The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 13 19 10
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 7 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huntingdon 12.07% 5.952% 10.17%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 83.33% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 5
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +20.68%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Huntingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
7 6 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huntingdon 12.07% 7.143% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 8
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +30.76%
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
Active Directory
Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon region.

Huntingdon Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huntingdon 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (80.00%) VMware
3 8 (80.00%) Citrix
3 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (70.00%) Hyper-V
5 5 (50.00%) SQL
5 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
5 5 (50.00%) Firewall
6 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (30.00%) MCSE
7 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
7 3 (30.00%) CCA
7 3 (30.00%) Citrix Certification
7 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (30.00%) MCTS
7 3 (30.00%) MCITP
7 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (30.00%) SCCM
8 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
8 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
9 1 (10.00%) MS Office

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huntingdon 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 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (30.00%) Server Support
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
2 3 (30.00%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Project Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Server Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (10.00%) IT Technician
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) MCSE
1 3 (30.00%) CCA
1 3 (30.00%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (30.00%) MCTS
1 3 (30.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
1 8 (80.00%) Citrix
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft