The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 17 16 18
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 41 59 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 7.824% 8.217% 7.227%
As % of the System Software category 54.67% 76.62% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 15
Average daily rate £369 £265 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.01% +32.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £173 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £309 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 16
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £16.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -17.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.88 £12.20 £10.14
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
75 77 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 14.31% 10.72% 8.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 20 16
Average daily rate £375 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £181 £109
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £223
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 16
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £16.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -17.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.88 £12.20 £10.14
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Buckinghamshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 68 (75.56%) Windows
2 57 (63.33%) Microsoft
3 34 (37.78%) MS Excel
4 33 (36.67%) MS Office
4 33 (36.67%) Citrix
5 29 (32.22%) Windows XP
5 29 (32.22%) Windows 7
6 26 (28.89%) Windows Server 2003
7 25 (27.78%) Remedy
7 25 (27.78%) MS Exchange
7 25 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
8 20 (22.22%) VMware
8 20 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
9 18 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 18 (20.00%) Finance
9 18 (20.00%) ITIL
10 17 (18.89%) TCP/IP
10 17 (18.89%) MS PowerPoint
10 17 (18.89%) Hyper-V
11 16 (17.78%) Exchange Server 2010
11 16 (17.78%) Lotus Notes
11 16 (17.78%) Lotus
12 15 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
12 15 (16.67%) Firewall
13 14 (15.56%) Security Cleared
14 13 (14.44%) Windows Vista
14 13 (14.44%) VPN
15 11 (12.22%) SLA
15 11 (12.22%) DHCP
16 10 (11.11%) DNS

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 25 (27.78%) MS Exchange
2 20 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
3 16 (17.78%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (17.78%) Lotus Notes
4 15 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (4.444%) IIS
5 4 (4.444%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (4.444%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.222%) Lync
Applications
1 34 (37.78%) MS Excel
2 33 (36.67%) MS Office
3 17 (18.89%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 17 (18.89%) TCP/IP
2 15 (16.67%) Firewall
3 13 (14.44%) VPN
4 11 (12.22%) DHCP
5 10 (11.11%) DNS
5 10 (11.11%) SAN
6 9 (10.00%) Broadband
6 9 (10.00%) LAN
6 9 (10.00%) WAN
7 8 (8.889%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (8.889%) 3G
8 5 (5.556%) Internet
8 5 (5.556%) WLAN
8 5 (5.556%) Wireless
9 4 (4.444%) VoIP
10 3 (3.333%) Network Security
11 2 (2.222%) LDAP
11 2 (2.222%) SS7
11 2 (2.222%) NAS
12 1 (1.111%) DDNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.889%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 18 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (4.444%) Marketing
3 2 (2.222%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 53 (58.89%) Analyst
2 30 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 30 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 12 (13.33%) Support Analyst
4 8 (8.889%) Help Desk Analyst
5 7 (7.778%) Consultant
5 7 (7.778%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (7.778%) Support Engineer
6 6 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (5.556%) Administrator
8 4 (4.444%) Systems Support
8 4 (4.444%) Help Desk Support
8 4 (4.444%) Integration Engineer
8 4 (4.444%) Systems Support Engineer
8 4 (4.444%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (4.444%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (3.333%) Architect
9 3 (3.333%) Windows Systems Administrator
9 3 (3.333%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.889%) PDA
2 7 (7.778%) Clustering
3 4 (4.444%) Blackberry
4 3 (3.333%) EPoS
4 3 (3.333%) Mathematics
5 2 (2.222%) Replication
5 2 (2.222%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 68 (75.56%) Windows
2 29 (32.22%) Windows XP
2 29 (32.22%) Windows 7
3 26 (28.89%) Windows Server 2003
4 25 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (14.44%) Windows Vista
6 10 (11.11%) Linux
7 8 (8.889%) Windows 2000
7 8 (8.889%) CentOS
8 5 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
8 5 (5.556%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (5.556%) Windows NT
9 1 (1.111%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.00%) ITIL
2 7 (7.778%) Information Security
3 5 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (5.556%) Compatibility Testing
4 4 (4.444%) Validation
4 4 (4.444%) Integration Testing
4 4 (4.444%) Test Scripting
4 4 (4.444%) Configuration Management
5 3 (3.333%) Network Management
5 3 (3.333%) Incident Management
6 2 (2.222%) Change Management
6 2 (2.222%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.111%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (1.111%) ITIL V3
7 1 (1.111%) SIEM
7 1 (1.111%) Software Deployment
7 1 (1.111%) Project Management
7 1 (1.111%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (1.111%) Migration
7 1 (1.111%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (2.222%) VBScript
3 1 (1.111%) VB
3 1 (1.111%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.889%) DV Cleared
3 8 (8.889%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (8.889%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (5.556%) Degree
5 4 (4.444%) MCSE
6 3 (3.333%) MCDST
7 1 (1.111%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.22%) SLA
2 4 (4.444%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (18.89%) Hyper-V
3 8 (8.889%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 7 (7.778%) VMware ESX
5 4 (4.444%) Terminal Services
5 4 (4.444%) ISA Server
5 4 (4.444%) XenApp
6 3 (3.333%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.111%) vSphere
7 1 (1.111%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.111%) Terminal Server
7 1 (1.111%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (1.111%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (6.667%) SCOM
1 6 (6.667%) Norton AntiVirus
2 5 (5.556%) SCCM
3 4 (4.444%) BladeLogic
4 3 (3.333%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (3.333%) Backup Exec
5 2 (2.222%) AppManager
6 1 (1.111%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (1.111%) MOM
6 1 (1.111%) OpenView
6 1 (1.111%) OVSD
Vendors
1 57 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 33 (36.67%) Citrix
3 25 (27.78%) Remedy
4 20 (22.22%) VMware
5 16 (17.78%) Lotus
6 8 (8.889%) HP
6 8 (8.889%) SAP
7 7 (7.778%) Symantec
8 6 (6.667%) Sophos
9 3 (3.333%) Dell
9 3 (3.333%) Intel
10 2 (2.222%) NetIQ
11 1 (1.111%) Veeam
11 1 (1.111%) EMC
11 1 (1.111%) Cisco
11 1 (1.111%) AppSense
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