The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 23 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 22 29 18
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -11
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 18 19 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 6.143% 5.672% 9.123%
As % of the System Software category 52.94% 65.52% 86.67%
Number of salaries quoted 17 16 24
Average salary £54,000 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.15% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,400 £25,250 £21,100
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £35,000 £36,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
34 29 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 11.60% 8.657% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 32 26 28
Average salary £50,000 £32,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -5.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £47,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
London

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Croydon Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 35 (89.74%) Windows
2 22 (56.41%) Microsoft
3 20 (51.28%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (35.90%) MS Exchange
4 14 (35.90%) ITIL
4 14 (35.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (33.33%) MS Office
5 13 (33.33%) Windows XP
6 11 (28.21%) VMware
6 11 (28.21%) Exchange Server 2010
7 10 (25.64%) MCITP
7 10 (25.64%) Cisco
8 9 (23.08%) MS Excel
9 8 (20.51%) Firewall
9 8 (20.51%) SCCM
9 8 (20.51%) DNS
9 8 (20.51%) Windows Server 2003
9 8 (20.51%) Windows 7
10 7 (17.95%) VPN
10 7 (17.95%) DHCP
10 7 (17.95%) Exchange Server 2007
10 7 (17.95%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (15.38%) UNIX
11 6 (15.38%) MCSE
11 6 (15.38%) Symantec
12 5 (12.82%) SQL
12 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
12 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
12 5 (12.82%) Migration
12 5 (12.82%) Backup Exec

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 1 (2.564%) Middleware
1 1 (2.564%) XML
1 1 (2.564%) J2EE
1 1 (2.564%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 14 (35.90%) MS Exchange
2 11 (28.21%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (17.95%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (17.95%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (12.82%) Lync
5 4 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (10.26%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (5.128%) Lotus Domino
7 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
7 1 (2.564%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 13 (33.33%) MS Office
2 9 (23.08%) MS Excel
3 5 (12.82%) Office 365
4 1 (2.564%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Firewall
1 8 (20.51%) DNS
2 7 (17.95%) VPN
2 7 (17.95%) DHCP
3 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
4 4 (10.26%) Unified Communications
4 4 (10.26%) VLAN
4 4 (10.26%) SAN
5 3 (7.692%) LAN
5 3 (7.692%) WAN
6 2 (5.128%) Network Security
6 2 (5.128%) LDAP
7 1 (2.564%) DMZ
7 1 (2.564%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (7.692%) MSI
2 1 (2.564%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (10.26%) Finance
2 2 (5.128%) Law
3 1 (2.564%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Service Desk Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Service Analyst
3 7 (17.95%) Consultant
4 6 (15.38%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (12.82%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (7.692%) Help Desk Analyst
6 3 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.692%) IT Security Officer
6 3 (7.692%) Security Officer
7 2 (5.128%) IT Support
7 2 (5.128%) Exchange Consultant
7 2 (5.128%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Server Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 2 (5.128%) Support Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (5.128%) Desktop Support
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (5.128%) Computer Science
1 2 (5.128%) PKI
2 1 (2.564%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.564%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.564%) iPhone
2 1 (2.564%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 35 (89.74%) Windows
2 20 (51.28%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 8 (20.51%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (20.51%) Windows 7
5 6 (15.38%) UNIX
6 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (7.692%) Windows 2000
8 2 (5.128%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (5.128%) Linux
9 1 (2.564%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (2.564%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) ITIL
2 5 (12.82%) Migration
3 3 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (7.692%) Information Security
3 3 (7.692%) Network Architecture
4 2 (5.128%) Identity Management
4 2 (5.128%) Project Management
5 1 (2.564%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.564%) E-Commerce
5 1 (2.564%) ERP
5 1 (2.564%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.564%) Change Management
5 1 (2.564%) Project Planning
5 1 (2.564%) Time Management
5 1 (2.564%) Release Management
5 1 (2.564%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.564%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) SQL
2 1 (2.564%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (35.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (25.64%) MCITP
3 6 (15.38%) MCSE
4 4 (10.26%) MCTS
5 3 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (7.692%) MCP
5 3 (7.692%) MCDST
5 3 (7.692%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (5.128%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.128%) CCNA
7 1 (2.564%) CCA
7 1 (2.564%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (2.564%) MCSA
7 1 (2.564%) Degree
7 1 (2.564%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.564%) CCEE
7 1 (2.564%) CCAA
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (12.82%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.26%) vSphere
3 1 (2.564%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (2.564%) VMware Server
3 1 (2.564%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) SCCM
2 5 (12.82%) Backup Exec
3 3 (7.692%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (7.692%) SCOM
3 3 (7.692%) SCVMM
4 2 (5.128%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.564%) Nagios
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (28.21%) VMware
3 10 (25.64%) Cisco
4 6 (15.38%) Symantec
5 4 (10.26%) Mitel
5 4 (10.26%) Citrix
6 3 (7.692%) Sophos
7 2 (5.128%) NetApp
7 2 (5.128%) Apple
8 1 (2.564%) Lotus
8 1 (2.564%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.564%) HP
8 1 (2.564%) Nortel
8 1 (2.564%) Avaya
8 1 (2.564%) Remedy
8 1 (2.564%) IBM
8 1 (2.564%) Adobe
8 1 (2.564%) Oracle
8 1 (2.564%) TOWER Software
8 1 (2.564%) Fujitsu
Croydon, Surrey
You will be the final point of contact for any escalations so must have excellent product knowledge and skills in *Citrix or VMware *Windows Server 2008 *Exchange *Active...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Croydon, South East
In order to be suitable candidates must have experience in a variety of the following technologies: Active Directory, Citrix, LANS/ WANS, Windows, VMware, Cisco router/firewall configuration, Microsoft...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + BONUS + PENSION
Posted: 21 May 2013