Active Directory Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 34 35 28
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 111 135 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 4.762% 4.339% 5.148%
As % of the System Software category 48.05% 52.94% 62.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 51 68
Average daily rate £240 £263 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £120 £89
10% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £425 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 32 34
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +35.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.82 £10.40 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
Search 72 Active Directory jobs in the North West
All System Software
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 231 255 252
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 9.910% 8.197% 8.262%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 102 115
Average daily rate £275 £313 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +22.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 39 42
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% +18.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.63 £11.52 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester -3 42 £240 -16.52%
Lancashire +25 26 £250 +61.29%
Cheshire -8 25 £220 -32.25%
Merseyside -10 12 £275 +7.31%
Cumbria +9 1 £285 +26.66%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 229 (82.97%) Windows
2 135 (48.91%) Microsoft
3 113 (40.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 104 (37.68%) MS Exchange
5 86 (31.16%) Citrix
6 82 (29.71%) Windows XP
7 80 (28.99%) Windows 7
8 68 (24.64%) Windows Server 2003
8 68 (24.64%) VMware
9 59 (21.38%) ITIL
10 55 (19.93%) MS Excel
11 54 (19.57%) MS Office
12 53 (19.20%) SCCM
13 48 (17.39%) Cisco
14 46 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
15 44 (15.94%) SQL
16 42 (15.22%) VPN
17 40 (14.49%) Security Cleared
17 40 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2007
18 39 (14.13%) SC Cleared
18 39 (14.13%) Firewall
19 38 (13.77%) DNS
20 34 (12.32%) vSphere
21 33 (11.96%) SQL Server
22 30 (10.87%) DHCP
22 30 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
22 30 (10.87%) SAN
23 28 (10.14%) TCP/IP
23 28 (10.14%) Blackberry
23 28 (10.14%) Hyper-V

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (2.536%) .NET
2 6 (2.174%) Application Packaging
3 5 (1.812%) COM
4 4 (1.449%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.449%) Middleware
5 2 (0.725%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.725%) HTML
5 2 (0.725%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.725%) Web Services
6 1 (0.362%) ActiveX
6 1 (0.362%) XML
6 1 (0.362%) XSD
6 1 (0.362%) DCOM
6 1 (0.362%) CSS
6 1 (0.362%) JSP
6 1 (0.362%) SOAP
6 1 (0.362%) DHTML
6 1 (0.362%) Ajax
6 1 (0.362%) .NET Remoting
6 1 (0.362%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 104 (37.68%) MS Exchange
2 46 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 40 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2007
4 27 (9.783%) Exchange Server 2003
5 16 (5.797%) SharePoint
6 15 (5.435%) Lotus Notes
6 15 (5.435%) IIS
7 12 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 8 (2.899%) SAS
9 6 (2.174%) Apache
10 5 (1.812%) WebLogic
11 4 (1.449%) LiveLink
11 4 (1.449%) CICS
12 3 (1.087%) SharePoint 2010
13 2 (0.725%) Lync
14 1 (0.362%) GroupWise
14 1 (0.362%) PowerExchange
14 1 (0.362%) MSMQ
14 1 (0.362%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 1 (0.362%) WorkSite
Applications
1 55 (19.93%) MS Excel
2 54 (19.57%) MS Office
3 17 (6.159%) MS Visio
4 9 (3.261%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (2.536%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.362%) Maximo
1 1 (0.362%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 42 (15.22%) VPN
2 39 (14.13%) Firewall
3 38 (13.77%) DNS
4 30 (10.87%) DHCP
4 30 (10.87%) SAN
5 28 (10.14%) TCP/IP
6 16 (5.797%) LAN
7 15 (5.435%) WAN
8 13 (4.710%) LDAP
8 13 (4.710%) Internet
9 11 (3.986%) SSL
10 8 (2.899%) Fibre Channel
10 8 (2.899%) iSCSI
11 7 (2.536%) WLAN
11 7 (2.536%) NAS
12 6 (2.174%) Network Security
12 6 (2.174%) Wireless
13 5 (1.812%) VLAN
14 4 (1.449%) NetScreen
14 4 (1.449%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.96%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (1.812%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.449%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.449%) DB2
4 4 (1.449%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.087%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (0.725%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (0.725%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (0.725%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.725%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (0.725%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (0.362%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.362%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.362%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.362%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.087%) MSI
