North West Active Directory Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the North West region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Active Directory
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Belper Berkshire Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury Bury St Edmunds Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London Cobham Colchester Coleraine Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Ely Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Haslemere Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Kegworth Kent Kingswinford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liphook Liverpool London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Neath Port Talbot New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Pershore Peterborough Plymouth Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Potters Bar Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redditch Redhill Romford Rotherham Rugby Sale Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thatcham Thirsk Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	28
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	118	179
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.190 %	0.192 %
As % of the category below	67.43 %	70.75 %
Daily rates quoted	12	9
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£215
Average daily rate	£338	£242
% change on same period last year	+40.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£268
UK excluding London average daily rate	£286	£280
% change on same period last year	+2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	40	76
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.07	£13.55
Average hourly rate	£17.38	£15.19
% change on same period last year	+14.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.69	£16.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.15	£18.00
% change on same period last year	+0.83 %
System Software North West
Matching contract IT job ads	175	253
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.281 %	0.272 %
Daily rates quoted	28	29
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£287
Average daily rate	£344	£300
% change on same period last year	+14.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£314
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£318
% change on same period last year	-0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	46	80
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.55	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£20.85	£16.74
% change on same period last year	+24.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.14	£18.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.99	£21.09
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
Active Directory England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Active Directory
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Active Directory across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Active Directory across the North West region.

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 2 December 2008.

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Active Directory across the North West region.

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

The 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 2 December 2008.

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 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-9	48	£301	+7.50 %
Merseyside	-1	25	-	-
Cheshire	-7	25	£365	+56.45 %
Lancashire	0	15	-	-
Cumbria	-2	3	-	-

Active Directory England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

1 173 (71.19 %) Windows 2 83 (34.16 %) Windows XP 3 81 (33.33 %) Windows Server 2003 4 73 (30.04 %) Microsoft 5 58 (23.87 %) MS Exchange 6 53 (21.81 %) Citrix 7 41 (16.87 %) MS Office 8 40 (16.46 %) Microsoft Certification 9 37 (15.23 %) MCSE 10 33 (13.58 %) Exchange Server 2003 11 29 (11.93 %) Cisco 12 27 (11.11 %) MS Excel 13 24 (9.877 %) LAN 13 24 (9.877 %) ITIL 14 23 (9.465 %) WAN

15 22 (9.053 %) Windows 2000 16 21 (8.642 %) DNS 17 19 (7.819 %) SQL 18 18 (7.407 %) VMware 19 16 (6.584 %) Firewall 19 16 (6.584 %) SQL Server 19 16 (6.584 %) Windows 2000 Server 20 15 (6.173 %) DHCP 21 14 (5.761 %) TCP/IP 21 14 (5.761 %) LDAP 21 14 (5.761 %) SAN 22 12 (4.938 %) Novell 22 12 (4.938 %) Windows NT 22 12 (4.938 %) Clustering 22 12 (4.938 %) Migration

