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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 33 30 33
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 11 10 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 4.331% 4.739% 3.046%
As % of the System Software category 61.11% 50.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 1
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -24.44%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
18 20 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 7.087% 9.479% 6.091%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 4
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
Active Directory
Northern Ireland

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 21 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
Belfast -4 11 £35,000 +2.94%
Active Directory
Northern Ireland

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (41.67%) Degree
3 5 (41.67%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) vSphere
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
4 4 (33.33%) SAN
4 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 4 (33.33%) LAN
4 4 (33.33%) WAN
4 4 (33.33%) Oracle
4 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
5 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) VPN
6 2 (16.67%) MS Office
6 2 (16.67%) ITIL
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
6 2 (16.67%) Application Packaging
6 2 (16.67%) MSI
6 2 (16.67%) InstallShield
7 1 (8.333%) AdminStudio
7 1 (8.333%) Websense
7 1 (8.333%) Remedy
7 1 (8.333%) XenApp

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 (16.67%) Application Packaging
2 1 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) SAN
1 4 (33.33%) LAN
1 4 (33.33%) WAN
2 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (8.333%) Wireless Security
4 1 (8.333%) VLAN
4 1 (8.333%) Firewall
4 1 (8.333%) Wireless
4 1 (8.333%) IPsec
4 1 (8.333%) LDAP
4 1 (8.333%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MSI
1 2 (16.67%) InstallShield
2 1 (8.333%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (8.333%) Marketing
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
2 1 (8.333%) Strategy Manager
2 1 (8.333%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 1 (8.333%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
2 1 (8.333%) Security Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Systems Administrator
2 1 (8.333%) IT Strategy Manager
2 1 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (8.333%) Service Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (8.333%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Fat Client
2 1 (8.333%) PDA
2 1 (8.333%) Thin Client
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (8.333%) UNIX
4 1 (8.333%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (8.333%) Information Security
2 1 (8.333%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.333%) CCSA
3 1 (8.333%) JNCIA
3 1 (8.333%) CISSP
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.333%) MCP
3 1 (8.333%) MCSE
3 1 (8.333%) CCNA
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (41.67%) vSphere
3 1 (8.333%) XenApp
3 1 (8.333%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) Websense
3 1 (8.333%) Remedy
3 1 (8.333%) Altiris
3 1 (8.333%) Blue Coat
3 1 (8.333%) Avaya
3 1 (8.333%) Juniper
3 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco
3 1 (8.333%) HP
3 1 (8.333%) F5
Belfast, County Antrim
Candidates must have experience in some of the following security areas: Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Email Security, System OS Security, Remote Access Security, DNS Security, Wireless Security, web filter...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013