Active Directory Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 13 25 17
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 187 188 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 8.590% 6.307% 7.657%
As % of the System Software category 64.48% 62.05% 70.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 66 79
Average daily rate £225 £248 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +41.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £96 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £382 £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 59 68
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +21.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.75 £33.40 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 290 303 284
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 13.32% 10.16% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 115 112
Average daily rate £293 £305 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.09% +6.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £160 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 65 78
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.22 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.24% +1.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £37.75 £33.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England 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
Cambridgeshire +18 54 £225 -
Essex -5 40 £161 -5.14%
Hertfordshire +14 38 £338 +48.35%
Norfolk +14 30 £100 -61.16%
Bedfordshire +6 15 £325 -2.98%
Suffolk -8 8 £169 -34.78%
East Anglia +13 1 - -
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 285 (68.67%) Windows
2 191 (46.02%) Microsoft
3 150 (36.14%) MS Exchange
4 123 (29.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 96 (23.13%) ITIL
6 92 (22.17%) VMware
7 90 (21.69%) Windows XP
7 90 (21.69%) Windows Server 2003
8 89 (21.45%) Exchange Server 2010
9 88 (21.20%) Windows 7
10 84 (20.24%) MS Office
11 76 (18.31%) Citrix
12 74 (17.83%) DNS
13 73 (17.59%) MS Excel
14 71 (17.11%) SQL
14 71 (17.11%) HP
15 60 (14.46%) Exchange Server 2003
16 55 (13.25%) SQL Server
17 52 (12.53%) DHCP
18 50 (12.05%) Cisco
18 50 (12.05%) Microsoft Certification
19 47 (11.33%) Exchange Server 2007
20 46 (11.08%) Migration
21 45 (10.84%) SLA
22 42 (10.12%) IIS
23 39 (9.398%) Blackberry
24 37 (8.916%) SCCM
24 37 (8.916%) VMware Infrastructure
25 35 (8.434%) SQL Server 2008
25 35 (8.434%) Hyper-V

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (1.928%) .NET
2 5 (1.205%) WebSphere
3 3 (0.723%) COM
4 2 (0.482%) XML
4 2 (0.482%) Flash
4 2 (0.482%) HTML
4 2 (0.482%) Middleware
5 1 (0.241%) XMPP
5 1 (0.241%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.241%) COM+
5 1 (0.241%) Web Services
5 1 (0.241%) ASP
5 1 (0.241%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 150 (36.14%) MS Exchange
2 89 (21.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 60 (14.46%) Exchange Server 2003
4 47 (11.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 42 (10.12%) IIS
6 17 (4.096%) Lync
7 13 (3.133%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 10 (2.410%) Apache
9 9 (2.169%) SharePoint
10 6 (1.446%) Lotus Notes
11 4 (0.964%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.723%) Office Communications Server
12 3 (0.723%) Windows Azure
13 2 (0.482%) SharePoint 2010
14 1 (0.241%) Documentum
Applications
1 84 (20.24%) MS Office
2 73 (17.59%) MS Excel
3 5 (1.205%) MS Project
3 5 (1.205%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.723%) Office 365
5 2 (0.482%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.482%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.446%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.241%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 74 (17.83%) DNS
2 52 (12.53%) DHCP
3 33 (7.952%) Firewall
3 33 (7.952%) TCP/IP
4 32 (7.711%) LAN
5 26 (6.265%) SAN
6 25 (6.024%) Wireless
6 25 (6.024%) WAN
7 17 (4.096%) VoIP
8 15 (3.614%) VPN
9 13 (3.133%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (2.410%) Internet
11 9 (2.169%) Unified Communications
11 9 (2.169%) NAS
12 6 (1.446%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.446%) BIG-IP
13 5 (1.205%) Network Security
13 5 (1.205%) Intranet
13 5 (1.205%) FTP
14 4 (0.964%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (13.25%) SQL Server
2 35 (8.434%) SQL Server 2008
3 20 (4.819%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (1.687%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (1.205%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.964%) OLAP
