Oxfordshire Active Directory Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the Oxfordshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Active Directory
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bognor Regis Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy County Antrim Coventry Cramlington Crawley Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Ely Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Fife Fleetwood Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Greenwich Guildford Guisborough Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Hartlepool Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Man Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochdale Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	9	19
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	77	37
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.103 %	0.037 %
As % of the category below	81.91 %	69.81 %
Daily rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum daily rate	£248	£300
Average daily rate	£274	£308
% change on same period last year	-10.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£315
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£303
% change on same period last year	-2.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	37	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.05	£19.30
Average hourly rate	£19.49	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-2.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.94	£20.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.55	£18.80
% change on same period last year	-6.62 %
System Software Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	94	53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.125 %	0.054 %
Daily rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum daily rate	£232	£305
Average daily rate	£266	£311
% change on same period last year	-14.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£316
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£327
% change on same period last year	-1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	44	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.52	£26.72
Average hourly rate	£22.69	£27.53
% change on same period last year	-17.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.87	£28.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.00	£22.17
% change on same period last year	-5.27 %
Active Directory South East

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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Oxfordshire region.

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Active Directory
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Oxford	+17	36	£250	-
Bicester	-	10	£290	-
Abingdon	0	7	-	-
Witney	-	1	-	-
Banbury	-	1	-	-

Active Directory South East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 85 (68.00 %) Windows 2 42 (33.60 %) Microsoft 3 39 (31.20 %) MS Exchange 4 34 (27.20 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 26 (20.80 %) Windows XP 6 24 (19.20 %) Microsoft Certification 7 23 (18.40 %) Windows Server 2003 8 20 (16.00 %) Citrix 9 19 (15.20 %) Windows 2000 10 18 (14.40 %) MCSE 10 18 (14.40 %) TCP/IP 11 17 (13.60 %) MS Excel 12 16 (12.80 %) SQL 12 16 (12.80 %) VMware 13 14 (11.20 %) MS Office

13 14 (11.20 %) DNS 13 14 (11.20 %) Cisco 14 13 (10.40 %) SAN 14 13 (10.40 %) WAN 14 13 (10.40 %) Linux 14 13 (10.40 %) LAN 15 12 (9.600 %) SQL Server 15 12 (9.600 %) Exchange Server 2000 16 11 (8.800 %) WSUS 17 10 (8.000 %) Symantec 18 9 (7.200 %) MCP 19 8 (6.400 %) Windows NT 19 8 (6.400 %) DHCP 19 8 (6.400 %) VPN 20 7 (5.600 %) Backup Exec

