The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 18 June 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.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 31 31 34
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2610 2763 2801
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 5.362% 4.758% 4.504%
As % of the System Software category 55.96% 58.32% 61.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1073 1134 1129
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £136 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £269 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 622 599
Average hourly rate £15.50 £16.50 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.06% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.35 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-10.34% +6.66%
All System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4664 4738 4570
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 9.581% 8.159% 7.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 2250 2241 2031
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £195 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £324 £310
% change year-on-year
+0.30% +4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 682 678
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Active Directory Hourly Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +4 2405 £300 - 692
London -9 917 £325 - 242
South East +7 602 £313 +4.16% 158
City of London -5 283 £325 -1.51% 83
East of England +3 210 £225 -12.62% 47
Berkshire +8 206 £300 +7.14% 32
Hampshire +3 139 £311 +3.75% 44
North West +9 136 £240 -8.57% 78
South West +20 130 £275 -8.33% 48
East Midlands +14 130 £225 -9.90% 30
West Midlands +13 130 £250 -13.04% 47
Yorkshire -2 114 £219 -22.56% 35
Surrey +11 83 £300 -6.25% 23
Reading 0 81 £245 -12.50% 17
Scotland -34 74 £300 +9.09% 18
West Yorkshire -4 70 £250 +7.52% 24
Wales +9 63 £275 +37.50% 9
Buckinghamshire -3 60 £355 +41.85% 17
Bracknell +10 59 £300 +14.28% 4
Cambridgeshire +10 55 £225 +9.75% 17
Manchester +2 54 £240 +3.78% 50
Essex -3 54 £165 -30.52% 11
South Wales +5 49 £305 +22.00% 6
Hertfordshire +17 44 £325 -23.52% 10
Milton Keynes -4 44 £393 +42.59% 8
West Sussex +8 42 £425 +41.66% 9
Southampton 0 40 £300 -0.82% 17
Nottinghamshire +23 38 £276 -15.00% 3
Oxfordshire +8 37 £263 -16.00% 12
Leeds -8 37 £200 -4.76% 12

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 3950 (77.62%) Windows
2 2298 (45.16%) Microsoft
3 1628 (31.99%) Windows Server 2008
4 1514 (29.75%) VMware
5 1495 (29.38%) MS Exchange
6 1375 (27.02%) Windows 7
7 1308 (25.70%) Windows XP
8 1295 (25.45%) Windows Server 2003
9 1272 (25.00%) Citrix
10 1063 (20.89%) MS Office
11 846 (16.62%) MS Excel
12 839 (16.49%) ITIL
13 775 (15.23%) VMware Infrastructure
14 774 (15.21%) DNS
15 757 (14.88%) Exchange Server 2010
16 733 (14.40%) SCCM
17 699 (13.74%) SQL
18 629 (12.36%) HP
19 615 (12.08%) Migration
20 595 (11.69%) Blackberry
21 589 (11.57%) Microsoft Certification
22 582 (11.44%) SQL Server
23 570 (11.20%) SAN
24 537 (10.55%) DHCP
25 527 (10.36%) TCP/IP
26 525 (10.32%) Security Cleared
27 519 (10.20%) Cisco
28 504 (9.904%) Exchange Server 2007
29 499 (9.805%) Finance
30 480 (9.432%) Exchange Server 2003

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
1 157 (3.085%) .NET
2 97 (1.906%) Application Packaging
3 90 (1.769%) Web Services
4 85 (1.670%) HTML
5 69 (1.356%) Middleware
6 66 (1.297%) ASP.NET
7 59 (1.159%) XML
8 41 (0.806%) .NET Framework
9 35 (0.688%) COM
10 34 (0.668%) WebSphere
10 34 (0.668%) jQuery
11 33 (0.648%) CSS
12 32 (0.629%) WCF
13 22 (0.432%) Ajax
13 22 (0.432%) ASP
13 22 (0.432%) SAML
14 19 (0.373%) Silverlight
15 18 (0.354%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 17 (0.334%) Software Packaging
16 17 (0.334%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1495 (29.38%) MS Exchange
2 757 (14.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 504 (9.904%) Exchange Server 2007
4 480 (9.432%) Exchange Server 2003
5 373 (7.330%) SharePoint
6 338 (6.642%) IIS
7 280 (5.502%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 197 (3.871%) IBM Notes
9 146 (2.869%) Lync
10 124 (2.437%) SharePoint 2010
11 75 (1.474%) Apache
12 48 (0.943%) Tomcat
