Active Directory Contracts in the Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 17 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 Midlands 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 12 19 26
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 12 14 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 7.059% 5.091% 2.882%
As % of the System Software category 63.16% 77.78% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £288 £200 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+43.75% -46.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £200 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.16 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.83%
All System Software
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 19 18 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 11.18% 6.545% 4.899%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 3
Average daily rate £325 £375 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £305 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 15 (65.22%) SCOM
2 14 (60.87%) Windows
2 14 (60.87%) MS Exchange
3 13 (56.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
5 10 (43.48%) SCCM
6 9 (39.13%) SharePoint
6 9 (39.13%) Exchange Server 2003
7 8 (34.78%) Cisco
8 7 (30.43%) IBM
8 7 (30.43%) ITIL
8 7 (30.43%) SQL
8 7 (30.43%) HP
8 7 (30.43%) NetApp
8 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2007
8 7 (30.43%) Degree
8 7 (30.43%) VMware
8 7 (30.43%) Service Delivery
8 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (26.09%) Windows 7
9 6 (26.09%) Migration
9 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
10 5 (21.74%) MS Office
10 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
11 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (13.04%) Citrix
12 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
12 3 (13.04%) XenApp
12 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 (8.696%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 14 (60.87%) MS Exchange
2 9 (39.13%) Exchange Server 2003
2 9 (39.13%) SharePoint
3 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (8.696%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (8.696%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
2 5 (21.74%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) DHCP
1 2 (8.696%) DNS
1 2 (8.696%) SAN
2 1 (4.348%) MPLS
2 1 (4.348%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MSI
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Architect
1 6 (26.09%) Technical Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Server Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Rollout Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Lead Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Lead Technical Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Windows Server Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Head of Architecture
5 1 (4.348%) SCCM Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Data Migration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Client/Server
1 2 (8.696%) Clustering
2 1 (4.348%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (60.87%) Windows
2 13 (56.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (26.09%) Windows 7
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
5 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Service Delivery
1 7 (30.43%) ITIL
2 6 (26.09%) Migration
3 2 (8.696%) Business Continuity
3 2 (8.696%) Incident Management
3 2 (8.696%) Change Control
4 1 (4.348%) Software Distribution
4 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (4.348%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.348%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.348%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (4.348%) Data Mapping
4 1 (4.348%) Network Architecture
4 1 (4.348%) Information Security
4 1 (4.348%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.696%) VB
4 1 (4.348%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 2 (8.696%) VCP5
3 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
1 1 (4.348%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) XenApp
2 2 (8.696%) ISA Server
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.348%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.348%) XenServer
3 1 (4.348%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (65.22%) SCOM
2 10 (43.48%) SCCM
3 2 (8.696%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (4.348%) Opalis
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (34.78%) Cisco
3 7 (30.43%) IBM
3 7 (30.43%) HP
3 7 (30.43%) NetApp
3 7 (30.43%) VMware
4 3 (13.04%) Citrix
5 2 (8.696%) Altiris
5 2 (8.696%) Veritas
5 2 (8.696%) EMC
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