Active Directory Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 23 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 Lancashire 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 7 36 9
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -27
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 26 9 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 12.50% 2.158% 9.787%
As % of the System Software category 76.47% 52.94% 62.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 6
Average daily rate £250 £155 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+61.29% -27.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £133
10% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £259 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 6
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.15 £29.65 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.35 £30.00 £34.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.42 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.95% +3.33%
All System Software
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 34 17 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 16.35% 4.077% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 11
Average daily rate £260 £155 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+67.74% -52.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 10
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% -7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £29.65 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £40.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Preston +18 8 - -
Blackpool - 3 - -
Lancaster - 1 - -
Ormskirk - 1 - -
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 40 (93.02%) Windows
2 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
3 19 (44.19%) Citrix
3 19 (44.19%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (39.53%) MS Exchange
5 16 (37.21%) SCCM
6 15 (34.88%) Cisco
7 14 (32.56%) SQL
8 13 (30.23%) Windows XP
8 13 (30.23%) Windows 7
9 12 (27.91%) XenDesktop
9 12 (27.91%) SC Cleared
9 12 (27.91%) Security Cleared
9 12 (27.91%) MS Office
9 12 (27.91%) VMware
10 11 (25.58%) Exchange Server 2007
11 10 (23.26%) Windows Vista
11 10 (23.26%) Hyper-V
11 10 (23.26%) vSphere
11 10 (23.26%) Blackberry
11 10 (23.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 10 (23.26%) AppSense
12 9 (20.93%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (20.93%) SLA
12 9 (20.93%) Software Deployment
12 9 (20.93%) XenApp
13 8 (18.60%) CA
14 7 (16.28%) IIS
14 7 (16.28%) SCOM
14 7 (16.28%) Lumension

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (4.651%) Web Services
1 2 (4.651%) COM
2 1 (2.326%) Ajax
2 1 (2.326%) .NET Remoting
2 1 (2.326%) ActiveX
2 1 (2.326%) DCOM
2 1 (2.326%) JSP
2 1 (2.326%) SOAP
2 1 (2.326%) XML
2 1 (2.326%) XSD
2 1 (2.326%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.326%) HTML
2 1 (2.326%) .NET
2 1 (2.326%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.326%) WCF
2 1 (2.326%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 17 (39.53%) MS Exchange
2 11 (25.58%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (16.28%) IIS
4 6 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (13.95%) SAS
5 4 (9.302%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (6.977%) SharePoint
7 2 (4.651%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (2.326%) PowerExchange
8 1 (2.326%) MSMQ
8 1 (2.326%) WebLogic
8 1 (2.326%) Lync
Applications
1 12 (27.91%) MS Office
2 4 (9.302%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.326%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) Fibre Channel
1 6 (13.95%) iSCSI
2 4 (9.302%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.977%) SAN
3 3 (6.977%) VPN
3 3 (6.977%) DNS
3 3 (6.977%) DHCP
3 3 (6.977%) NAS
4 2 (4.651%) WLAN
4 2 (4.651%) WAN
4 2 (4.651%) LAN
4 2 (4.651%) SSL
4 2 (4.651%) Firewall
5 1 (2.326%) Wireless
5 1 (2.326%) SMS
5 1 (2.326%) HTTP
5 1 (2.326%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.977%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.651%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (4.651%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (4.651%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.326%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (2.326%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.326%) PowerCenter
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Subversion
1 1 (2.326%) ClearCase
1 1 (2.326%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.326%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 1 (2.326%) Marketing
1 1 (2.326%) Banking
1 1 (2.326%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Support Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (18.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Technical Manager
5 5 (11.63%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (9.302%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (9.302%) Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Services Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Service Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (6.977%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Desktop Support
8 2 (4.651%) Consultant
8 2 (4.651%) Support Technician
8 2 (4.651%) Technical Support
8 2 (4.651%) Exchange Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Informatica Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Blackberry
2 3 (6.977%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.977%) NHS
3 2 (4.651%) Data Integration
4 1 (2.326%) PKI
4 1 (2.326%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 40 (93.02%) Windows
2 19 (44.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (30.23%) Windows XP
3 13 (30.23%) Windows 7
4 10 (23.26%) Windows Vista
5 9 (20.93%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (4.651%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (4.651%) Windows NT
7 1 (2.326%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) Software Deployment
2 5 (11.63%) ITIL
3 4 (9.302%) TQM
3 4 (9.302%) Migration
4 3 (6.977%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.651%) Information Security
5 2 (4.651%) Content Management
5 2 (4.651%) Information Management
6 1 (2.326%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.326%) TOGAF
6 1 (2.326%) Service Management
6 1 (2.326%) Quality Management
6 1 (2.326%) MVC
6 1 (2.326%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.326%) UML
6 1 (2.326%) ETL
6 1 (2.326%) Release Management
6 1 (2.326%) Integration Testing
6 1 (2.326%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (2.326%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.326%) VB6
2 1 (2.326%) C#
2 1 (2.326%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.326%) VB
2 1 (2.326%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (27.91%) SC Cleared
1 12 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.977%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.651%) MCP
3 2 (4.651%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.651%) CCNP
3 2 (4.651%) MCDST
3 2 (4.651%) MCITP
4 1 (2.326%) CISSP
4 1 (2.326%) MCSE
4 1 (2.326%) MCSA
4 1 (2.326%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (2.326%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.93%) SLA
2 2 (4.651%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.326%) JSP 440
System Software
1 12 (27.91%) XenDesktop
2 10 (23.26%) Hyper-V
2 10 (23.26%) vSphere
2 10 (23.26%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (20.93%) XenApp
4 6 (13.95%) NFS
5 2 (4.651%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (37.21%) SCCM
2 7 (16.28%) SCOM
3 6 (13.95%) Backup Exec
4 2 (4.651%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (2.326%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (44.19%) Citrix
3 15 (34.88%) Cisco
4 12 (27.91%) VMware
5 10 (23.26%) AppSense
6 8 (18.60%) CA
7 7 (16.28%) Lumension
8 5 (11.63%) NetApp
9 4 (9.302%) HP
10 3 (6.977%) McAfee
10 3 (6.977%) Oracle
11 2 (4.651%) Informatica
11 2 (4.651%) Juniper
11 2 (4.651%) Trillium
12 1 (2.326%) Dell
12 1 (2.326%) Fujitsu
12 1 (2.326%) TippingPoint
12 1 (2.326%) ArcSight
Rollout Technical / Project Lead
Blackpool, North West
This is a contract position working to roll out Active Directory and SCCM across the estate.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active...
Rate: £20.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 25 April 2013
SCCM SUPPORT ENGINEER - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / 2ND LINE SUPPORT - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
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