The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead 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 2 11 12
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 19 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 22.62% 5.000% 5.155%
As % of the System Software category 95.00% 100.00% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 1
Average daily rate £325 - £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
20 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 23.81% 5.000% 7.216%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 2
Average daily rate £325 - £264
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 - £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 - £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 5
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Berkshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead 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 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 19 (70.37%) MS Exchange
4 18 (66.67%) VMware
5 17 (62.96%) Exchange Server 2010
6 16 (59.26%) Windows Server 2003
7 15 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2007
8 13 (48.15%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (48.15%) Firewall
9 12 (44.44%) PowerShell
9 12 (44.44%) vSphere
10 11 (40.74%) ADSI
11 10 (37.04%) VBScript
11 10 (37.04%) VMware ESX
12 9 (33.33%) Migration
12 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
12 9 (33.33%) IIS
12 9 (33.33%) Cisco
13 8 (29.63%) Dell
14 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2005
14 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
14 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2008
15 5 (18.52%) HP
16 4 (14.81%) SAN
16 4 (14.81%) EMC
16 4 (14.81%) Citrix
16 4 (14.81%) B2B
16 4 (14.81%) XML
16 4 (14.81%) Symantec
16 4 (14.81%) iSCSI

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 11 (40.74%) ADSI
2 4 (14.81%) XML
Application Platforms
1 19 (70.37%) MS Exchange
2 17 (62.96%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (33.33%) IIS
5 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
6 2 (7.407%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.704%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) Firewall
2 4 (14.81%) SAN
2 4 (14.81%) iSCSI
3 3 (11.11%) VLAN
4 2 (7.407%) Internet
4 2 (7.407%) SSL
4 2 (7.407%) DHCP
4 2 (7.407%) DNS
4 2 (7.407%) LAN
4 2 (7.407%) WAN
5 1 (3.704%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 10 (37.04%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Support Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (7.407%) Administrator
6 2 (7.407%) Applications Packager
6 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (7.407%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Support
7 1 (3.704%) Desktop Support
7 1 (3.704%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) iPhone
1 1 (3.704%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.704%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (59.26%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (48.15%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
5 2 (7.407%) Windows XP
5 2 (7.407%) UNIX
5 2 (7.407%) Linux
6 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000
6 1 (3.704%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Migration
2 4 (14.81%) B2B
3 3 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
4 1 (3.704%) Process Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) PowerShell
2 10 (37.04%) VBScript
3 1 (3.704%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) MCITP
1 3 (11.11%) MCSE
1 3 (11.11%) CCNA
1 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.407%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) vSphere
2 10 (37.04%) VMware ESX
3 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (11.11%) XenApp
4 2 (7.407%) ISA Server
4 2 (7.407%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (7.407%) UAG
4 2 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) SCCM
1 3 (11.11%) SCOM
1 3 (11.11%) Backup Exec
1 3 (11.11%) MOM
2 2 (7.407%) ChangeBASE
2 2 (7.407%) WSUS
3 1 (3.704%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 21 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (66.67%) VMware
3 9 (33.33%) Cisco
4 8 (29.63%) Dell
5 5 (18.52%) HP
6 4 (14.81%) EMC
6 4 (14.81%) Citrix
6 4 (14.81%) Symantec
6 4 (14.81%) Brocade
7 2 (7.407%) Apple
7 2 (7.407%) Sophos