The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton 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 3 7 6
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 6 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 21.43% 6.667% 12.50%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £100 - £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.16 £15.13 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.83%
All System Software
Wolverhampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
9 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 32.14% 6.667% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £113 - £263
90% offered a daily rate of more than £103 - £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £123 - £265
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 14 (77.78%) Windows
1 14 (77.78%) MS Exchange
2 11 (61.11%) VMware
2 11 (61.11%) LAN
2 11 (61.11%) WAN
3 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
3 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (55.56%) xDSL
4 9 (50.00%) DNS
4 9 (50.00%) DHCP
4 9 (50.00%) Terminal Services
4 9 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
6 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
6 5 (27.78%) MS Office
7 3 (16.67%) VMware Server
8 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
8 2 (11.11%) NHS
8 2 (11.11%) ITIL
8 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
9 1 (5.556%) HP
9 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (5.556%) Avaya
9 1 (5.556%) SAN
9 1 (5.556%) Internet
9 1 (5.556%) Symantec
9 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
9 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (5.556%) DameWare

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 (77.78%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) MS Office
1 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) LAN
1 11 (61.11%) WAN
2 10 (55.56%) xDSL
2 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
3 9 (50.00%) DNS
3 9 (50.00%) DHCP
4 1 (5.556%) SAN
4 1 (5.556%) Internet
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
2 11 (61.11%) Systems Analyst
3 9 (50.00%) Systems Support
4 4 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Desktop Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) IT Support
7 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support
7 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) NHS
2 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.556%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Terminal Services
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Server
3 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.556%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) DameWare
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) VMware
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.556%) HP
3 1 (5.556%) Avaya
3 1 (5.556%) Symantec
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco
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