13 39 (0.766%) Office Communications Server
14 37 (0.727%) SharePoint Server
15 35 (0.688%) Lotus Domino
16 30 (0.590%) Exchange Server 2013
17 21 (0.413%) WebLogic
18 19 (0.373%) BizTalk Server
19 17 (0.334%) Windows Azure
19 17 (0.334%) WorkSite
Applications
1 1063 (20.89%) MS Office
2 846 (16.62%) MS Excel
3 82 (1.611%) MS PowerPoint
4 68 (1.336%) MS Visio
5 56 (1.100%) Office 365
6 37 (0.727%) MS Project
7 14 (0.275%) Google Apps
8 12 (0.236%) InfoPath
9 8 (0.157%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.039%) S-PLUS
10 2 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.020%) Vectorworks
11 1 (0.020%) CINEMA 4D
11 1 (0.020%) PaintShop Pro
11 1 (0.020%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 29 (0.570%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.334%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.216%) assyst
4 10 (0.197%) Remedy ITSM
5 8 (0.157%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (0.138%) SAP R/3
7 5 (0.098%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.079%) Oracle Applications
8 4 (0.079%) Line 50
9 3 (0.059%) Maximo
10 2 (0.039%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.039%) Agresso
10 2 (0.039%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.039%) BusinessWorks
10 2 (0.039%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.020%) Remedy AR System
11 1 (0.020%) Cerner Millennium
11 1 (0.020%) Infor M3
11 1 (0.020%) Summit
11 1 (0.020%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 774 (15.21%) DNS
2 570 (11.20%) SAN
3 537 (10.55%) DHCP
4 527 (10.36%) TCP/IP
5 465 (9.137%) LAN
6 437 (8.587%) WAN
7 364 (7.153%) Firewall
8 334 (6.563%) VPN
9 197 (3.871%) Internet
10 175 (3.439%) LDAP
11 133 (2.613%) VoIP
12 128 (2.515%) Wireless
13 126 (2.476%) NAS
14 81 (1.592%) SSL
14 81 (1.592%) SMTP
15 76 (1.493%) Cisco ASA
16 71 (1.395%) Intranet
17 62 (1.218%) HTTP
18 61 (1.199%) VLAN
19 60 (1.179%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 582 (11.44%) SQL Server
2 266 (5.227%) SQL Server 2008
3 203 (3.989%) SQL Server 2005
4 73 (1.434%) SQL Server 2000
5 56 (1.100%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 43 (0.845%) Oracle 8/8i
7 37 (0.727%) MySQL
7 37 (0.727%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 30 (0.590%) SQL Server 2012
9 27 (0.531%) Oracle 11g
9 27 (0.531%) DB2
9 27 (0.531%) Oracle 10g
10 19 (0.373%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (0.314%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (0.275%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (0.236%) MS Access
14 10 (0.197%) RDBMS
15 9 (0.177%) DTS
16 8 (0.157%) Oracle OWB
16 8 (0.157%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 129 (2.535%) MSI
2 93 (1.827%) InstallShield
3 36 (0.707%) Visual Studio
4 22 (0.432%) LoadRunner
5 19 (0.373%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 17 (0.334%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (0.216%) Oracle APEX
7 11 (0.216%) Subversion
8 10 (0.197%) ClearCase
8 10 (0.197%) QuickTest Pro
8 10 (0.197%) Git (software)
9 9 (0.177%) Wise Package Studio
10 7 (0.138%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.138%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.118%) ClearQuest
11 6 (0.118%) AdminStudio
11 6 (0.118%) JIRA
12 5 (0.098%) Microsoft Blend
12 5 (0.098%) Rational Performance Tester
13 4 (0.079%) Hudson
General
1 499 (9.805%) Finance
2 269 (5.286%) Banking
3 154 (3.026%) Telecoms
4 116 (2.279%) Retail
5 105 (2.063%) Law
6 100 (1.965%) Legal
7 93 (1.827%) Investment Banking
8 68 (1.336%) Back Office
9 60 (1.179%) Publishing
10 39 (0.766%) Financial Institution
11 31 (0.609%) Manufacturing
11 31 (0.609%) Advertising
12 29 (0.570%) Local Government
13 28 (0.550%) French Language
14 19 (0.373%) German Language
15 16 (0.314%) Military
16 13 (0.255%) Marketing
17 11 (0.216%) Aerospace
18 10 (0.197%) Games
18 10 (0.197%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 1196 (23.50%) Analyst
2 693 (13.62%) Support Engineer
3 467 (9.177%) Support Analyst
4 434 (8.528%) 2nd Line Support
5 391 (7.683%) Desktop Support
6 356 (6.995%) Service Analyst
7 346 (6.799%) Service Desk Analyst
8 318 (6.249%) 3rd Line Support
9 293 (5.758%) Administrator
10 265 (5.207%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 262 (5.148%) Consultant
