The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 24 20 28
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 19 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.260% 5.956% 3.030%
As % of the System Software category 22.22% 35.85% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 4
Average daily rate - £250 £231
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
Average hourly rate £18.25 £12.33 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.01% -5.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.16 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.83%
All System Software
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
18 53 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 10.17% 16.61% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 24 10
Average daily rate £300 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.21% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £250 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £450 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 3
Average hourly rate £18.25 £12.66 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.15% -2.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +5 3 - -
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
3 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (31.58%) MS Office
4 6 (31.58%) MS Exchange
5 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
6 4 (21.05%) Cisco
6 4 (21.05%) Clustering
6 4 (21.05%) ITIL
7 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
7 3 (15.79%) IIS
7 3 (15.79%) VPN
7 3 (15.79%) SLA
7 3 (15.79%) HP
7 3 (15.79%) Dell
7 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
7 3 (15.79%) Service Management
7 3 (15.79%) Hyper-V
7 3 (15.79%) WSUS
7 3 (15.79%) SCCM
7 3 (15.79%) SCOM
8 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
8 2 (10.53%) ITSM
8 2 (10.53%) A+ Certification
8 2 (10.53%) SAN
8 2 (10.53%) Citrix
8 2 (10.53%) Blackberry
8 2 (10.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 1 (5.263%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (31.58%) MS Exchange
2 3 (15.79%) IIS
3 2 (10.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (5.263%) Lync
4 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
2 2 (10.53%) SAN
3 1 (5.263%) DNS
3 1 (5.263%) LDAP
3 1 (5.263%) LAN
3 1 (5.263%) SMTP
3 1 (5.263%) FTP
3 1 (5.263%) HTTP
3 1 (5.263%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Service Analyst
4 5 (26.32%) Administrator
5 3 (15.79%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Administrator
7 1 (5.263%) Server Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) Integration Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (5.263%) Project Manager
7 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (5.263%) Help Desk Support
7 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Clustering
2 2 (10.53%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
5 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
6 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL
2 3 (15.79%) Service Management
3 2 (10.53%) ITSM
3 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) A+ Certification
2 2 (10.53%) MCP
3 1 (5.263%) CCNA
3 1 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.263%) SRDF
2 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) WSUS
1 3 (15.79%) SCCM
1 3 (15.79%) SCOM
2 1 (5.263%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) HP
3 3 (15.79%) Dell
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix
5 1 (5.263%) Novell
5 1 (5.263%) McAfee
5 1 (5.263%) VMware
5 1 (5.263%) RightFax
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Our client is about to undertake a VOIP project that will run for approx... They require an IT contractor with the following experience: - Strong project management/co-ordination...
Solutions Recruitment
Rate: From £15 to £25 per hour
Posted: 14 May 2013