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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the England region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2940
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads31193151
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.113 %3.342 %
As % of the category below65.95 %64.53 %
Daily rates quoted649580
Average minimum daily rate£299£296
Average daily rate£315£313
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£300
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted874833
Average minimum hourly rate£17.10£18.66
Average hourly rate£18.28£19.79
% change on same period last year-7.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.46£20.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.43£19.10
% change on same period last year-8.73 %
System Software EnglandSystem Software
England
Matching contract IT job ads47294883
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.236 %5.180 %
Daily rates quoted11261115
Average minimum daily rate£332£339
Average daily rate£352£358
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£328
% change on same period last year+1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted10551019
Average minimum hourly rate£19.56£21.34
Average hourly rate£20.83£22.69
% change on same period last year-8.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.10£24.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.53£22.62
% change on same period last year-9.26 %
Active Directory UKActive Directory
UK

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

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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 job ads citing Active Directory within the England region over the 3 months to 4 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
LondonUp+111318£332+3.79 %
South EastUp+4665£319-1.36 %
YorkshireUp+14225£263+17.70 %
South WestUp+5197£327+10.51 %
East of EnglandUp+3197£270-14.33 %
West MidlandsUp+7174£266+5.91 %
North WestDown-8158£349+30.11 %
East MidlandsNo change0123£165-46.08 %
North EastUp+852£394+23.17 %
MidlandsUp+328£209-9.62 %
Active Directory UKActive Directory
UK

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

14495 (70.07 %)Windows
22148 (33.48 %)Microsoft
31699 (26.48 %)MS Exchange
41477 (23.02 %)Exchange Server 2003
51359 (21.18 %)MS Office
61278 (19.92 %)Windows XP
71242 (19.36 %)Windows 2000
81164 (18.14 %)Citrix
91101 (17.16 %)Windows Server 2003
10923 (14.39 %)Microsoft Certification
11826 (12.88 %)MS Excel
12752 (11.72 %)VMware
13751 (11.71 %)DNS
14724 (11.29 %)TCP/IP
15721 (11.24 %)MCSE
16668 (10.41 %)SQL Server
17604 (9.415 %)HP
18599 (9.337 %)SQL
19576 (8.979 %)Exchange Server 2000
20560 (8.730 %)Windows NT
21549 (8.558 %)Finance
22538 (8.387 %)SAN
23536 (8.355 %)ITIL
24518 (8.075 %)Cisco
25514 (8.012 %)LAN
26482 (7.514 %)Migration
27468 (7.295 %)Firewall
28458 (7.140 %)DHCP
29437 (6.812 %)WAN
30436 (6.797 %)Security Cleared

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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