12 241 (4.736%) IT Support
13 209 (4.107%) Architect
14 207 (4.068%) Desktop Engineer
15 189 (3.714%) 1st Line Support
16 161 (3.164%) Systems Administrator
17 153 (3.006%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 153 (3.006%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 152 (2.987%) Server Engineer
19 148 (2.908%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 595 (11.69%) Blackberry
2 217 (4.264%) Clustering
3 96 (1.886%) NHS
4 80 (1.572%) Management Information System
5 79 (1.552%) PKI
6 72 (1.415%) Thin Client
6 72 (1.415%) Fat Client
7 52 (1.022%) iPad
8 49 (0.963%) iPhone
9 45 (0.884%) Video Conferencing
9 45 (0.884%) Client/Server
10 43 (0.845%) Hedge funds
11 41 (0.806%) PDA
12 38 (0.747%) Computer Science
13 35 (0.688%) Replication
14 28 (0.550%) Enterprise Software
15 27 (0.531%) EqualLogic
16 22 (0.432%) SecurID
16 22 (0.432%) Handset
17 21 (0.413%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3950 (77.62%) Windows
2 1628 (31.99%) Windows Server 2008
3 1375 (27.02%) Windows 7
4 1308 (25.70%) Windows XP
5 1295 (25.45%) Windows Server 2003
6 316 (6.209%) Linux
7 206 (4.048%) Windows Vista
8 162 (3.183%) UNIX
9 149 (2.928%) Windows 2000
10 119 (2.338%) Windows Server 2012
11 103 (2.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 90 (1.769%) Windows 8
13 87 (1.710%) Mac OS X
14 81 (1.592%) Windows 2000 Server
15 46 (0.904%) Solaris
16 37 (0.727%) Windows NT
17 30 (0.590%) AIX
17 30 (0.590%) Apple iOS
18 29 (0.570%) Android
19 26 (0.511%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 839 (16.49%) ITIL
2 615 (12.08%) Migration
3 206 (4.048%) Project Management
4 155 (3.046%) Disaster Recovery
5 152 (2.987%) Change Management
5 152 (2.987%) PRINCE2
6 144 (2.830%) Incident Management
7 143 (2.810%) Service Management
8 124 (2.437%) Service Delivery
9 98 (1.926%) Change Control
10 82 (1.611%) Configuration Management
11 81 (1.592%) Problem Management
12 69 (1.356%) Software Deployment
13 63 (1.238%) User Acceptance Testing
13 63 (1.238%) Business Continuity
14 59 (1.159%) Workflow
15 58 (1.140%) Load Balancing
16 55 (1.081%) Capacity Planning
17 54 (1.061%) Asset Management
18 53 (1.041%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 699 (13.74%) SQL
2 452 (8.882%) PowerShell
3 209 (4.107%) VB
4 198 (3.891%) VBScript
5 110 (2.162%) C#
6 80 (1.572%) C
7 67 (1.317%) Perl
8 63 (1.238%) JavaScript
9 46 (0.904%) Java
10 43 (0.845%) T-SQL
11 33 (0.648%) PHP
12 32 (0.629%) Shell Script
13 24 (0.472%) VB.NET
14 23 (0.452%) VBA
15 15 (0.295%) Ruby
16 10 (0.197%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.177%) XPath
18 8 (0.157%) VB6
19 7 (0.138%) Python
20 6 (0.118%) C++
Qualifications
1 589 (11.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 525 (10.32%) Security Cleared
3 385 (7.565%) SC Cleared
4 353 (6.937%) MCSE
5 174 (3.419%) MCP
6 145 (2.849%) Degree
7 130 (2.555%) Cisco Certification
8 128 (2.515%) MCITP
9 110 (2.162%) CCNA
10 90 (1.769%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 90 (1.769%) DV Cleared
11 88 (1.729%) MCSA
12 78 (1.533%) ITIL Certification
13 71 (1.395%) Citrix Certification
14 66 (1.297%) MCDST
15 56 (1.100%) CCA
16 45 (0.884%) MCTS
17 35 (0.688%) CCNP
18 34 (0.668%) CISSP
19 26 (0.511%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (4.913%) SLA
2 56 (1.100%) QA
3 41 (0.806%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (0.511%) ISO 9001
5 22 (0.432%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 17 (0.334%) ISO 9000
7 12 (0.236%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.138%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.138%) BS25999
9 4 (0.079%) COBIT
10 3 (0.059%) BS7799
11 2 (0.039%) GAMP
11 2 (0.039%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.039%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.020%) TickIT
System Software
1 775 (15.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 425 (8.351%) XenApp
3 320 (6.288%) vSphere
4 233 (4.579%) Hyper-V
5 222 (4.362%) VMware ESX
6 189 (3.714%) Microsoft App-V
7 148 (2.908%) XenDesktop
8 89 (1.749%) VMware ESXi
9 75 (1.474%) Terminal Services
10 65 (1.277%) XenServer
11 58 (1.140%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 55 (1.081%) UAG
13 53 (1.041%) ISA Server
