The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 18 June 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 South East 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 16 23 26
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 602 550 614
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.449% 5.475% 5.819%
As % of the System Software category 56.16% 66.03% 64.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 183 200
Average daily rate £313 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £156 £161
10% offered a daily rate of more than £452 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £269 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 154 159
Average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +6.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £34.25 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.35 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-10.34% +6.66%
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1072 833 947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 13.26% 8.292% 8.975%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 327 343
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £177 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £479 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £324 £310
% change year-on-year
+0.30% +4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 168 171
Average hourly rate £18.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £41.50 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +8 206 £300 +7.14% 32
Hampshire +3 139 £311 +3.75% 44
Surrey +11 83 £300 -6.25% 23
Buckinghamshire -3 60 £355 +41.85% 17
West Sussex +8 42 £425 +41.66% 9
Oxfordshire +8 37 £263 -16.00% 12
Kent +9 18 £278 +101.81% 11
East Sussex -5 13 £258 -6.36% 2
Middlesex +3 2 £413 +157.81% 2
Thames Valley +2 1 - -
Home Counties - - - -
Sussex - - - -
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 859 (79.91%) Windows
2 503 (46.79%) Microsoft
3 391 (36.37%) VMware
4 333 (30.98%) Windows Server 2008
5 307 (28.56%) Windows XP
6 306 (28.47%) Windows 7
7 297 (27.63%) Windows Server 2003
8 282 (26.23%) Citrix
9 276 (25.67%) MS Exchange
10 206 (19.16%) MS Office
11 197 (18.33%) VMware Infrastructure
12 187 (17.40%) Security Cleared
13 177 (16.47%) SQL
14 175 (16.28%) SCCM
15 159 (14.79%) SC Cleared
16 156 (14.51%) MS Excel
17 137 (12.74%) Migration
18 134 (12.47%) HP
19 133 (12.37%) Exchange Server 2010
20 128 (11.91%) DNS
21 125 (11.63%) LAN
22 124 (11.53%) ITIL
23 123 (11.44%) SQL Server
24 120 (11.16%) WAN
25 117 (10.88%) SAN
26 106 (9.860%) TCP/IP
27 105 (9.767%) Microsoft Certification
28 103 (9.581%) SharePoint
29 102 (9.488%) Exchange Server 2007
30 100 (9.302%) DHCP

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 16 (1.488%) .NET
2 12 (1.116%) Application Packaging
3 10 (0.930%) SAML
3 10 (0.930%) Web Services
4 9 (0.837%) XML
5 8 (0.744%) ADSI
5 8 (0.744%) HTML
6 6 (0.558%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.558%) WCF
6 6 (0.558%) Middleware
6 6 (0.558%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.465%) COM
7 5 (0.465%) Silverlight
8 4 (0.372%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.279%) jQuery
9 3 (0.279%) WSH
10 2 (0.186%) JAXP
10 2 (0.186%) SAX
10 2 (0.186%) J2EE
10 2 (0.186%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 276 (25.67%) MS Exchange
2 133 (12.37%) Exchange Server 2010
3 103 (9.581%) SharePoint
4 102 (9.488%) Exchange Server 2007
5 77 (7.163%) Exchange Server 2003
6 70 (6.512%) IIS
7 37 (3.442%) IBM Notes
8 26 (2.419%) SharePoint 2010
9 23 (2.140%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 20 (1.860%) Apache
10 20 (1.860%) Tomcat
11 12 (1.116%) SharePoint Server
12 11 (1.023%) Lync
12 11 (1.023%) GroupWise
13 9 (0.837%) GlassFish
14 8 (0.744%) OpenEdge
15 7 (0.651%) BizTalk Server
16 5 (0.465%) Windows Azure
17 4 (0.372%) WebLogic
18 3 (0.279%) Documentum
Applications
1 206 (19.16%) MS Office
2 156 (14.51%) MS Excel
3 19 (1.767%) MS PowerPoint
4 8 (0.744%) Google Apps
4 8 (0.744%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.558%) MS Project
6 5 (0.465%) Office 365
7 2 (0.186%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.093%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.744%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.558%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.465%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.372%) Line 50
