South West Active Directory Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the South West 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Active Directory
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Addlestone Aylesbury Ayrshire Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Cleethorpes Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy County Antrim Coventry Cramlington Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Dunbar Dundee Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Farnborough Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Great Yarmouth Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Kegworth Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton Lutterworth Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Matlock Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Morecambe Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	23	33
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	230	245
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.304 %	0.244 %
As % of the category below	58.23 %	61.56 %
Daily rates quoted	52	50
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£263
Average daily rate	£329	£286
% change on same period last year	+14.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£309
UK excluding London average daily rate	£297	£304
% change on same period last year	-2.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	82
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.57	£18.07
Average hourly rate	£17.61	£19.90
% change on same period last year	-11.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.66	£21.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.90	£18.93
% change on same period last year	-5.43 %
System Software South West
Matching contract IT job ads	395	398
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.521 %	0.396 %
Daily rates quoted	131	100
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£297
Average daily rate	£349	£321
% change on same period last year	+8.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£325
% change on same period last year	-1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted	77	100
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.31	£20.38
Average hourly rate	£21.65	£22.82
% change on same period last year	-5.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.99	£25.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.86	£21.86
% change on same period last year	-4.59 %
Active 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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

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 West region.

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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 West region.

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Active Directory
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Gloucestershire	+34	66	£317	-40.60 %
Wiltshire	+16	45	£368	+48.46 %
Somerset	+5	32	£250	-
Bristol	-13	28	£425	+64.78 %
Dorset	+4	25	£329	-13.12 %
Devon	-10	20	£325	+28.14 %

Active Directory England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 235 (63.86 %) Windows 2 118 (32.07 %) Windows Server 2003 3 113 (30.71 %) Microsoft 4 93 (25.27 %) Windows XP 5 83 (22.55 %) Security Cleared 6 79 (21.47 %) MS Exchange 7 61 (16.58 %) DNS 8 54 (14.67 %) Citrix 9 53 (14.40 %) MS Office 10 52 (14.13 %) Microsoft Certification 11 47 (12.77 %) Exchange Server 2003 12 44 (11.96 %) VMware 13 42 (11.41 %) Windows 2000 14 41 (11.14 %) SQL 15 38 (10.33 %) MCSE

15 38 (10.33 %) DHCP 15 38 (10.33 %) HP 16 37 (10.05 %) TCP/IP 17 36 (9.783 %) MS Excel 18 35 (9.511 %) WAN 19 34 (9.239 %) LAN 19 34 (9.239 %) DV Cleared 20 31 (8.424 %) SC Cleared 20 31 (8.424 %) SAN 21 30 (8.152 %) Telecoms 22 29 (7.880 %) Government 23 28 (7.609 %) Migration 24 27 (7.337 %) Firewall 24 27 (7.337 %) Backup Exec 25 26 (7.065 %) Windows 2000 Server

