Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank552929
Rank change year-on-year
Down-26No change0
Matching contract IT job ads139817743386
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.894 %4.497 %4.119 %
As % of the System Software category58.37 %70.31 %70.88 %
Daily rates quoted479439609
Average daily rate£275£300£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.330 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£105£150£150
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£435£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£251£295£300
% change year-on-year
-14.83 %-1.660 %
Hourly rates quoted389439920
Average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28 %+6.060 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£34.55£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£15.50£15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.670 %+3.330 %
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategoryAll System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
239525234777
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK4.958 %6.396 %5.812 %
Daily rates quoted939708995
Average daily rate£325£324£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.300 %-7.420 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£185£175£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£450£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£315£325
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %-3.070 %
Hourly rates quoted4525191048
Average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %+11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£11.31£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.00£40.00£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£19.00£16.43
% change year-on-year
-13.15 %+15.64 %

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.

Active Directory
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Active Directory within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Active Directory Demand Trend

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Active Directory Daily Rate Histogram

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-241333£275-8.33 %
LondonDown-47570£310+3.33 %
South EastDown-12268£300-6.25 %
City of LondonDown-53182£315-
East of EnglandDown-8104£80-70.90 %
North WestUp+496£225-10.00 %
South WestDown-1190£275+1.85 %
BerkshireUp+2887£345-16.36 %
West MidlandsDown-668£288+8.49 %
YorkshireDown-265£324+15.71 %
BuckinghamshireDown-354£148-53.62 %
HampshireDown-651£300-9.09 %
ReadingUp+645£400-3.03 %
EssexDown-245£80-73.33 %
East MidlandsDown-743£245+44.11 %
West YorkshireDown-141£324+15.71 %
ManchesterUp+539£223+18.66 %
SurreyDown-1139£350+1.44 %
Milton KeynesDown-532£148-53.62 %
CheshireDown-430£240-4.00 %
WalesDown-1030£275-14.72 %
ScotlandDown-4530£160+6.66 %
HertfordshireUp+1328£313-16.66 %
North EastUp+1328£105-70.00 %
South WalesDown-126£290-8.66 %
LeedsUp+424£324+22.26 %
CambridgeshireDown-223£313+17.37 %
WithamUp+222£78-48.33 %
WiltshireDown-321£300-29.41 %
OxfordshireDown-1520£276+57.85 %

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

12038 (70.91 %)Windows
21146 (39.87 %)Microsoft
31021 (35.53 %)Windows Server 2003
4719 (25.02 %)Windows XP
5688 (23.94 %)MS Exchange
6582 (20.25 %)MS Office
7565 (19.66 %)Citrix
8467 (16.25 %)VMware
9400 (13.92 %)DNS
10398 (13.85 %)Security Cleared
10398 (13.85 %)Windows Server 2008
11354 (12.32 %)MS Excel
12350 (12.18 %)Microsoft Certification
13348 (12.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
14337 (11.73 %)ITIL
15328 (11.41 %)HP
16300 (10.44 %)SQL Server
17291 (10.13 %)TCP/IP
18289 (10.06 %)SQL
19284 (9.882 %)Exchange Server 2007
20283 (9.847 %)SC Cleared
21278 (9.673 %)Cisco
22270 (9.395 %)MCSE
22270 (9.395 %)Windows Vista
23269 (9.360 %)DHCP
24267 (9.290 %)Windows 2000
25266 (9.255 %)Finance
26239 (8.316 %)Banking
27225 (7.829 %)VMware Infrastructure
28223 (7.759 %)Migration

