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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3360
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching permanent IT job ads1003582
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.555 %0.244 %
As % of the category below66.16 %55.43 %
Salaries quoted858447
Average minimum salary£35,974£37,528
Average salary£38,376£39,931
% change on same period last year-3.89 %
Average maximum salary£40,777£42,335
UK excluding London average salary£31,023£32,432
% change on same period last year-4.34 %
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads15161050
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.839 %0.440 %
Salaries quoted1294788
Average minimum salary£41,589£46,351
Average salary£44,906£49,695
% change on same period last year-9.63 %
Average maximum salary£48,222£53,040
UK excluding London average salary£34,733£35,187
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
Active Directory LondonActive Directory
London

Active Directory
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

City of London Active Directory Demand Trend

Active Directory
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the City of London region.

City of London Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the City of London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

City of London Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

11543 (77.62 %)Windows
2843 (42.40 %)Windows Server 2003
3721 (36.27 %)Microsoft
4711 (35.76 %)MS Exchange
5556 (27.97 %)Finance
6478 (24.04 %)Windows XP
7465 (23.39 %)Exchange Server 2003
8462 (23.24 %)MS Office
9432 (21.73 %)MS Excel
10425 (21.38 %)Citrix
11393 (19.77 %)Microsoft Certification
12340 (17.10 %)VMware
13337 (16.95 %)MCSE
14316 (15.90 %)SQL Server
15300 (15.09 %)SQL
16298 (14.99 %)Windows 2000
17290 (14.59 %)TCP/IP
18284 (14.29 %)Law
19265 (13.33 %)DNS
20251 (12.63 %)Cisco
20251 (12.63 %)Windows 2000 Server
21229 (11.52 %)Blackberry
21229 (11.52 %)Banking
22222 (11.17 %)SAN
23219 (11.02 %)Legal
24216 (10.87 %)DHCP
25203 (10.21 %)ITIL
26187 (9.406 %)Firewall
27174 (8.753 %)SharePoint
28171 (8.602 %)IIS

