The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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 5 9 32
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +23
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 27 18 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 12.80% 8.372% 0.851%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 90.00% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
Average daily rate £225 £200 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -44.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £137 £200 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £371 £200 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 0
Average hourly rate £13.00 £8.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.94% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.42 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.95% +3.33%
All System Software
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
27 20 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 12.80% 9.302% 3.830%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
Average daily rate £225 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £137 £256 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £371 £350 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 0
Average hourly rate £13.00 £10.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
East Midlands

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester +1 16 £225 +12.50%
Loughborough - 1 - -
Active Directory
East Midlands

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 50 (84.75%) Windows
2 18 (30.51%) Windows Server 2008
2 18 (30.51%) Windows 7
3 16 (27.12%) Windows XP
3 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
4 15 (25.42%) MS Office
4 15 (25.42%) VMware
5 13 (22.03%) Citrix
6 12 (20.34%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (18.64%) SQL Server
8 10 (16.95%) MS Exchange
8 10 (16.95%) SAN
8 10 (16.95%) Unified Communications
9 9 (15.25%) Lync
9 9 (15.25%) TCP/IP
10 8 (13.56%) ITIL
11 7 (11.86%) MS Excel
11 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (10.17%) Exchange Server 2010
13 5 (8.475%) vSphere
13 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2008
13 5 (8.475%) Performance Management
13 5 (8.475%) MCSE
13 5 (8.475%) MCP
13 5 (8.475%) Windows 2000
14 4 (6.780%) IIS
14 4 (6.780%) SQL
14 4 (6.780%) VBScript
14 4 (6.780%) Change Management
14 4 (6.780%) Clustering

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 Platforms
1 10 (16.95%) MS Exchange
2 9 (15.25%) Lync
3 6 (10.17%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (6.780%) IIS
5 2 (3.390%) SharePoint
5 2 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.695%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 15 (25.42%) MS Office
2 7 (11.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.95%) SAN
1 10 (16.95%) Unified Communications
2 9 (15.25%) TCP/IP
3 4 (6.780%) NetScaler
4 2 (3.390%) DNS
5 1 (1.695%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.695%) Wireless
5 1 (1.695%) Internet
5 1 (1.695%) MPLS
5 1 (1.695%) LAN
5 1 (1.695%) PBX
5 1 (1.695%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.64%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.085%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (5.085%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 3 (5.085%) Local Government
2 1 (1.695%) Games
2 1 (1.695%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) 2nd Line Support
2 11 (18.64%) Analyst
2 11 (18.64%) Support Engineer
3 8 (13.56%) Desktop Support
3 8 (13.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (8.475%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 4 (6.780%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (6.780%) Server Support
7 4 (6.780%) Systems Support
7 4 (6.780%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (6.780%) Systems Support Engineer
7 4 (6.780%) Server Engineer
8 3 (5.085%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (5.085%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.085%) Architect
9 2 (3.390%) Field Service Engineer
9 2 (3.390%) Administrator
9 2 (3.390%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.780%) Clustering
2 1 (1.695%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 50 (84.75%) Windows
2 18 (30.51%) Windows Server 2008
2 18 (30.51%) Windows 7
3 16 (27.12%) Windows XP
4 12 (20.34%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (8.475%) Windows 2000
6 2 (3.390%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.695%) SUSE
7 1 (1.695%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (13.56%) ITIL
2 5 (8.475%) Performance Management
3 4 (6.780%) Change Management
3 4 (6.780%) Data Security
4 3 (5.085%) Migration
5 2 (3.390%) Six Sigma
5 2 (3.390%) Time Management
6 1 (1.695%) Incident Management
6 1 (1.695%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.695%) ITSM
6 1 (1.695%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.780%) SQL
1 4 (6.780%) VBScript
1 4 (6.780%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.390%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.475%) MCSE
2 5 (8.475%) MCP
3 3 (5.085%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.695%) VCP4
4 1 (1.695%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.085%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (8.475%) vSphere
2 1 (1.695%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.780%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 15 (25.42%) VMware
3 13 (22.03%) Citrix
4 4 (6.780%) Altiris
5 2 (3.390%) Novell
6 1 (1.695%) LANDesk
6 1 (1.695%) Lotus
6 1 (1.695%) Remedy
6 1 (1.695%) Cisco
6 1 (1.695%) HP
6 1 (1.695%) Dell
6 1 (1.695%) SAP
Loughborough, East Midlands
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Posted: 27 April 2013