1227 (3.539 %).NET
2116 (1.808 %)ASP.NET
371 (1.107 %)XML
454 (0.842 %)WebServices
454 (0.842 %)Application Packaging
552 (0.811 %)ASP
645 (0.701 %)HTML
740 (0.624 %)ADSI
837 (0.577 %)Windows SharePoint Services
931 (0.483 %).NET Framework
1028 (0.436 %)WMI
1028 (0.436 %)CSS
1127 (0.421 %)ADO.NET
1224 (0.374 %)WinForms
1320 (0.312 %)COM+
1419 (0.296 %)DCOM
1518 (0.281 %)AJAX
1616 (0.249 %)WebSphere
1616 (0.249 %)ADO
1715 (0.234 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
11699 (26.48 %)MS Exchange
21477 (23.02 %)Exchange Server 2003
3576 (8.979 %)Exchange Server 2000
4364 (5.674 %)Exchange Server 2007
5361 (5.627 %)IIS
6342 (5.331 %)Lotus Notes
7314 (4.895 %)SharePoint
8169 (2.634 %)Exchange Server 5.5
9120 (1.871 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10103 (1.606 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1164 (0.998 %)Lotus Domino
1261 (0.951 %)GroupWise
1345 (0.701 %)BizTalk Server
1427 (0.421 %)Apache
1525 (0.390 %)CMS
1624 (0.374 %)Office Communications Server
1720 (0.312 %)WebLogic
1818 (0.281 %)WorkSite
1917 (0.265 %)Live Communications Server
2016 (0.249 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
11359 (21.18 %)MS Office
2826 (12.88 %)MS Excel
346 (0.717 %)MS PowerPoint
426 (0.405 %)MS Visio
523 (0.359 %)MS Project
620 (0.312 %)InfoPath
716 (0.249 %)AutoCAD
86 (0.094 %)Acrobat
94 (0.062 %)Photoshop
103 (0.047 %)DeltaView
111 (0.016 %)Adobe Illustrator
111 (0.016 %)InDesign
111 (0.016 %)PageMaker
111 (0.016 %)Paint Shop Pro
Business Applications
141 (0.639 %)SoftGrid
224 (0.374 %)Summit
322 (0.343 %)assyst
48 (0.125 %)Misys Midas
57 (0.109 %)GoldMine
66 (0.094 %)Microsoft CRM
73 (0.047 %)Navision
73 (0.047 %)Oracle EBS
73 (0.047 %)MFGPRO
82 (0.031 %)Dynamics CRM
82 (0.031 %)Cognos Planning
82 (0.031 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
82 (0.031 %)WebTrends
82 (0.031 %)Temenos Globus
91 (0.016 %)arcHouse
91 (0.016 %)Teamcenter
91 (0.016 %)Oracle HRMS
91 (0.016 %)SAP CRM
91 (0.016 %)SAP ERP
91 (0.016 %)Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1751 (11.71 %)DNS
2724 (11.29 %)TCP/IP
3538 (8.387 %)SAN
4514 (8.012 %)LAN
5468 (7.295 %)Firewall
6458 (7.140 %)DHCP
7437 (6.812 %)WAN
8341 (5.316 %)VPN
9287 (4.474 %)WINS
10225 (3.507 %)Internet
11137 (2.136 %)LDAP
12132 (2.058 %)SMS
13106 (1.652 %)VoIP
1490 (1.403 %)SMTP
1573 (1.138 %)Intranet
1672 (1.122 %)Wireless
1761 (0.951 %)Network Security
1853 (0.826 %)Ethernet
1951 (0.795 %)VLAN
2039 (0.608 %)ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1668 (10.41 %)SQL Server
2172 (2.681 %)SQL Server 2000
3169 (2.634 %)SQL Server 2005
476 (1.185 %)SQL Server 7
526 (0.405 %)Oracle 10g
621 (0.327 %)RDBMS
621 (0.327 %)MySQL
715 (0.234 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
814 (0.218 %)GIS
814 (0.218 %)Oracle 9i
913 (0.203 %)Datawarehouse
108 (0.125 %)SQL Server Integration Services
117 (0.109 %)Crystal Reports
126 (0.094 %)MS Access
126 (0.094 %)DTS
135 (0.078 %)BusinessObjects
135 (0.078 %)Oracle 8/8i
144 (0.062 %)Informix
144 (0.062 %)ETL
153 (0.047 %)DB2
