Yorkshire Active Directory Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Active Directory
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Belper Berkshire Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury Bury St Edmunds Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London Cobham Colchester Coleraine Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Ely Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Haslemere Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Kegworth Kent Kingswinford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liphook Liverpool London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Neath Port Talbot New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Pershore Peterborough Plymouth Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Potters Bar Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redditch Redhill Romford Rotherham Rugby Sale Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thatcham Thirsk Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	27	49
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	123	107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.199 %	0.117 %
As % of the category below	63.40 %	37.28 %
Daily rates quoted	8	10
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£200
Average daily rate	£327	£210
% change on same period last year	+56.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£219
UK excluding London average daily rate	£286	£280
% change on same period last year	+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	43
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.46	£13.34
Average hourly rate	£18.02	£14.06
% change on same period last year	+28.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.59	£14.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.12	£17.97
% change on same period last year	+0.79 %
System Software Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	194	287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.313 %	0.313 %
Daily rates quoted	23	39
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£262
Average daily rate	£319	£269
% change on same period last year	+18.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£275
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£317
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	83
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.87	£22.64
Average hourly rate	£21.43	£23.64
% change on same period last year	-9.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.98	£24.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.95	£21.04
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Active Directory England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Active Directory
Demand Trend

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Active Directory across the Yorkshire region.

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Active Directory across the Yorkshire region.

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
West Yorkshire	+21	72	£345	+22.66 %
North Yorkshire	+19	23	-	-
South Yorkshire	+12	18	£295	+82.47 %
East Yorkshire	+5	5	-	-

Active Directory England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 243 (69.83 %) Windows 2 129 (37.07 %) Microsoft 3 128 (36.78 %) Windows Server 2003 4 113 (32.47 %) Windows XP 5 100 (28.74 %) MS Office 6 91 (26.15 %) MS Exchange 7 65 (18.68 %) Windows 2000 8 58 (16.67 %) MS Excel 9 55 (15.80 %) Exchange Server 2003 10 45 (12.93 %) TCP/IP 10 45 (12.93 %) Citrix 11 36 (10.34 %) Microsoft Certification 12 32 (9.195 %) WAN 13 30 (8.621 %) VMware 14 29 (8.333 %) Migration

14 29 (8.333 %) SQL Server 15 28 (8.046 %) ITIL 15 28 (8.046 %) Windows 2000 Server 16 26 (7.471 %) MCSE 17 25 (7.184 %) Novell 17 25 (7.184 %) SharePoint Server 2007 18 24 (6.897 %) LAN 19 23 (6.609 %) SharePoint 19 23 (6.609 %) NHS 19 23 (6.609 %) Firewall 20 22 (6.322 %) NetWare 21 21 (6.034 %) DNS 21 21 (6.034 %) Windows Vista 22 20 (5.747 %) DHCP 22 20 (5.747 %) SAN

