The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Huntingdon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Huntingdon 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank - 12 6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 0 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huntingdon - 4.651% 34.78%
As % of the System Software category - 14.29% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £300 £90
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +233.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.37% +6.66%
All System Software
Huntingdon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
0 14 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huntingdon - 32.56% 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £295 £90
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +227.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
- +3.03%
Active Directory
Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon region.

Huntingdon Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

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 Huntingdon region.

Huntingdon Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huntingdon 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 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (63.64%) Citrix
2 7 (63.64%) AppSense
3 6 (54.55%) PowerShell
3 6 (54.55%) XenApp
3 6 (54.55%) TCP/IP
3 6 (54.55%) XenDesktop
4 5 (45.45%) vSphere
4 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
5 4 (36.36%) XenServer
5 4 (36.36%) Wyse
5 4 (36.36%) VMware
5 4 (36.36%) Load Balancing
5 4 (36.36%) Release Management
5 4 (36.36%) Fat Client
5 4 (36.36%) SCOM
5 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
5 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (36.36%) Thin Client
5 4 (36.36%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (36.36%) Change Control
5 4 (36.36%) Build Automation
6 3 (27.27%) CCEE
6 3 (27.27%) IAG
6 3 (27.27%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (27.27%) MCSE
6 3 (27.27%) SLA
6 3 (27.27%) Wireless

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huntingdon 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.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) TCP/IP
2 3 (27.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (9.091%) Consultant
1 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
1 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Fat Client
1 4 (36.36%) Thin Client
2 3 (27.27%) PKI
3 1 (9.091%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Load Balancing
1 4 (36.36%) Release Management
1 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (36.36%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (36.36%) Change Control
1 4 (36.36%) Build Automation
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CCEE
1 3 (27.27%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (27.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) XenApp
1 6 (54.55%) XenDesktop
2 5 (45.45%) vSphere
2 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
3 4 (36.36%) XenServer
4 3 (27.27%) IAG
5 1 (9.091%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
1 7 (63.64%) Citrix
1 7 (63.64%) AppSense
2 4 (36.36%) Wyse
2 4 (36.36%) VMware
3 1 (9.091%) HP