The first table below looks at the demand for the Active Directory Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Active Directory Specialist
Rank 828 860 835
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -25
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Specialist 2 3 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.002% 0.003% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.003% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 13
Average salary £79,750 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+67.89% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £65,550 £40,300 £37,250
10% offered a salary of more than £93,950 £49,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £61,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+27.08% +6.66%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Active Directory Specialist
UK

Active Directory Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory Specialist across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Active Directory Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Active Directory Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory Specialist across the England region.

England Active Directory Specialist Salary Trend

Active Directory Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Active Directory Specialist Salary Histogram

Active Directory Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London +30 1 £97,500 +100.00%
South East - 1 £62,000 -
Active Directory Specialist
UK

Active Directory Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Active Directory Specialist in their job title 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 with Active Directory Specialist in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Replication
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) UAG
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) Clustering
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) MIIS
4 1 (25.00%) Kerberos
4 1 (25.00%) LDAP
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Altiris
4 1 (25.00%) PKI
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) DFS Replication
4 1 (25.00%) Shibboleth
4 1 (25.00%) Forefront TMG

Active Directory Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Active Directory Specialist in their job title 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 with Active Directory Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (25.00%) LDAP
2 1 (25.00%) Kerberos
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Replication
2 2 (50.00%) Clustering
3 1 (25.00%) PKI
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certified Architect
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) UAG
3 1 (25.00%) DFS Replication
3 1 (25.00%) Shibboleth
3 1 (25.00%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) MIIS
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Altiris
Reading, Berkshire
Essentially, you will already be a very strong Microsoft Windows Server Engineer with the following skills Windows Server (2000/2003/2008), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Active Directory (NB.
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £40000 - 65000 Per Annum + 15 % bonus + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key skills are Active Directory Authentication troubleshooting, AD replication, LDAP tools... Essentially, you will already be a very strong Microsoft Windows Server Engineer with the following skills Windows...
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £60000 - 64000 Per Annum + 10-20% bonus + bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Successful candidates must have experience with outlook 2003, Exchange 2003, secure messaging, citrix. Desirable but not essential skills include any of the following: Veritas storage Foundation, Veritas volume...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 15 May 2013