The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Durham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 20 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 Durham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 21 12 12
Rank change year-on-year
-9 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 2 12 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 2.632% 9.917% 11.76%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 80.00% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 12
Average salary £21,000 £30,750 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.70% -13.38%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £33,625 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.85% +3.46%
All System Software
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
3 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 3.947% 12.40% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 12
Average salary £52,500 £36,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.83% -6.49%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) MS Office
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
4 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
4 4 (44.44%) ITIL
4 4 (44.44%) SLA
5 3 (33.33%) VLAN
5 3 (33.33%) Fat Client
5 3 (33.33%) VMware
5 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (33.33%) Firewall
5 3 (33.33%) Thin Client
5 3 (33.33%) SQL
5 3 (33.33%) LAN
5 3 (33.33%) WAN
5 3 (33.33%) VPN
6 2 (22.22%) DNS
6 2 (22.22%) DHCP
6 2 (22.22%) HTML
6 2 (22.22%) Internet
6 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
6 2 (22.22%) BBC
6 2 (22.22%) Device Driver
6 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
7 1 (11.11%) MCTS
7 1 (11.11%) MCITP
7 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (11.11%) Office Communications Server

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 2 (22.22%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (11.11%) Lync
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) Office 365
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 3 (33.33%) VLAN
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) LAN
2 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 2 (22.22%) DHCP
3 2 (22.22%) Internet
4 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Fat Client
1 3 (33.33%) Thin Client
2 2 (22.22%) BBC
2 2 (22.22%) Device Driver
3 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCTS
1 1 (11.11%) MCITP
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec
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