The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 21 13 25
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 7 31 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 4.828% 12.50% 4.211%
As % of the System Software category 58.33% 93.94% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 4
Average daily rate £169 £259 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.78% +61.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £124 £231 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £270 £171
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £16.63 £18.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.80% -8.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £17.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.88 £27.04 £18.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All System Software
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
12 33 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 8.276% 13.31% 4.737%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 5
Average daily rate £238 £260 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.65% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £235 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £360 £210
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 2
Average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Ipswich -1 4 £113 -
Bury St Edmunds - 1 - -
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 15 (57.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (46.15%) Windows
2 12 (46.15%) MS Exchange
3 9 (34.62%) DNS
4 8 (30.77%) Cisco
5 7 (26.92%) VoIP
5 7 (26.92%) SQL
6 6 (23.08%) Windows XP
6 6 (23.08%) Migration
7 5 (19.23%) VMware
7 5 (19.23%) MS Office
7 5 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
8 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (15.38%) Matrix Management
8 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (15.38%) DHCP
8 4 (15.38%) Project Management
8 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (15.38%) Change Management
9 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
9 3 (11.54%) T-SQL
9 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
9 3 (11.54%) IIS
9 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (11.54%) OLTP
9 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 12 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 5 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (11.54%) IIS
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Azure
5 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.846%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) MS Office
2 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) DNS
2 7 (26.92%) VoIP
3 4 (15.38%) DHCP
4 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.846%) Firewall
5 1 (3.846%) SAN
5 1 (3.846%) VPN
5 1 (3.846%) WAN
5 1 (3.846%) LAN
5 1 (3.846%) WAAS
5 1 (3.846%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
1 3 (11.54%) OLTP
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (11.54%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2012
1 3 (11.54%) Amazon RDS
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) DBA
4 3 (11.54%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (11.54%) SQL DBA
4 3 (11.54%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) IT Support
5 2 (7.692%) Microsoft Consultant
5 2 (7.692%) Exchange Consultant
5 2 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Technical Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Consultant
5 2 (7.692%) Service Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.846%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (3.846%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) NHS
1 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 12 (46.15%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows XP
3 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (3.846%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Migration
2 4 (15.38%) Matrix Management
2 4 (15.38%) Project Management
2 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (15.38%) Change Management
3 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.692%) ITIL
5 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.846%) PRINCE
5 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) MCITP
2 2 (7.692%) MCSE
2 2 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
3 1 (3.846%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.846%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
1 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.54%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (11.54%) UAG
3 1 (3.846%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (57.69%) Microsoft
2 8 (30.77%) Cisco
3 5 (19.23%) VMware
4 2 (7.692%) Kaspersky
5 1 (3.846%) HP
5 1 (3.846%) Citrix
5 1 (3.846%) Brocade