4 4 (0.372%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.279%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.186%) assyst
6 2 (0.186%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.093%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.093%) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking
1 128 (11.91%) DNS
2 125 (11.63%) LAN
3 120 (11.16%) WAN
4 117 (10.88%) SAN
5 106 (9.860%) TCP/IP
6 100 (9.302%) DHCP
7 84 (7.814%) Firewall
8 64 (5.953%) VPN
9 47 (4.372%) Internet
10 28 (2.605%) Wireless
11 24 (2.233%) VoIP
11 24 (2.233%) LDAP
12 19 (1.767%) Ethernet
13 18 (1.674%) IPsec
14 17 (1.581%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (1.488%) SSL
16 14 (1.302%) WLAN
16 14 (1.302%) NAS
17 12 (1.116%) Intranet
18 11 (1.023%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (11.44%) SQL Server
2 56 (5.209%) SQL Server 2008
3 49 (4.558%) SQL Server 2005
4 22 (2.047%) Oracle 8/8i
5 14 (1.302%) SQL Server 2000
5 14 (1.302%) Oracle 11g
6 13 (1.209%) Oracle 10g
7 11 (1.023%) MySQL
8 10 (0.930%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (0.930%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.744%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.744%) Oracle OWB
9 8 (0.744%) Oracle BI EE
9 8 (0.744%) SQL Server 2012
10 5 (0.465%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.465%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.186%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.186%) IDOL
11 2 (0.186%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.186%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 37 (3.442%) MSI
2 30 (2.791%) InstallShield
3 18 (1.674%) LoadRunner
4 10 (0.930%) Oracle APEX
5 9 (0.837%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.651%) QuickTest Pro
7 5 (0.465%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.372%) Wise Package Studio
8 4 (0.372%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 3 (0.279%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.279%) ClearCase
10 2 (0.186%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.186%) ClearQuest
10 2 (0.186%) StarTeam
11 1 (0.093%) Talend Open Studio
11 1 (0.093%) AdminStudio
11 1 (0.093%) WinRunner
11 1 (0.093%) TestDirector
General
1 83 (7.721%) Finance
2 54 (5.023%) Retail
3 36 (3.349%) Telecoms
4 15 (1.395%) Publishing
5 14 (1.302%) Back Office
6 10 (0.930%) Aerospace
6 10 (0.930%) Advertising
6 10 (0.930%) Banking
7 7 (0.651%) Local Government
8 6 (0.558%) Online Betting
8 6 (0.558%) Military
9 5 (0.465%) French Language
10 4 (0.372%) Marketing
10 4 (0.372%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.186%) Games
11 2 (0.186%) Billing
11 2 (0.186%) Law
11 2 (0.186%) Legal
11 2 (0.186%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.186%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 248 (23.07%) Analyst
2 176 (16.37%) Support Engineer
3 103 (9.581%) Support Analyst
4 91 (8.465%) 2nd Line Support
5 78 (7.256%) 3rd Line Support
5 78 (7.256%) Desktop Support
6 70 (6.512%) Service Analyst
7 69 (6.419%) Service Desk Analyst
8 61 (5.674%) Server Engineer
9 59 (5.488%) Administrator
10 56 (5.209%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 51 (4.744%) Desktop Engineer
12 50 (4.651%) Consultant
13 47 (4.372%) Architect
14 45 (4.186%) IT Support
15 43 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 40 (3.721%) Applications Packager
17 39 (3.628%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 38 (3.535%) Systems Administrator
19 36 (3.349%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.791%) Blackberry
2 53 (4.930%) Clustering
3 21 (1.953%) NHS
4 13 (1.209%) PKI
5 12 (1.116%) Management Information System
5 12 (1.116%) PDA
6 10 (0.930%) Open Source
7 9 (0.837%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (0.837%) Computer Science
8 7 (0.651%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (0.651%) iPhone
8 7 (0.651%) iPad
8 7 (0.651%) Replication
8 7 (0.651%) SecurID
9 4 (0.372%) AS400
9 4 (0.372%) Mathematics
10 3 (0.279%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.279%) Fat Client
10 3 (0.279%) SaaS
10 3 (0.279%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 859 (79.91%) Windows
2 333 (30.98%) Windows Server 2008
3 307 (28.56%) Windows XP
4 306 (28.47%) Windows 7
5 297 (27.63%) Windows Server 2003
6 64 (5.953%) Linux
7 52 (4.837%) Windows Vista