1 3 (1.087%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.362%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.362%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.362%) Subversion
2 1 (0.362%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 15 (5.435%) Banking
2 14 (5.072%) Local Government
3 8 (2.899%) Telecoms
4 7 (2.536%) Finance
5 6 (2.174%) French Language
6 4 (1.449%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.087%) Retail
7 3 (1.087%) Dutch Language
8 2 (0.725%) Spanish Language
8 2 (0.725%) Italian Language
8 2 (0.725%) Legal
9 1 (0.362%) Back Office
9 1 (0.362%) Marketing
9 1 (0.362%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.362%) German Language
Job Titles
1 62 (22.46%) Analyst
2 32 (11.59%) Support Engineer
3 27 (9.783%) 2nd Line Support
4 23 (8.333%) IT Support
4 23 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
5 17 (6.159%) Service Analyst
5 17 (6.159%) Support Analyst
5 17 (6.159%) Desktop Support
5 17 (6.159%) Architect
6 16 (5.797%) Help Desk Support
6 16 (5.797%) Service Desk Analyst
7 14 (5.072%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (5.072%) Consultant
8 13 (4.710%) Help Desk Analyst
9 11 (3.986%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (3.623%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (3.623%) Technical Analyst
10 10 (3.623%) Technical Manager
11 9 (3.261%) Systems Support
11 9 (3.261%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.14%) Blackberry
2 16 (5.797%) Statistics
3 12 (4.348%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.623%) Clustering
5 8 (2.899%) iPad
6 7 (2.536%) NHS
6 7 (2.536%) Mainframe
7 6 (2.174%) Wiki
7 6 (2.174%) Fat Client
7 6 (2.174%) Thin Client
8 5 (1.812%) FMCG
8 5 (1.812%) PKI
9 4 (1.449%) Handset
9 4 (1.449%) VSAM
10 3 (1.087%) IBM Mainframe
10 3 (1.087%) Online Banking
10 3 (1.087%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.087%) Mobile Banking
11 2 (0.725%) Data Integration
11 2 (0.725%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 229 (82.97%) Windows
2 113 (40.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 82 (29.71%) Windows XP
4 80 (28.99%) Windows 7
5 68 (24.64%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (6.522%) Linux
6 18 (6.522%) Windows Vista
7 17 (6.159%) Windows NT
8 16 (5.797%) UNIX
9 8 (2.899%) Windows 2000 Server
10 6 (2.174%) AIX
11 5 (1.812%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.449%) VMS
12 4 (1.449%) Windows 2000
13 3 (1.087%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.725%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.725%) Debian
15 1 (0.362%) zOS
15 1 (0.362%) HPUX
15 1 (0.362%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.38%) ITIL
2 27 (9.783%) Incident Management
3 23 (8.333%) Migration
4 14 (5.072%) Change Management
5 12 (4.348%) Information Security
6 11 (3.986%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (3.623%) Project Management
7 10 (3.623%) Service Management
8 9 (3.261%) Software Deployment
9 8 (2.899%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (2.899%) PRINCE2
10 5 (1.812%) ETL
10 5 (1.812%) Release Management
10 5 (1.812%) Problem Management
11 4 (1.449%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (1.449%) Change Control
11 4 (1.449%) TQM
11 4 (1.449%) Security Management
11 4 (1.449%) TOGAF
12 3 (1.087%) UML
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.94%) SQL
2 21 (7.609%) C
3 10 (3.623%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.261%) Perl
5 8 (2.899%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.174%) Ruby
6 6 (2.174%) VBScript
7 4 (1.449%) VB
7 4 (1.449%) C#
8 3 (1.087%) JCL
8 3 (1.087%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.725%) VBA
9 2 (0.725%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.362%) COBOL
10 1 (0.362%) VB6
Qualifications
1 40 (14.49%) Security Cleared
2 39 (14.13%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (6.159%) MCITP
5 15 (5.435%) MCSE
6 14 (5.072%) MCP
6 14 (5.072%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.623%) MCDST
8 9 (3.261%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.899%) CCNP
10 7 (2.536%) CCNA
11 6 (2.174%) MCTS
12 4 (1.449%) MCSA
12 4 (1.449%) CISSP
13 3 (1.087%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.087%) GIAC
13 3 (1.087%) CISA
14 2 (0.725%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 1 (0.362%) A+ Certification
15 1 (0.362%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.696%) SLA
1 24 (8.696%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (7.246%) ISO 9000
3 7 (2.536%) BS25999
4 2 (0.725%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.725%) QA
5 1 (0.362%) BS7799
5 1 (0.362%) JSP 440
System Software
1 34 (12.32%) vSphere
2 28 (10.14%) Hyper-V
3 26 (9.420%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (7.609%) XenApp
5 18 (6.522%) XenDesktop
6 14 (5.072%) Microsoft App-V
7 11 (3.986%) VMware ESX
8 8 (2.899%) NFS