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 Development 1 18 (5.172 %) .NET 2 6 (1.724 %) .NET Framework 3 5 (1.437 %) ASP.NET 3 5 (1.437 %) XML 4 2 (0.575 %) XSLT 4 2 (0.575 %) WSH 4 2 (0.575 %) AJAX 4 2 (0.575 %) CSS 4 2 (0.575 %) HTML 5 1 (0.287 %) Application Packaging 5 1 (0.287 %) WebServices 5 1 (0.287 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.287 %) Windows SharePoint Services	Application Platforms 1 91 (26.15 %) MS Exchange 2 55 (15.80 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 25 (7.184 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 23 (6.609 %) SharePoint 5 17 (4.885 %) Lotus Notes 6 12 (3.448 %) GroupWise 7 10 (2.874 %) Lotus Domino 8 9 (2.586 %) IIS 9 8 (2.299 %) Exchange Server 2007 10 6 (1.724 %) WebLogic 11 5 (1.437 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 2 (0.575 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 12 2 (0.575 %) Exchange Server 5.5 12 2 (0.575 %) Commerce Server 13 1 (0.287 %) Site Server 13 1 (0.287 %) Documentum 13 1 (0.287 %) MTS 13 1 (0.287 %) CMS
Applications 1 100 (28.74 %) MS Office 2 58 (16.67 %) MS Excel 3 4 (1.149 %) InfoPath 3 4 (1.149 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.287 %) CA Clarity 4 1 (0.287 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 1 (0.287 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 45 (12.93 %) TCP/IP 2 32 (9.195 %) WAN 3 24 (6.897 %) LAN 4 23 (6.609 %) Firewall 5 21 (6.034 %) DNS 6 20 (5.747 %) SAN 6 20 (5.747 %) DHCP 7 9 (2.586 %) LDAP 8 8 (2.299 %) VPN 8 8 (2.299 %) Internet 9 7 (2.011 %) SMS 10 4 (1.149 %) VoIP 10 4 (1.149 %) Intranet 11 3 (0.862 %) iSCSI 11 3 (0.862 %) MPLS 12 2 (0.575 %) X.500 12 2 (0.575 %) SSL 12 2 (0.575 %) FTP 12 2 (0.575 %) C7 12 2 (0.575 %) Cisco PIX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 29 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2 7 (2.011 %) SQL Server 2005 2 7 (2.011 %) MS Access 3 1 (0.287 %) DTS 3 1 (0.287 %) ETL 3 1 (0.287 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (0.287 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 1 (0.287 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 1 (0.287 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 4 (1.149 %) Visual Studio 1 4 (1.149 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (0.287 %) MSI	General 1 18 (5.172 %) Health 2 11 (3.161 %) Finance 3 8 (2.299 %) Government 4 5 (1.437 %) Legal 5 4 (1.149 %) Telecoms 5 4 (1.149 %) Education 6 3 (0.862 %) Manufacturing 6 3 (0.862 %) Banking 6 3 (0.862 %) Retail 6 3 (0.862 %) Auditing 7 2 (0.575 %) Advertising 7 2 (0.575 %) Law 8 1 (0.287 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.287 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 81 (23.28 %) Analyst 2 48 (13.79 %) Support Engineer 3 40 (11.49 %) Support Analyst 3 40 (11.49 %) 2nd Line Support 4 25 (7.184 %) 3rd Line Support 4 25 (7.184 %) Desktop Support 5 22 (6.322 %) Helpdesk Analyst 6 18 (5.172 %) Technical Support 6 18 (5.172 %) Support Technician 6 18 (5.172 %) Architect 7 17 (4.885 %) Developer 7 17 (4.885 %) Consultant 7 17 (4.885 %) Server Support 8 16 (4.598 %) Systems Engineer 8 16 (4.598 %) Technical Support Analyst 8 16 (4.598 %) Technical Analyst 9 12 (3.448 %) 1st Line Support 10 11 (3.161 %) Technical Consultant 10 11 (3.161 %) Solutions Architect 10 11 (3.161 %) Desktop Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 23 (6.609 %) NHS 2 5 (1.437 %) Blackberry 3 4 (1.149 %) Clustering 4 3 (0.862 %) Client/Server 5 2 (0.575 %) NPfIT 5 2 (0.575 %) Smartcard 5 2 (0.575 %) Replication 5 2 (0.575 %) PKI 5 2 (0.575 %) German Language 6 1 (0.287 %) Norwegian Language 6 1 (0.287 %) Fat Client 6 1 (0.287 %) Video Conferencing 6 1 (0.287 %) PDA 6 1 (0.287 %) Management Information System 6 1 (0.287 %) PMI 6 1 (0.287 %) EPoS 6 1 (0.287 %) Thin Client