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 7 (1.902 %) .NET 2 6 (1.630 %) Application Packaging 3 5 (1.359 %) CORBA 4 3 (0.815 %) ASP.NET 4 3 (0.815 %) JSP 5 2 (0.543 %) HTML 6 1 (0.272 %) WebServices 6 1 (0.272 %) XML 6 1 (0.272 %) CSS 6 1 (0.272 %) ASP 6 1 (0.272 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 1 (0.272 %) AJAX 6 1 (0.272 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (0.272 %) Windows SharePoint Services 6 1 (0.272 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 79 (21.47 %) MS Exchange 2 47 (12.77 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 22 (5.978 %) SharePoint 4 14 (3.804 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 13 (3.533 %) IIS 5 13 (3.533 %) Lotus Notes 6 12 (3.261 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 9 (2.446 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 9 (2.446 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 3 (0.815 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 9 2 (0.543 %) BizTalk Server 10 1 (0.272 %) WebLogic 10 1 (0.272 %) Apache
Applications 1 53 (14.40 %) MS Office 2 36 (9.783 %) MS Excel 3 2 (0.543 %) InfoPath 4 1 (0.272 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 15 (4.076 %) Summit 1 15 (4.076 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 61 (16.58 %) DNS 2 38 (10.33 %) DHCP 3 37 (10.05 %) TCP/IP 4 35 (9.511 %) WAN 5 34 (9.239 %) LAN 6 31 (8.424 %) SAN 7 27 (7.337 %) Firewall 8 13 (3.533 %) SMS 9 11 (2.989 %) Ethernet 9 11 (2.989 %) VoIP 10 9 (2.446 %) VPN 11 8 (2.174 %) FTP 11 8 (2.174 %) SMTP 12 7 (1.902 %) VLAN 13 5 (1.359 %) X.400 13 5 (1.359 %) X.500 13 5 (1.359 %) MPLS 13 5 (1.359 %) LDAP 13 5 (1.359 %) ATM 13 5 (1.359 %) Frame Relay	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (5.163 %) SQL Server 2 7 (1.902 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (1.087 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.272 %) DTS
Development Applications 1 9 (2.446 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.272 %) Subversion	General 1 30 (8.152 %) Telecoms 2 29 (7.880 %) Government 3 11 (2.989 %) Publishing 4 5 (1.359 %) Law 4 5 (1.359 %) Finance 5 4 (1.087 %) Music 5 4 (1.087 %) Banking 5 4 (1.087 %) Multimedia 6 3 (0.815 %) Aerospace 6 3 (0.815 %) Auditing 7 2 (0.543 %) Local Government 7 2 (0.543 %) Education 7 2 (0.543 %) Health 7 2 (0.543 %) Front Office 8 1 (0.272 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.272 %) Legal 8 1 (0.272 %) Home Office 8 1 (0.272 %) Electronics 8 1 (0.272 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 68 (18.48 %) Support Engineer 2 64 (17.39 %) Analyst 3 42 (11.41 %) Consultant 4 29 (7.880 %) 2nd Line Support 5 27 (7.337 %) Support Analyst 6 26 (7.065 %) 1st Line Support 7 23 (6.250 %) Administrator 8 22 (5.978 %) Desktop Support 9 18 (4.891 %) Support Technician 10 16 (4.348 %) Helpdesk Support 10 16 (4.348 %) Network Support 11 15 (4.076 %) Helpdesk Analyst 11 15 (4.076 %) Systems Administrator 11 15 (4.076 %) 3rd Line Support 12 14 (3.804 %) Desktop Engineer 13 13 (3.533 %) Server Engineer 14 11 (2.989 %) Helpdesk Technician 14 11 (2.989 %) Technical Consultant 14 11 (2.989 %) Server Support 14 11 (2.989 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 16 (4.348 %) Client/Server 2 8 (2.174 %) Clustering 3 7 (1.902 %) Blackberry 3 7 (1.902 %) Management Information System 4 6 (1.630 %) Fat Client 4 6 (1.630 %) Thin Client 5 4 (1.087 %) PKI 6 2 (0.543 %) Mainframe 6 2 (0.543 %) Replication 6 2 (0.543 %) NHS 7 1 (0.272 %) Smartcard 7 1 (0.272 %) SecurID 7 1 (0.272 %) Italian Language
