The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 22 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 35 44 46
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 180 166 157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 5.808% 4.882% 4.469%
As % of the System Software category 53.41% 61.94% 60.38%
Number of salaries quoted 137 148 145
Average salary £28,500 £27,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.63% -5.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,866 £38,950
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
337 268 260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 10.87% 7.882% 7.401%
Number of salaries quoted 261 239 228
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +14.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,850 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands Active Directory Salary Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Lincolnshire +12 46 £28,500 -24.00%
Leicestershire +1 46 £30,000 +11.11%
Northamptonshire +6 39 £28,000 +3.70%
Nottinghamshire -3 29 £28,500 -24.00%
Derbyshire -14 27 £36,500 +32.72%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 295 (82.63%) Windows
2 210 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 167 (46.78%) VMware
4 142 (39.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 134 (37.54%) MS Exchange
6 115 (32.21%) SQL Server
7 107 (29.97%) VMware Infrastructure
8 102 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
9 96 (26.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 96 (26.89%) SQL
10 88 (24.65%) MS Excel
10 88 (24.65%) Citrix
11 87 (24.37%) ITIL
12 80 (22.41%) MS Office
13 77 (21.57%) SAN
14 75 (21.01%) MCSE
15 67 (18.77%) Exchange Server 2010
16 62 (17.37%) Firewall
17 58 (16.25%) DNS
18 55 (15.41%) SharePoint
19 51 (14.29%) Linux
20 50 (14.01%) TCP/IP
20 50 (14.01%) Cisco
21 49 (13.73%) WAN
22 48 (13.45%) DHCP
22 48 (13.45%) Degree
23 46 (12.89%) HP
24 45 (12.61%) LAN
24 45 (12.61%) IIS
24 45 (12.61%) vSphere

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 19 (5.322%) .NET
2 11 (3.081%) HTML
3 10 (2.801%) ASP.NET
4 7 (1.961%) SAML
4 7 (1.961%) ADO.NET
4 7 (1.961%) EDI
4 7 (1.961%) LINQ
5 5 (1.401%) WCF
5 5 (1.401%) WPF
5 5 (1.401%) Silverlight
6 1 (0.280%) JSP
6 1 (0.280%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.280%) Velocity
6 1 (0.280%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 134 (37.54%) MS Exchange
2 67 (18.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 55 (15.41%) SharePoint
4 45 (12.61%) IIS
5 31 (8.683%) Lync
5 31 (8.683%) Exchange Server 2007
6 28 (7.843%) Exchange Server 2003
7 11 (3.081%) SharePoint 2010
8 8 (2.241%) CMS
9 7 (1.961%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 5 (1.401%) Apache
10 5 (1.401%) Tomcat
10 5 (1.401%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (0.560%) Commerce Server 2007
11 2 (0.560%) Commerce Server
12 1 (0.280%) Lotus Notes
12 1 (0.280%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 88 (24.65%) MS Excel
2 80 (22.41%) MS Office
3 37 (10.36%) Office 365
4 4 (1.120%) MS Project
5 3 (0.840%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.280%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.840%) Agresso
2 1 (0.280%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 77 (21.57%) SAN
2 62 (17.37%) Firewall
3 58 (16.25%) DNS
4 50 (14.01%) TCP/IP
5 49 (13.73%) WAN
6 48 (13.45%) DHCP
7 45 (12.61%) LAN
8 35 (9.804%) Internet
9 29 (8.123%) NAS
10 18 (5.042%) Wireless
11 15 (4.202%) VoIP
12 11 (3.081%) VPN
13 10 (2.801%) MPLS
14 9 (2.521%) HTTP
15 7 (1.961%) WLAN
15 7 (1.961%) PSTN
15 7 (1.961%) ISDN
16 6 (1.681%) Fibre Channel
16 6 (1.681%) Intrusion Detection
16 6 (1.681%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (32.21%) SQL Server
2 35 (9.804%) SQL Server 2008
3 28 (7.843%) SQL Server 2000
4 22 (6.162%) SQL Server 2005
5 11 (3.081%) SQL Server 2012
6 10 (2.801%) Oracle 8/8i
7 9 (2.521%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (2.521%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.241%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (1.681%) Oracle 11g
9 6 (1.681%) Oracle 9i
9 6 (1.681%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (0.840%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.840%) MySQL
10 3 (0.840%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.840%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.840%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 3 (0.840%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.840%) Big Data
11 2 (0.560%) DTS
Development Applications
1 5 (1.401%) Subversion
1 5 (1.401%) FishEye
1 5 (1.401%) MSBuild
2 1 (0.280%) GitHub
General
1 21 (5.882%) Back Office
2 19 (5.322%) Finance
3 14 (3.922%) Retail
4 9 (2.521%) Legal
5 8 (2.241%) Law
6 7 (1.961%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.840%) Publishing
8 2 (0.560%) Banking
9 1 (0.280%) Advertising
9 1 (0.280%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 105 (29.41%) Analyst
2 39 (10.92%) Support Analyst
3 38 (10.64%) Support Engineer
4 30 (8.403%) 3rd Line Support
5 26 (7.283%) Consultant
5 26 (7.283%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (7.003%) Architect
6 25 (7.003%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 24 (6.723%) Systems Engineer