Operating Systems 1 243 (69.83 %) Windows 2 128 (36.78 %) Windows Server 2003 3 113 (32.47 %) Windows XP 4 65 (18.68 %) Windows 2000 5 28 (8.046 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 22 (6.322 %) NetWare 7 21 (6.034 %) Windows Vista 8 17 (4.885 %) UNIX 9 10 (2.874 %) Linux 10 6 (1.724 %) Windows NT 11 5 (1.437 %) HPUX 11 5 (1.437 %) Windows Server 2008 12 4 (1.149 %) Solaris 13 2 (0.575 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 29 (8.333 %) Migration 2 28 (8.046 %) ITIL 3 11 (3.161 %) Stakeholder Management 4 10 (2.874 %) PRINCE2 5 7 (2.011 %) Project Management 6 5 (1.437 %) Change Management 7 4 (1.149 %) Workflow 7 4 (1.149 %) Business Analysis 8 3 (0.862 %) E-business 8 3 (0.862 %) E-Commerce 8 3 (0.862 %) PRINCE 9 2 (0.575 %) Configuration Management 9 2 (0.575 %) OOD 9 2 (0.575 %) UML 9 2 (0.575 %) OO 9 2 (0.575 %) Security Management 9 2 (0.575 %) Disaster Recovery 9 2 (0.575 %) Service Management 9 2 (0.575 %) Network Design 9 2 (0.575 %) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages 1 16 (4.598 %) SQL 2 10 (2.874 %) C# 3 6 (1.724 %) VBScript 4 5 (1.437 %) Perl 4 5 (1.437 %) Shell Script 5 3 (0.862 %) Java 6 2 (0.575 %) JavaScript 6 2 (0.575 %) VB 6 2 (0.575 %) VBA 7 1 (0.287 %) C	Qualifications 1 36 (10.34 %) Microsoft Certification 2 26 (7.471 %) MCSE 3 14 (4.023 %) MCP 4 8 (2.299 %) Citrix Certification 4 8 (2.299 %) CCEA 5 6 (1.724 %) Degree 5 6 (1.724 %) Novell Certification 6 5 (1.437 %) CNE 7 4 (1.149 %) CCNA 7 4 (1.149 %) Cisco Certification 8 3 (0.862 %) MCSA 8 3 (0.862 %) Check Point Certification 9 2 (0.575 %) PMP 9 2 (0.575 %) PMI Certification 9 2 (0.575 %) CNA 10 1 (0.287 %) HNC 10 1 (0.287 %) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (2.299 %) SLA 2 4 (1.149 %) ISO27001 3 2 (0.575 %) ISO17799 3 2 (0.575 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (0.287 %) BS7799 4 1 (0.287 %) QA	System Software 1 12 (3.448 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 10 (2.874 %) VMware ESX 2 10 (2.874 %) Backup Exec 3 9 (2.586 %) Novell eDirectory 4 6 (1.724 %) Terminal Services 4 6 (1.724 %) ISA Server 5 3 (0.862 %) MetaFrame 5 3 (0.862 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 5 3 (0.862 %) NetBackup 6 2 (0.575 %) Terminal Server 7 1 (0.287 %) VMware Server 7 1 (0.287 %) NFS
Systems Management 1 14 (4.023 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 13 (3.736 %) ZENworks 3 11 (3.161 %) MOM 4 10 (2.874 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 9 (2.586 %) OpenView 6 6 (1.724 %) NNM 6 6 (1.724 %) OVOW 6 6 (1.724 %) SCCM 7 5 (1.437 %) OVIS 7 5 (1.437 %) Tivoli 7 5 (1.437 %) ARCserve 8 4 (1.149 %) Legato 8 4 (1.149 %) WSUS 9 3 (0.862 %) SCOM 9 3 (0.862 %) RepliStor 10 2 (0.575 %) OVPA 10 2 (0.575 %) OVPM 11 1 (0.287 %) HP Data Protector	Vendors 1 129 (37.07 %) Microsoft 2 45 (12.93 %) Citrix 3 30 (8.621 %) VMware 4 25 (7.184 %) Novell 5 19 (5.460 %) Lotus 6 17 (4.885 %) HP 7 13 (3.736 %) CheckPoint 8 11 (3.161 %) Symantec 9 9 (2.586 %) Oracle 9 9 (2.586 %) Cisco 10 8 (2.299 %) VERITAS 11 6 (1.724 %) Remedy 12 5 (1.437 %) NetApp 12 5 (1.437 %) IBM 13 4 (1.149 %) Dell 13 4 (1.149 %) Altiris 14 3 (0.862 %) Fujitsu 14 3 (0.862 %) Compaq 15 2 (0.575 %) Sun 15 2 (0.575 %) Juniper