Hampshire Active Directory Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the Hampshire 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.

Microsoft Active Directory
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bognor Regis Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy County Antrim Coventry Cramlington Crawley Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Ely Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Fife Fleetwood Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Greenwich Guildford Guisborough Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Hartlepool Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Man Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochdale Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	20	31
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	132	131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.176 %	0.133 %
As % of the category below	69.47 %	77.06 %
Daily rates quoted	11	23
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£251
Average daily rate	£305	£270
% change on same period last year	+13.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£288
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£303
% change on same period last year	-2.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	45	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.48	£16.74
Average hourly rate	£19.03	£18.24
% change on same period last year	+4.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.57	£19.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.55	£18.80
% change on same period last year	-6.62 %
System Software Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	190	170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.253 %	0.172 %
Daily rates quoted	22	45
Average minimum daily rate	£283	£322
Average daily rate	£312	£337
% change on same period last year	-7.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£352
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£327
% change on same period last year	-1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.89	£18.98
Average hourly rate	£22.64	£20.34
% change on same period last year	+11.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.40	£21.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.00	£22.17
% change on same period last year	-5.27 %
Active Directory South East

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

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 Hampshire region.

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

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

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 Hampshire region.

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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 Hampshire 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.

Location	Rank 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
Basingstoke	+31	50	£120	-66.06 %
Portsmouth	+12	23	£307	+2.33 %
Southampton	+3	11	-	-
Havant	+3	6	-	-
Winchester	-	4	-	-
Gosport	-	3	£375	-
Farnborough	+8	3	-	-
Eastleigh	-1	2	-	-

Active Directory South East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 204 (73.12 %) Windows 2 124 (44.44 %) Microsoft 3 82 (29.39 %) MS Office 4 60 (21.51 %) Citrix 5 51 (18.28 %) MS Exchange 5 51 (18.28 %) Windows Server 2003 6 50 (17.92 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 46 (16.49 %) Windows XP 8 44 (15.77 %) Windows 2000 9 43 (15.41 %) MS Excel 10 40 (14.34 %) Microsoft Certification 11 38 (13.62 %) Security Cleared 12 34 (12.19 %) MCSE 13 29 (10.39 %) DNS 14 28 (10.04 %) ITIL

15 26 (9.319 %) HP 16 25 (8.961 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 17 24 (8.602 %) SAN 17 24 (8.602 %) TCP/IP 17 24 (8.602 %) SC Cleared 18 22 (7.885 %) VMware 18 22 (7.885 %) DHCP 18 22 (7.885 %) Client/Server 19 21 (7.527 %) MOM 20 19 (6.810 %) Government 21 18 (6.452 %) SQL 22 17 (6.093 %) Terminal Server 23 16 (5.735 %) Citrix Certification 23 16 (5.735 %) LAN 24 15 (5.376 %) WAN

