The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 26 22 14
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 125 98 145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 7.458% 6.745% 10.90%
As % of the System Software category 54.35% 60.49% 73.60%
Number of salaries quoted 100 88 133
Average salary £38,750 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.71% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,400 £22,000 £25,250
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £52,500 £49,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
230 162 197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 13.72% 11.15% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 196 148 176
Average salary £42,500 £40,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.93% -4.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Active Directory Jobs Demand Trend

Active Directory
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory.

1 196 (71.01%) Windows
2 135 (48.91%) Microsoft
3 125 (45.29%) VMware
4 111 (40.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 98 (35.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 87 (31.52%) MS Excel
7 85 (30.80%) Windows Server 2003
8 83 (30.07%) MS Exchange
9 74 (26.81%) Cisco
9 74 (26.81%) Citrix
10 68 (24.64%) SCCM
11 66 (23.91%) NetApp
12 64 (23.19%) SCOM
13 53 (19.20%) Hyper-V
14 52 (18.84%) Firewall
14 52 (18.84%) DNS
15 46 (16.67%) DHCP
15 46 (16.67%) Windows 7
16 45 (16.30%) HP
17 44 (15.94%) SQL
17 44 (15.94%) XenDesktop
18 41 (14.86%) SharePoint
18 41 (14.86%) SAN
19 40 (14.49%) SQL Server
20 37 (13.41%) MS Office
21 34 (12.32%) VPN
21 34 (12.32%) WAN
22 33 (11.96%) LAN
22 33 (11.96%) Blackberry
23 32 (11.59%) Windows XP

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (2.899%) .NET
2 7 (2.536%) Silverlight
3 6 (2.174%) OLE DB
3 6 (2.174%) ODBC
4 4 (1.449%) Web Services
5 3 (1.087%) XML
5 3 (1.087%) EDI
5 3 (1.087%) Application Packaging
6 2 (0.725%) MDX
6 2 (0.725%) HTML
6 2 (0.725%) WSH
6 2 (0.725%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.725%) COM
6 2 (0.725%) CSS
7 1 (0.362%) ASP
7 1 (0.362%) JMS
7 1 (0.362%) Middleware
7 1 (0.362%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.362%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 83 (30.07%) MS Exchange
2 41 (14.86%) SharePoint
3 23 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
4 22 (7.971%) IIS
5 21 (7.609%) Exchange Server 2007
6 17 (6.159%) Lync
7 16 (5.797%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 14 (5.072%) Exchange Server 2003
9 6 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2013
10 5 (1.812%) Lotus Notes
11 4 (1.449%) Office Communications Server
11 4 (1.449%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (1.087%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (1.087%) Apache
12 3 (1.087%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.362%) IBM HTTP Server
13 1 (0.362%) WebSphere Process Server
13 1 (0.362%) SAS
13 1 (0.362%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 87 (31.52%) MS Excel
2 37 (13.41%) MS Office
3 8 (2.899%) MS PowerPoint
4 6 (2.174%) Office 365
5 2 (0.725%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 13 (4.710%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.087%) assyst
3 1 (0.362%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.362%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 52 (18.84%) DNS
1 52 (18.84%) Firewall
2 46 (16.67%) DHCP
3 41 (14.86%) SAN
4 34 (12.32%) VPN
4 34 (12.32%) WAN
5 33 (11.96%) LAN
6 24 (8.696%) IP Telephony
7 18 (6.522%) iSCSI
7 18 (6.522%) Fibre Channel
8 17 (6.159%) TCP/IP
9 14 (5.072%) VLAN
9 14 (5.072%) MPLS
10 9 (3.261%) DSL
10 9 (3.261%) Wireless
11 7 (2.536%) Unified Communications
12 6 (2.174%) Network Security
13 4 (1.449%) NAS
13 4 (1.449%) HSRP
13 4 (1.449%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (14.49%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.174%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (2.174%) BusinessObjects
2 6 (2.174%) SAP BW
2 6 (2.174%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 6 (2.174%) Xcelsius
3 5 (1.812%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.087%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (0.725%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.725%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.725%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.362%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (2.174%) MSI
2 2 (0.725%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.362%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.362%) Ant
3 1 (0.362%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.362%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.362%) Metasploit
General
1 22 (7.971%) Finance
2 19 (6.884%) Banking
3 16 (5.797%) Back Office
