The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 22 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 Wiltshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 26 24 35
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +11
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 22 35 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 4.793% 5.582% 2.947%
As % of the System Software category 43.14% 81.40% 69.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 10
Average daily rate £345 £300 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £146 £117
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £445 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 2
Average hourly rate £13.75 £17.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +3.33%
All System Software
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
51 43 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 11.11% 6.858% 4.236%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 17 14
Average daily rate £440 £400 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -0.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £161 £122
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 4
Average hourly rate £13.75 £17.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Swindon +7 16 £413 +26.92%
Malmesbury +4 1 £170 -45.60%
Corsham - 1 - -
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 34 (87.18%) Windows
2 17 (43.59%) VMware
3 16 (41.03%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (35.90%) MS Exchange
5 11 (28.21%) SAN
6 10 (25.64%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (23.08%) MS Office
7 9 (23.08%) ITIL
7 9 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 9 (23.08%) Windows 7
8 8 (20.51%) Finance
8 8 (20.51%) Windows XP
9 7 (17.95%) HP
9 7 (17.95%) Exchange Server 2010
9 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
10 6 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
10 6 (15.38%) DNS
10 6 (15.38%) Cisco
10 6 (15.38%) DHCP
10 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
10 6 (15.38%) SQL
11 5 (12.82%) NetApp
11 5 (12.82%) Dell
11 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
12 4 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2007
12 4 (10.26%) Performance Management
12 4 (10.26%) vSphere
12 4 (10.26%) XenApp
12 4 (10.26%) Citrix
12 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 14 (35.90%) MS Exchange
2 7 (17.95%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 9 (23.08%) MS Office
2 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.564%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.564%) assyst
1 1 (2.564%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) SAN
2 6 (15.38%) DNS
2 6 (15.38%) DHCP
3 3 (7.692%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.128%) VLAN
4 2 (5.128%) WAN
4 2 (5.128%) LAN
5 1 (2.564%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.564%) VoIP
5 1 (2.564%) WLAN
5 1 (2.564%) VPN
5 1 (2.564%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 8 (20.51%) Finance
2 2 (5.128%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Analyst
2 8 (20.51%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) IT Support
5 4 (10.26%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.692%) Service Analyst
6 3 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (7.692%) Desktop Support
6 3 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (7.692%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Desktop Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Server Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Administrator
7 2 (5.128%) Technical Support
7 2 (5.128%) Technical Architect
7 2 (5.128%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Fat Client
1 2 (5.128%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.564%) NHS
2 1 (2.564%) Clustering
2 1 (2.564%) RMADS
2 1 (2.564%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 34 (87.18%) Windows
2 16 (41.03%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (25.64%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (23.08%) Windows 7
5 8 (20.51%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.564%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) ITIL
2 4 (10.26%) Performance Management
3 2 (5.128%) CRM
4 1 (2.564%) PRINCE
4 1 (2.564%) Project Management
4 1 (2.564%) Service Management
4 1 (2.564%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.564%) Change Management
4 1 (2.564%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.564%) Security Architecture
4 1 (2.564%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (2.564%) Release Management
4 1 (2.564%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (2.564%) C
2 1 (2.564%) VBScript
2 1 (2.564%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.692%) MCP
5 2 (5.128%) MCITP
5 2 (5.128%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.128%) MCSE
6 1 (2.564%) MCSA
6 1 (2.564%) CCNA
6 1 (2.564%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.564%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) vSphere
1 4 (10.26%) XenApp
2 3 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.128%) Xen
3 2 (5.128%) VMware ESX
3 2 (5.128%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.128%) XenDesktop
4 1 (2.564%) NFS
4 1 (2.564%) XenServer
4 1 (2.564%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) NetBackup
1 2 (5.128%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (5.128%) SCCM
2 1 (2.564%) Tivoli
2 1 (2.564%) Netcool
2 1 (2.564%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 1 (2.564%) ZENworks
2 1 (2.564%) HP SIM
2 1 (2.564%) SCOM
2 1 (2.564%) WSUS
2 1 (2.564%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) VMware
2 9 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.95%) HP
4 6 (15.38%) Cisco
5 5 (12.82%) NetApp
5 5 (12.82%) Dell
6 4 (10.26%) Citrix
6 4 (10.26%) Sophos
7 2 (5.128%) McAfee
8 1 (2.564%) BMC
8 1 (2.564%) Nokia
8 1 (2.564%) Novell
8 1 (2.564%) Symantec
8 1 (2.564%) Remedy
8 1 (2.564%) Wyse
8 1 (2.564%) IBM
8 1 (2.564%) Juniper
8 1 (2.564%) EMC
8 1 (2.564%) Compaq
8 1 (2.564%) ProCurve
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