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 10 (4.115 %) .NET 2 8 (3.292 %) ASP.NET 3 7 (2.881 %) XSL 4 5 (2.058 %) WebServices 4 5 (2.058 %) HTML 5 4 (1.646 %) SAP Basis 6 3 (1.235 %) ADSI 7 2 (0.823 %) XML 8 1 (0.412 %) WMI 8 1 (0.412 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 58 (23.87 %) MS Exchange 2 33 (13.58 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 11 (4.527 %) Lotus Notes 4 9 (3.704 %) SharePoint 5 8 (3.292 %) IIS 6 6 (2.469 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 6 (2.469 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 4 (1.646 %) Exchange Server 5.5 8 1 (0.412 %) CMS 8 1 (0.412 %) Lotus Domino 8 1 (0.412 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 41 (16.87 %) MS Office 2 27 (11.11 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.235 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.823 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 3 (1.235 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 24 (9.877 %) LAN 2 23 (9.465 %) WAN 3 21 (8.642 %) DNS 4 16 (6.584 %) Firewall 5 15 (6.173 %) DHCP 6 14 (5.761 %) LDAP 6 14 (5.761 %) TCP/IP 6 14 (5.761 %) SAN 7 11 (4.527 %) SMS 8 10 (4.115 %) VPN 9 8 (3.292 %) Ethernet 10 4 (1.646 %) VoIP 11 3 (1.235 %) Internet 11 3 (1.235 %) IP Telephony 11 3 (1.235 %) Intrusion Detection 12 2 (0.823 %) Broadband 12 2 (0.823 %) 3G 12 2 (0.823 %) DSL 12 2 (0.823 %) SSL 12 2 (0.823 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (6.584 %) SQL Server 2 5 (2.058 %) RDBMS 2 5 (2.058 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 2 5 (2.058 %) SQL Server 2005 2 5 (2.058 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 3 4 (1.646 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 2 (0.823 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (0.412 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.412 %) GIS 5 1 (0.412 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 5 (2.058 %) Visual Studio 1 5 (2.058 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 2 (0.823 %) MSI 2 2 (0.823 %) InstallShield 3 1 (0.412 %) WinRunner 3 1 (0.412 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.412 %) QuickTest Pro 3 1 (0.412 %) ProC	General 1 8 (3.292 %) Finance 2 7 (2.881 %) Government 3 6 (2.469 %) Banking 4 5 (2.058 %) Health 5 4 (1.646 %) Retail 5 4 (1.646 %) Local Government 6 2 (0.823 %) Pensions 6 2 (0.823 %) Retail Banking 6 2 (0.823 %) Manufacturing 6 2 (0.823 %) Telecoms 7 1 (0.412 %) Education
Job Titles 1 62 (25.51 %) Analyst 2 43 (17.70 %) Support Engineer 3 23 (9.465 %) Helpdesk Analyst 4 19 (7.819 %) 3rd Line Support 4 19 (7.819 %) Desktop Support 5 18 (7.407 %) Support Analyst 5 18 (7.407 %) Desktop Engineer 6 17 (6.996 %) 2nd Line Support 7 15 (6.173 %) Administrator 8 14 (5.761 %) 1st Line Support 8 14 (5.761 %) Helpdesk Support 9 10 (4.115 %) Server Engineer 10 9 (3.704 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 8 (3.292 %) Service Desk Analyst 11 8 (3.292 %) Network Analyst 11 8 (3.292 %) Service Analyst 11 8 (3.292 %) Support Technician 12 7 (2.881 %) Systems Administrator 12 7 (2.881 %) Technical Support 12 7 (2.881 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 12 (4.938 %) Clustering 2 9 (3.704 %) NHS 3 5 (2.058 %) N-Tier 4 4 (1.646 %) Blackberry 5 3 (1.235 %) PDA 5 3 (1.235 %) Spanish Language 6 2 (0.823 %) Fat Client 6 2 (0.823 %) Client/Server 6 2 (0.823 %) Computer Science 6 2 (0.823 %) Replication 6 2 (0.823 %) CLARiiON 6 2 (0.823 %) Thin Client 7 1 (0.412 %) EPoS 7 1 (0.412 %) Management Information System 7 1 (0.412 %) AS400 7 1 (0.412 %) Informatics
Operating Systems 1 173 (71.19 %) Windows 2 83 (34.16 %) Windows XP 3 81 (33.33 %) Windows Server 2003 4 22 (9.053 %) Windows 2000 5 16 (6.584 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 12 (4.938 %) Windows NT 7 9 (3.704 %) UNIX 8 7 (2.881 %) NetWare 9 5 (2.058 %) VMS 10 3 (1.235 %) Windows Vista 11 2 (0.823 %) AIX 12 1 (0.412 %) Linux 12 1 (0.412 %) OS/400 12 1 (0.412 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 24 (9.877 %) ITIL 2 12 (4.938 %) Migration 3 10 (4.115 %) Disaster Recovery 4 6 (2.469 %) Network Design 5 5 (2.058 %) Service Management 6 3 (1.235 %) DRM 6 3 (1.235 %) Project Management 6 3 (1.235 %) PRINCE2 6 3 (1.235 %) Identity Management 6 3 (1.235 %) Risk Management 6 3 (1.235 %) Computer Forensics 6 3 (1.235 %) Time Management 6 3 (1.235 %) SC Cleared 6 3 (1.235 %) Security Cleared 7 2 (0.823 %) BCP 7 2 (0.823 %) Business Continuity 7 2 (0.823 %) Business Intelligence 8 1 (0.412 %) PRINCE 8 1 (0.412 %) Quality Management 8 1 (0.412 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 19 (7.819 %) SQL 2 7 (2.881 %) VBScript 2 7 (2.881 %) VB.NET 3 6 (2.469 %) VB 4 4 (1.646 %) Java 5 3 (1.235 %) C# 5 3 (1.235 %) C++ 6 2 (0.823 %) JavaScript 6 2 (0.823 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (0.412 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.412 %) Shell Script 7 1 (0.412 %) Korn 7 1 (0.412 %) PowerShell 7 1 (0.412 %) C	Qualifications 1 40 (16.46 %) Microsoft Certification 2 37 (15.23 %) MCSE 3 11 (4.527 %) MCP 4 7 (2.881 %) Cisco Certification 5 5 (2.058 %) Citrix Certification 5 5 (2.058 %) CCNA 6 4 (1.646 %) CCNP 6 4 (1.646 %) Degree 7 2 (0.823 %) CCEA 7 2 (0.823 %) ISEB 7 2 (0.823 %) CCA 7 2 (0.823 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 8 1 (0.412 %) MCDST 8 1 (0.412 %) MCTS 8 1 (0.412 %) MCITP 8 1 (0.412 %) CNA 8 1 (0.412 %) Novell Certification 8 1 (0.412 %) ITIL Certification 8 1 (0.412 %) CCDP 8 1 (0.412 %) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (2.881 %) SLA 2 2 (0.823 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 9 (3.704 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 8 (3.292 %) Backup Exec 3 7 (2.881 %) Novell eDirectory 4 6 (2.469 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 6 (2.469 %) Terminal Services 5 4 (1.646 %) ISA Server 6 3 (1.235 %) VMware ESX 7 2 (0.823 %) VMware Workstation 7 2 (0.823 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 8 1 (0.412 %) VMware Server
Systems Management 1 8 (3.292 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 6 (2.469 %) MOM 3 2 (0.823 %) SCCM 3 2 (0.823 %) SCOM 3 2 (0.823 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 2 (0.823 %) MIIS 4 1 (0.412 %) DameWare 4 1 (0.412 %) WSUS 4 1 (0.412 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 73 (30.04 %) Microsoft 2 53 (21.81 %) Citrix 3 29 (11.93 %) Cisco 4 18 (7.407 %) VMware 5 12 (4.938 %) Novell 6 11 (4.527 %) Oracle 6 11 (4.527 %) Lotus 7 10 (4.115 %) VERITAS 8 9 (3.704 %) HP 8 9 (3.704 %) EMC 9 8 (3.292 %) Remedy 10 7 (2.881 %) SAP 10 7 (2.881 %) IBM 10 7 (2.881 %) Dell 11 3 (1.235 %) BMC 11 3 (1.235 %) 3Com 12 2 (0.823 %) Altiris 12 2 (0.823 %) CA 12 2 (0.823 %) Intel 12 2 (0.823 %) Compaq