The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 44 26 27
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 28 45 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 3.699% 5.056% 4.598%
As % of the System Software category 48.28% 64.29% 62.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 9
Average daily rate £138 £135 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% -46.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £96 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £448 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 6
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.00 £11.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% +1.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.44 £10.40 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £24.80 £86.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
58 70 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 7.662% 7.865% 7.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 17
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £126 £132 £166
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £400 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 8
Average hourly rate £14.50 £12.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.48 £10.40 £10.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £24.80 £57.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
West Yorkshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds Active Directory Daily Rate Histogram

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 Leeds region.

Leeds Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 47 (78.33%) Windows
2 27 (45.00%) Windows 7
3 24 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 16 (26.67%) MS Excel
4 16 (26.67%) Windows XP
4 16 (26.67%) ITIL
5 14 (23.33%) MS Exchange
6 13 (21.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 13 (21.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (20.00%) VMware
8 11 (18.33%) MS Office
9 9 (15.00%) DNS
10 7 (11.67%) Blackberry
11 6 (10.00%) Citrix
11 6 (10.00%) DHCP
11 6 (10.00%) SQL
11 6 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 6 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
12 5 (8.333%) TCP/IP
12 5 (8.333%) SLA
12 5 (8.333%) vSphere
13 4 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (6.667%) HP
13 4 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (6.667%) LAN
13 4 (6.667%) WAN
13 4 (6.667%) SQL Server
13 4 (6.667%) Linux
13 4 (6.667%) SAN

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (1.667%) Application Packaging
1 1 (1.667%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 14 (23.33%) MS Exchange
2 6 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.333%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (3.333%) IIS
4 2 (3.333%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.667%) Apache
Applications
1 16 (26.67%) MS Excel
2 11 (18.33%) MS Office
3 2 (3.333%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.667%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.00%) DNS
2 6 (10.00%) DHCP
3 5 (8.333%) TCP/IP
4 4 (6.667%) LAN
4 4 (6.667%) WAN
4 4 (6.667%) SAN
5 3 (5.000%) Firewall
6 2 (3.333%) VPN
6 2 (3.333%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.667%) SSH
7 1 (1.667%) BIG-IP
7 1 (1.667%) Intranet
7 1 (1.667%) Internet
7 1 (1.667%) FTP
7 1 (1.667%) HTTP
7 1 (1.667%) SMTP
7 1 (1.667%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.667%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.667%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.667%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 2 (3.333%) Telecoms
1 2 (3.333%) Legal
2 1 (1.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (36.67%) Analyst
2 15 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 15 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 12 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 11 (18.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (11.67%) Support Analyst
5 7 (11.67%) Technical Support
6 6 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (8.333%) Help Desk Support
8 4 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (6.667%) Consultant
8 4 (6.667%) Desktop Support
8 4 (6.667%) Technical Services Analyst
9 3 (5.000%) Technical Engineer
9 3 (5.000%) IT Support
10 2 (3.333%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 2 (3.333%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (3.333%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.333%) NHS
2 2 (3.333%) Clustering
3 1 (1.667%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.667%) CMDB
3 1 (1.667%) Firmware
3 1 (1.667%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.667%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 47 (78.33%) Windows
2 27 (45.00%) Windows 7
3 16 (26.67%) Windows XP
4 13 (21.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (21.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (6.667%) Linux
6 3 (5.000%) UNIX
7 2 (3.333%) Windows 8
7 2 (3.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.667%) CentOS
8 1 (1.667%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.667%) Debian
8 1 (1.667%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.67%) ITIL
2 3 (5.000%) Project Management
2 3 (5.000%) Service Management
3 2 (3.333%) Change Management
4 1 (1.667%) Supplier Management
4 1 (1.667%) Document Management
4 1 (1.667%) Release Management
4 1 (1.667%) Problem Management
4 1 (1.667%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (1.667%) Asset Management
4 1 (1.667%) Validation
4 1 (1.667%) Migration
4 1 (1.667%) ITSM
4 1 (1.667%) Information Security
4 1 (1.667%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (1.667%) E-Commerce
4 1 (1.667%) UML
4 1 (1.667%) Data Modelling
4 1 (1.667%) ITIL V3
4 1 (1.667%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (3.333%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.000%) MCDST
2 3 (5.000%) MOS
2 3 (5.000%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.000%) MCP
2 3 (5.000%) A+ Certification
2 3 (5.000%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.667%) BC Cleared
3 1 (1.667%) Degree
3 1 (1.667%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (1.667%) MCSE
3 1 (1.667%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.333%) SLA
2 1 (1.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (8.333%) vSphere
3 3 (5.000%) XenApp
4 2 (3.333%) XenServer
5 1 (1.667%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (1.667%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.667%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.667%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.667%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (5.000%) SCCM
1 3 (5.000%) Backup Exec
1 3 (5.000%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.667%) ZENworks
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle Identity Management
2 1 (1.667%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 24 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (20.00%) VMware
3 6 (10.00%) Citrix
4 4 (6.667%) HP
5 3 (5.000%) Symantec
5 3 (5.000%) Cisco
6 2 (3.333%) Oracle
6 2 (3.333%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.333%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.667%) Brocade
7 1 (1.667%) Syncsort
7 1 (1.667%) Wyse
7 1 (1.667%) NetApp
7 1 (1.667%) Nokia
7 1 (1.667%) Remedy
7 1 (1.667%) Juniper
7 1 (1.667%) F5
7 1 (1.667%) SolarWinds
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