Operating Systems 1 235 (63.86 %) Windows 2 118 (32.07 %) Windows Server 2003 3 93 (25.27 %) Windows XP 4 42 (11.41 %) Windows 2000 5 26 (7.065 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 21 (5.707 %) UNIX 7 16 (4.348 %) Windows Vista 8 15 (4.076 %) Solaris 9 11 (2.989 %) Windows NT 10 10 (2.717 %) Mac OS X 11 8 (2.174 %) Windows Server 2008 12 5 (1.359 %) Linux 12 5 (1.359 %) Red Hat Linux 13 3 (0.815 %) HPUX 14 1 (0.272 %) Tru64 14 1 (0.272 %) Fedora	Processes & Methodologies 1 83 (22.55 %) Security Cleared 2 34 (9.239 %) DV Cleared 3 31 (8.424 %) SC Cleared 4 28 (7.609 %) Migration 5 19 (5.163 %) ITIL 6 12 (3.261 %) Service Management 7 11 (2.989 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 8 (2.174 %) Incident Management 9 7 (1.902 %) Change Management 10 6 (1.630 %) Agile Software Development 10 6 (1.630 %) Project Management 11 5 (1.359 %) Load Balancing 11 5 (1.359 %) Technical Architecture 12 3 (0.815 %) SOA 12 3 (0.815 %) Data Protection 12 3 (0.815 %) Software Engineering 13 2 (0.543 %) Data Migration 13 2 (0.543 %) Release Management 14 1 (0.272 %) Configuration Management 14 1 (0.272 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 41 (11.14 %) SQL 2 14 (3.804 %) VBScript 3 13 (3.533 %) Perl 4 10 (2.717 %) VB 5 8 (2.174 %) Korn 6 5 (1.359 %) Java 7 4 (1.087 %) C 8 3 (0.815 %) C# 9 2 (0.543 %) JavaScript 10 1 (0.272 %) Shell Script 10 1 (0.272 %) Transact-SQL 10 1 (0.272 %) DHTML 10 1 (0.272 %) VBA 10 1 (0.272 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 52 (14.13 %) Microsoft Certification 2 38 (10.33 %) MCSE 3 23 (6.250 %) MCP 4 9 (2.446 %) ACSA 5 8 (2.174 %) MCSA 6 7 (1.902 %) CCNA 6 7 (1.902 %) Cisco Certification 7 6 (1.630 %) Citrix Certification 8 4 (1.087 %) Degree 9 3 (0.815 %) CCA 10 2 (0.543 %) MCTS 10 2 (0.543 %) CCEA 10 2 (0.543 %) ITIL Certification 11 1 (0.272 %) CNE 11 1 (0.272 %) Novell Certification 11 1 (0.272 %) ACCA 11 1 (0.272 %) MCAD 11 1 (0.272 %) MCSD 11 1 (0.272 %) MCPD 11 1 (0.272 %) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (3.261 %) SLA 2 3 (0.815 %) JSP 440 3 1 (0.272 %) QA	System Software 1 27 (7.337 %) Backup Exec 2 18 (4.891 %) VMware ESX 3 17 (4.620 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 12 (3.261 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 9 (2.446 %) Terminal Services 6 8 (2.174 %) ISA Server 7 6 (1.630 %) NetBackup 7 6 (1.630 %) Terminal Server 8 3 (0.815 %) MetaFrame 9 2 (0.543 %) MailMarshal 10 1 (0.272 %) VMware GSX
Systems Management 1 11 (2.989 %) MOM 2 6 (1.630 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 5 (1.359 %) OpenView 3 5 (1.359 %) CiscoWorks 3 5 (1.359 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 5 (1.359 %) SCOM 3 5 (1.359 %) NNM 4 4 (1.087 %) WSUS 4 4 (1.087 %) SCCM 4 4 (1.087 %) DameWare 4 4 (1.087 %) Tivoli 5 3 (0.815 %) Tivoli Remote Control 5 3 (0.815 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 6 2 (0.543 %) MIMEsweeper 6 2 (0.543 %) MAILsweeper 7 1 (0.272 %) EMC Navisphere 7 1 (0.272 %) BMC Performance Manager	Vendors 1 113 (30.71 %) Microsoft 2 54 (14.67 %) Citrix 3 44 (11.96 %) VMware 4 38 (10.33 %) HP 5 23 (6.250 %) Cisco 6 18 (4.891 %) VERITAS 6 18 (4.891 %) Sophos 7 15 (4.076 %) McAfee Security 8 14 (3.804 %) Symantec 9 13 (3.533 %) Lotus 10 12 (3.261 %) IBM 11 11 (2.989 %) Apple 12 9 (2.446 %) Remedy 13 8 (2.174 %) Juniper 13 8 (2.174 %) Dell 14 5 (1.359 %) Red Hat 14 5 (1.359 %) Sun 14 5 (1.359 %) Oracle 15 4 (1.087 %) Altiris 15 4 (1.087 %) SAP