8 34 (3.163%) UNIX
9 28 (2.605%) Windows 2000
9 28 (2.605%) Windows Server 2012
10 25 (2.326%) Windows 2000 Server
11 16 (1.488%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (1.023%) Mac OS X
13 9 (0.837%) NetWare
14 7 (0.651%) CentOS
14 7 (0.651%) Windows 8
15 6 (0.558%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.558%) Solaris
16 5 (0.465%) Oracle Linux
17 4 (0.372%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (12.74%) Migration
2 124 (11.53%) ITIL
3 50 (4.651%) Project Management
4 41 (3.814%) PRINCE2
5 28 (2.605%) Incident Management
6 26 (2.419%) Service Management
7 25 (2.326%) Configuration Management
8 24 (2.233%) Validation
8 24 (2.233%) Software Deployment
9 23 (2.140%) Test Scripting
10 22 (2.047%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (1.860%) Change Control
12 18 (1.674%) Software Distribution
12 18 (1.674%) Change Management
13 17 (1.581%) Identity Management
14 15 (1.395%) Test Automation
15 14 (1.302%) Service Delivery
16 13 (1.209%) Business Continuity
16 13 (1.209%) Information Security
17 11 (1.023%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 177 (16.47%) SQL
2 95 (8.837%) PowerShell
3 67 (6.233%) VB
4 45 (4.186%) VBScript
5 18 (1.674%) PHP
6 16 (1.488%) C#
7 15 (1.395%) Java
8 12 (1.116%) Perl
9 8 (0.744%) C
10 7 (0.651%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.279%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.186%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.186%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.186%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.186%) VB6
12 2 (0.186%) XPath
13 1 (0.093%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.093%) VBA
13 1 (0.093%) COBOL
13 1 (0.093%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
Qualifications
1 187 (17.40%) Security Cleared
2 159 (14.79%) SC Cleared
3 105 (9.767%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (4.558%) MCSE
5 31 (2.884%) Degree
6 29 (2.698%) MCP
7 18 (1.674%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (1.581%) CCNA
9 16 (1.488%) ITIL Certification
10 15 (1.395%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.116%) A+ Certification
12 11 (1.023%) MCSA
13 10 (0.930%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (0.930%) MCITP
14 9 (0.837%) ISEB
15 8 (0.744%) HP AIS
15 8 (0.744%) MCDST
16 7 (0.651%) ISEB Practitioner
17 6 (0.558%) CCA
17 6 (0.558%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (4.279%) SLA
2 9 (0.837%) QA
3 8 (0.744%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.186%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.093%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 197 (18.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 82 (7.628%) vSphere
3 68 (6.326%) XenApp
4 56 (5.209%) Microsoft App-V
5 50 (4.651%) VMware ESX
6 46 (4.279%) Hyper-V
7 29 (2.698%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (1.488%) VMware Workstation
8 16 (1.488%) Terminal Services
9 12 (1.116%) Oracle RAC
9 12 (1.116%) XenDesktop
10 9 (0.837%) XenServer
10 9 (0.837%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 9 (0.837%) VMware Server
10 9 (0.837%) Xen
10 9 (0.837%) ISA Server
11 6 (0.558%) Terminal Server
11 6 (0.558%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.558%) Shibboleth
12 4 (0.372%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 175 (16.28%) SCCM
2 77 (7.163%) SCOM
3 28 (2.605%) WSUS
4 23 (2.140%) HP Quality Center
5 21 (1.953%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 17 (1.581%) Backup Exec
7 14 (1.302%) NetBackup
8 12 (1.116%) Unicenter
9 11 (1.023%) HP SIM
10 9 (0.837%) MIMEsweeper
11 8 (0.744%) Norton AntiVirus
12 7 (0.651%) Tivoli
12 7 (0.651%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 6 (0.558%) MOM
13 6 (0.558%) Nagios
13 6 (0.558%) McAfee ePO
14 5 (0.465%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (0.465%) Opalis
15 4 (0.372%) MIIS
16 3 (0.279%) OpenView
Vendors
1 503 (46.79%) Microsoft
2 391 (36.37%) VMware
3 282 (26.23%) Citrix
4 134 (12.47%) HP
5 90 (8.372%) Cisco
6 58 (5.395%) Oracle
7 55 (5.116%) Remedy
8 41 (3.814%) Lotus
9 37 (3.442%) NetApp
10 31 (2.884%) Dell
11 30 (2.791%) Symantec
12 27 (2.512%) McAfee
12 27 (2.512%) CA
13 23 (2.140%) Juniper
14 22 (2.047%) Red Hat
15 20 (1.860%) Altiris
16 17 (1.581%) CheckPoint
17 16 (1.488%) LANDesk
18 15 (1.395%) IBM
19 13 (1.209%) EMC
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