The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the St Albans region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 17 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 St Albans 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 10 6 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in St Albans 3.226% 11.11% -
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £23.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.16 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.83%
All System Software
St Albans
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in St Albans 3.226% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £23.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Active Directory Daily Rate Trend

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 St Albans region.

St Albans Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Lync
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Lync
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft