The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 9 12 16
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 16 15 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 10.60% 8.571% 7.447%
As % of the System Software category 53.33% 78.95% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
Average daily rate £120 £256 £276
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-53.17% -7.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £94 £122 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £389 £357
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 7
Average hourly rate £16.75 £12.25 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.73% -15.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £9.50 £10.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £18.25 £19.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All System Software
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
30 19 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 19.87% 10.86% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 17
Average daily rate £425 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% -3.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 7
Average hourly rate £22.75 £14.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.50% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £9.90 £10.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £22.50 £18.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Active Directory
Yorkshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
York -1 9 £120 -20.00%
Middlesbrough +3 1 - -
Harrogate - 1 - -
Active Directory
Yorkshire

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 36 (85.71%) Windows
2 21 (50.00%) MS Office
3 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 14 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 14 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 11 (26.19%) Windows 7
5 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (16.67%) VMware
7 7 (16.67%) Cisco
8 6 (14.29%) ITIL
9 5 (11.90%) LAN
9 5 (11.90%) Citrix
10 3 (7.143%) Project Management
10 3 (7.143%) SharePoint
10 3 (7.143%) MS Exchange
10 3 (7.143%) Linux
10 3 (7.143%) Problem Management
10 3 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
10 3 (7.143%) vSphere
10 3 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (4.762%) Twitter
11 2 (4.762%) XenApp
11 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (4.762%) Windows Vista
11 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (4.762%) Finance
11 2 (4.762%) TCP/IP
11 2 (4.762%) SLA
11 2 (4.762%) Dell

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 1 (2.381%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.143%) SharePoint
1 3 (7.143%) MS Exchange
1 3 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.381%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (50.00%) MS Office
2 14 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) LAN
2 2 (4.762%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.381%) Intranet
3 1 (2.381%) Internet
3 1 (2.381%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.381%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 2 (4.762%) Finance
2 1 (2.381%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.381%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Analyst
2 10 (23.81%) Support Analyst
3 9 (21.43%) 1st Line Support
4 8 (19.05%) Service Analyst
4 8 (19.05%) Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (19.05%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 6 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (14.29%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.762%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Help Desk Support
7 2 (4.762%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Consultant
8 1 (2.381%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (2.381%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.381%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (85.71%) Windows
2 14 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 11 (26.19%) Windows 7
4 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (7.143%) Linux
7 2 (4.762%) Windows Vista
8 1 (2.381%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (14.29%) ITIL
2 3 (7.143%) Project Management
2 3 (7.143%) Problem Management
3 1 (2.381%) CRM
3 1 (2.381%) Migration
3 1 (2.381%) Service Management
3 1 (2.381%) ITSM
3 1 (2.381%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.381%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.381%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (7.143%) vSphere
2 2 (4.762%) XenApp
3 1 (2.381%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (2.381%) XenServer
3 1 (2.381%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.381%) MOM
1 1 (2.381%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) VMware
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco
3 5 (11.90%) Citrix
4 2 (4.762%) Twitter
4 2 (4.762%) Dell
5 1 (2.381%) IBM
5 1 (2.381%) NetApp
5 1 (2.381%) Veritas
5 1 (2.381%) McAfee
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