The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newbury 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 Newbury 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 16 18 11
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 3.448% 1.695% 4.000%
As % of the System Software category 57.14% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £575 £93 £387
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+521.62% -76.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £19.25 £16.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.05 £16.50 £17.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.45 £16.50 £19.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.16 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.83%
All System Software
Newbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
7 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 6.034% 1.695% 4.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £575 £93 £387
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+521.62% -76.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £19.25 £16.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -2.94%
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 Newbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury 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 Newbury 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 3 (42.86%) LAN
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Vista
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
4 2 (28.57%) MS Office
4 2 (28.57%) Remedy
5 1 (14.29%) NetScreen
5 1 (14.29%) MPLS
5 1 (14.29%) VPN
5 1 (14.29%) DNS
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Juniper
5 1 (14.29%) SAN
5 1 (14.29%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (14.29%) Lotus
5 1 (14.29%) Apple
5 1 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) MCP
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (14.29%) MS Excel

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Lync
2 1 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) WLAN
3 1 (14.29%) ADSL
3 1 (14.29%) ISDN
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) SAN
3 1 (14.29%) MPLS
3 1 (14.29%) NetScreen
3 1 (14.29%) NAS
3 1 (14.29%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Support
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Vista
4 1 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCP
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Splunk
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Remedy
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Sourcefire
3 1 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) Imperva
3 1 (14.29%) Tufin
3 1 (14.29%) ArcSight
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper
3 1 (14.29%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (14.29%) Lotus
3 1 (14.29%) Apple
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
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