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
197 (4.879 %).NET
234 (1.710 %)ASP.NET
333 (1.660 %)Application Packaging
431 (1.559 %)ASP
515 (0.755 %)HTML
515 (0.755 %)ATL
515 (0.755 %)MFC
613 (0.654 %)DCOM
712 (0.604 %)WebSphere
712 (0.604 %)Middleware
811 (0.553 %)XML
98 (0.402 %)COM+
107 (0.352 %)ODBC
115 (0.252 %)Windows SharePoint Services
124 (0.201 %)CSS
124 (0.201 %)COM
133 (0.151 %)EJB
133 (0.151 %)WebServices
142 (0.101 %)ActiveX
142 (0.101 %)ADO
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1711 (35.76 %)MS Exchange
2465 (23.39 %)Exchange Server 2003
3174 (8.753 %)SharePoint
4171 (8.602 %)IIS
5112 (5.634 %)Exchange Server 2000
690 (4.527 %)Exchange Server 2007
770 (3.521 %)Lotus Notes
844 (2.213 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
933 (1.660 %)WorkSite
1025 (1.258 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1119 (0.956 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1214 (0.704 %)CMS
1214 (0.704 %)LiveLink
1214 (0.704 %)WebLogic
1313 (0.654 %)BizTalk Server
1313 (0.654 %)Content Management Server
148 (0.402 %)Apache
157 (0.352 %)Lotus Domino
164 (0.201 %)Office Communications Server
164 (0.201 %)SharePoint Portal Server
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1462 (23.24 %)MS Office
2432 (21.73 %)MS Excel
320 (1.006 %)DeltaView
416 (0.805 %)MS PowerPoint
515 (0.755 %)Acrobat
66 (0.302 %)MS Visio
74 (0.201 %)MATLAB
83 (0.151 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.050 %)QuarkXPress
91 (0.050 %)Photoshop
91 (0.050 %)MS Project
91 (0.050 %)Adobe Illustrator
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
134 (1.710 %)SoftGrid
212 (0.604 %)assyst
33 (0.151 %)Great Plains
33 (0.151 %)Kondor+
42 (0.101 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.101 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.050 %)RMDS
51 (0.050 %)Bond Adapt
51 (0.050 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
51 (0.050 %)AWD
51 (0.050 %)INSURE/90
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1290 (14.59 %)TCP/IP
2265 (13.33 %)DNS
3222 (11.17 %)SAN
4216 (10.87 %)DHCP
5187 (9.406 %)Firewall
6168 (8.451 %)LAN
7149 (7.495 %)WAN
8133 (6.690 %)VPN
992 (4.628 %)VoIP
1084 (4.225 %)Internet
1139 (1.962 %)LDAP
1235 (1.761 %)Network Security
1334 (1.710 %)SMS
1432 (1.610 %)Cisco PIX
1529 (1.459 %)VLAN
1624 (1.207 %)Intranet
1722 (1.107 %)FTP
1821 (1.056 %)Kerberos
1821 (1.056 %)WLAN
1821 (1.056 %)Wireless
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1316 (15.90 %)SQL Server
258 (2.918 %)SQL Server 2005
344 (2.213 %)SQL Server 2000
419 (0.956 %)MySQL
516 (0.805 %)ETL
69 (0.453 %)RDBMS
78 (0.402 %)Datawarehouse
87 (0.352 %)Oracle 10g
96 (0.302 %)BusinessObjects
96 (0.302 %)SQL Server 7
96 (0.302 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
96 (0.302 %)Informix
103 (0.151 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (0.151 %)DB2
112 (0.101 %)Crystal Reports
112 (0.101 %)Oracle 9i
112 (0.101 %)MS Access
112 (0.101 %)TOAD
121 (0.050 %)DTS
121 (0.050 %)SQL Server 2008
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
134 (1.710 %)MSI
211 (0.553 %)InstallShield
211 (0.553 %)Visual Studio
36 (0.302 %)ClearCase
45 (0.252 %)Ant
53 (0.151 %)CruiseControl
53 (0.151 %)PVCS
53 (0.151 %)TestDirector
53 (0.151 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (0.101 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (0.101 %)Flash
62 (0.101 %)Subversion
71 (0.050 %)JIRA
71 (0.050 %)Dreamweaver
71 (0.050 %)WinRunner
71 (0.050 %)AdminStudio
71 (0.050 %)ClearQuest
71 (0.050 %)Rational Robot
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1556 (27.97 %)Finance
2284 (14.29 %)Law
3229 (11.52 %)Banking
4219 (11.02 %)Legal
5123 (6.187 %)Insurance
696 (4.829 %)Investment Banking
782 (4.125 %)Pensions
874 (3.722 %)Back Office
952 (2.616 %)Financial Institution
1051 (2.565 %)Health
1142 (2.113 %)Telecoms
1222 (1.107 %)Marketing
1318 (0.905 %)Front Office
1413 (0.654 %)Government
1510 (0.503 %)Retail
1510 (0.503 %)Education
169 (0.453 %)Advertising
169 (0.453 %)Publishing
177 (0.352 %)Games
184 (0.201 %)Police
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1678 (34.10 %)Analyst
2426 (21.43 %)Support Analyst
3186 (9.356 %)Desktop Support
4178 (8.954 %)Administrator
5172 (8.652 %)Support Engineer
6132 (6.640 %)Systems Administrator
7110 (5.533 %)3rd Line Support
8106 (5.332 %)Helpdesk Analyst
9104 (5.231 %)2nd Line Support
10102 (5.131 %)Systems Engineer
1194 (4.728 %)Helpdesk Support
1292 (4.628 %)Team Leader
1379 (3.974 %)Consultant
1477 (3.873 %)Desktop Analyst
1573 (3.672 %)Server Support
1573 (3.672 %)IT Support Analyst
1670 (3.521 %)Senior Analyst
