The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 18 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 Devon region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 33 28 36
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 9 19 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 3.072% 6.762% 3.378%
As % of the System Software category 60.00% 79.17% 36.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 14
Average salary £22,000 £34,000 £25,762
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.29% +31.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,400 £20,500 £20,600
10% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £37,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.49% +3.07%
All System Software
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
15 24 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 5.119% 8.541% 9.234%
Number of salaries quoted 14 21 26
Average salary £21,500 £34,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.76% +7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £22,500 £21,600
10% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £41,194 £41,350
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Active Directory Salary Trend

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 Devon region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Exeter +16 6 £22,500 -23.72% 1
Plymouth -7 1 - -
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) MS Exchange
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (41.67%) LAN
4 5 (41.67%) WAN
4 5 (41.67%) Citrix
4 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
4 5 (41.67%) Cisco
4 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (33.33%) SAN
5 4 (33.33%) Dell
5 4 (33.33%) VPN
5 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 4 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
6 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (25.00%) VMware
6 3 (25.00%) XenServer
6 3 (25.00%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (25.00%) PBX
6 3 (25.00%) IIS
6 3 (25.00%) MS Office
6 3 (25.00%) VBScript
6 3 (25.00%) VB
6 3 (25.00%) VBA
6 3 (25.00%) DNS

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 7 (58.33%) MS Exchange
2 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (25.00%) IIS
4 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) LAN
1 5 (41.67%) WAN
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (33.33%) SAN
3 3 (25.00%) DNS
3 3 (25.00%) PBX
4 2 (16.67%) DHCP
5 1 (8.333%) VoIP
5 1 (8.333%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) IT Support
2 4 (33.33%) Support Technician
3 3 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Field Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
5 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 1 (8.333%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) VBScript
1 3 (25.00%) VB
1 3 (25.00%) VBA
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CCNA
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) MCP
2 1 (8.333%) MCSE
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 3 (25.00%) XenServer
2 3 (25.00%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (25.00%) ISA Server
3 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) Citrix
3 4 (33.33%) Dell
4 3 (25.00%) HP
4 3 (25.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 3 (25.00%) McAfee
4 3 (25.00%) VMware