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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the South East 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2120
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads700979
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.986 %0.989 %
As % of the category below69.86 %71.88 %
Daily rates quoted151217
Average minimum daily rate£314£302
Average daily rate£333£322
% change on same period last year+3.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£299
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted168275
Average minimum hourly rate£18.39£17.82
Average hourly rate£19.60£18.85
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.81£19.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.27£18.68
% change on same period last year-2.23 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
South East
Matching contract IT job ads10021362
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.411 %1.376 %
Daily rates quoted252325
Average minimum daily rate£318£324
Average daily rate£338£344
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£322
% change on same period last year-0.98 %
Hourly rates quoted189345
Average minimum hourly rate£20.68£20.03
Average hourly rate£21.92£21.13
% change on same period last year+3.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.15£22.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.28£21.36
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Active Directory EnglandActive Directory
England

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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South East Active Directory Demand Trend

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 South East region.

South East Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East Active Directory Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East Active Directory Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireUp+6159£355-3.09 %
HampshireDown-6129£365+25.25 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3120£313-8.13 %
SurreyDown-1479£374+28.82 %
OxfordshireNo change073£298+18.92 %
KentUp+447£321-29.07 %
MiddlesexUp+1233£269+79.57 %
West SussexDown-321£255-8.42 %
East SussexUp+1414--
SussexUp+54£110-51.11 %
M4 CorridorDown-14£533+21.90 %
Thames ValleyDown-94--
Home CountiesUp+223--
Active Directory EnglandActive Directory
England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

11002 (73.25 %)Windows
2563 (41.15 %)Windows Server 2003
3495 (36.18 %)Microsoft
4352 (25.73 %)MS Exchange
5348 (25.44 %)Windows XP
6240 (17.54 %)MS Office
7239 (17.47 %)Windows 2000
8236 (17.25 %)Citrix
9231 (16.89 %)Security Cleared
10200 (14.62 %)Exchange Server 2003
11183 (13.38 %)Microsoft Certification
12166 (12.13 %)SC Cleared
13163 (11.92 %)DNS
14157 (11.48 %)TCP/IP
15156 (11.40 %)MS Excel
16149 (10.89 %)VMware
17147 (10.75 %)MCSE
18143 (10.45 %)SAN
19135 (9.868 %)LAN
20133 (9.722 %)HP
21131 (9.576 %)ITIL
22118 (8.626 %)DHCP
23109 (7.968 %)WAN
24104 (7.602 %)SQL
25103 (7.529 %)SQL Server
2697 (7.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
2793 (6.798 %)Government
2888 (6.433 %)Migration
2985 (6.213 %)Windows Vista
3079 (5.775 %)Cisco