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 (3.226 %) .NET 2 4 (1.434 %) .NET Framework 3 3 (1.075 %) ASP.NET 3 3 (1.075 %) WebServices 4 2 (0.717 %) ASP 4 2 (0.717 %) Windows SharePoint Services 5 1 (0.358 %) HTML 5 1 (0.358 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 51 (18.28 %) MS Exchange 2 50 (17.92 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 14 (5.018 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 14 (5.018 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 14 (5.018 %) SharePoint 4 11 (3.943 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 10 (3.584 %) IIS 6 9 (3.226 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 4 (1.434 %) Lotus Notes 7 4 (1.434 %) MTS 8 2 (0.717 %) BizTalk Server 8 2 (0.717 %) SharePoint Portal Server 9 1 (0.358 %) Office Project Server 9 1 (0.358 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 82 (29.39 %) MS Office 2 43 (15.41 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.075 %) InfoPath 4 2 (0.717 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.358 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 11 (3.943 %) SoftGrid 2 1 (0.358 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 29 (10.39 %) DNS 2 24 (8.602 %) SAN 2 24 (8.602 %) TCP/IP 3 22 (7.885 %) DHCP 4 16 (5.735 %) LAN 5 15 (5.376 %) WAN 6 6 (2.151 %) VPN 7 4 (1.434 %) Firewall 7 4 (1.434 %) Intranet 7 4 (1.434 %) VLAN 8 3 (1.075 %) Internet 8 3 (1.075 %) SMS 8 3 (1.075 %) LDAP 9 2 (0.717 %) Wireless 9 2 (0.717 %) Cisco PIX 10 1 (0.358 %) iSCSI 10 1 (0.358 %) IPsec 10 1 (0.358 %) CTI 10 1 (0.358 %) MPLS 10 1 (0.358 %) X.500	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (5.018 %) SQL Server 2 3 (1.075 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (0.717 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 2 (0.717 %) Oracle 9i 3 2 (0.717 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.358 %) EDRMS 4 1 (0.358 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 3 (1.075 %) MSI 2 2 (0.717 %) InstallShield 3 1 (0.358 %) WinRunner 3 1 (0.358 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.358 %) LoadRunner	General 1 19 (6.810 %) Government 2 13 (4.659 %) Telecoms 3 5 (1.792 %) Finance 3 5 (1.792 %) Back Office 4 4 (1.434 %) Marketing 4 4 (1.434 %) Military 5 3 (1.075 %) Health 5 3 (1.075 %) Legal 6 2 (0.717 %) Police 6 2 (0.717 %) Auditing 7 1 (0.358 %) Banking 7 1 (0.358 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 72 (25.81 %) Analyst 2 41 (14.70 %) 2nd Line Support 3 36 (12.90 %) Support Analyst 4 32 (11.47 %) Administrator 5 24 (8.602 %) Support Engineer 6 17 (6.093 %) Helpdesk Analyst 7 16 (5.735 %) Support Technician 7 16 (5.735 %) Desktop Support 8 15 (5.376 %) Consultant 8 15 (5.376 %) 3rd Line Support 9 14 (5.018 %) 1st Line Support 10 12 (4.301 %) Server Support 10 12 (4.301 %) Server Engineer 11 11 (3.943 %) Network Support 11 11 (3.943 %) Helpdesk Support 12 10 (3.584 %) Test Engineer 12 10 (3.584 %) Test Analyst 13 9 (3.226 %) Windows Server Engineer 14 8 (2.867 %) Service Analyst 14 8 (2.867 %) Service Desk Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 22 (7.885 %) Client/Server 2 13 (4.659 %) Thin Client 2 13 (4.659 %) Fat Client 3 12 (4.301 %) Blackberry 4 6 (2.151 %) Clustering 5 5 (1.792 %) AS400 6 3 (1.075 %) PDA 7 1 (0.358 %) N-Tier 7 1 (0.358 %) NHS 7 1 (0.358 %) CLARiiON
Operating Systems 1 204 (73.12 %) Windows 2 51 (18.28 %) Windows Server 2003 3 46 (16.49 %) Windows XP 4 44 (15.77 %) Windows 2000 5 15 (5.376 %) Windows NT 6 6 (2.151 %) Linux 7 5 (1.792 %) VMS 8 2 (0.717 %) UNIX 9 1 (0.358 %) SUSE	Processes & Methodologies 1 38 (13.62 %) Security Cleared 2 28 (10.04 %) ITIL 3 24 (8.602 %) SC Cleared 4 11 (3.943 %) Validation 4 11 (3.943 %) Migration 5 6 (2.151 %) Software Testing 5 6 (2.151 %) ERP 5 6 (2.151 %) Workflow 6 4 (1.434 %) BC Cleared 6 4 (1.434 %) Project Management 6 4 (1.434 %) PRINCE2 6 4 (1.434 %) Change Management 7 2 (0.717 %) OO 7 2 (0.717 %) Configuration Management 7 2 (0.717 %) Document Management 7 2 (0.717 %) Data Analysis 7 2 (0.717 %) Systems Analysis 7 2 (0.717 %) System Testing 8 1 (0.358 %) Time Management 8 1 (0.358 %) Performance Management
Programming Languages 1 18 (6.452 %) SQL 2 7 (2.509 %) C# 3 6 (2.151 %) VB 4 3 (1.075 %) VBA 4 3 (1.075 %) VBScript 5 2 (0.717 %) C 6 1 (0.358 %) Transact-SQL 6 1 (0.358 %) C++ 6 1 (0.358 %) Java 6 1 (0.358 %) JavaScript 6 1 (0.358 %) Perl 6 1 (0.358 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 40 (14.34 %) Microsoft Certification 2 34 (12.19 %) MCSE 3 16 (5.735 %) Citrix Certification 4 10 (3.584 %) MCP 5 9 (3.226 %) ISEB 6 8 (2.867 %) CCA 6 8 (2.867 %) Degree 7 7 (2.509 %) CCEA 8 3 (1.075 %) MCSA 8 3 (1.075 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (0.717 %) PMP 9 2 (0.717 %) PMI Certification 9 2 (0.717 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 1 (0.358 %) Cisco Certification 10 1 (0.358 %) CCNA 10 1 (0.358 %) ISEB Practitioner 10 1 (0.358 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.151 %) SLA 2 1 (0.358 %) BS7799	System Software 1 17 (6.093 %) Terminal Server 2 15 (5.376 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 11 (3.943 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 10 (3.584 %) Backup Exec 5 8 (2.867 %) VMware ESX 6 6 (2.151 %) NetBackup 7 3 (1.075 %) Xen 7 3 (1.075 %) ISA Server 8 1 (0.358 %) VMware Server 8 1 (0.358 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 25 (8.961 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 21 (7.527 %) MOM 3 6 (2.151 %) EMC NetWorker 4 3 (1.075 %) Tivoli 4 3 (1.075 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 3 (1.075 %) BMC PATROL 4 3 (1.075 %) MIIS 5 2 (0.717 %) SCCM 5 2 (0.717 %) SCOM 6 1 (0.358 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 6 1 (0.358 %) Norton AntiVirus 6 1 (0.358 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 124 (44.44 %) Microsoft 2 60 (21.51 %) Citrix 3 26 (9.319 %) HP 4 22 (7.885 %) VMware 5 14 (5.018 %) Dell 6 9 (3.226 %) Cisco 7 8 (2.867 %) Altiris 8 7 (2.509 %) Remedy 8 7 (2.509 %) Oracle 8 7 (2.509 %) EMC 9 6 (2.151 %) VERITAS 9 6 (2.151 %) Lotus 9 6 (2.151 %) AppSense 10 5 (1.792 %) Symantec 11 4 (1.434 %) Novell 11 4 (1.434 %) Sophos 12 2 (0.717 %) SAP 12 2 (0.717 %) IBM 12 2 (0.717 %) Sun 13 1 (0.358 %) Compaq