The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 30 25 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 7 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 5.833% 9.231% -
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 36.36% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 0
Average salary £25,000 £27,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
7 33 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 5.833% 25.38% 8.475%
Number of salaries quoted 6 33 5
Average salary £33,000 £36,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.58% +30.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £30,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
Manchester

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

Bolton Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
4 8 (61.54%) MS Excel
5 7 (53.85%) MS Exchange
5 7 (53.85%) MCSE
5 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (53.85%) Citrix
6 6 (46.15%) WAN
6 6 (46.15%) VMware
6 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (30.77%) Time Management
8 4 (30.77%) Windows Vista
8 4 (30.77%) MCITP
8 4 (30.77%) DHCP
8 4 (30.77%) LAN
8 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
8 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
8 4 (30.77%) DNS
8 4 (30.77%) Cisco
8 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
9 3 (23.08%) A+ Certification
9 3 (23.08%) VoIP
9 3 (23.08%) MCSA
9 3 (23.08%) Linux
9 3 (23.08%) ITIL
9 3 (23.08%) MCP
9 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (15.38%) Telecoms

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 1 (7.692%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (53.85%) MS Exchange
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (7.692%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) WAN
2 4 (30.77%) DHCP
2 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
2 4 (30.77%) DNS
2 4 (30.77%) LAN
3 3 (23.08%) VoIP
4 2 (15.38%) WLAN
4 2 (15.38%) MPLS
5 1 (7.692%) iSCSI
5 1 (7.692%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (7.692%) NetScaler
5 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Law
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
2 1 (7.692%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Support Technician
2 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.692%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.692%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Vista
5 3 (23.08%) Linux
6 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Time Management
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.692%) Supplier Management
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (7.692%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) MCSE
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (30.77%) MCITP
3 3 (23.08%) A+ Certification
3 3 (23.08%) MCP
3 3 (23.08%) MCSA
4 1 (7.692%) CCNA
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.692%) VCDX
4 1 (7.692%) NCDA
4 1 (7.692%) NCIE
4 1 (7.692%) VCAP
4 1 (7.692%) CCEE
4 1 (7.692%) CCAA
4 1 (7.692%) CCIA
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
3 2 (15.38%) XenApp
3 2 (15.38%) vSphere
4 1 (7.692%) NFS
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (7.692%) XenServer
4 1 (7.692%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Citrix
3 6 (46.15%) VMware
4 4 (30.77%) Cisco
5 1 (7.692%) Fujitsu
5 1 (7.692%) NetApp
5 1 (7.692%) Apple
5 1 (7.692%) Sophos
Bolton, Lancashire
Skill Set: Windows XP / 7 Server 2003 / 2008 Exchange 2003 / 2007 Active Directory VMWare Cisco You will also be a confident and effective communicator who is able to...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
It would also be beneficial to have Microsoft Exchange 2010, Citrix Presentation Server, Triole for services, Sophos Enterprise AV, SAN Storage or experience working within local government. The...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Competitive salary on application
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Day-to-day support, includes: 1st - 3rd line trouble-shooting and configuration Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office 2007/2010) Experience supporting Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory and the...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Windows Server / Active Directory / Network / TCP/IP / DNS / Group Policy / DHCP / Exchange 2010 / SAN / NSA / VMware / VLAN / SharePoint / SQL Server My client are looking to recruit an IT...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire, Greater Manchester,...
This successful Lancashire based Home Furnishings Manufacturer is looking to appoint a Systems Administrator / Technical Support Analyst to join a small team.THE ROLE - Administration of W2003/2008,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £27,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 3 May 2013