The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire 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 16 11 2
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 6 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 9.836% 9.375% 40.00%
As % of the System Software category 30.00% 60.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £345 £350 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% +47.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £350 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £350 £268
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
20 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 32.79% 15.63% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 2
Average daily rate £371 £375 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.00% +57.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £355 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire 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
Erskine -6 6 £345 -1.42%
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 16 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 15 (83.33%) Windows
3 9 (50.00%) HP
4 8 (44.44%) Citrix
4 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (44.44%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (38.89%) SAN
6 5 (27.78%) VMware
7 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
7 4 (22.22%) Finance
7 4 (22.22%) XPath
7 4 (22.22%) HP Operations Orchestration
7 4 (22.22%) Software Deployment
7 4 (22.22%) Veritas
7 4 (22.22%) Netcool
7 4 (22.22%) HTML
7 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 4 (22.22%) XML
7 4 (22.22%) XSL
8 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
8 3 (16.67%) MySQL
8 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 3 (16.67%) Solaris
8 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
8 3 (16.67%) EMC
8 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 3 (16.67%) HP SiteScope
8 3 (16.67%) HP UCMDB

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) XML
1 4 (22.22%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.556%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.556%) CMS
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) SAN
2 2 (11.11%) IPsec
2 2 (11.11%) SSL
3 1 (5.556%) SMS
3 1 (5.556%) DHCP
3 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) MySQL
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) Management Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) CMDB
2 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 3 (16.67%) Solaris
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Software Deployment
2 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 3 (16.67%) Software Distribution
2 3 (16.67%) Information Assurance
2 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 3 (16.67%) Service Management
2 3 (16.67%) Capacity Management
3 1 (5.556%) Project Management
3 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) XPath
1 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 3 (16.67%) Jython
3 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 16 (88.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.556%) ISA Server
2 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.556%) XenApp
2 1 (5.556%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 8 (44.44%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 4 (22.22%) HP Operations Orchestration
2 4 (22.22%) Netcool
3 3 (16.67%) HP SiteScope
3 3 (16.67%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (5.556%) MOM
4 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
4 1 (5.556%) SCCM
4 1 (5.556%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) HP
2 8 (44.44%) Citrix
3 5 (27.78%) VMware
4 4 (22.22%) Veritas
5 3 (16.67%) EMC
5 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.11%) Lumension
6 2 (11.11%) CA
7 1 (5.556%) Lotus
7 1 (5.556%) Symantec