8 20 (5.602%) Administrator
9 19 (5.322%) Technical Consultant
9 19 (5.322%) IT Support
10 17 (4.762%) DBA
11 16 (4.482%) Service Analyst
11 16 (4.482%) 2nd Line Support
11 16 (4.482%) Service Desk Analyst
12 14 (3.922%) Developer
13 13 (3.641%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.641%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
14 12 (3.361%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.804%) Clustering
2 25 (7.003%) Blackberry
3 15 (4.202%) Computer Science
4 14 (3.922%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (3.922%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.801%) Biometrics
5 10 (2.801%) Smartcard
6 9 (2.521%) Thin Client
6 9 (2.521%) Fat Client
7 8 (2.241%) iPhone
8 7 (1.961%) EPoS
9 6 (1.681%) Kindle
10 5 (1.401%) Open Source
11 4 (1.120%) Firmware
12 3 (0.840%) Handset
12 3 (0.840%) PKI
13 2 (0.560%) SecurID
13 2 (0.560%) Mainframe
14 1 (0.280%) EFT
14 1 (0.280%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 295 (82.63%) Windows
2 142 (39.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 102 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 51 (14.29%) Linux
5 43 (12.04%) Windows XP
6 34 (9.524%) Windows Server 2012
7 30 (8.403%) Windows 7
8 27 (7.563%) Windows 2000
9 26 (7.283%) UNIX
10 21 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
11 15 (4.202%) Windows 8
12 10 (2.801%) Windows Vista
13 8 (2.241%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 7 (1.961%) AIX
15 6 (1.681%) Solaris
16 3 (0.840%) Fedora
16 3 (0.840%) SUSE
16 3 (0.840%) Debian
17 2 (0.560%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.560%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (24.37%) ITIL
2 35 (9.804%) Disaster Recovery
3 24 (6.723%) Identity Management
4 22 (6.162%) Capacity Planning
5 21 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (3.922%) Incident Management
6 14 (3.922%) Change Management
7 13 (3.641%) Capacity Management
8 12 (3.361%) Load Balancing
9 11 (3.081%) OO
10 10 (2.801%) Cyber Security
10 10 (2.801%) Validation
11 9 (2.521%) E-Commerce
11 9 (2.521%) Scrum
11 9 (2.521%) Infrastructure Management
12 8 (2.241%) Business Continuity
12 8 (2.241%) Service Delivery
12 8 (2.241%) Project Management
12 8 (2.241%) PRINCE2
13 7 (1.961%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (26.89%) SQL
2 20 (5.602%) VBScript
3 19 (5.322%) PowerShell
4 16 (4.482%) C#
5 11 (3.081%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.521%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.681%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.401%) VB
8 5 (1.401%) PHP
8 5 (1.401%) Python
9 4 (1.120%) C
9 4 (1.120%) C++
10 1 (0.280%) Java
10 1 (0.280%) Perl
Qualifications
1 96 (26.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 75 (21.01%) MCSE
3 48 (13.45%) Degree
4 43 (12.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 41 (11.48%) MCITP
6 28 (7.843%) MCP
7 26 (7.283%) CCNA
7 26 (7.283%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (5.322%) MCTS
9 17 (4.762%) Security Cleared
10 16 (4.482%) CISSP
11 14 (3.922%) Citrix Certification
12 10 (2.801%) CCA
13 7 (1.961%) MCSA
13 7 (1.961%) SC Cleared
14 5 (1.401%) VCP4
15 4 (1.120%) CCEE
15 4 (1.120%) A+ Certification
16 2 (0.560%) MCPD
16 2 (0.560%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.081%) SLA
2 6 (1.681%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.280%) QA
3 1 (0.280%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 107 (29.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (12.61%) vSphere
3 38 (10.64%) Hyper-V
4 26 (7.283%) Terminal Services
5 25 (7.003%) XenDesktop
6 22 (6.162%) XenApp
7 21 (5.882%) VMware ESX
8 18 (5.042%) XenServer
9 14 (3.922%) UAG
9 14 (3.922%) ISA Server
10 8 (2.241%) Xen
11 7 (1.961%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 7 (1.961%) Shibboleth
11 7 (1.961%) Forefront TMG
12 6 (1.681%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 5 (1.401%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (1.120%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.560%) VMware ESXi
15 2 (0.560%) RACF
15 2 (0.560%) Samba
Systems Management
1 36 (10.08%) SCOM
2 30 (8.403%) SCCM
3 19 (5.322%) WSUS
4 15 (4.202%) Backup Exec
5 10 (2.801%) DameWare
6 8 (2.241%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (1.961%) Norton AntiVirus
8 6 (1.681%) Data Guard
9 4 (1.120%) SCVMM
9 4 (1.120%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.120%) MOM
10 3 (0.840%) BladeLogic
11 2 (0.560%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
11 2 (0.560%) ServiceCenter
11 2 (0.560%) Unicenter
12 1 (0.280%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.280%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 1 (0.280%) ARCserve
12 1 (0.280%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 210 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 167 (46.78%) VMware
3 88 (24.65%) Citrix
4 50 (14.01%) Cisco
5 46 (12.89%) HP
6 19 (5.322%) Symantec
7 18 (5.042%) Oracle
8 17 (4.762%) Dell
9 15 (4.202%) CheckPoint
9 15 (4.202%) LANDesk
10 13 (3.641%) Red Hat
10 13 (3.641%) Remedy
10 13 (3.641%) Blue Coat
11 12 (3.361%) NetApp
12 10 (2.801%) Bomgar
12 10 (2.801%) ProCurve
12 10 (2.801%) Avaya
13 7 (1.961%) EMC
13 7 (1.961%) Juniper
13 7 (1.961%) McAfee
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