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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank - 9 11
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 0 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Darlington - 15.22% 12.50%
As % of the System Software category - 63.64% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 4
Average salary - £36,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.49%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Darlington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Darlington 4.545% 23.91% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 4
Average salary £52,500 £36,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.83% -6.49%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
Durham

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Darlington 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 Darlington region.

Darlington Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Darlington 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) MS Office
2 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Thin Client
3 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 4 (50.00%) LAN
3 4 (50.00%) WAN
3 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (50.00%) VPN
3 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) VLAN
3 4 (50.00%) Fat Client
3 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (25.00%) SLA
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (12.50%) MCSE
5 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (12.50%) MCTS
5 1 (12.50%) MCITP

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Darlington 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 Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) LAN
1 4 (50.00%) WAN
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (50.00%) VPN
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 4 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) MCSE
1 1 (12.50%) MCTS
1 1 (12.50%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix