The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Highlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory 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 of the System Software category for the Highlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 4 - 3
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 20 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Highlands 51.28% - 30.00%
As % of the System Software category 90.91% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
Average salary £25,000 - £22,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Highlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
22 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Highlands 56.41% - 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
Average salary £25,000 - £22,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Highlands 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 Highlands region.

Highlands Active Directory Salary Trend

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 Highlands 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
Inverness - 19 £25,000 -
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Highlands 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 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (90.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (84.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (62.50%) MS Exchange
5 17 (53.13%) VB
6 13 (40.63%) Advertising
7 5 (15.63%) SLA
7 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (9.375%) HP SIM
8 3 (9.375%) vSphere
8 3 (9.375%) CCTV
8 3 (9.375%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (9.375%) SCCM
8 3 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (9.375%) VMware
8 3 (9.375%) VMware ESX
8 3 (9.375%) DHCP
8 3 (9.375%) DNS
8 3 (9.375%) C
8 3 (9.375%) MCSE
8 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
8 3 (9.375%) Change Management
8 3 (9.375%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (9.375%) ITSM
8 3 (9.375%) Remedy
8 3 (9.375%) OpenView
8 3 (9.375%) HP
8 3 (9.375%) Capacity Management
9 2 (6.250%) Microsoft

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Highlands 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 20 (62.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (9.375%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.375%) DHCP
1 3 (9.375%) DNS
General
1 13 (40.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 23 (71.88%) Server Technician
2 20 (62.50%) Server Support
3 17 (53.13%) Support Technician
3 17 (53.13%) Server Support Technician
4 6 (18.75%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Server Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (9.375%) Server Support Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Wintel Support
5 3 (9.375%) Wintel Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Wintel Support Engineer
6 2 (6.250%) Wintel Server Engineer
6 2 (6.250%) Desktop Support
6 2 (6.250%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (6.250%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (90.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (84.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (9.375%) Change Management
1 3 (9.375%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (9.375%) ITSM
1 3 (9.375%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (53.13%) VB
2 3 (9.375%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (9.375%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.375%) VMware ESX
1 3 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (9.375%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (9.375%) OpenView
1 3 (9.375%) SCCM
1 3 (9.375%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 3 (9.375%) HP
1 3 (9.375%) Remedy
1 3 (9.375%) VMware
2 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
Inverness, Inverness-Shire
My client, a global blue chip based in Inverness, is currently seeking an experienced Server Support Technician to join an established team supporting a multi-client Wintel environment...
Aston Carter
Posted: 14 May 2013