9 7 (2.536%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 5 (1.812%) XenServer
11 4 (1.449%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
12 3 (1.087%) Terminal Services
12 3 (1.087%) Postfix
13 2 (0.725%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.362%) ISA Server
14 1 (0.362%) Samba
14 1 (0.362%) UAG
Systems Management
1 53 (19.20%) SCCM
2 25 (9.058%) SCOM
3 13 (4.710%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 11 (3.986%) Backup Exec
5 8 (2.899%) Tivoli
6 7 (2.536%) Norton AntiVirus
6 7 (2.536%) OpenView
6 7 (2.536%) ServiceCenter
7 6 (2.174%) Puppet
7 6 (2.174%) Netcool
7 6 (2.174%) Nagios
8 3 (1.087%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 3 (1.087%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 3 (1.087%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 2 (0.725%) WSUS
9 2 (0.725%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.725%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.362%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 1 (0.362%) DameWare
10 1 (0.362%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 135 (48.91%) Microsoft
2 86 (31.16%) Citrix
3 68 (24.64%) VMware
4 48 (17.39%) Cisco
5 25 (9.058%) HP
6 16 (5.797%) AppSense
6 16 (5.797%) NetApp
7 15 (5.435%) Lotus
8 14 (5.072%) Oracle
9 13 (4.710%) IBM
10 12 (4.348%) CA
10 12 (4.348%) CheckPoint
11 11 (3.986%) Kaspersky
12 10 (3.623%) Symantec
13 8 (2.899%) Clearswift
13 8 (2.899%) SurfControl
13 8 (2.899%) Red Hat
14 7 (2.536%) Dell
14 7 (2.536%) Lumension
15 5 (1.812%) McAfee
2nd Line Support- Windows 03 / 08, AD, Exchange, Windows XP
Merseyside
My client has an urgent requirement for a 2nd Line Support professional professional to support a Windows 2003 / 2008 and Windows XP / 7 environment. You will be required...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £12 - £16 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer
Liverpool, North West
The successful candidate will be required to ensure the IT Infrasturture is maintained and is appropriate to support the companies business requirements. The work will be mostly project...
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Posted: 15 May 2013
1st / 2nd Line Support - Windows XP / 7, MS Office, Citrix
Manchester, Lancashire
My client has an urgent requirement for 1st / 2nd Line Support professional to support a Microsoft / Citrix environment. The right candidate will be required to have strong commercial...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £10 - £15 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Application Packager
Manchester, North West
Application PackagerApplication Packager required for a large Windows 7 deployment based in Manchester.Key Responsibilities, Accountabilities or Duties:The Application Packager will have specific accountability with regard to:...
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
2nd / 3rd Line Infra Anaylst - Cheshire - Contract
Cheshire, North West
Essential Experience - Microsoft IIS Experience - Windows Server 2003/2008 - Exchange 2003/2007 - Active Directory - Network maintenance, switches, firewalls, routers, lan and wan - Internet, Wi-fi, systems integrity/security...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013
3rd Line IT Support Engineer - Windows 2008, SCCM, SIMS, Citrix
Greater Manchester
The 3rd Line IT Support Engineer will be required to oversee the deployment and configuration of Windows 2008, Active Directory including Group Policy, migrate user data and to...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £175 - £225 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
SCCM SUPPORT ENGINEER - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / 2ND LINE SUPPORT - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
2nd Line Service Desk Analyst (FTC)
Manchester, North West
The objective of the position is to provide a user support function or 'Service Desk' facility to all members of the company and undertake technical projects when required...
Hudson
Rate: £22000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Network Engineer - Contract
Liverpool, Merseyside
Windows Server 2000, 2003 & 2008 administration & troubleshooting. Linux OS inc Redhat, Centos & Ubuntu administration & troubleshooting. Microsoft Exchange 2003 inc Webmail administration & troubleshooting... Symantec Backup Exec v11 & 2012. HP...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £0.00 per day + company benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Infrastructure Support Consultant
Manchester, North West
Use knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, LAN/WAN, IP addresses, and administration to complete a variety of projects... Desirables: Experience with SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013, InfoPath, Windows...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Implementations Engineer / Project Manager
Manchester, Lancashire
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Rate: From £15 to £25 per hour
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