6 4 (0.964%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (0.964%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.723%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.723%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (0.723%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.723%) OLTP
7 3 (0.723%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.482%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.205%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 5 (1.205%) MSI
2 3 (0.723%) Subversion
2 3 (0.723%) Fiddler
2 3 (0.723%) Wise Package Studio
3 2 (0.482%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.482%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.482%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.482%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.482%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.482%) WiX
3 2 (0.482%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.241%) JIRA
4 1 (0.241%) Hudson
4 1 (0.241%) AdminStudio
General
1 26 (6.265%) Telecoms
2 22 (5.301%) Finance
3 8 (1.928%) Retail
4 6 (1.446%) Publishing
5 4 (0.964%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (0.964%) Legal
5 4 (0.964%) Welsh Language
6 3 (0.723%) Back Office
6 3 (0.723%) Law
7 2 (0.482%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.482%) Billing
7 2 (0.482%) Banking
7 2 (0.482%) Local Government
8 1 (0.241%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 116 (27.95%) Analyst
2 47 (11.33%) Support Engineer
3 44 (10.60%) Service Analyst
4 42 (10.12%) Service Desk Analyst
5 40 (9.639%) 2nd Line Support
6 37 (8.916%) Support Analyst
7 34 (8.193%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (7.229%) Administrator
9 29 (6.988%) 3rd Line Support
9 29 (6.988%) Help Desk Analyst
10 28 (6.747%) 1st Line Support
11 25 (6.024%) Systems Administrator
11 25 (6.024%) Help Desk Support
12 20 (4.819%) IT Support
13 18 (4.337%) Desktop Support
13 18 (4.337%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 17 (4.096%) Consultant
15 16 (3.855%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 13 (3.133%) Project Manager
17 12 (2.892%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.398%) Blackberry
2 25 (6.024%) PKI
3 16 (3.855%) Clustering
4 12 (2.892%) NHS
5 7 (1.687%) iPhone
5 7 (1.687%) Fat Client
5 7 (1.687%) Thin Client
5 7 (1.687%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.964%) PACS
6 4 (0.964%) iPad
6 4 (0.964%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.723%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (0.482%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.241%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.241%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.241%) Celerra
9 1 (0.241%) CMDB
9 1 (0.241%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.241%) HP StorageWorks
9 1 (0.241%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 285 (68.67%) Windows
2 123 (29.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 90 (21.69%) Windows XP
3 90 (21.69%) Windows Server 2003
4 88 (21.20%) Windows 7
5 33 (7.952%) Linux
6 17 (4.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (2.651%) Windows 8
8 9 (2.169%) Windows Vista
8 9 (2.169%) UNIX
9 7 (1.687%) Windows 2000
10 6 (1.446%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (0.964%) HPUX
11 4 (0.964%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.723%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.723%) Solaris
13 2 (0.482%) AIX
14 1 (0.241%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (23.13%) ITIL
2 46 (11.08%) Migration
3 33 (7.952%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (4.578%) PRINCE2
5 16 (3.855%) Project Management
6 12 (2.892%) Service Delivery
6 12 (2.892%) PRINCE
7 11 (2.651%) Problem Management
8 10 (2.410%) Change Management
9 9 (2.169%) Change Control
10 8 (1.928%) Incident Management
11 7 (1.687%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (1.687%) Build Automation
11 7 (1.687%) ERP
12 6 (1.446%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (1.446%) Software Engineering
12 6 (1.446%) Data Analysis
13 5 (1.205%) Knowledge Management
13 5 (1.205%) Load Balancing
13 5 (1.205%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (17.11%) SQL
2 26 (6.265%) PowerShell
3 15 (3.614%) T-SQL
4 11 (2.651%) VBScript
5 10 (2.410%) VB
5 10 (2.410%) Perl
6 8 (1.928%) Java
7 7 (1.687%) C
8 5 (1.205%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.723%) PHP
10 2 (0.482%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 50 (12.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (5.542%) MCSE
2 23 (5.542%) MCP
3 20 (4.819%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.578%) MCDST
5 15 (3.614%) MCITP
6 13 (3.133%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (2.892%) Degree
7 12 (2.892%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (2.410%) VCP5
