Active Directory Contracts in Reading
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 22 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 Reading 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 18 12 19
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 68 96 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 7.898% 8.436% 7.759%
As % of the System Software category 64.15% 80.67% 48.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 39 28
Average daily rate £245 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £223 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £405 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 8
Average hourly rate £18.50 £15.50 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.35% +47.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 106 119 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 12.31% 10.46% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 50 72
Average daily rate £328 £340 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.67% -9.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £235 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 8
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.50 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.58% +47.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Berkshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading Active Directory Hourly Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

1 117 (83.57%) Windows
2 85 (60.71%) Microsoft
3 57 (40.71%) Windows XP
4 53 (37.86%) VMware
4 53 (37.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 52 (37.14%) Windows 7
6 50 (35.71%) MS Office
7 46 (32.86%) Windows Server 2003
8 37 (26.43%) MS Exchange
9 34 (24.29%) SQL
10 31 (22.14%) MS Excel
11 30 (21.43%) SharePoint
12 28 (20.00%) Citrix
13 27 (19.29%) LAN
13 27 (19.29%) SQL Server
13 27 (19.29%) VMware Infrastructure
14 23 (16.43%) WAN
15 22 (15.71%) Blackberry
15 22 (15.71%) Retail
16 21 (15.00%) SCCM
16 21 (15.00%) TCP/IP
17 20 (14.29%) VPN
17 20 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
18 18 (12.86%) Internet
18 18 (12.86%) HP
19 17 (12.14%) Exchange Server 2007
20 16 (11.43%) Lotus
21 15 (10.71%) DNS
21 15 (10.71%) IIS
21 15 (10.71%) Lotus Notes

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 10 (7.143%) .NET
2 8 (5.714%) HTML
3 7 (5.000%) XML
4 6 (4.286%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.571%) WCF
5 5 (3.571%) Silverlight
5 5 (3.571%) Middleware
5 5 (3.571%) Web Services
6 2 (1.429%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.429%) CSS
6 2 (1.429%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 37 (26.43%) MS Exchange
2 30 (21.43%) SharePoint
3 17 (12.14%) Exchange Server 2007
4 15 (10.71%) IIS
4 15 (10.71%) Lotus Notes
5 10 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
6 7 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (4.286%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (3.571%) Windows Azure
8 5 (3.571%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.714%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.714%) Documentum
Applications
1 50 (35.71%) MS Office
2 31 (22.14%) MS Excel
3 6 (4.286%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.714%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.714%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.714%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (3.571%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (3.571%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.429%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 27 (19.29%) LAN
2 23 (16.43%) WAN
3 21 (15.00%) TCP/IP
4 20 (14.29%) VPN
5 18 (12.86%) Internet
6 15 (10.71%) DNS
7 10 (7.143%) SAN
8 9 (6.429%) DHCP
9 8 (5.714%) Ethernet
10 6 (4.286%) Intranet
11 5 (3.571%) LDAP
12 3 (2.143%) IP Telephony
12 3 (2.143%) NAS
12 3 (2.143%) Firewall
12 3 (2.143%) Wireless
13 2 (1.429%) Junos
13 2 (1.429%) ADSL
13 2 (1.429%) HTTP
13 2 (1.429%) MPLS
13 2 (1.429%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (19.29%) SQL Server
2 14 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (4.286%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.143%) IDOL
7 2 (1.429%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.714%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 7 (5.000%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.857%) MSI
3 2 (1.429%) Wise Package Studio
3 2 (1.429%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (1.429%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.429%) StarTeam
4 1 (0.714%) InstallShield
General
1 22 (15.71%) Retail
2 13 (9.286%) Telecoms
2 13 (9.286%) Finance
3 10 (7.143%) Aerospace
4 3 (2.143%) Publishing
5 2 (1.429%) Marketing
6 1 (0.714%) Banking
6 1 (0.714%) Games
6 1 (0.714%) Automotive
6 1 (0.714%) French Language
6 1 (0.714%) German Language