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (0.800 %) HTML 1 1 (0.800 %) .NET 1 1 (0.800 %) ADO.NET 1 1 (0.800 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (0.800 %) WebServices 1 1 (0.800 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 39 (31.20 %) MS Exchange 2 34 (27.20 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 12 (9.600 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 5 (4.000 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 5 (4.000 %) Live Communications Server 5 3 (2.400 %) SharePoint 5 3 (2.400 %) IIS 6 2 (1.600 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 2 (1.600 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 1 (0.800 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (0.800 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.800 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 17 (13.60 %) MS Excel 2 14 (11.20 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 18 (14.40 %) TCP/IP 2 14 (11.20 %) DNS 3 13 (10.40 %) SAN 3 13 (10.40 %) LAN 3 13 (10.40 %) WAN 4 8 (6.400 %) DHCP 4 8 (6.400 %) VPN 5 5 (4.000 %) IP Telephony 6 4 (3.200 %) VoIP 7 3 (2.400 %) ADSL 8 2 (1.600 %) SMS 8 2 (1.600 %) Ethernet 8 2 (1.600 %) Internet 8 2 (1.600 %) Firewall 8 2 (1.600 %) Wireless 9 1 (0.800 %) Intrusion Detection 9 1 (0.800 %) Cisco IPT 9 1 (0.800 %) PPTP 9 1 (0.800 %) Intranet 9 1 (0.800 %) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (9.600 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.600 %) SQL Server 7 2 2 (1.600 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (0.800 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (0.800 %) Informix 3 1 (0.800 %) BusinessObjects	General 1 6 (4.800 %) Auditing 2 3 (2.400 %) Telecoms 3 2 (1.600 %) Finance 3 2 (1.600 %) Back Office 4 1 (0.800 %) Automotive 4 1 (0.800 %) Education 4 1 (0.800 %) Government 4 1 (0.800 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (0.800 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 30 (24.00 %) Analyst 2 27 (21.60 %) Support Engineer 3 18 (14.40 %) 3rd Line Support 4 14 (11.20 %) Server Support 5 13 (10.40 %) Server Engineer 6 12 (9.600 %) 2nd Line Support 7 11 (8.800 %) Support Analyst 7 11 (8.800 %) Helpdesk Analyst 8 10 (8.000 %) Systems Engineer 8 10 (8.000 %) Systems Administrator 8 10 (8.000 %) Administrator 9 8 (6.400 %) Desktop Support 10 7 (5.600 %) Server Support Engineer 11 6 (4.800 %) Systems Support Engineer 11 6 (4.800 %) Consultant 11 6 (4.800 %) Systems Support 12 4 (3.200 %) Service Analyst 12 4 (3.200 %) Technical Analyst 12 4 (3.200 %) Service Desk Analyst 12 4 (3.200 %) Technical Lead	Miscellaneous 1 4 (3.200 %) Blackberry 2 2 (1.600 %) Clustering 3 1 (0.800 %) AS400 3 1 (0.800 %) Replication
Operating Systems 1 85 (68.00 %) Windows 2 26 (20.80 %) Windows XP 3 23 (18.40 %) Windows Server 2003 4 19 (15.20 %) Windows 2000 5 13 (10.40 %) Linux 6 8 (6.400 %) Windows NT 7 4 (3.200 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (4.800 %) ITIL 2 4 (3.200 %) Migration 3 3 (2.400 %) Service Management 3 3 (2.400 %) Disaster Recovery 4 2 (1.600 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (1.600 %) CRM 5 1 (0.800 %) Service Delivery 5 1 (0.800 %) Data Security 5 1 (0.800 %) Information Security 5 1 (0.800 %) Agile Software Development 5 1 (0.800 %) Data Analysis 5 1 (0.800 %) Software Testing 5 1 (0.800 %) Load Balancing 5 1 (0.800 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (0.800 %) DV Cleared 5 1 (0.800 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 16 (12.80 %) SQL 2 1 (0.800 %) VBScript 2 1 (0.800 %) PowerShell 2 1 (0.800 %) C#	Qualifications 1 24 (19.20 %) Microsoft Certification 2 18 (14.40 %) MCSE 3 9 (7.200 %) MCP 4 6 (4.800 %) MCSA 5 5 (4.000 %) Cisco Certification 6 2 (1.600 %) MCTS 6 2 (1.600 %) Degree 7 1 (0.800 %) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.400 %) SLA	System Software 1 7 (5.600 %) Backup Exec 2 6 (4.800 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 4 (3.200 %) Terminal Services 4 3 (2.400 %) VMware ESX 5 2 (1.600 %) ISA Server 6 1 (0.800 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 11 (8.800 %) WSUS 2 5 (4.000 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 42 (33.60 %) Microsoft 2 20 (16.00 %) Citrix 3 16 (12.80 %) VMware 4 14 (11.20 %) Cisco 5 10 (8.000 %) Symantec 6 7 (5.600 %) NetApp 7 5 (4.000 %) HP 7 5 (4.000 %) VERITAS 8 3 (2.400 %) Red Hat 8 3 (2.400 %) Oracle 9 2 (1.600 %) IBM 9 2 (1.600 %) Sophos 9 2 (1.600 %) NEC 10 1 (0.800 %) McAfee Security 10 1 (0.800 %) CODA 10 1 (0.800 %) Agresso 10 1 (0.800 %) Lotus 10 1 (0.800 %) Business Objects 10 1 (0.800 %) Novell 10 1 (0.800 %) LANDesk