The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 22 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 Brighton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 67 56 39
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -17
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 17 31 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 2.174% 4.016% 6.794%
As % of the System Software category 32.08% 68.89% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 17 31 32
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +87.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £35,000 £18,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £34,750
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Brighton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
53 45 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 6.777% 5.829% 14.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53 45 68
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +36.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £35,000 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £37,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
East Sussex

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Brighton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Brighton Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 21 (91.30%) Windows
2 14 (60.87%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (56.52%) DNS
4 12 (52.17%) HP
4 12 (52.17%) Dell
5 11 (47.83%) Linux
5 11 (47.83%) MySQL
6 9 (39.13%) SQL
6 9 (39.13%) ITIL
6 9 (39.13%) Cisco
6 9 (39.13%) VMware
7 8 (34.78%) Citrix
7 8 (34.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (30.43%) FTP
8 7 (30.43%) HTTP
8 7 (30.43%) VPN
8 7 (30.43%) CSS
8 7 (30.43%) HTML
8 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
8 7 (30.43%) PHP
8 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
8 7 (30.43%) SSH
8 7 (30.43%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (26.09%) 3Com
9 6 (26.09%) WAN
9 6 (26.09%) EMC
9 6 (26.09%) NetApp
9 6 (26.09%) DataCore
9 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (21.74%) IIS

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 7 (30.43%) CSS
1 7 (30.43%) HTML
2 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.348%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (21.74%) IIS
2 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
2 4 (17.39%) Apache
3 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (8.696%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (56.52%) DNS
2 7 (30.43%) FTP
2 7 (30.43%) HTTP
2 7 (30.43%) VPN
2 7 (30.43%) SSH
3 6 (26.09%) WAN
4 3 (13.04%) Firewall
5 2 (8.696%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (47.83%) MySQL
2 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
3 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) IT Support
2 7 (30.43%) IT Support Technician
2 7 (30.43%) Support Technician
3 5 (21.74%) Applications Support Technician
3 5 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Applications Support
4 4 (17.39%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (17.39%) Consultant
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Trainer
5 2 (8.696%) Network Support
5 2 (8.696%) IT Trainer
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Architect
6 1 (4.348%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (4.348%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Windows
2 14 (60.87%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (47.83%) Linux
4 8 (34.78%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (30.43%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
7 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
7 1 (4.348%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) SQL
2 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
2 7 (30.43%) PHP
3 1 (4.348%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.348%) VB
3 1 (4.348%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (4.348%) EMC Certification
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.348%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) HP
1 12 (52.17%) Dell
2 9 (39.13%) Cisco
2 9 (39.13%) VMware
3 8 (34.78%) Citrix
4 6 (26.09%) 3Com
4 6 (26.09%) EMC
4 6 (26.09%) NetApp
4 6 (26.09%) DataCore
5 4 (17.39%) Apple
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
5 4 (17.39%) LANDesk
6 3 (13.04%) Symantec
7 2 (8.696%) Avaya
7 2 (8.696%) WatchGuard
8 1 (4.348%) Twitter
Brighton, East Sussex
The successful candidate will have substantial experience supporting Windows 7 and should be comfortable in a user facing environment dealing with MS Office and Windows Desktop issues. Experience...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Active Directory, Windows 2008, Windows XP and VMware You will be called upon to play a key role within the I.T... Business Continuity Planning & implementation Stakeholder management...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 Per Annum 30k to 35k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
The successful candidate will have substantial experience supporting Windows 7 and should be comfortable in a user facing environment dealing with MS Office and Windows Desktop issues. Experience...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Technology wise you will be comfortable supporting in a Windows environment and have excellent knowledge of the following: * Windows 7 / XP * Windows Server 2003/ 2008 * Exchange * Active Directory *...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 Per Annum £25,000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
As a Service Desk Analyst you will support 1st line issues internally within a Windows infrastructure, call logging and working to SLAs aiming to get a first time...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £19000 - £21000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013