Development Applications
167 (1.044 %)MSI
260 (0.935 %)Visual Studio
334 (0.530 %)InstallShield
425 (0.390 %)VSS/SourceSafe
425 (0.390 %)TestDirector
523 (0.359 %)JIRA
613 (0.203 %)Subversion
712 (0.187 %)Ant
810 (0.156 %)ClearCase
99 (0.140 %)ClearQuest
104 (0.062 %)QuickTest Pro
104 (0.062 %)LoadRunner
104 (0.062 %)Bugzilla
104 (0.062 %)NUnit
104 (0.062 %)Selenium
104 (0.062 %)StarTeam
104 (0.062 %)FitNesse
113 (0.047 %)FrontPage
113 (0.047 %)Dreamweaver
113 (0.047 %)AdminStudio
General
1549 (8.558 %)Finance
2276 (4.302 %)Banking
3270 (4.209 %)Government
4162 (2.525 %)Legal
5141 (2.198 %)Telecoms
6137 (2.136 %)Law
7125 (1.949 %)Investment Banking
8102 (1.590 %)Insurance
977 (1.200 %)Health
1075 (1.169 %)Back Office
1156 (0.873 %)Financial Institution
1252 (0.811 %)Education
1346 (0.717 %)Publishing
1439 (0.608 %)Retail
1532 (0.499 %)Construction
1532 (0.499 %)Marketing
1624 (0.374 %)Manufacturing
1721 (0.327 %)Pharmaceutical
1820 (0.312 %)Auditing
1917 (0.265 %)Local Government
Job Titles
11653 (25.77 %)Analyst
2893 (13.92 %)Support Analyst
3771 (12.02 %)Support Engineer
4627 (9.774 %)Desktop Support
5610 (9.509 %)2nd Line Support
6443 (6.906 %)3rd Line Support
7434 (6.765 %)Administrator
8381 (5.939 %)Helpdesk Analyst
9367 (5.721 %)Consultant
10332 (5.175 %)Helpdesk Support
11264 (4.115 %)Server Engineer
12262 (4.084 %)Server Support
13247 (3.850 %)Desktop Engineer
14241 (3.757 %)1st Line Support
15220 (3.429 %)Service Analyst
16212 (3.305 %)Service Desk Analyst
17188 (2.931 %)Desktop Analyst
18180 (2.806 %)Systems Administrator
19177 (2.759 %)Desktop Support Engineer
19177 (2.759 %)Network Support
Miscellaneous
1346 (5.394 %)Blackberry
2239 (3.726 %)Clustering
3129 (2.011 %)NHS
477 (1.200 %)Client/Server
569 (1.076 %)Thin Client
569 (1.076 %)Fat Client
661 (0.951 %)Asset Management
748 (0.748 %)Replication
841 (0.639 %)AS400
939 (0.608 %)PDA
1025 (0.390 %)Management Information System
1123 (0.359 %)German Language
1221 (0.327 %)PKI
1319 (0.296 %)SecurID
1319 (0.296 %)French Language
1418 (0.281 %)Computer Science
1418 (0.281 %)Mainframe
1517 (0.265 %)Web 2.0
1614 (0.218 %)CLARiiON
1614 (0.218 %)Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
14495 (70.07 %)Windows
21278 (19.92 %)Windows XP
31242 (19.36 %)Windows 2000
41101 (17.16 %)Windows Server 2003
5560 (8.730 %)Windows NT
6302 (4.708 %)Unix
7270 (4.209 %)Linux
8157 (2.447 %)Solaris
9110 (1.715 %)NetWare
1053 (0.826 %)Windows Vista
1141 (0.639 %)Mac OS X
1227 (0.421 %)AIX
1326 (0.405 %)HPUX
1424 (0.374 %)Windows Mobile
1510 (0.156 %)Fedora
169 (0.140 %)Tru64
177 (0.109 %)SUSE
184 (0.062 %)VMS
193 (0.047 %)Debian
193 (0.047 %)MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1536 (8.355 %)ITIL
2482 (7.514 %)Migration
3436 (6.797 %)Security Cleared
4242 (3.772 %)SC Cleared
5163 (2.541 %)Disaster Recovery
6135 (2.104 %)Project Management
7108 (1.684 %)PRINCE2
896 (1.496 %)Service Management
974 (1.154 %)Service Delivery
1066 (1.029 %)DV Cleared
1160 (0.935 %)Incident Management
1258 (0.904 %)Change Management
1352 (0.811 %)Configuration Management
1352 (0.811 %)Workflow
