The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 10 22 13
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 29 8 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 10.07% 3.571% 6.438%
As % of the System Software category 65.91% 44.44% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
Average daily rate £275 £235 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.02% +9.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 4
Average hourly rate £11.75 £11.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.81% -27.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.02 £10.20 £12.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £26.20 £19.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
44 18 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 15.28% 8.036% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 3
Average daily rate £415 £325 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.69% +54.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 8
Average hourly rate £22.25 £20.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.53% -18.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £10.30 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £27.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Nottinghamshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 39 (69.64%) Windows
2 25 (44.64%) Microsoft
3 17 (30.36%) Windows Server 2008
4 16 (28.57%) VMware
5 15 (26.79%) MS Excel
5 15 (26.79%) Windows XP
5 15 (26.79%) MS Exchange
6 14 (25.00%) Citrix
6 14 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (19.64%) MS Office
7 11 (19.64%) Windows 7
8 10 (17.86%) Windows 2000
8 10 (17.86%) SQL Server
8 10 (17.86%) Cisco
9 9 (16.07%) SAN
10 7 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
10 7 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
10 7 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
10 7 (12.50%) HP
11 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (10.71%) Remedy
11 6 (10.71%) Blackberry
11 6 (10.71%) Linux
11 6 (10.71%) MS PowerPoint
11 6 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2010
12 5 (8.929%) Exchange Server 2003
12 5 (8.929%) Firewall
12 5 (8.929%) Wireless
12 5 (8.929%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (8.929%) PRINCE2

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 2 (3.571%) .NET
1 2 (3.571%) HTML
1 2 (3.571%) ASP
1 2 (3.571%) ASP.NET
1 2 (3.571%) XML
Application Platforms
1 15 (26.79%) MS Exchange
2 6 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (8.929%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (5.357%) Lotus Domino
5 3 (5.357%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.786%) GroupWise
6 1 (1.786%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (26.79%) MS Excel
2 11 (19.64%) MS Office
3 6 (10.71%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.786%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) SAN
2 5 (8.929%) Firewall
2 5 (8.929%) Wireless
3 4 (7.143%) WAN
3 4 (7.143%) TCP/IP
3 4 (7.143%) LAN
4 3 (5.357%) DNS
5 2 (3.571%) DHCP
5 2 (3.571%) VoIP
6 1 (1.786%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.786%) VLAN
6 1 (1.786%) Internet
6 1 (1.786%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (3.571%) MS Access
General
1 3 (5.357%) Local Government
1 3 (5.357%) Finance
2 1 (1.786%) Games
2 1 (1.786%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 13 (23.21%) Analyst
3 11 (19.64%) 3rd Line Support
3 11 (19.64%) 2nd Line Support
3 11 (19.64%) IT Support
4 8 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (10.71%) Support Analyst
7 4 (7.143%) Desktop Support
7 4 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (5.357%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (5.357%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (5.357%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (5.357%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 3 (5.357%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.571%) Developer
9 2 (3.571%) .NET Developer
9 2 (3.571%) C# Developer
9 2 (3.571%) SQL Developer
9 2 (3.571%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.571%) NHS
3 1 (1.786%) iPhone
3 1 (1.786%) Clustering
3 1 (1.786%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 39 (69.64%) Windows
2 17 (30.36%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (26.79%) Windows XP
4 14 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (19.64%) Windows 7
6 10 (17.86%) Windows 2000
7 6 (10.71%) Linux
8 2 (3.571%) Windows Vista
8 2 (3.571%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.786%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.786%) Windows NT
9 1 (1.786%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (8.929%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (8.929%) PRINCE2
2 3 (5.357%) Supplier Management
2 3 (5.357%) Project Management
3 2 (3.571%) Configuration Management
3 2 (3.571%) Incident Management
3 2 (3.571%) Matrix Management
4 1 (1.786%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (1.786%) Capacity Management
4 1 (1.786%) Problem Management
4 1 (1.786%) Project Planning
4 1 (1.786%) Migration
4 1 (1.786%) Service Delivery
4 1 (1.786%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (1.786%) Data Analysis
4 1 (1.786%) ITIL
4 1 (1.786%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.929%) SQL
2 4 (7.143%) VBScript
3 2 (3.571%) C#
3 2 (3.571%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.929%) MCSE
3 3 (5.357%) MCP
4 2 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.786%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.786%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.786%) MCITP
5 1 (1.786%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.786%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.786%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 3 (5.357%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.571%) VMware ESX
3 2 (3.571%) XenApp
4 1 (1.786%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (1.786%) UAG
4 1 (1.786%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.786%) SCCM
1 1 (1.786%) DameWare
1 1 (1.786%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 25 (44.64%) Microsoft
2 16 (28.57%) VMware
3 14 (25.00%) Citrix
4 10 (17.86%) Cisco
5 7 (12.50%) HP
6 6 (10.71%) Remedy
7 4 (7.143%) IBM
8 1 (1.786%) Twitter
8 1 (1.786%) Veeam
8 1 (1.786%) Altiris
8 1 (1.786%) Hitachi
8 1 (1.786%) Novell
8 1 (1.786%) Lotus
8 1 (1.786%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.786%) McAfee