1767 (3.370 %)Desktop Engineer
1864 (3.219 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1963 (3.169 %)Server Engineer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1229 (11.52 %)Blackberry
274 (3.722 %)Clustering
347 (2.364 %)PDA
426 (1.308 %)Replication
523 (1.157 %)Video Conferencing
619 (0.956 %)Client/Server
712 (0.604 %)Derivative
811 (0.553 %)Management Information System
910 (0.503 %)Equities
910 (0.503 %)Mainframe
910 (0.503 %)Computer Science
107 (0.352 %)EMC Centera
107 (0.352 %)CLARiiON
116 (0.302 %)PMI
116 (0.302 %)German Language
125 (0.252 %)N-Tier
125 (0.252 %)AS400
134 (0.201 %)Thin Client
134 (0.201 %)Market Risk
134 (0.201 %)Fat Client
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11543 (77.62 %)Windows
2843 (42.40 %)Windows Server 2003
3478 (24.04 %)Windows XP
4298 (14.99 %)Windows 2000
5251 (12.63 %)Windows 2000 Server
6153 (7.696 %)Linux
7116 (5.835 %)UNIX
874 (3.722 %)Windows Vista
955 (2.767 %)Solaris
1052 (2.616 %)Windows NT
1140 (2.012 %)Red Hat Linux
1236 (1.811 %)Windows Server 2008
1316 (0.805 %)Mac OS X
149 (0.453 %)NetWare
153 (0.151 %)AIX
153 (0.151 %)SUSE
153 (0.151 %)OpenBSD
162 (0.101 %)Ubuntu
162 (0.101 %)Windows Mobile
162 (0.101 %)Mandriva Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1203 (10.21 %)ITIL
2106 (5.332 %)Disaster Recovery
374 (3.722 %)Project Management
374 (3.722 %)Asset Management
472 (3.622 %)Investment Management
561 (3.068 %)Document Management
646 (2.314 %)Service Delivery
742 (2.113 %)Migration
840 (2.012 %)Service Management
930 (1.509 %)Information Security
1026 (1.308 %)Problem Management
1121 (1.056 %)Business Analysis
1220 (1.006 %)Agile Software Development
1220 (1.006 %)Configuration Management
1220 (1.006 %)Identity Management
1319 (0.956 %)Business Continuity
1319 (0.956 %)User Acceptance Testing
1418 (0.905 %)Load Balancing
1517 (0.855 %)Time Management
1616 (0.805 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1300 (15.09 %)SQL
286 (4.326 %)VBScript
355 (2.767 %)VB
355 (2.767 %)C#
429 (1.459 %)Perl
520 (1.006 %)Java
520 (1.006 %)C
617 (0.855 %)C++
715 (0.755 %)VBA
812 (0.604 %)Shell Script
98 (0.402 %)VB.NET
107 (0.352 %)PHP
115 (0.252 %)JCL
115 (0.252 %)VB6
124 (0.201 %)VC++
124 (0.201 %)PowerShell
132 (0.101 %)JavaScript
141 (0.050 %)Korn
141 (0.050 %)PowerHouse
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1393 (19.77 %)Microsoft Certification
2337 (16.95 %)MCSE
3119 (5.986 %)MCP
474 (3.722 %)Degree
566 (3.320 %)Cisco Certification
665 (3.270 %)MCSA
762 (3.119 %)CCNA
838 (1.911 %)Citrix Certification
934 (1.710 %)CCA
1032 (1.610 %)ITIL Certification
1032 (1.610 %)MOS
1121 (1.056 %)CCEA
1216 (0.805 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1311 (0.553 %)A+ Certification
148 (0.402 %)CISSP
157 (0.352 %)CNE
157 (0.352 %)Novell Certification
157 (0.352 %)MCDST
157 (0.352 %)CISM
157 (0.352 %)HP APS
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
163 (3.169 %)SLA
226 (1.308 %)QA
35 (0.252 %)COBIT
35 (0.252 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.201 %)ISO27001
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1126 (6.338 %)VMware Infrastructure
280 (4.024 %)VMware ESX
368 (3.421 %)Backup Exec
467 (3.370 %)ISA Server
566 (3.320 %)Citrix Presentation Server
636 (1.811 %)MetaFrame
734 (1.710 %)NetBackup
832 (1.610 %)Terminal Services
921 (1.056 %)Xen
1017 (0.855 %)Terminal Server
119 (0.453 %)NDS
119 (0.453 %)VMware GSX
127 (0.352 %)NFS
127 (0.352 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
135 (0.252 %)VMware Workstation
143 (0.151 %)MailMarshal
152 (0.101 %)ClearTrust
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
162 (3.119 %)MOM
249 (2.465 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
330 (1.509 %)Legato
428 (1.408 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
527 (1.358 %)Norton AntiVirus
626 (1.308 %)Tivoli
712 (0.604 %)WSUS
811 (0.553 %)OpenView Configuration Management
97 (0.352 %)MIMEsweeper
106 (0.302 %)DameWare
115 (0.252 %)SCOM
124 (0.201 %)SCCM
124 (0.201 %)MAILsweeper
124 (0.201 %)ARCserve
124 (0.201 %)ZENworks
133 (0.151 %)OpenView
142 (0.101 %)EMC NetWorker
151 (0.050 %)AutoSys
151 (0.050 %)Netcool
151 (0.050 %)OVSD
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1721 (36.27 %)Microsoft
2425 (21.38 %)Citrix
3340 (17.10 %)VMware
4251 (12.63 %)Cisco
5146 (7.344 %)HP
695 (4.779 %)Bloomberg
786 (4.326 %)Symantec
882 (4.125 %)Lotus
977 (3.873 %)VERITAS
1076 (3.823 %)Reuters
1165 (3.270 %)Oracle
1263 (3.169 %)Altiris
1360 (3.018 %)IBM
1457 (2.867 %)Dell
1550 (2.515 %)EMC
1645 (2.264 %)Interwoven
1743 (2.163 %)CheckPoint
1842 (2.113 %)Red Hat
1931 (1.559 %)McAfee Security
1931 (1.559 %)NetApp