14 38 (0.747%) Forefront TMG
15 33 (0.648%) VMware Server
16 28 (0.550%) VMware Workstation
17 26 (0.511%) Xen
17 26 (0.511%) NFS
17 26 (0.511%) Terminal Server
18 22 (0.432%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 733 (14.40%) SCCM
2 358 (7.035%) SCOM
3 140 (2.751%) WSUS
4 131 (2.574%) Backup Exec
5 96 (1.886%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 80 (1.572%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 63 (1.238%) Norton AntiVirus
8 54 (1.061%) NetBackup
9 53 (1.041%) Tivoli
10 47 (0.924%) OpenView
10 47 (0.924%) McAfee ePO
11 46 (0.904%) OpenView Configuration Management
12 42 (0.825%) HP SIM
13 28 (0.550%) OVSD
14 27 (0.531%) MOM
14 27 (0.531%) HP Quality Center
15 26 (0.511%) Nagios
16 24 (0.472%) Puppet
17 23 (0.452%) DameWare
18 22 (0.432%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 2298 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 1514 (29.75%) VMware
3 1272 (25.00%) Citrix
4 629 (12.36%) HP
5 519 (10.20%) Cisco
6 235 (4.618%) Symantec
7 224 (4.402%) Dell
8 206 (4.048%) Lotus
9 204 (4.009%) Oracle
10 176 (3.458%) NetApp
11 147 (2.889%) IBM
12 143 (2.810%) McAfee
13 129 (2.535%) Red Hat
14 122 (2.397%) Apple
15 120 (2.358%) Remedy
16 117 (2.299%) AppSense
17 114 (2.240%) Altiris
17 114 (2.240%) EMC
18 66 (1.297%) Juniper
18 66 (1.297%) CA
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Essential skills: *Active Directory *Windows Server 2003/2008 *Maintenance & Design of Microsoft based infrastructure *Network troubleshooting experience *Fault Finding on the servers Desirable Skills: *VMware *Exposure to Mac...
Roc Search
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bournemouth, South West
Leading Investment Bank requires a Lead Windows / Active Directory Engineer to work in a mixed environment of Windows 2000/2003/2008 servers providing support, maintenance and troubleshooting including: -...
IT Human Resources
Rate: £400 - £414 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire
As a part of the Infrastructure Team you will be required to ensure the infrastructure is fit for purpose, meets customer expectations and service level agreements by proactive...
Roc Search
Posted: 17 June 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The role will involve providing 1st line technical support to multiple users within the organization. This role will involve working in a busy support desk, with a daily...
Advantage XPO
Rate: £100 - £115 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
A fantastic opportunity has arisen working for my London based client, they are currently looking for a 3rd Line support engineer to join their busy team for a...
Computer Futures
Posted: 11 June 2013
Exeter, Devon
Roc Search
Posted: 14 June 2013
Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 11 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
OPUS
Rate: GBP300 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Sanderson
Rate: £10 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
iKonnect
Rate: £50000 - £55000 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 5 June 2013
Camberley, Surrey
Austin Fraser
Rate: £15 - £16 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £10.00 - £12 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £10 - £20 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Middlesbrough, North East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £19 - £22 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Orgtel
Posted: 9 June 2013
Midlands
Roc Search
Posted: 12 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £15 - £18 per hour
Posted: 5 June 2013
Ilford, South East
Computer Futures
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridgeshire
Senitor Associates
Rate: £13 - £20 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Roc Search
Salary: £100 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £20 - £22 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Computer Futures
Posted: 31 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £12 - £15 per hour
Posted: 6 June 2013
Bedfordshire
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £180 - £225 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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