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1131 (4.558 %).NET
248 (1.670 %)ASP.NET
347 (1.635 %)XML
435 (1.218 %)Application Packaging
435 (1.218 %)Web Services
533 (1.148 %)WebSphere
631 (1.079 %)HTML
723 (0.800 %)WMI
818 (0.626 %).NET Framework
916 (0.557 %)ASP
1015 (0.522 %)Software Packaging
1114 (0.487 %)WinForms
1213 (0.452 %)CSS
1213 (0.452 %)XSLT
1312 (0.418 %)Middleware
149 (0.313 %)ADSI
149 (0.313 %)XSD
149 (0.313 %)AJAX
157 (0.244 %)XHTML
157 (0.244 %)J2EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1688 (23.94 %)MS Exchange
2348 (12.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
3284 (9.882 %)Exchange Server 2007
4200 (6.959 %)IIS
5175 (6.089 %)SharePoint
6127 (4.419 %)Lotus Notes
767 (2.331 %)Exchange Server 2000
858 (2.018 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
945 (1.566 %)Lotus Domino
1042 (1.461 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1121 (0.731 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1220 (0.696 %)Apache
1318 (0.626 %)GroupWise
1415 (0.522 %)Tomcat
1513 (0.452 %)WebLogic
1610 (0.348 %)Office Communications Server
179 (0.313 %)BizTalk Server
187 (0.244 %)CMS
195 (0.174 %)MQSeries
204 (0.139 %)Oracle Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1582 (20.25 %)MS Office
2354 (12.32 %)MS Excel
314 (0.487 %)MS Project
413 (0.452 %)MS Visio
511 (0.383 %)MS PowerPoint
65 (0.174 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.070 %)AutoCAD
72 (0.070 %)Photoshop
81 (0.035 %)QuarkXPress
81 (0.035 %)SmartSuite
81 (0.035 %)ArcInfo
81 (0.035 %)NASTRAN
81 (0.035 %)PrintSoft PReS
81 (0.035 %)InfoPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (0.452 %)SoftGrid
113 (0.452 %)assyst
211 (0.383 %)Microsoft CRM
36 (0.209 %)BusinessWorks
44 (0.139 %)Remedy ITSM
44 (0.139 %)3000 Xtra
53 (0.104 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
53 (0.104 %)Dynamics CRM
62 (0.070 %)Dynamics AX
62 (0.070 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
62 (0.070 %)Navision
71 (0.035 %)Axapta
71 (0.035 %)SAP ERP
71 (0.035 %)Line 50
71 (0.035 %)Cognos Planning
71 (0.035 %)Cerner Millennium
71 (0.035 %)Summit
71 (0.035 %)Academy Housing
71 (0.035 %)arcHouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1400 (13.92 %)DNS
2291 (10.13 %)TCP/IP
3269 (9.360 %)DHCP
4213 (7.411 %)LAN
5212 (7.376 %)SAN
6210 (7.307 %)Firewall
7182 (6.333 %)WAN
8169 (5.880 %)VPN
9107 (3.723 %)Internet
1091 (3.166 %)LDAP
1154 (1.879 %)Wireless
1252 (1.809 %)SMS
1340 (1.392 %)VoIP
1436 (1.253 %)Network Security
1535 (1.218 %)SSL
1634 (1.183 %)NAS
1731 (1.079 %)VLAN
1827 (0.939 %)Intranet
1924 (0.835 %)ADSL
2021 (0.731 %)iSCSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1300 (10.44 %)SQL Server
2105 (3.653 %)SQL Server 2005
348 (1.670 %)SQL Server 2000
447 (1.635 %)SQL Server 2008
515 (0.522 %)SQL Server Integration Services
612 (0.418 %)Oracle 10g
612 (0.418 %)MS Access
79 (0.313 %)Oracle 8/8i
88 (0.278 %)Oracle 11g
88 (0.278 %)MySQL
97 (0.244 %)Datawarehouse
106 (0.209 %)EDRMS
115 (0.174 %)RDBMS
115 (0.174 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
124 (0.139 %)Data Mart
124 (0.139 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
124 (0.139 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