4 10 (3.623%) Retail
5 5 (1.812%) Legal
5 5 (1.812%) Manufacturing
5 5 (1.812%) Advertising
6 3 (1.087%) Publishing
6 3 (1.087%) Law
7 2 (0.725%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.725%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.725%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (0.725%) French Language
7 2 (0.725%) German Language
8 1 (0.362%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.362%) Norwegian Language
8 1 (0.362%) Polish Language
8 1 (0.362%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (0.362%) Cantonese Language
8 1 (0.362%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 67 (24.28%) Architect
2 54 (19.57%) Technical Architect
3 37 (13.41%) Consultant
4 36 (13.04%) Analyst
5 25 (9.058%) Support Analyst
6 24 (8.696%) Network Engineer
7 21 (7.609%) Virtualisation Architect
7 21 (7.609%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
8 17 (6.159%) Desktop Support
9 16 (5.797%) Technical Consultant
10 13 (4.710%) Support Engineer
10 13 (4.710%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
12 11 (3.986%) Technical Support
13 10 (3.623%) Microsoft Consultant
14 9 (3.261%) Infrastructure Architect
15 8 (2.899%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 8 (2.899%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
16 7 (2.536%) IT Support
16 7 (2.536%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.96%) Blackberry
2 8 (2.899%) Clustering
3 6 (2.174%) iPhone
3 6 (2.174%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.812%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.812%) Handset
5 4 (1.449%) CLARiiON
5 4 (1.449%) iPad
6 3 (1.087%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.087%) CMDB
6 3 (1.087%) EqualLogic
7 2 (0.725%) Celerra
7 2 (0.725%) Open Source
7 2 (0.725%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.725%) Firmware
7 2 (0.725%) Replication
8 1 (0.362%) PDA
8 1 (0.362%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.362%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 196 (71.01%) Windows
2 111 (40.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 85 (30.80%) Windows Server 2003
4 46 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 32 (11.59%) Windows XP
6 21 (7.609%) Linux
7 16 (5.797%) Windows 2000
7 16 (5.797%) Windows Vista
8 14 (5.072%) Solaris
9 5 (1.812%) Android
10 4 (1.449%) Windows 2000 Server
10 4 (1.449%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.449%) Windows Phone
11 3 (1.087%) UNIX
12 2 (0.725%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.725%) Mac OS X Server
12 2 (0.725%) Windows Phone 7
12 2 (0.725%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.362%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.362%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (10.51%) ITIL
2 28 (10.14%) Technical Architecture
3 24 (8.696%) Time Management
4 15 (5.435%) Problem Management
4 15 (5.435%) CRM
5 14 (5.072%) Migration
6 12 (4.348%) Service Delivery
6 12 (4.348%) Waterfall
7 10 (3.623%) Capacity Planning
8 8 (2.899%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (2.536%) Business Continuity
10 6 (2.174%) ETL
10 6 (2.174%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (2.174%) Configuration Management
10 6 (2.174%) Project Management
11 5 (1.812%) Service Management
11 5 (1.812%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (1.812%) System Testing
12 4 (1.449%) Data Protection
13 3 (1.087%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.94%) SQL
2 8 (2.899%) C#
3 7 (2.536%) VBScript
4 6 (2.174%) VB
5 5 (1.812%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.449%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.087%) C
8 2 (0.725%) Bash shell
8 2 (0.725%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.725%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.362%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (7.971%) MCITP
3 21 (7.609%) MCSE
4 19 (6.884%) Citrix Certification
5 14 (5.072%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (5.072%) Degree
6 13 (4.710%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (4.710%) CCNA
6 13 (4.710%) MCP
7 11 (3.986%) CCA
8 9 (3.261%) Security Cleared
8 9 (3.261%) CCEE
9 8 (2.899%) MCTS
10 7 (2.536%) CCAA
11 6 (2.174%) SC Cleared
12 5 (1.812%) CCIA
12 5 (1.812%) MCDST
12 5 (1.812%) CCNP
13 4 (1.449%) MCSA
13 4 (1.449%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.435%) SLA
2 7 (2.536%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (2.174%) QA
4 1 (0.362%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 98 (35.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (19.20%) Hyper-V
3 44 (15.94%) XenDesktop
4 31 (11.23%) XenApp
5 30 (10.87%) vSphere
6 16 (5.797%) VMware ESX
7 15 (5.435%) XenServer
8 14 (5.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 8 (2.899%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.812%) ISA Server