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
142 (3.070 %).NET
222 (1.608 %).NET Framework
318 (1.316 %)WebSphere
415 (1.096 %)XML
514 (1.023 %)ASP.NET
613 (0.950 %)WSH
613 (0.950 %)HTML
710 (0.731 %)J2EE
89 (0.658 %)Application Packaging
97 (0.512 %)ASP
106 (0.439 %)WMI
114 (0.292 %)CSS
114 (0.292 %)AJAX
123 (0.219 %)Windows SharePoint Services
123 (0.219 %)JDBC
123 (0.219 %)Hibernate
123 (0.219 %)Spring
123 (0.219 %)CORBA
132 (0.146 %)jBPM
132 (0.146 %)ADO.NET
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1352 (25.73 %)MS Exchange
2200 (14.62 %)Exchange Server 2003
374 (5.409 %)IIS
462 (4.532 %)Lotus Notes
545 (3.289 %)Exchange Server 2007
644 (3.216 %)SharePoint
736 (2.632 %)GroupWise
828 (2.047 %)Exchange Server 2000
927 (1.974 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1023 (1.681 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1117 (1.243 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
129 (0.658 %)Apache
137 (0.512 %)Lotus Domino
137 (0.512 %)WebSphere MQ
145 (0.365 %)BizTalk Server
154 (0.292 %)SharePoint Portal Server
163 (0.219 %)Office Communications Server
172 (0.146 %)WorkSite
172 (0.146 %)WebSphere Application Server
172 (0.146 %)Tomcat
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1240 (17.54 %)MS Office
2156 (11.40 %)MS Excel
35 (0.365 %)MS Visio
35 (0.365 %)Shockwave
44 (0.292 %)InfoPath
44 (0.292 %)MS Project
53 (0.219 %)Acrobat
53 (0.219 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.146 %)Spreadsheet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (0.950 %)SoftGrid
24 (0.292 %)Summit
33 (0.219 %)MFGPRO
33 (0.219 %)Hyperion Planning
41 (0.073 %)BusinessWorks
41 (0.073 %)GoldMine
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1163 (11.92 %)DNS
2157 (11.48 %)TCP/IP
3143 (10.45 %)SAN
4135 (9.868 %)LAN
5118 (8.626 %)DHCP
6109 (7.968 %)WAN
775 (5.482 %)Firewall
864 (4.678 %)VPN
937 (2.705 %)Internet
1033 (2.412 %)LDAP
1121 (1.535 %)Intranet
1218 (1.316 %)Wireless
1316 (1.170 %)VoIP
1316 (1.170 %)Ethernet
1415 (1.096 %)SMS
1513 (0.950 %)IP Telephony
1612 (0.877 %)Network Security
1710 (0.731 %)SSH
187 (0.512 %)Cisco PIX
187 (0.512 %)X.400
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1103 (7.529 %)SQL Server
233 (2.412 %)SQL Server 2005
324 (1.754 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (0.292 %)Oracle 10g
53 (0.219 %)MS Access
53 (0.219 %)DB2
53 (0.219 %)Hyperion Essbase
62 (0.146 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.073 %)SQL Server 7
71 (0.073 %)Oracle Discoverer
71 (0.073 %)Informix
71 (0.073 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.073 %)EDMS
71 (0.073 %)DB2 UDB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (1.681 %)MSI
29 (0.658 %)InstallShield
38 (0.585 %)TestDirector
46 (0.439 %)Visual Studio
55 (0.365 %)Flash
55 (0.365 %)StarTeam
63 (0.219 %)Eclipse
71 (0.073 %)Rational Rose
71 (0.073 %)PVCS
71 (0.073 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.073 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.073 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.073 %)FrontPage
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
193 (6.798 %)Government
269 (5.044 %)Finance
332 (2.339 %)Telecoms
419 (1.389 %)Legal
518 (1.316 %)Auditing
614 (1.023 %)Insurance
614 (1.023 %)Health
614 (1.023 %)Pharmaceutical
712 (0.877 %)Local Government
810 (0.731 %)Retail
99 (0.658 %)Back Office
99 (0.658 %)Education
108 (0.585 %)Law
108 (0.585 %)Construction
117 (0.512 %)Marketing
125 (0.365 %)Aerospace
125 (0.365 %)Manufacturing
125 (0.365 %)Military
133 (0.219 %)Banking
133 (0.219 %)FMCG
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1303 (22.15 %)Analyst
2188 (13.74 %)Support Analyst
3160 (11.70 %)Support Engineer
4148 (10.82 %)2nd Line Support
5120 (8.772 %)3rd Line Support
6117 (8.553 %)Desktop Support
794 (6.871 %)Administrator
872 (5.263 %)Consultant
965 (4.751 %)1st Line Support
1055 (4.020 %)Helpdesk Support
1150 (3.655 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1249 (3.582 %)Server Support
1346 (3.363 %)Architect
1441 (2.997 %)Support Technician
1538 (2.778 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
1637 (2.705 %)Systems Administrator
1637 (2.705 %)Server Engineer
1735 (2.558 %)Network Engineer
1834 (2.485 %)Desktop Engineer
1933 (2.412 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
164 (4.678 %)Blackberry
