The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Blackpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 21 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 Blackpool region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 3 14 4
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 11 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackpool 35.48% 3.226% 14.29%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 3
Average salary £39,250 £27,500 £18,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.72% +52.77%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Blackpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
11 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackpool 35.48% 3.226% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 3
Average salary £40,000 £27,500 £18,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.45% +52.77%
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
Active Directory
Lancashire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackpool 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 Blackpool region.

Blackpool Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Blackpool region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Blackpool Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackpool 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 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 13 (86.67%) MS Exchange
3 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (53.33%) SAN
4 8 (53.33%) SCCM
5 7 (46.67%) VMware
5 7 (46.67%) Cisco
5 7 (46.67%) TCP/IP
6 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (33.33%) DHCP
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 5 (33.33%) MS Office
7 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (26.67%) MS Excel
8 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
8 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (20.00%) Windows Vista
9 3 (20.00%) IMAP
9 3 (20.00%) Project Management
9 3 (20.00%) Wireless
9 3 (20.00%) DNS
9 3 (20.00%) CCNA
9 3 (20.00%) Citrix
9 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (20.00%) WAN

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackpool 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 Platforms
1 13 (86.67%) MS Exchange
2 6 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
4 1 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MS Office
2 4 (26.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) SAN
2 7 (46.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (33.33%) DHCP
4 3 (20.00%) IMAP
4 3 (20.00%) Wireless
4 3 (20.00%) DNS
4 3 (20.00%) WAN
4 3 (20.00%) LAN
4 3 (20.00%) VoIP
4 3 (20.00%) NAS
5 1 (6.667%) Firewall
5 1 (6.667%) VLAN
5 1 (6.667%) WLAN
5 1 (6.667%) SSL
5 1 (6.667%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Service Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Administrator
4 1 (6.667%) Project Leader
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (6.667%) Deployment Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Project Leader
4 1 (6.667%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Clustering
1 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.667%) Fat Client
1 1 (6.667%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
3 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (20.00%) Windows Vista
5 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Project Management
1 3 (20.00%) ITIL
1 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (6.667%) Service Management
2 1 (6.667%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (20.00%) CCNA
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (20.00%) MCP
3 1 (6.667%) MCSA
3 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.667%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) SCCM
2 1 (6.667%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) VMware
2 7 (46.67%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (6.667%) HP
4 1 (6.667%) McAfee
4 1 (6.667%) Avaya
4 1 (6.667%) NetApp
4 1 (6.667%) Apple
Blackpool, North West
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER An opportunity to put your stamp on an organisation as the IT Manager. You will take lead of the IT team, provide strong technical knowhow and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
Leading a team that functions as second line escalation of problems, with an unknown underlying cause and incidents that have not been successfully rectified by the Service Desk...
Salary: £35000.00 - £42000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Blackpool, North West
APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT SPECIALISTThis is a contract position working to roll out with AppV and SCCM.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active Directory...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25.00 - £35.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
This is a contract position working to roll out with APPV and SCCM.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active Directory 2008, Exchange...
Salary: £20.00 - £25.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
Skills required are Active Directory, MS Exchange, TCP/IP networking and infrastructure management, SAN experience and/or NetApps, experience with aspects such as VOIP, an understanding for security...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £42000.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013