124 (0.139 %)OLAP
133 (0.104 %)DTS
133 (0.104 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
131 (1.079 %)Visual Studio
224 (0.835 %)InstallShield
39 (0.313 %)StarTeam
47 (0.244 %)TestDirector
54 (0.139 %)Visual Studio Team System
54 (0.139 %)LoadRunner
54 (0.139 %)PVCS
54 (0.139 %)VSS/SourceSafe
54 (0.139 %)ClearCase
54 (0.139 %)Oracle Forms
63 (0.104 %)WinRunner
63 (0.104 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (0.104 %)Team Foundation Server
72 (0.070 %)FitNesse
72 (0.070 %)AdminStudio
72 (0.070 %)JDeveloper
81 (0.035 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.035 %)ProC
81 (0.035 %)Selenium
81 (0.035 %)Atlassian Bamboo
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1266 (9.255 %)Finance
2239 (8.316 %)Banking
3190 (6.611 %)Government
4113 (3.932 %)Investment Banking
553 (1.844 %)Health
647 (1.635 %)Telecoms
739 (1.357 %)Insurance
837 (1.287 %)Education
933 (1.148 %)Law
1031 (1.079 %)Financial Institution
1031 (1.079 %)Legal
1119 (0.661 %)Retail
1218 (0.626 %)Local Government
1315 (0.522 %)Front Office
1414 (0.487 %)Back Office
1513 (0.452 %)Manufacturing
1513 (0.452 %)Publishing
169 (0.313 %)Construction
169 (0.313 %)Pensions
178 (0.278 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1739 (25.71 %)Analyst
2307 (10.68 %)Support Analyst
2307 (10.68 %)Support Engineer
3247 (8.594 %)Desktop Support
4207 (7.203 %)Administrator
5183 (6.367 %)Service Desk Analyst
6181 (6.298 %)Service Analyst
7164 (5.706 %)Consultant
8161 (5.602 %)Helpdesk Analyst
9156 (5.428 %)2nd Line Support
10145 (5.045 %)3rd Line Support
11129 (4.489 %)Architect
12122 (4.245 %)1st Line Support
13120 (4.175 %)Helpdesk Support
1499 (3.445 %)Desktop Analyst
1593 (3.236 %)Desktop Engineer
1677 (2.679 %)Systems Administrator
1677 (2.679 %)Server Engineer
1776 (2.644 %)Server Support
1875 (2.610 %)IT Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1182 (6.333 %)Blackberry
2125 (4.349 %)Clustering
378 (2.714 %)NHS
463 (2.192 %)PKI
536 (1.253 %)PDA
634 (1.183 %)Thin Client
634 (1.183 %)Fat Client
726 (0.905 %)Replication
819 (0.661 %)Smartcard
819 (0.661 %)Video Conferencing
915 (0.522 %)Client/Server
1014 (0.487 %)AS400
1113 (0.452 %)Mainframe
1211 (0.383 %)Management Information System
1211 (0.383 %)French Language
139 (0.313 %)N-Tier
148 (0.278 %)LPAR
157 (0.244 %)HACMP
157 (0.244 %)Handset
157 (0.244 %)CLARiiON
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12038 (70.91 %)Windows
21021 (35.53 %)Windows Server 2003
3719 (25.02 %)Windows XP
4398 (13.85 %)Windows Server 2008
5270 (9.395 %)Windows Vista
6267 (9.290 %)Windows 2000
7172 (5.985 %)Linux
8155 (5.393 %)Windows 2000 Server
9152 (5.289 %)UNIX
1093 (3.236 %)Windows 7
1175 (2.610 %)Solaris
1255 (1.914 %)Red Hat Linux
1353 (1.844 %)AIX
1445 (1.566 %)Windows NT
1540 (1.392 %)Mac OS X
1629 (1.009 %)HPUX
1727 (0.939 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1822 (0.765 %)NetWare
1911 (0.383 %)Windows Mobile
2010 (0.348 %)VMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1337 (11.73 %)ITIL
2223 (7.759 %)Migration
373 (2.540 %)Project Management
469 (2.401 %)Service Management
566 (2.296 %)Service Delivery
648 (1.670 %)Incident Management
741 (1.427 %)Change Management