10 5 (1.812%) Xen
11 4 (1.449%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 3 (1.087%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.725%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.725%) Forefront TMG
14 1 (0.362%) UAG
14 1 (0.362%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.362%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 68 (24.64%) SCCM
2 64 (23.19%) SCOM
3 16 (5.797%) WSUS
4 12 (4.348%) SCVMM
5 5 (1.812%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (1.087%) ARCserve
7 2 (0.725%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (0.725%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.725%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.725%) WMI
7 2 (0.725%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.725%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.362%) Nagios
8 1 (0.362%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 135 (48.91%) Microsoft
2 125 (45.29%) VMware
3 74 (26.81%) Citrix
3 74 (26.81%) Cisco
4 66 (23.91%) NetApp
5 45 (16.30%) HP
6 19 (6.884%) IBM
7 13 (4.710%) DataCore
8 12 (4.348%) Avaya
9 10 (3.623%) Oracle
9 10 (3.623%) 3PAR
10 9 (3.261%) Symantec
11 8 (2.899%) Veritas
11 8 (2.899%) Dell
12 6 (2.174%) EMC
12 6 (2.174%) Business Objects
12 6 (2.174%) SAP
13 5 (1.812%) Lotus
13 5 (1.812%) CheckPoint
14 4 (1.449%) Nokia
Birmingham, West Midlands
A Mobile IT Field Service Engineer is required to join a well-established Microsoft / VMware IT solution provider... - General Firewall and Network routing... - In depth Active Directory Experience. -...
Salary: £17000 - £25000 per annum + Company Car + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - VMWare, Cisco, Microsoft Server 2008/2012, Active Directory, Exchange - Birmingham An experienced Virtualisation, VMWare professional is needed to be responsible for the technical design, support...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator - Birmingham My Birmingham based client is seeking an 3rd/4th Line Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator to join their growing business and IT team of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM, Exchange,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Proven recent experience of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - 2010 and Microsoft Server 2008 *Experienced within the administration, build and troubleshooting of Microsoft solutions. *Current Microsoft accreditation - MCITP, MCTS,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Microsoft NT/Windows 2000 & XP. - Microsoft Office suite 2003, 2007 & 2010... - Document Management Systems (Interwoven)... - Remote device support including Blackberry, Mobile Phones, 3G, Citrix... MS Access, MS Project,...
Cogence Search
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Microsoft NT/Windows 2000 & XP. - Microsoft Office suite 2003, 2007 & 2010... - Document Management Systems (Interwoven)... - Remote device support including Blackberry, Mobile Phones, 3G, Citrix... MS Access, MS Project,...
Venturi
Salary: £20000 - £22500 per annum + Car, pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will also need to have a strong server background with SAN Enterprise Storage - Dell Compellant, EqualLogic or PowerVault... Key words:- Dell Compellant, EqualLogic, PowerVault, SAN, SCCM, SCOM,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Extensive Networking Knowledge(Routing Protocols, DNS, DHCP,TCP/IP, VLAN) Experience with Network Security. Enterprise Directory Solutions(Microsoft Active Directory, Novell, Open Directory) Virtualised Environments with specific experience...
Bloxx Ltd
Salary: Dependent on experience - Company Car will be provided
Posted: 7 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
This role will be broken down as follows: Technical Architecture - 40% (e.g... maintenance of documentation and processes) Knowledge & Experience: You must have good experience of providing Virtualisation...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Full Driving License Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix certifications would be desirable.
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
My South Birmingham based client is seeking a Senior Network / Checkpoint Firewall Engineer to join their growing business and IT team, supporting business IT Operations to a first...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Experience with frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate... - JavaScript (JQuery, DOJO or any standard frameworks)... - Linux/Redhat Technologies. - Web Servers, IIS, Apache, configuration and implementation. - Virtualisation (VMWare/ESXI)...
Candidate Source
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 13 May 2013