1450 (0.779 %)Problem Management
1548 (0.748 %)Data Migration
1643 (0.670 %)Validation
1740 (0.624 %)User Acceptance Testing
1839 (0.608 %)Agile Software Development
1839 (0.608 %)CRM
Programming Languages
1599 (9.337 %)SQL
2193 (3.009 %)VB
3173 (2.697 %)VBScript
4145 (2.260 %)C#
573 (1.138 %)Java
661 (0.951 %)Perl
760 (0.935 %)Shell Script
848 (0.748 %)C
944 (0.686 %)C++
1033 (0.514 %)JavaScript
1033 (0.514 %)Transact-SQL
1122 (0.343 %)PHP
1219 (0.296 %)VB.NET
1317 (0.265 %)VBA
149 (0.140 %)Korn
158 (0.125 %)PL/SQL
164 (0.062 %)DHTML
164 (0.062 %)JCL
164 (0.062 %)VB6
173 (0.047 %)Ruby
Qualifications
1923 (14.39 %)Microsoft Certification
2721 (11.24 %)MCSE
3294 (4.583 %)MCP
4150 (2.338 %)Cisco Certification
5121 (1.886 %)MCSA
6119 (1.855 %)CCNA
6119 (1.855 %)Degree
782 (1.278 %)Citrix Certification
847 (0.733 %)ISEB
946 (0.717 %)CCA
1038 (0.592 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1137 (0.577 %)CCEA
1232 (0.499 %)CCNP
1331 (0.483 %)ITIL Certification
1426 (0.405 %)Novell Certification
1426 (0.405 %)MOS
1525 (0.390 %)CNE
1616 (0.249 %)RHCE
1616 (0.249 %)MCDST
1715 (0.234 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1161 (2.510 %)SLA
246 (0.717 %)QA
312 (0.187 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
47 (0.109 %)BS7799
47 (0.109 %)ISO9000
56 (0.094 %)JSP 440
65 (0.078 %)ISO27001
73 (0.047 %)BS15000
82 (0.031 %)GLP
82 (0.031 %)GxP
91 (0.016 %)ISO9001
System Software
1245 (3.819 %)VMware Infrastructure
2237 (3.694 %)VMware ESX
3199 (3.102 %)Citrix Presentation Server
4147 (2.292 %)ISA Server
5146 (2.276 %)Backup Exec
696 (1.496 %)Terminal Services
791 (1.419 %)NetBackup
888 (1.372 %)MetaFrame
979 (1.231 %)Terminal Server
1022 (0.343 %)VMware Workstation
1119 (0.296 %)NDS
1119 (0.296 %)Novell eDirectory
1217 (0.265 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1315 (0.234 %)VMware Server
1412 (0.187 %)VMware GSX
159 (0.140 %)Samba
167 (0.109 %)Xen
167 (0.109 %)MailMarshal
173 (0.047 %)MSMQ
182 (0.031 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1265 (4.131 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2189 (2.946 %)MOM
389 (1.387 %)WSUS
453 (0.826 %)DameWare
547 (0.733 %)OpenView
646 (0.717 %)OpenView Configuration Management
646 (0.717 %)Norton AntiVirus
744 (0.686 %)SCCM
832 (0.499 %)ZENworks
929 (0.452 %)ARCserve
1028 (0.436 %)SCOM
1123 (0.359 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1220 (0.312 %)Legato
1318 (0.281 %)Tivoli
1417 (0.265 %)MAILsweeper
1512 (0.187 %)MIIS
1512 (0.187 %)EMC NetWorker
169 (0.140 %)BMC PATROL
178 (0.125 %)Unicenter
178 (0.125 %)OVOW
Vendors
12148 (33.48 %)Microsoft
21164 (18.14 %)Citrix
3752 (11.72 %)VMware
4604 (9.415 %)HP
5518 (8.075 %)Cisco
6376 (5.861 %)Lotus
7290 (4.521 %)Novell
8201 (3.133 %)Dell
9192 (2.993 %)Oracle
10179 (2.790 %)VERITAS
11168 (2.619 %)Remedy
12144 (2.245 %)Symantec
13131 (2.042 %)IBM
14107 (1.668 %)EMC
15105 (1.637 %)Altiris
1698 (1.528 %)CheckPoint
1788 (1.372 %)Compaq
1883 (1.294 %)McAfee Security
1980 (1.247 %)Red Hat
2079 (1.231 %)Reuters
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