9 9 (2.169%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.687%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.446%) MCSA
11 6 (1.446%) RHCE
11 6 (1.446%) OCP
11 6 (1.446%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (1.205%) CCNP
13 4 (0.964%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (0.964%) CCEE
14 3 (0.723%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (10.84%) SLA
2 4 (0.964%) GAMP
3 2 (0.482%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.482%) GxP
3 2 (0.482%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.241%) QA
System Software
1 37 (8.916%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (8.434%) Hyper-V
3 31 (7.470%) vSphere
4 25 (6.024%) XenApp
5 15 (3.614%) Forefront TMG
6 13 (3.133%) UAG
7 10 (2.410%) VMware ESX
8 9 (2.169%) XenServer
8 9 (2.169%) XenDesktop
8 9 (2.169%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (1.928%) Oracle RMAN
10 7 (1.687%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.964%) ISA Server
11 4 (0.964%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.723%) Xen
12 3 (0.723%) IAG
12 3 (0.723%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.482%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.482%) NFS
13 2 (0.482%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 37 (8.916%) SCCM
2 24 (5.783%) SCOM
3 18 (4.337%) OpenView
3 18 (4.337%) OVSD
4 17 (4.096%) WSUS
4 17 (4.096%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 15 (3.614%) Backup Exec
6 10 (2.410%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 6 (1.446%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 6 (1.446%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.446%) HP Data Protector
8 5 (1.205%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.723%) Splunk
9 3 (0.723%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.723%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.482%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.482%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.241%) Cacti
11 1 (0.241%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.241%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 191 (46.02%) Microsoft
2 92 (22.17%) VMware
3 76 (18.31%) Citrix
4 71 (17.11%) HP
5 50 (12.05%) Cisco
6 28 (6.747%) Oracle
7 26 (6.265%) McAfee
8 20 (4.819%) Red Hat
9 18 (4.337%) Symantec
10 15 (3.614%) Dell
11 11 (2.651%) Veritas
12 10 (2.410%) AppSense
12 10 (2.410%) EMC
13 9 (2.169%) Altiris
13 9 (2.169%) Sophos
14 8 (1.928%) NetApp
15 6 (1.446%) Wyse
15 6 (1.446%) SAP
15 6 (1.446%) Lotus
16 5 (1.205%) Exinda
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £8.00 - £10 per hour
Posted: 9 May 2013
Helpdesk Analyst
Harlow, South East
IT Helpdesk Analyst required for my dynamic and professional client based in Harlow. Due to an increase in workload my client are looking to add a competent Helpdesk...
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Rate: £10.00 - £15.00 per hour
Posted: 3 May 2013
Application Packager
Bedfordshire, South East
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Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
System Administrator / Infrastructure Engineer - Windows - Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
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Rate: Competitive Market Rates
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Technical Support
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3rd Line IT Support Engineer - Urgent - Norfolk, Windows 2008
Norfolk
The successful 3rd Line IT Support Engineer must have strong experience with Windows Server 2008, Citrix, VMWare, Active Directory, networking and security. The 3rd Line IT Support Engineer...
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Rate: £225 - £300 per day
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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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Rate: £12 - 15 per hour
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3rd Line Engineer / Consultant (MCSE)
Basildon, Essex
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Rate: £25 per hour
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IT Customer Services Analyst - Cambridge
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Rate: £9 - £12 per hour
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Rate: £9 - £11 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
Graduate Second Line Analyst - Active Directory
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Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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1st line Helpdesk/Service Desk Analyst
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