The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Harrogate region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 21 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 Harrogate region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 37 31 38
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 6 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 2.158% 1.948% 1.880%
As % of the System Software category 19.35% 15.79% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 5
Average salary £23,750 £21,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.09% -23.63%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Harrogate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
31 19 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 11.15% 12.34% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 25 5 17
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +29.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £21,800 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
Active Directory
North Yorkshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Harrogate region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Harrogate Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (96.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (93.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (93.55%) VMware
4 27 (87.10%) Windows 7
5 26 (83.87%) Hyper-V
5 26 (83.87%) Microsoft
6 24 (77.42%) XenServer
7 23 (74.19%) Citrix
7 23 (74.19%) MS Exchange
8 22 (70.97%) Firewall
8 22 (70.97%) XenApp
9 21 (67.74%) DHCP
9 21 (67.74%) HP
9 21 (67.74%) DNS
10 20 (64.52%) Finance
10 20 (64.52%) Network Security
10 20 (64.52%) XenDesktop
11 19 (61.29%) LANDesk
11 19 (61.29%) Exchange Server 2007
11 19 (61.29%) WSUS
12 17 (54.84%) Exchange Server 2010
13 16 (51.61%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (51.61%) MCSE
14 15 (48.39%) SQL Server
14 15 (48.39%) MS Excel
14 15 (48.39%) PCI DSS
15 13 (41.94%) SQL Server 2008
15 13 (41.94%) SQL Server 2005
16 11 (35.48%) MCITP

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 23 (74.19%) MS Exchange
2 19 (61.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 17 (54.84%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (25.81%) Office Communications Server
4 8 (25.81%) Lync
5 2 (6.452%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (48.39%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.226%) MS Office
2 1 (3.226%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (70.97%) Firewall
2 21 (67.74%) DHCP
2 21 (67.74%) DNS
3 20 (64.52%) Network Security
4 11 (35.48%) SAN
5 10 (32.26%) NAS
6 7 (22.58%) iSCSI
7 4 (12.90%) TCP/IP
7 4 (12.90%) LAN
8 3 (9.677%) WAN
9 2 (6.452%) VoIP
9 2 (6.452%) VPN
10 1 (3.226%) SSL
10 1 (3.226%) LDAP
10 1 (3.226%) SMTP
10 1 (3.226%) FTP
10 1 (3.226%) HTTP
10 1 (3.226%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (48.39%) SQL Server
2 13 (41.94%) SQL Server 2008
2 13 (41.94%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 20 (64.52%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Legal
2 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (64.52%) Wintel Engineer
2 3 (9.677%) IT Support
3 2 (6.452%) Support Technician
3 2 (6.452%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (6.452%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (3.226%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (3.226%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (3.226%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (3.226%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (3.226%) Support Analyst
4 1 (3.226%) Technical Support
4 1 (3.226%) Support Engineer
4 1 (3.226%) Analyst
4 1 (3.226%) Consultant
4 1 (3.226%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.452%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.226%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (96.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (87.10%) Windows 7
4 5 (16.13%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (6.452%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (6.452%) Windows XP
5 2 (6.452%) Linux
5 2 (6.452%) Windows Vista
6 1 (3.226%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Network Load Balancing
2 3 (9.677%) ERP
3 2 (6.452%) ITIL
3 2 (6.452%) Change Management
4 1 (3.226%) Validation
4 1 (3.226%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.226%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (51.61%) MCSE
2 11 (35.48%) MCITP
2 11 (35.48%) MCSA
3 9 (29.03%) MCTS
4 8 (25.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (25.81%) MCP
4 8 (25.81%) CCA
4 8 (25.81%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.452%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.452%) Degree
6 1 (3.226%) CCNA
6 1 (3.226%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.226%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (48.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (93.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (83.87%) Hyper-V
3 24 (77.42%) XenServer
4 22 (70.97%) XenApp
5 20 (64.52%) XenDesktop
6 8 (25.81%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (22.58%) NFS
8 1 (3.226%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 19 (61.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (93.55%) VMware
2 26 (83.87%) Microsoft
3 23 (74.19%) Citrix
4 21 (67.74%) HP
5 19 (61.29%) LANDesk
6 7 (22.58%) CommVault
6 7 (22.58%) EMC
7 2 (6.452%) Red Hat
8 1 (3.226%) AppSense
8 1 (3.226%) PlateSpin
8 1 (3.226%) Wyse
8 1 (3.226%) Novell
8 1 (3.226%) Vizioncore