6 1 (0.714%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 30 (21.43%) Support Engineer
2 29 (20.71%) Analyst
3 24 (17.14%) 2nd Line Support
4 14 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (10.00%) Service Analyst
5 13 (9.286%) Desktop Support
5 13 (9.286%) Desktop Engineer
5 13 (9.286%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 9 (6.429%) Support Technician
6 9 (6.429%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (5.714%) Support Analyst
7 8 (5.714%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 8 (5.714%) IT Support
8 7 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
8 7 (5.000%) Administrator
9 6 (4.286%) Consultant
10 5 (3.571%) CRM Consultant
10 5 (3.571%) Microsoft Consultant
10 5 (3.571%) Team Leader
10 5 (3.571%) Senior Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.71%) Blackberry
2 9 (6.429%) Clustering
3 7 (5.000%) NHS
4 4 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.857%) PDA
5 3 (2.143%) PKI
5 3 (2.143%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.429%) Thin Client
6 2 (1.429%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.429%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.429%) Replication
7 1 (0.714%) FMCG
7 1 (0.714%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 117 (83.57%) Windows
2 57 (40.71%) Windows XP
3 53 (37.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 52 (37.14%) Windows 7
5 46 (32.86%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (5.714%) Windows 2000 Server
7 6 (4.286%) Mac OS X
7 6 (4.286%) Windows Vista
8 4 (2.857%) UNIX
8 4 (2.857%) Windows 2000
9 2 (1.429%) HPUX
9 2 (1.429%) Solaris
9 2 (1.429%) Linux
9 2 (1.429%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.714%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (7.857%) Software Deployment
2 8 (5.714%) Migration
3 7 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (5.000%) ITIL
4 6 (4.286%) Software Distribution
4 6 (4.286%) Incident Management
5 5 (3.571%) Validation
5 5 (3.571%) Workflow
5 5 (3.571%) Project Management
5 5 (3.571%) EAI
5 5 (3.571%) CRM
6 4 (2.857%) System Testing
6 4 (2.857%) Knowledge Management
7 3 (2.143%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (2.143%) Change Management
7 3 (2.143%) ITSM
7 3 (2.143%) Identity Management
8 2 (1.429%) Network Architecture
8 2 (1.429%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (1.429%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.29%) SQL
2 14 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.143%) C#
4 4 (2.857%) VBScript
4 4 (2.857%) VB
5 2 (1.429%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.714%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.714%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.571%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.571%) MCP
4 11 (7.857%) MCSE
5 6 (4.286%) MCDST
6 3 (2.143%) CCA
6 3 (2.143%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (1.429%) HNC
7 2 (1.429%) Degree
7 2 (1.429%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.714%) VCP4
8 1 (0.714%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.714%) MCDBA
8 1 (0.714%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.286%) SLA
2 3 (2.143%) QA
3 2 (1.429%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.429%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.714%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (19.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (8.571%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (6.429%) vSphere
4 7 (5.000%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.571%) XenApp
6 4 (2.857%) ISA Server
7 3 (2.143%) VMware Server
7 3 (2.143%) NLBS
8 2 (1.429%) MetaFrame
8 2 (1.429%) NFS
8 2 (1.429%) XenServer
8 2 (1.429%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 2 (1.429%) VMware ESX
9 1 (0.714%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.714%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.714%) Shibboleth
9 1 (0.714%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.714%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.714%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 21 (15.00%) SCCM
2 7 (5.000%) SCOM
2 7 (5.000%) Unicenter
3 4 (2.857%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 3 (2.143%) MIIS
5 2 (1.429%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.714%) WSUS
Vendors
1 85 (60.71%) Microsoft
2 53 (37.86%) VMware
3 28 (20.00%) Citrix
4 18 (12.86%) HP
5 16 (11.43%) Lotus
6 10 (7.143%) Remedy
7 8 (5.714%) FrontRange
8 7 (5.000%) CA
8 7 (5.000%) Cisco
8 7 (5.000%) Royalblue
9 6 (4.286%) Clearswift
10 4 (2.857%) Dell
10 4 (2.857%) EMC
10 4 (2.857%) Sitecore
10 4 (2.857%) Hummingbird
11 3 (2.143%) Altiris
11 3 (2.143%) Red Hat
11 3 (2.143%) Apple
12 2 (1.429%) Borland
12 2 (1.429%) NetApp
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