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Active Directory Contracts in the South East

Browse 158 Active Directory job vacancies in the South East

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.

3 months to
18 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Microsoft Active Directory

Rank

Rank change year-on-year

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

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

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

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

£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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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