The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 14 20 28
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 61 25 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 9.443% 7.123% 6.277%
As % of the System Software category 58.10% 71.43% 65.91%
Number of salaries quoted 56 25 29
Average salary £36,500 £30,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.66% -53.84%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.49% +3.07%
All System Software
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
105 35 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 16.25% 9.972% 9.524%
Number of salaries quoted 95 31 39
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% -41.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,700 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,800 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Coventry Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 73 (63.48%) Microsoft
2 69 (60.00%) Windows
3 58 (50.43%) VMware
4 49 (42.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (38.26%) MCSE
6 39 (33.91%) Linux
7 34 (29.57%) ITIL
8 33 (28.70%) Citrix
9 31 (26.96%) Windows Server 2008
10 29 (25.22%) Cisco
11 28 (24.35%) MS Excel
11 28 (24.35%) MS Exchange
12 27 (23.48%) DNS
12 27 (23.48%) SLA
12 27 (23.48%) SUSE
13 26 (22.61%) VMware Infrastructure
14 25 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
15 22 (19.13%) Service Delivery
15 22 (19.13%) SharePoint
15 22 (19.13%) SQL
16 21 (18.26%) UNIX
16 21 (18.26%) NetApp
16 21 (18.26%) MCITP
17 20 (17.39%) Problem Management
17 20 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2007
17 20 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
18 18 (15.65%) Blackberry
18 18 (15.65%) Avaya
19 17 (14.78%) Solaris
19 17 (14.78%) SQL Server

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 8 (6.957%) .NET
2 1 (0.870%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 28 (24.35%) MS Exchange
2 22 (19.13%) SharePoint
3 20 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2007
3 20 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
4 16 (13.91%) Lync
5 4 (3.478%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (3.478%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.870%) Apache
6 1 (0.870%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.870%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (24.35%) MS Excel
2 17 (14.78%) MS Office
3 3 (2.609%) Office 365
4 1 (0.870%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 12 (10.43%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 27 (23.48%) DNS
2 13 (11.30%) SAN
3 12 (10.43%) LAN
3 12 (10.43%) Unified Communications
4 11 (9.565%) DHCP
4 11 (9.565%) WAN
4 11 (9.565%) Firewall
5 8 (6.957%) Wireless
6 5 (4.348%) NAS
6 5 (4.348%) LDAP
6 5 (4.348%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.609%) DMZ
8 2 (1.739%) VPN
8 2 (1.739%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.739%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.870%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.870%) IPsec
9 1 (0.870%) NetScreen
9 1 (0.870%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.870%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.739%) DB2
3 1 (0.870%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.870%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.870%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (13.04%) Retail
2 3 (2.609%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.739%) Finance
Job Titles
1 49 (42.61%) Analyst
2 23 (20.00%) Consultant
3 19 (16.52%) Systems Analyst
4 18 (15.65%) Support Analyst
5 17 (14.78%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 15 (13.04%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 11 (9.565%) Technical Specialist
8 10 (8.696%) Desktop Support
9 8 (6.957%) Technical Consultant
9 8 (6.957%) Linux Administrator
10 6 (5.217%) Systems Administrator
10 6 (5.217%) Administrator
10 6 (5.217%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 5 (4.348%) Identity Management Specialist
11 5 (4.348%) Microsoft Specialist
11 5 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.348%) Applications Support
12 4 (3.478%) Senior Analyst
12 4 (3.478%) Designer
12 4 (3.478%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.65%) Blackberry
2 12 (10.43%) iPhone
3 8 (6.957%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.957%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (5.217%) Clustering
5 1 (0.870%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 69 (60.00%) Windows
2 39 (33.91%) Linux
3 31 (26.96%) Windows Server 2008
4 27 (23.48%) SUSE
5 25 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
6 21 (18.26%) UNIX
7 17 (14.78%) Solaris
8 12 (10.43%) OpenVMS
8 12 (10.43%) Windows Phone
9 10 (8.696%) Windows 7
10 7 (6.087%) Windows XP
11 4 (3.478%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (1.739%) Windows 2000
12 2 (1.739%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.870%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.870%) Debian
13 1 (0.870%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.57%) ITIL
2 22 (19.13%) Service Delivery
3 20 (17.39%) Problem Management
4 13 (11.30%) Project Management
5 10 (8.696%) Integration Testing
6 9 (7.826%) Migration
7 8 (6.957%) Risk Management
7 8 (6.957%) Change Management
7 8 (6.957%) Risk Analysis
7 8 (6.957%) Data Protection
7 8 (6.957%) Information Security
7 8 (6.957%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (6.087%) Risk Assessment
9 6 (5.217%) PRINCE2
9 6 (5.217%) Data Security
10 5 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (4.348%) Network Design
10 5 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (4.348%) Security Management
10 5 (4.348%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.13%) SQL
2 5 (4.348%) Java
2 5 (4.348%) VBScript
2 5 (4.348%) VB
3 2 (1.739%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.870%) Bash shell
4 1 (0.870%) Python
4 1 (0.870%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.870%) PHP
Qualifications
1 49 (42.61%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (38.26%) MCSE
3 21 (18.26%) MCITP
4 8 (6.957%) CISSP
4 8 (6.957%) CISA
4 8 (6.957%) CISM
4 8 (6.957%) CEH
4 8 (6.957%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (5.217%) MCTS
6 4 (3.478%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (3.478%) CCEE
6 4 (3.478%) CCAA
7 3 (2.609%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.609%) NCDA
7 3 (2.609%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 3 (2.609%) MCP
8 2 (1.739%) CCIA
9 1 (0.870%) Degree
9 1 (0.870%) VCAP
9 1 (0.870%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.48%) SLA
2 8 (6.957%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.478%) QA
4 1 (0.870%) COBIT
System Software
1 26 (22.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (8.696%) VMware ESX
3 9 (7.826%) vSphere
4 8 (6.957%) XenDesktop
4 8 (6.957%) XenApp
5 7 (6.087%) Hyper-V
6 6 (5.217%) XenServer
7 1 (0.870%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.870%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 11 (9.565%) SCCM
2 4 (3.478%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 4 (3.478%) Backup Exec
2 4 (3.478%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (2.609%) ARCserve
3 3 (2.609%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (1.739%) SCOM
4 2 (1.739%) WSUS
5 1 (0.870%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 73 (63.48%) Microsoft
2 58 (50.43%) VMware
3 33 (28.70%) Citrix
4 29 (25.22%) Cisco
5 21 (18.26%) NetApp
6 18 (15.65%) Avaya
7 15 (13.04%) Dialogic
7 15 (13.04%) Mitel
7 15 (13.04%) Nortel
8 12 (10.43%) SAP
9 9 (7.826%) HP
10 8 (6.957%) Dell
10 8 (6.957%) Oracle
10 8 (6.957%) Symantec
11 7 (6.087%) McAfee
11 7 (6.087%) EMC
12 6 (5.217%) IBM
13 5 (4.348%) Sun
13 5 (4.348%) Veritas
14 4 (3.478%) Red Hat
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