021 (5.024 %)Server Support
1021 (5.024 %)Network Support
1120 (4.785 %)Developer
1219 (4.545 %)Desktop Engineer
1318 (4.306 %)Service Desk Analyst
1318 (4.306 %)Helpdesk Support
1417 (4.067 %)Consultant
1516 (3.828 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1516 (3.828 %)Desktop Support Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (7.177 %)Blackberry
28 (1.914 %)NHS
28 (1.914 %)AS400
37 (1.675 %)Clustering
46 (1.435 %)PDA
46 (1.435 %)German Language
55 (1.196 %)Fat Client
55 (1.196 %)Thin Client
64 (0.957 %)PMI
71 (0.239 %)Mathematics
71 (0.239 %)Smartcard
71 (0.239 %)Mainframe
71 (0.239 %)Management Information System
71 (0.239 %)e-Health
71 (0.239 %)Replication
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1286 (68.42 %)Windows
272 (17.22 %)Windows 2000
367 (16.03 %)Windows XP
461 (14.59 %)Windows Server 2003
547 (11.24 %)Windows NT
619 (4.545 %)UNIX
718 (4.306 %)Linux
86 (1.435 %)Mac OS X
93 (0.718 %)SUSE
102 (0.478 %)Windows Mobile
102 (0.478 %)Solaris
111 (0.239 %)HPUX
111 (0.239 %)NetWare
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (7.895 %)Migration
231 (7.416 %)ITIL
316 (3.828 %)Agile Software Development
413 (3.110 %)Problem Management
512 (2.871 %)Security Cleared
610 (2.392 %)Incident Management
76 (1.435 %)Data Migration
76 (1.435 %)SC Cleared
85 (1.196 %)PRINCE2
94 (0.957 %)Project Management
94 (0.957 %)Time Management
103 (0.718 %)CRM
103 (0.718 %)Content Management
103 (0.718 %)ERP
103 (0.718 %)Data Modelling
112 (0.478 %)Configuration Management
112 (0.478 %)Disaster Recovery
112 (0.478 %)Service Management
112 (0.478 %)Service Delivery
112 (0.478 %)Logistics
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (7.177 %)SQL
216 (3.828 %)C#
311 (2.632 %)VB
49 (2.153 %)VBScript
57 (1.675 %)C
64 (0.957 %)Transact-SQL
73 (0.718 %)Perl
73 (0.718 %)PHP
73 (0.718 %)Java
73 (0.718 %)Python
81 (0.239 %)Shell Script
81 (0.239 %)PowerShell
81 (0.239 %)VBA
81 (0.239 %)JavaScript
81 (0.239 %)DHTML
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
180 (19.14 %)Microsoft Certification
265 (15.55 %)MCSE
320 (4.785 %)Cisco Certification
415 (3.589 %)MCP
513 (3.110 %)CCNA
513 (3.110 %)MCSA
64 (0.957 %)Degree
73 (0.718 %)MCDST
82 (0.478 %)MCDBA
82 (0.478 %)Citrix Certification
82 (0.478 %)CNE
82 (0.478 %)Novell Certification
82 (0.478 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.239 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
91 (0.239 %)ACTC
91 (0.239 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.239 %)CNA
91 (0.239 %)CCNP
91 (0.239 %)CCA
91 (0.239 %)MCSD
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (3.589 %)SLA
22 (0.478 %)ISO9000
22 (0.478 %)QA
31 (0.239 %)GLP
31 (0.239 %)GxP
31 (0.239 %)ISO27001
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (4.306 %)VMware ESX
215 (3.589 %)VMware Infrastructure
311 (2.632 %)Citrix Presentation Server
49 (2.153 %)Terminal Server
55 (1.196 %)Backup Exec
63 (0.718 %)VMware Workstation
63 (0.718 %)Terminal Services
63 (0.718 %)ISA Server
72 (0.478 %)NFS
81 (0.239 %)NDS
81 (0.239 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.239 %)NetBackup
81 (0.239 %)MSMQ
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
124 (5.742 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
29 (2.153 %)OpenView
29 (2.153 %)DameWare
37 (1.675 %)WSUS
37 (1.675 %)MOM
46 (1.435 %)OpenView Configuration Management
53 (0.718 %)Unicenter
53 (0.718 %)SCCM
62 (0.478 %)ARCserve
71 (0.239 %)ZENworks
71 (0.239 %)Norton AntiVirus
71 (0.239 %)Netcool
71 (0.239 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1134 (32.06 %)Microsoft
260 (14.35 %)Cisco
359 (14.11 %)Citrix
450 (11.96 %)VMware
546 (11.00 %)HP
629 (6.938 %)Lotus
728 (6.699 %)Dell
818 (4.306 %)Novell
912 (2.871 %)McAfee Security
1011 (2.632 %)Oracle
119 (2.153 %)IBM
119 (2.153 %)Compaq
128 (1.914 %)3Com
137 (1.675 %)VERITAS
137 (1.675 %)Red Hat
146 (1.435 %)Sophos
146 (1.435 %)Symantec
146 (1.435 %)Altiris
154 (0.957 %)NetApp
154 (0.957 %)Remedy
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