The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Witham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 23 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 Witham 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 4 1 2
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 10 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Witham 25.00% 83.33% 90.91%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 11
Average daily rate £93 £99 £75
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.56% +32.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.42 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.95% +3.33%
All System Software
Witham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
6 10 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Witham 37.50% 83.33% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 11
Average daily rate £160 £99 £75
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+61.61% +32.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
Essex

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Witham 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 Witham region.

Witham 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 Witham region.

Witham Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Witham 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 9 (64.29%) HP
2 8 (57.14%) SLA
3 7 (50.00%) OpenView
3 7 (50.00%) ITIL
3 7 (50.00%) MCP
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (50.00%) McAfee
3 7 (50.00%) OVSD
3 7 (50.00%) MCDST
4 6 (42.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
6 4 (28.57%) SCCM
6 4 (28.57%) MS Exchange
7 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
8 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
8 2 (14.29%) Windows
8 2 (14.29%) VB
8 2 (14.29%) Business Objects
8 2 (14.29%) MS Office
9 1 (7.143%) Windows 7

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Witham 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 4 (28.57%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
2 2 (14.29%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Service Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (21.43%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (14.29%) Build Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Technician
5 1 (7.143%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) MCP
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (50.00%) MCDST
2 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) OpenView
1 7 (50.00%) OVSD
2 6 (42.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) HP
2 7 (50.00%) McAfee
3 2 (14.29%) Business Objects
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