The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 24 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 Southampton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 6 14 14
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 37 19 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 12.29% 8.051% 6.878%
As % of the System Software category 69.81% 61.29% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 8 2
Average daily rate £300 £275 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £247 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £349 £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 7
Average hourly rate £16.44 £23.75 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.78% +1.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £16.74 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.25 £49.25 £27.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All System Software
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
53 31 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 17.61% 13.14% 7.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 14 3
Average daily rate £300 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £205 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 7
Average hourly rate £18.88 £30.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.08% +30.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.80 £17.50 £21.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £41.50 £31.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Active Directory
Hampshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton Active Directory Hourly Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 41 (74.55%) Windows
2 30 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 21 (38.18%) Citrix
4 20 (36.36%) Windows 7
5 17 (30.91%) MS Exchange
5 17 (30.91%) VMware
6 16 (29.09%) Cisco
7 15 (27.27%) Windows XP
7 15 (27.27%) Migration
8 14 (25.45%) Windows Server 2003
9 13 (23.64%) SC Cleared
9 13 (23.64%) Security Cleared
9 13 (23.64%) VMware Infrastructure
10 12 (21.82%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (18.18%) HP
12 9 (16.36%) Exchange Server 2007
13 8 (14.55%) Clustering
14 7 (12.73%) Exchange Server 2003
14 7 (12.73%) DNS
14 7 (12.73%) A+ Certification
14 7 (12.73%) MS Office
15 6 (10.91%) Exchange Server 2010
16 5 (9.091%) Network Security
16 5 (9.091%) SLA
17 4 (7.273%) Blackberry
17 4 (7.273%) MS Excel
17 4 (7.273%) MS Project
17 4 (7.273%) DHCP
17 4 (7.273%) LANDesk
17 4 (7.273%) Degree

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 Platforms
1 17 (30.91%) MS Exchange
2 9 (16.36%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (12.73%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (10.91%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (5.455%) SharePoint
5 3 (5.455%) Lync
6 2 (3.636%) GroupWise
7 1 (1.818%) Exchange Server 2000
7 1 (1.818%) IIS
7 1 (1.818%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) MS Office
2 4 (7.273%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.273%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) DNS
2 5 (9.091%) Network Security
3 4 (7.273%) DHCP
4 3 (5.455%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.818%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.818%) VPN
5 1 (1.818%) ADSL
5 1 (1.818%) LAN
5 1 (1.818%) VoIP
5 1 (1.818%) WAN
5 1 (1.818%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.455%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (3.636%) French Language
2 1 (1.818%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (23.64%) Support Engineer
2 9 (16.36%) Server Engineer
3 8 (14.55%) Administrator
4 7 (12.73%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (12.73%) Systems Support Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Windows Server Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Systems Support
4 7 (12.73%) Systems Administrator
4 7 (12.73%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Server Support
5 6 (10.91%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (10.91%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 6 (10.91%) Server Administrator
5 6 (10.91%) Windows Administrator
5 6 (10.91%) Server Support Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Windows Support Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Windows Systems Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 6 (10.91%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Clustering
2 4 (7.273%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.818%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.818%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.818%) Firmware
3 1 (1.818%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 41 (74.55%) Windows
2 20 (36.36%) Windows 7
3 15 (27.27%) Windows XP
4 14 (25.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (21.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.636%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.818%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.818%) CentOS
7 1 (1.818%) Linux
7 1 (1.818%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (5.455%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (5.455%) Network Design
3 2 (3.636%) Data Migration
3 2 (3.636%) ITIL
3 2 (3.636%) Problem Management
3 2 (3.636%) Operations Management
3 2 (3.636%) Incident Management
3 2 (3.636%) Workflow
4 1 (1.818%) Service Delivery
4 1 (1.818%) Time Management
4 1 (1.818%) CRM
4 1 (1.818%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.636%) VBScript
1 2 (3.636%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.818%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (23.64%) SC Cleared
1 13 (23.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.73%) A+ Certification
3 4 (7.273%) Degree
3 4 (7.273%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (3.636%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.636%) MCP
5 1 (1.818%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.091%) SLA
2 2 (3.636%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (23.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.455%) XenApp
3 2 (3.636%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.636%) VMware Server
4 1 (1.818%) Terminal Server
4 1 (1.818%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.818%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.455%) SCCM
1 3 (5.455%) SCOM
2 2 (3.636%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.818%) WSUS
3 1 (1.818%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 30 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 21 (38.18%) Citrix
3 17 (30.91%) VMware
4 16 (29.09%) Cisco
5 10 (18.18%) HP
6 4 (7.273%) LANDesk
7 2 (3.636%) SAP
8 1 (1.818%) Avaya
8 1 (1.818%) NetApp
Southampton, Hampshire
This will involve telephone, email, remote and face to face support across Windows 7. You will also be involved in supporting the general infrastructure for my client as...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £21000 - £25000 per annum + training
Posted: 22 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Server Engineer / Server Supoprt: *Core infrastructure hardware including server, storage, network, security *Core logical infrastructure including server operating systems, Directory Services, file, print *Management of DFS, DNS, DHCP...
LA International
Rate: quote
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
The 3 rd Line Systems Engineer / Systems Administrator will work in an SC Cleared environment, so eligibility for SC Clearance is essential. The 3 rd Line Systems Engineer /...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Rate: Up to £340 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southampton, South East
IT SUPPORT TEAM LEADER - SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE - £24-26phEnvironment: Windows XP, Windows 7, Active Directory, Windows 2003 Network, Exchange, LANDesk, HP Hardware, Service Desk Team Lead, Desktop Support, Helpdesk...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £24 - £25 per hour
Posted: 26 April 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
We are therefore looking for an person who has very good knowledge of the following technologies; Migration to and deployment of Windows 2012 servers Active Directory Virtualisation deployment...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 20 May 2013