The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 17 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 Peterborough 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 8 8 20
Rank change year-on-year
0 +12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 9 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 9.574% 13.10% 3.604%
As % of the System Software category 64.29% 84.62% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £223 £256 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.17% -10.86%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £17.25 £12.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.75% -55.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.16 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.83%
All System Software
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
14 13 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 14.89% 15.48% 6.306%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
Average daily rate £223 £275 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.09% -4.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
Average hourly rate £17.25 £12.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.75% -55.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 14 (73.68%) Windows 7
3 13 (68.42%) MS Exchange
4 12 (63.16%) HP
4 12 (63.16%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (57.89%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (57.89%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (52.63%) Cisco
6 10 (52.63%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (47.37%) Migration
7 9 (47.37%) Hyper-V
8 8 (42.11%) SQL Server 2008
8 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
8 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
8 8 (42.11%) ITIL
8 8 (42.11%) Firewall
9 7 (36.84%) Wireless
9 7 (36.84%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (31.58%) Altiris
11 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
12 3 (15.79%) Intranet
12 3 (15.79%) Internet
12 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (15.79%) Riverbed
12 3 (15.79%) Lync
12 3 (15.79%) Unified Communications
12 3 (15.79%) Exinda
13 2 (10.53%) VMware
13 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
13 2 (10.53%) SQL

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 (5.263%) COM
Application Platforms
1 13 (68.42%) MS Exchange
2 11 (57.89%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (52.63%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (15.79%) Lync
5 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Firewall
2 7 (36.84%) Wireless
2 7 (36.84%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (15.79%) Unified Communications
3 3 (15.79%) Intranet
3 3 (15.79%) Internet
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (5.263%) LAN
4 1 (5.263%) WAN
4 1 (5.263%) DHCP
4 1 (5.263%) HTTP
4 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.263%) DNS
4 1 (5.263%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
1 8 (42.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) IT Support
5 1 (5.263%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) Network Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.263%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 14 (73.68%) Windows 7
3 12 (63.16%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (57.89%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
6 1 (5.263%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Migration
2 8 (42.11%) ITIL
3 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
System Software
1 9 (47.37%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.263%) vSphere
2 1 (5.263%) vCloud
2 1 (5.263%) VMware Server
2 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) ARCserve
1 1 (5.263%) WSUS
1 1 (5.263%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) HP
2 10 (52.63%) Cisco
3 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
4 6 (31.58%) Altiris
5 3 (15.79%) Riverbed
5 3 (15.79%) Exinda
6 2 (10.53%) VMware
7 1 (5.263%) Intel
7 1 (5.263%) Citrix
7 1 (5.263%) NetApp
7 1 (5.263%) Symantec
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