836 (1.253 %)Configuration Management
836 (1.253 %)PRINCE2
930 (1.044 %)Workflow
930 (1.044 %)Disaster Recovery
1029 (1.009 %)Load Balancing
1125 (0.870 %)CRM
1224 (0.835 %)Information Security
1318 (0.626 %)Validation
1318 (0.626 %)Capacity Planning
1417 (0.592 %)Identity Management
1417 (0.592 %)Network Design
1516 (0.557 %)Asset Management
1516 (0.557 %)Problem Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1289 (10.06 %)SQL
2167 (5.811 %)C
396 (3.340 %)VBScript
482 (2.853 %)VB
482 (2.853 %)C#
576 (2.644 %)PowerShell
644 (1.531 %)Java
735 (1.218 %)Perl
826 (0.905 %)VB.NET
922 (0.765 %)T-SQL
1020 (0.696 %)JavaScript
1119 (0.661 %)C++
1214 (0.487 %)Shell Script
1313 (0.452 %)PHP
1410 (0.348 %)AWK
159 (0.313 %)PL/SQL
165 (0.174 %)Python
174 (0.139 %)Korn
174 (0.139 %)VBA
183 (0.104 %)Caml Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1398 (13.85 %)Security Cleared
2350 (12.18 %)Microsoft Certification
3283 (9.847 %)SC Cleared
4270 (9.395 %)MCSE
5119 (4.141 %)MCP
680 (2.784 %)Cisco Certification
764 (2.227 %)DV Cleared
863 (2.192 %)Degree
961 (2.122 %)CCNA
961 (2.122 %)MCSA
1055 (1.914 %)MCITP
1136 (1.253 %)CISSP
1227 (0.939 %)ITIL Certification
1227 (0.939 %)MCTS
1326 (0.905 %)Citrix Certification
1424 (0.835 %)MCDST
1523 (0.800 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1523 (0.800 %)CISM
1619 (0.661 %)CCA
1718 (0.626 %)CCNP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
193 (3.236 %)SLA
233 (1.148 %)QA
39 (0.313 %)ISO27001
44 (0.139 %)ISO9001
52 (0.070 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.035 %)ISO17799
61 (0.035 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1225 (7.829 %)VMware Infrastructure
2137 (4.767 %)VMware ESX
360 (2.088 %)ISA Server
458 (2.018 %)XenApp
552 (1.809 %)Hyper-V
639 (1.357 %)Terminal Services
738 (1.322 %)Citrix Presentation Server
830 (1.044 %)MetaFrame
924 (0.835 %)NFS
1023 (0.800 %)Terminal Server
1118 (0.626 %)VMware Workstation
1118 (0.626 %)vSphere
1214 (0.487 %)Xen
1214 (0.487 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1311 (0.383 %)XenServer
1311 (0.383 %)XenDesktop
1410 (0.348 %)Samba
1410 (0.348 %)NDS
158 (0.278 %)Novell eDirectory
167 (0.244 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1158 (5.498 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2130 (4.523 %)SCCM
381 (2.818 %)OpenView
459 (2.053 %)SCOM
557 (1.983 %)WSUS
656 (1.949 %)Backup Exec
753 (1.844 %)OpenView Configuration Management
849 (1.705 %)MOM
849 (1.705 %)MSI
940 (1.392 %)NetBackup
1030 (1.044 %)Norton AntiVirus
1124 (0.835 %)AutoSys
1223 (0.800 %)Tivoli
1322 (0.765 %)McAfee ePO
1421 (0.731 %)ZENworks
1516 (0.557 %)OVSD
1516 (0.557 %)Legato
1516 (0.557 %)ARCserve
1615 (0.522 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1713 (0.452 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11146 (39.87 %)Microsoft
2565 (19.66 %)Citrix
3467 (16.25 %)VMware
4328 (11.41 %)HP
5278 (9.673 %)Cisco
6136 (4.732 %)Lotus
795 (3.305 %)Oracle
874 (2.575 %)Remedy
874 (2.575 %)McAfee
970 (2.436 %)Altiris
1068 (2.366 %)Symantec
1165 (2.262 %)IBM
1259 (2.053 %)Red Hat
1358 (2.018 %)Novell
1454 (1.879 %)NetApp
1552 (1.809 %)Dell
1647 (1.635 %)CheckPoint
1745 (1.566 %)EMC
1833 (1.148 %)Bloomberg
1932 (1.113 %)Reuters