The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 24 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 50 35 44
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +9
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 80 113 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.447% 5.627% 5.027%
As % of the System Software category 53.69% 65.32% 51.88%
Number of salaries quoted 61 105 70
Average salary £27,500 £34,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.11% +16.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £19,750 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
149 173 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 8.282% 8.616% 9.691%
Number of salaries quoted 108 160 124
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington +7 20 £25,000 -25.92%
Macclesfield +6 17 £32,500 +18.18%
Chester -9 7 £36,500 +25.86%
Northwich 0 6 £25,000 +29.87%
Crewe -8 6 £25,000 -28.57%
Runcorn 0 4 £25,000 -26.47%
Wilmslow -11 4 £22,000 -22.80%
Nantwich +1 2 £37,500 -
Daresbury -2 1 £25,000 +25.00%
Lymm - 1 £30,000 -
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 115 (93.50%) Windows
2 78 (63.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 69 (56.10%) Microsoft
4 68 (55.28%) Windows Server 2003
5 59 (47.97%) MS Exchange
6 52 (42.28%) MS Excel
7 40 (32.52%) VMware
8 35 (28.46%) Cisco
8 35 (28.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (27.64%) Windows XP
10 33 (26.83%) SQL Server
11 32 (26.02%) Exchange Server 2010
12 31 (25.20%) SharePoint
13 30 (24.39%) ITIL
14 29 (23.58%) Citrix
15 27 (21.95%) MS Office
16 25 (20.33%) SAN
16 25 (20.33%) Exchange Server 2003
17 23 (18.70%) MCP
18 22 (17.89%) Windows 7
19 21 (17.07%) Exchange Server 2007
19 21 (17.07%) LAN
19 21 (17.07%) WAN
19 21 (17.07%) TCP/IP
20 20 (16.26%) DNS
20 20 (16.26%) Linux
20 20 (16.26%) MCSE
20 20 (16.26%) Firewall
21 19 (15.45%) NetApp
21 19 (15.45%) vSphere

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (1.626%) jQuery
1 2 (1.626%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 59 (47.97%) MS Exchange
2 32 (26.02%) Exchange Server 2010
3 31 (25.20%) SharePoint
4 25 (20.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 21 (17.07%) Exchange Server 2007
6 16 (13.01%) IIS
7 14 (11.38%) Lync
8 12 (9.756%) SharePoint 2010
9 9 (7.317%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (2.439%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (1.626%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (1.626%) CMS
12 1 (0.813%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.813%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (42.28%) MS Excel
2 27 (21.95%) MS Office
3 12 (9.756%) MS Project
4 7 (5.691%) Office 365
5 2 (1.626%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (1.626%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.626%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.626%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.813%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (20.33%) SAN
2 21 (17.07%) LAN
2 21 (17.07%) WAN
2 21 (17.07%) TCP/IP
3 20 (16.26%) DNS
3 20 (16.26%) Firewall
4 17 (13.82%) VPN
5 15 (12.20%) DHCP
6 14 (11.38%) VoIP
7 12 (9.756%) Wireless
8 9 (7.317%) Network Security
9 6 (4.878%) NAS
10 4 (3.252%) Internet
11 3 (2.439%) Intranet
12 2 (1.626%) DMVPN
12 2 (1.626%) IP Telephony
12 2 (1.626%) LDAP
12 2 (1.626%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.813%) SNMP
13 1 (0.813%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (26.83%) SQL Server
2 15 (12.20%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (10.57%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (4.878%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (1.626%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.626%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.813%) DB2
6 1 (0.813%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.813%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.626%) Dreamweaver
General
1 16 (13.01%) Finance
2 12 (9.756%) Retail
3 11 (8.943%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.813%) Back Office
4 1 (0.813%) Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (26.02%) Analyst
2 22 (17.89%) Support Engineer
3 21 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 18 (14.63%) IT Support
5 15 (12.20%) Support Analyst
6 13 (10.57%) Server Engineer
6 13 (10.57%) Senior Server Engineer
7 12 (9.756%) Service Analyst
7 12 (9.756%) Service Desk Analyst
8 11 (8.943%) IT Support Engineer
9 10 (8.130%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (7.317%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (7.317%) Network Specialist
10 9 (7.317%) Network Security Specialist
10 9 (7.317%) Security Specialist
11 8 (6.504%) Technical Support
12 7 (5.691%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (5.691%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (4.878%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 6 (4.878%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.691%) Blackberry
2 6 (4.878%) Enterprise Storage
3 5 (4.065%) Thin Client
3 5 (4.065%) Fat Client
4 3 (2.439%) Handset
5 2 (1.626%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.626%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.626%) Clustering
5 2 (1.626%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.813%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (0.813%) Replication
6 1 (0.813%) AS400
6 1 (0.813%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.813%) Statistics
6 1 (0.813%) EqualLogic
6 1 (0.813%) iPad
6 1 (0.813%) iPhone
6 1 (0.813%) iSeries
6 1 (0.813%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 115 (93.50%) Windows
2 78 (63.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 68 (55.28%) Windows Server 2003
4 34 (27.64%) Windows XP
5 22 (17.89%) Windows 7
6 20 (16.26%) Linux
7 11 (8.943%) UNIX
8 10 (8.130%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (4.878%) Windows Vista
10 5 (4.065%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (3.252%) Windows 2000
11 4 (3.252%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.813%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.813%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.39%) ITIL
2 15 (12.20%) Project Management
3 14 (11.38%) Change Management
4 13 (10.57%) Migration
5 12 (9.756%) Capacity Management
6 10 (8.130%) Service Management
7 9 (7.317%) Network Management
8 7 (5.691%) PRINCE2
8 7 (5.691%) Change Control
8 7 (5.691%) Performance Management
9 6 (4.878%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (2.439%) Incident Management
