Kent Active Directory Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the Kent 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	14	10
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	36	60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.048 %	0.061 %
As % of the category below	73.47 %	86.96 %
Daily rates quoted	11	6
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£355
Average daily rate	£349	£361
% change on same period last year	-3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£303
% change on same period last year	-2.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	£15.12
Average hourly rate	£16.06	£16.52
% change on same period last year	-2.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.11	£17.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.55	£18.80
% change on same period last year	-6.62 %
System Software Kent
Matching contract IT job ads	49	69
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.065 %	0.070 %
Daily rates quoted	14	8
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£356
Average daily rate	£359	£363
% change on same period last year	-1.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£327
% change on same period last year	-1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.20	£16.91
Average hourly rate	£16.30	£18.27
% change on same period last year	-10.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.40	£19.64
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 Kent 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 Kent region.

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Kent 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 Kent region.

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Kent 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 Kent 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
Maidstone	-	8	£393	-
Canterbury	-	2	-	-
Dover	-	1	-	-
Dartford	0	1	-	-
Chatham	-	1	-	-

Active Directory South East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 55 (58.51 %) Windows 2 43 (45.74 %) Microsoft 3 32 (34.04 %) MS Exchange 4 30 (31.91 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 22 (23.40 %) Windows NT 6 21 (22.34 %) MS Office 7 18 (19.15 %) Migration 8 16 (17.02 %) MS Excel 9 15 (15.96 %) SQL Server 9 15 (15.96 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 15 (15.96 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 14 (14.89 %) Windows XP 10 14 (14.89 %) Citrix 11 13 (13.83 %) DNS 11 13 (13.83 %) Windows Server 2003

12 12 (12.77 %) Cisco 12 12 (12.77 %) SQL 12 12 (12.77 %) UNIX 13 11 (11.70 %) Linux 13 11 (11.70 %) LAN 13 11 (11.70 %) DHCP 13 11 (11.70 %) VPN 13 11 (11.70 %) SAN 14 10 (10.64 %) VMware 14 10 (10.64 %) TCP/IP 14 10 (10.64 %) WAN 15 9 (9.574 %) Solaris 16 8 (8.511 %) Government 16 8 (8.511 %) Health 16 8 (8.511 %) ITIL

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 2 (2.128 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 32 (34.04 %) MS Exchange 2 30 (31.91 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 15 (15.96 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 15 (15.96 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 6 (6.383 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 5 (5.319 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 3 (3.191 %) GroupWise 7 1 (1.064 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (1.064 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (1.064 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (1.064 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 21 (22.34 %) MS Office 2 16 (17.02 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.064 %) MS Visio 3 1 (1.064 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (1.064 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (3.191 %) GoldMine 2 2 (2.128 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 13 (13.83 %) DNS 2 11 (11.70 %) VPN 2 11 (11.70 %) SAN 2 11 (11.70 %) LAN 2 11 (11.70 %) DHCP 3 10 (10.64 %) WAN 3 10 (10.64 %) TCP/IP 4 8 (8.511 %) LDAP 4 8 (8.511 %) Kerberos 5 6 (6.383 %) VoIP 6 3 (3.191 %) Firewall 7 2 (2.128 %) Wireless 8 1 (1.064 %) Network Security 8 1 (1.064 %) Internet 8 1 (1.064 %) S/MIME 8 1 (1.064 %) SMTP 8 1 (1.064 %) Ethernet 8 1 (1.064 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (15.96 %) SQL Server 2 2 (2.128 %) SQL Server 7 2 2 (2.128 %) SQL Server 2000 2 2 (2.128 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 1 (1.064 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 8 (8.511 %) Government 1 8 (8.511 %) Health 1 8 (8.511 %) Local Government 2 6 (6.383 %) Finance 3 2 (2.128 %) Pharmaceutical 3 2 (2.128 %) Banking 4 1 (1.064 %) Investment Banking
Job Titles 1 13 (13.83 %) Analyst 2 11 (11.70 %) 2nd Line Support 3 10 (10.64 %) Support Engineer 3 10 (10.64 %) Desktop Support 4 9 (9.574 %) Support Analyst 5 8 (8.511 %) Administrator 6 7 (7.447 %) 3rd Line Support 6 7 (7.447 %) Server Support 7 6 (6.383 %) Systems Engineer 7 6 (6.383 %) Helpdesk Support 7 6 (6.383 %) Server Engineer 8 5 (5.319 %) UNIX Administrator 8 5 (5.319 %) Support Technician 8 5 (5.319 %) Network Engineer 9 4 (4.255 %) Systems Administrator 9 4 (4.255 %) Technical Support 9 4 (4.255 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 10 3 (3.191 %) 1st Line Support 10 3 (3.191 %) Network Support 10 3 (3.191 %) UNIX Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (4.255 %) Clustering 2 3 (3.191 %) Management Information System 3 2 (2.128 %) NHS 3 2 (2.128 %) Informatics 4 1 (1.064 %) Fat Client 4 1 (1.064 %) PDA 4 1 (1.064 %) Thin Client 4 1 (1.064 %) Blackberry 4 1 (1.064 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 55 (58.51 %) Windows 2 22 (23.40 %) Windows NT 3 14 (14.89 %) Windows XP 4 13 (13.83 %) Windows Server 2003 5 12 (12.77 %) UNIX 6 11 (11.70 %) Linux 7 9 (9.574 %) Solaris 8 7 (7.447 %) Windows 2000 9 1 (1.064 %) NetWare 9 1 (1.064 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (19.15 %) Migration 2 8 (8.511 %) ITIL 3 6 (6.383 %) Service Delivery 3 6 (6.383 %) Change Management 4 4 (4.255 %) PRINCE 5 2 (2.128 %) Project Management 5 2 (2.128 %) PRINCE2 5 2 (2.128 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (1.064 %) Disaster Recovery 6 1 (1.064 %) Asset Management 6 1 (1.064 %) Load Balancing 6 1 (1.064 %) Fund Management 6 1 (1.064 %) Investment Management 6 1 (1.064 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 12 (12.77 %) SQL 2 3 (3.191 %) VB	Qualifications 1 7 (7.447 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (5.319 %) MCSE 3 2 (2.128 %) CCNA 3 2 (2.128 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (2.128 %) MCP 4 1 (1.064 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (1.064 %) Degree 4 1 (1.064 %) MCSA
System Software 1 6 (6.383 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 4 (4.255 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (3.191 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (1.064 %) NetBackup 4 1 (1.064 %) Novell eDirectory 4 1 (1.064 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (1.064 %) NDS 4 1 (1.064 %) MetaFrame 4 1 (1.064 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (1.064 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 3 (3.191 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (1.064 %) ARCserve 2 1 (1.064 %) WSUS
Vendors 1 43 (45.74 %) Microsoft 2 14 (14.89 %) Citrix 3 12 (12.77 %) Cisco 4 10 (10.64 %) VMware 5 7 (7.447 %) HP 6 4 (4.255 %) IBM 6 4 (4.255 %) Novell 7 3 (3.191 %) Intel 7 3 (3.191 %) Symantec 7 3 (3.191 %) Avaya 8 2 (2.128 %) Altiris 9 1 (1.064 %) Lotus 9 1 (1.064 %) Compaq 9 1 (1.064 %) Dell