261 (4.459 %)Clustering
322 (1.608 %)Client/Server
417 (1.243 %)Replication
516 (1.170 %)NHS
613 (0.950 %)PKI
710 (0.731 %)Computer Science
88 (0.585 %)Fat Client
88 (0.585 %)Thin Client
88 (0.585 %)Mainframe
97 (0.512 %)PDA
106 (0.439 %)Mathematics
106 (0.439 %)Management Information System
114 (0.292 %)AS400
114 (0.292 %)N-Tier
114 (0.292 %)Physics
123 (0.219 %)CESG
132 (0.146 %)Smartphone
132 (0.146 %)Cryptography
141 (0.073 %)Spread Betting
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11002 (73.25 %)Windows
2563 (41.15 %)Windows Server 2003
3348 (25.44 %)Windows XP
4239 (17.47 %)Windows 2000
597 (7.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
685 (6.213 %)Windows Vista
767 (4.898 %)UNIX
853 (3.874 %)Windows NT
948 (3.509 %)Solaris
1043 (3.143 %)Linux
1139 (2.851 %)NetWare
1235 (2.558 %)Windows Server 2008
1314 (1.023 %)HPUX
1412 (0.877 %)AIX
1510 (0.731 %)SUSE
167 (0.512 %)VMS
167 (0.512 %)Red Hat Linux
176 (0.439 %)Mac OS X
183 (0.219 %)Windows Mobile
191 (0.073 %)OS/400
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1231 (16.89 %)Security Cleared
2166 (12.13 %)SC Cleared
3131 (9.576 %)ITIL
488 (6.433 %)Migration
537 (2.705 %)Project Management
625 (1.827 %)Service Delivery
724 (1.754 %)PRINCE2
823 (1.681 %)Service Management
920 (1.462 %)DV Cleared
1016 (1.170 %)Asset Management
1113 (0.950 %)Release Management
1212 (0.877 %)Incident Management
1212 (0.877 %)ITSM
1311 (0.804 %)Stakeholder Management
1311 (0.804 %)Data Migration
149 (0.658 %)System Testing
149 (0.658 %)Load Balancing
149 (0.658 %)Disaster Recovery
149 (0.658 %)Network Design
158 (0.585 %)Validation
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1104 (7.602 %)SQL
250 (3.655 %)VBScript
342 (3.070 %)VB
434 (2.485 %)Java
518 (1.316 %)Perl
616 (1.170 %)C
715 (1.096 %)C#
814 (1.023 %)Shell Script
99 (0.658 %)VBA
108 (0.585 %)JavaScript
116 (0.439 %)VB.NET
124 (0.292 %)PL/SQL
124 (0.292 %)C++
133 (0.219 %)Transact-SQL
133 (0.219 %)PowerShell
142 (0.146 %)Groovy
142 (0.146 %)PHP
151 (0.073 %)Korn
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1183 (13.38 %)Microsoft Certification
2147 (10.75 %)MCSE
357 (4.167 %)MCP
435 (2.558 %)Degree
530 (2.193 %)MCSA
626 (1.901 %)Cisco Certification
719 (1.389 %)Novell Certification
817 (1.243 %)CNE
915 (1.096 %)Citrix Certification
1014 (1.023 %)CCNA
1110 (0.731 %)ITIL Certification
129 (0.658 %)CCA
138 (0.585 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
147 (0.512 %)ISEB
155 (0.365 %)CCEA
155 (0.365 %)PRINCE2 Certification
164 (0.292 %)RHCE
173 (0.219 %)MCTS
173 (0.219 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
173 (0.219 %)PMP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
146 (3.363 %)SLA
216 (1.170 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
37 (0.512 %)QA
41 (0.073 %)BS7799
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
154 (3.947 %)VMware Infrastructure
251 (3.728 %)Citrix Presentation Server
251 (3.728 %)Backup Exec
331 (2.266 %)ISA Server
429 (2.120 %)VMware ESX
528 (2.047 %)NetBackup
627 (1.974 %)NDS
717 (1.243 %)Terminal Services
717 (1.243 %)Novell eDirectory
816 (1.170 %)Terminal Server
94 (0.292 %)Xen
103 (0.219 %)MetaFrame
112 (0.146 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.146 %)RACF
112 (0.146 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.073 %)VMware GSX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
139 (2.851 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
224 (1.754 %)OpenView Configuration Management
317 (1.243 %)MOM
317 (1.243 %)OpenView
414 (1.023 %)WSUS
414 (1.023 %)SCCM
512 (0.877 %)OVOW
611 (0.804 %)Unicenter
78 (0.585 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
78 (0.585 %)Norton AntiVirus
87 (0.512 %)BMC PATROL
87 (0.512 %)SCOM
87 (0.512 %)EMC NetWorker
87 (0.512 %)OVPI
95 (0.365 %)DameWare
95 (0.365 %)RepliStor
104 (0.292 %)ARCserve
104 (0.292 %)MIIS
113 (0.219 %)ZENworks
113 (0.219 %)Legato
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1495 (36.18 %)Microsoft
2236 (17.25 %)Citrix
3149 (10.89 %)VMware
4133 (9.722 %)HP
579 (5.775 %)Cisco
675 (5.482 %)Novell
765 (4.751 %)Lotus
842 (3.070 %)VERITAS
842 (3.070 %)Sun
940 (2.924 %)EMC
1035 (2.558 %)Dell
1133 (2.412 %)Altiris
1232 (2.339 %)Symantec
1331 (2.266 %)Oracle
1425 (1.827 %)Compaq
1523 (1.681 %)IBM
1523 (1.681 %)Remedy
1613 (0.950 %)Red Hat
1712 (0.877 %)McAfee Security
1712 (0.877 %)CA