10 3 (2.439%) Time Management
11 2 (1.626%) Root Cause Analysis
11 2 (1.626%) High Availability
11 2 (1.626%) Web Development
11 2 (1.626%) Asset Management
11 2 (1.626%) Service Delivery
11 2 (1.626%) Stakeholder Management
12 1 (0.813%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.38%) SQL
2 2 (1.626%) C
2 2 (1.626%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.813%) VBScript
3 1 (0.813%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (28.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (18.70%) MCP
3 20 (16.26%) MCSE
4 17 (13.82%) MCITP
5 13 (10.57%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (9.756%) MCTS
7 7 (5.691%) MCSA
8 4 (3.252%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.252%) CCNA
9 2 (1.626%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.626%) Degree
9 2 (1.626%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.813%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.813%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.813%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (15.45%) vSphere
2 18 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.317%) ISA Server
4 3 (2.439%) Terminal Server
4 3 (2.439%) VMware Server
4 3 (2.439%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.439%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.439%) XenApp
5 2 (1.626%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (1.626%) VMware ESX
5 2 (1.626%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.813%) vCloud
6 1 (0.813%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.813%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (13.82%) SCCM
2 9 (7.317%) MIMEsweeper
3 7 (5.691%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (3.252%) Backup Exec
5 3 (2.439%) NetBackup
5 3 (2.439%) SCOM
6 2 (1.626%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.813%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.813%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 1 (0.813%) Nagios
7 1 (0.813%) MOM
7 1 (0.813%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 69 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 40 (32.52%) VMware
3 35 (28.46%) Cisco
4 29 (23.58%) Citrix
5 19 (15.45%) NetApp
6 16 (13.01%) HP
7 14 (11.38%) Symantec
8 12 (9.756%) Juniper
9 11 (8.943%) SolarWinds
10 10 (8.130%) McAfee
11 9 (7.317%) Websense
11 9 (7.317%) CheckPoint
11 9 (7.317%) Fujitsu
11 9 (7.317%) IronPort
11 9 (7.317%) Blue Coat
12 8 (6.504%) FrontRange
13 4 (3.252%) WatchGuard
14 3 (2.439%) Sophos
14 3 (2.439%) Dell
15 2 (1.626%) SonicWALL
Chester, North West
You will also take part in small projects and may be given some reasonability with these; therefore an understanding of the workings in a project would be an...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £36000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Chester, North West
You will also take part in small projects and may be given some reasonability with these; therefore an understanding of the workings in a project would be an...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £35500.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
For this role it is essential that you have a good in depth technical knowledge gained within a Windows Server based environment including several of the following: Networking,...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £35000.00 - £35500.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Experience of working in a client facing IT environment and working in an ITIL structured service environment... Essential Technical Skills: Experience of MS Windows desktop operating systems, MS...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Pension, Bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Wilmslow, North West
The following are essential for this role: Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory Microsoft Terminal Services Remote Desktop Services Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 Some highly desirable skills include: VMware...
greywood
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Tags: 2nd line Support, 3rd Line Support, Second Line, Third Line, Infrastructure Support, Desk top, Help desk, HyperV, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows 2008, Server 2012, Microsoft...
ninesharp
Salary: £22000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Wilmslow, Cheshire
The following are essential for this role: Microsoft Windows Server. Active Directory. Microsoft Terminal Services... Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010. Some highly desirable skills include: VMware. HyperV... An understanding...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warrington, North West
You will be supervising a team of two 1st line Technicians covering applications and areas such as Active Directory... Technical skills required include Windows OS, MS Office, Active...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Previous experience with the following is desirable: *Microsoft - Windows 2003 / 2008 - Exchange, Active Directory *IIS servers - Web / ecommerce technologies *IBM / HP Servers *Virtualisation experience - VMware, vSphere, HyperV *CISCO...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
IT Support - £22k basic + benefits package, Chester, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Backup Exec 2010, Office 2010. IIS, Routers... System administration Servers (administration and maintenance, backup/restore)...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £22,000 per annum £22k basic plus benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Own Change Control process for Infrastructure Services in the UKJob Qualifications:Solid technical experience of server technologies which should include the following:*Windows 2003 / 2008 Server (Windows Server...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 25 May 2013
Warrington, North West
Internet Access & Firewalling - Juniper/Cisco Router/Firewall, ADSL. - Branch site networks - WiFi, ADSL, iPad, iPhone - SAN - IBM Fibre Channel SAN - VMWare - Virtual Infrastructure and ESXi servers - Backup & Replication.
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Nantwich, North West
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES Essential :- Windows Server 2K8 (Multi-site Active Directory administration,DFS, DNS, DHCP)Enterprise skills (Monitoring, High Availability and Disaster Recovery)Network (Cisco hardware, TCPIP, DMVPN, Firewall/...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 40k per year
Posted: 1 May 2013