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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 14 - 11
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 11 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 11.22% - 5.405%
As % of the System Software category 42.31% - 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 2
Average salary £29,000 - £24,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.49% +3.07%
All System Software
Dunstable
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
26 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 26.53% 34.48% 8.108%
Number of salaries quoted 26 10 3
Average salary £29,000 £47,500 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.94% +93.87%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Active Directory
Bedfordshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunstable 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 Dunstable region.

Dunstable Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

Dunstable Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (93.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (90.00%) Windows 7
4 25 (83.33%) Hyper-V
4 25 (83.33%) VMware
4 25 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (80.00%) XenApp
6 23 (76.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 23 (76.67%) SQL Server
6 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
7 22 (73.33%) MS Exchange
7 22 (73.33%) Citrix
7 22 (73.33%) SQL Server 2005
8 21 (70.00%) HP
9 19 (63.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (63.33%) SAN
9 19 (63.33%) LANDesk
9 19 (63.33%) Exchange Server 2007
9 19 (63.33%) NAS
9 19 (63.33%) XenServer
9 19 (63.33%) WSUS
10 18 (60.00%) XenDesktop
11 17 (56.67%) MCSE
12 15 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
12 15 (50.00%) DNS
12 15 (50.00%) Finance
12 15 (50.00%) MCITP
12 15 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
13 14 (46.67%) Lync
13 14 (46.67%) Microsoft App-V

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 22 (73.33%) MS Exchange
2 19 (63.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 15 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (46.67%) Lync
4 14 (46.67%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (3.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (63.33%) SAN
1 19 (63.33%) NAS
2 15 (50.00%) DNS
3 14 (46.67%) iSCSI
3 14 (46.67%) Firewall
3 14 (46.67%) DHCP
4 13 (43.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (76.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 23 (76.67%) SQL Server
2 22 (73.33%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 15 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (60.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Server Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Wintel Server Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Wintel Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Wintel Support
4 3 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.333%) Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) Architect
6 1 (3.333%) Windows Server Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) IT Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) IT Support
6 1 (3.333%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) Replication
1 1 (3.333%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (93.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (90.00%) Windows 7
4 15 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Network Load Balancing
2 8 (26.67%) ITIL
3 7 (23.33%) Change Management
4 3 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.667%) Service Management
5 2 (6.667%) Workflow
6 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (56.67%) MCSE
3 15 (50.00%) MCITP
4 13 (43.33%) MCSA
5 10 (33.33%) MCTS
5 10 (33.33%) MCP
6 9 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (26.67%) CCA
7 8 (26.67%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
8 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (36.67%) PCI DSS
2 3 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 25 (83.33%) Hyper-V
1 25 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (80.00%) XenApp
3 19 (63.33%) XenServer
4 18 (60.00%) XenDesktop
5 14 (46.67%) Microsoft App-V
5 14 (46.67%) NFS
Systems Management
1 19 (63.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (83.33%) VMware
2 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
3 22 (73.33%) Citrix
4 21 (70.00%) HP
5 19 (63.33%) LANDesk
6 14 (46.67%) CommVault
6 14 (46.67%) EMC
7 1 (3.333%) VocaLink