The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 22 20 21
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 29 35 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 6.561% 5.564% 7.333%
As % of the System Software category 35.80% 72.92% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 0
Average daily rate £325 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 24
Average hourly rate £13.75 £17.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +18.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.08 £16.50 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.50 £22.50 £26.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
81 48 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 18.33% 7.631% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 9 8
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 27
Average hourly rate £14.50 £16.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.12% +3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.45 £16.50 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.30 £21.15 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Oxford -1 12 £204 -37.30%
Abingdon +4 5 £338 -
Witney +3 1 - -
Kidlington +1 1 - -
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 49 (79.03%) Windows
2 28 (45.16%) VMware
3 26 (41.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (37.10%) Windows Server 2003
5 20 (32.26%) Windows 7
6 18 (29.03%) Windows XP
6 18 (29.03%) MS Exchange
7 17 (27.42%) Microsoft
8 13 (20.97%) MS Excel
9 12 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (16.13%) DNS
10 10 (16.13%) MS Office
11 9 (14.52%) SQL
11 9 (14.52%) Cisco
11 9 (14.52%) Migration
11 9 (14.52%) Degree
12 8 (12.90%) DHCP
12 8 (12.90%) NetWare
12 8 (12.90%) TCP/IP
12 8 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2010
13 7 (11.29%) ITIL
13 7 (11.29%) Exchange Server 2007
13 7 (11.29%) Altiris
14 6 (9.677%) Disaster Recovery
14 6 (9.677%) SCCM
14 6 (9.677%) Tivoli
14 6 (9.677%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 6 (9.677%) Nagios
14 6 (9.677%) vSphere
15 5 (8.065%) UNIX

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 3 (4.839%) WSH
2 1 (1.613%) XMPP
2 1 (1.613%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 18 (29.03%) MS Exchange
2 8 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (11.29%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (6.452%) SharePoint
5 3 (4.839%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (3.226%) IIS
7 1 (1.613%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 13 (20.97%) MS Excel
2 10 (16.13%) MS Office
3 1 (1.613%) Office 365
3 1 (1.613%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.613%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.13%) DNS
2 8 (12.90%) DHCP
2 8 (12.90%) TCP/IP
3 5 (8.065%) LAN
3 5 (8.065%) VoIP
3 5 (8.065%) WAN
4 4 (6.452%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (4.839%) SAN
5 3 (4.839%) Firewall
6 2 (3.226%) VPN
7 1 (1.613%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.839%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (1.613%) Retail
1 1 (1.613%) Telecoms
1 1 (1.613%) Finance
1 1 (1.613%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (25.81%) Analyst
2 12 (19.35%) Administrator
3 11 (17.74%) Support Analyst
4 9 (14.52%) Support Engineer
5 7 (11.29%) Server Engineer
6 6 (9.677%) Windows Administrator
7 5 (8.065%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (6.452%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (6.452%) Desktop Support
8 4 (6.452%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (6.452%) Technical Support
9 3 (4.839%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (4.839%) Server Support
9 3 (4.839%) Exchange Engineer
9 3 (4.839%) Technical Support Analyst
9 3 (4.839%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (4.839%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.839%) Migration Engineer
10 2 (3.226%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 2 (3.226%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.839%) Replication
2 2 (3.226%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.613%) iPad
3 1 (1.613%) SaaS
3 1 (1.613%) iPhone
3 1 (1.613%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (79.03%) Windows
2 26 (41.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (37.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (32.26%) Windows 7
5 18 (29.03%) Windows XP
6 8 (12.90%) NetWare
7 5 (8.065%) UNIX
8 3 (4.839%) Linux
9 2 (3.226%) Debian
9 2 (3.226%) Windows Vista
10 1 (1.613%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.613%) Windows 2000
10 1 (1.613%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (14.52%) Migration
2 7 (11.29%) ITIL
3 6 (9.677%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (3.226%) Change Control
5 1 (1.613%) Test Strategy
5 1 (1.613%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (1.613%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (1.613%) Project Management
5 1 (1.613%) ERP
5 1 (1.613%) OO
5 1 (1.613%) Software Testing
5 1 (1.613%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (1.613%) Problem Management
5 1 (1.613%) Release Management
5 1 (1.613%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (1.613%) Time Management
5 1 (1.613%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.52%) SQL
2 3 (4.839%) VB
3 1 (1.613%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.613%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) Degree
2 4 (6.452%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.839%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.226%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.226%) MCSE
4 2 (3.226%) CCNA
5 1 (1.613%) CCIE
5 1 (1.613%) MCP
5 1 (1.613%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.613%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.677%) vSphere
3 4 (6.452%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.613%) vCloud
4 1 (1.613%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (9.677%) SCCM
1 6 (9.677%) Tivoli
1 6 (9.677%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 6 (9.677%) Nagios
2 3 (4.839%) SCOM
3 1 (1.613%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.613%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.613%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 28 (45.16%) VMware
2 17 (27.42%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.52%) Cisco
4 7 (11.29%) Altiris
5 4 (6.452%) Citrix
5 4 (6.452%) Apple
6 2 (3.226%) Dell
6 2 (3.226%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.613%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (1.613%) Remedy
7 1 (1.613%) NetApp
7 1 (1.613%) LANDesk
Oxfordshire
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