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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 36 17 39
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +22
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 59 68 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 5.013% 9.537% 6.274%
As % of the System Software category 54.63% 67.33% 64.08%
Number of salaries quoted 53 65 53
Average salary £36,500 £29,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.86% -21.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
108 101 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 9.176% 14.17% 9.791%
Number of salaries quoted 95 94 87
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,600 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £66,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

Kent 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 Kent 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
Dartford +1 9 £25,000 +8.69%
Sittingbourne - 4 £28,250 -
Tunbridge Wells -9 3 £37,500 +7.14%
Dover - 3 £32,500 -
West Malling - 2 £48,750 -
Whitstable - 1 £28,500 -
Tonbridge - 1 £40,000 -
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

1 100 (95.24%) Windows
2 59 (56.19%) MS Exchange
3 54 (51.43%) VMware
4 53 (50.48%) Microsoft
5 50 (47.62%) Windows Server 2008
6 43 (40.95%) Windows Server 2003
7 41 (39.05%) Citrix
8 36 (34.29%) VMware Infrastructure
9 35 (33.33%) TCP/IP
10 34 (32.38%) ITIL
11 30 (28.57%) DNS
11 30 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
12 25 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2007
13 24 (22.86%) Windows XP
14 23 (21.90%) SQL Server
14 23 (21.90%) HP
14 23 (21.90%) SAN
15 21 (20.00%) MS Excel
15 21 (20.00%) DHCP
15 21 (20.00%) Firewall
16 20 (19.05%) MS Office
16 20 (19.05%) vSphere
17 19 (18.10%) IIS
17 19 (18.10%) VoIP
17 19 (18.10%) WAN
17 19 (18.10%) Cisco
18 18 (17.14%) LAN
18 18 (17.14%) Migration
19 17 (16.19%) Exchange Server 2003
20 16 (15.24%) XenApp

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 4 (3.810%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 3 (2.857%) .NET
3 1 (0.952%) Web Services
3 1 (0.952%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 59 (56.19%) MS Exchange
2 30 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 25 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2007
4 19 (18.10%) IIS
5 17 (16.19%) Exchange Server 2003
6 15 (14.29%) Lync
7 8 (7.619%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 8 (7.619%) SharePoint
8 4 (3.810%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.952%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.952%) SAS
9 1 (0.952%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.952%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 21 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 20 (19.05%) MS Office
3 3 (2.857%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 35 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 30 (28.57%) DNS
3 23 (21.90%) SAN
4 21 (20.00%) Firewall
4 21 (20.00%) DHCP
5 19 (18.10%) VoIP
5 19 (18.10%) WAN
6 18 (17.14%) LAN
7 13 (12.38%) VLAN
8 10 (9.524%) Network Security
9 7 (6.667%) NAS
10 6 (5.714%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (5.714%) VPN
11 4 (3.810%) SMTP
11 4 (3.810%) MPLS
12 3 (2.857%) HTTP
13 2 (1.905%) LDAP
13 2 (1.905%) Wireless
13 2 (1.905%) Internet
14 1 (0.952%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (21.90%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.571%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (7.619%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 12 (11.43%) Advertising
2 9 (8.571%) Finance
3 3 (2.857%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.857%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.905%) Legal
4 2 (1.905%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (23.81%) Analyst
2 18 (17.14%) Support Engineer
3 15 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 12 (11.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 9 (8.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (8.571%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 8 (7.619%) Network Support
6 8 (7.619%) Network Support Engineer
6 8 (7.619%) Network Engineer
6 8 (7.619%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (6.667%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 6 (5.714%) Technical Design Authority
9 5 (4.762%) Messaging Engineer
9 5 (4.762%) Administrator
10 4 (3.810%) Systems Administrator
10 4 (3.810%) Service Analyst
10 4 (3.810%) Team Leader
10 4 (3.810%) Infrastructure Architect
10 4 (3.810%) Help Desk Team Lead
10 4 (3.810%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.33%) Clustering
2 10 (9.524%) Blackberry
3 3 (2.857%) iSeries
4 2 (1.905%) PKI
4 2 (1.905%) iPhone
5 1 (0.952%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.952%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 100 (95.24%) Windows
2 50 (47.62%) Windows Server 2008
3 43 (40.95%) Windows Server 2003
4 24 (22.86%) Windows XP
5 13 (12.38%) Windows 7
6 11 (10.48%) Linux
7 10 (9.524%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (4.762%) Windows 8
8 5 (4.762%) UNIX
8 5 (4.762%) Windows Vista
9 4 (3.810%) AIX
9 4 (3.810%) Solaris
10 2 (1.905%) Mac OS X Server
10 2 (1.905%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.952%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (32.38%) ITIL
2 18 (17.14%) Migration
3 15 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (10.48%) Project Management
5 8 (7.619%) Change Management
5 8 (7.619%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (7.619%) Change Control
6 7 (6.667%) Problem Management
6 7 (6.667%) Security Management
7 6 (5.714%) Data Protection
7 6 (5.714%) Software Deployment
8 5 (4.762%) Performance Management
8 5 (4.762%) Network Management
8 5 (4.762%) Service Management
8 5 (4.762%) Service Delivery
8 5 (4.762%) Business Continuity
8 5 (4.762%) Incident Management
9 4 (3.810%) Load Balancing
10 3 (2.857%) Risk Management
10 3 (2.857%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.33%) SQL
2 5 (4.762%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.857%) C
4 2 (1.905%) VB
5 1 (0.952%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (7.619%) SC Cleared
2 8 (7.619%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (6.667%) Degree
4 6 (5.714%) MCSE
5 4 (3.810%) MCSA
5 4 (3.810%) CISSP
6 3 (2.857%) MCITP
7 2 (1.905%) CISM
8 1 (0.952%) MCP
8 1 (0.952%) CCNA
8 1 (0.952%) CCA
8 1 (0.952%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.24%) SLA
2 8 (7.619%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.857%) BS7799
4 2 (1.905%) QA
4 2 (1.905%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (34.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (19.05%) vSphere
3 16 (15.24%) XenApp
4 10 (9.524%) Terminal Services
5 8 (7.619%) XenDesktop
5 8 (7.619%) Hyper-V
6 7 (6.667%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (3.810%) VMware ESX
8 3 (2.857%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.905%) ISA Server
9 2 (1.905%) DFS Replication
9 2 (1.905%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.905%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 10 (9.524%) SCCM
2 6 (5.714%) SCOM
3 5 (4.762%) Backup Exec
4 4 (3.810%) Norton AntiVirus
5 3 (2.857%) MIMEsweeper
5 3 (2.857%) Tivoli
5 3 (2.857%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 3 (2.857%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (2.857%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (2.857%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.905%) WSUS
7 1 (0.952%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 54 (51.43%) VMware
2 53 (50.48%) Microsoft
3 41 (39.05%) Citrix
4 23 (21.90%) HP
5 19 (18.10%) Cisco
6 10 (9.524%) IBM
7 8 (7.619%) Websense
8 6 (5.714%) Dell
8 6 (5.714%) Avaya
9 5 (4.762%) NetApp
9 5 (4.762%) Symantec
9 5 (4.762%) McAfee
10 4 (3.810%) F5
11 3 (2.857%) Mitel
11 3 (2.857%) Apple
11 3 (2.857%) CheckPoint
12 2 (1.905%) Sophos
12 2 (1.905%) SAP
12 2 (1.905%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.905%) Capita
Whitstable, South East
Reporting into CEB Infrastructure Management, the successful candidate will be expected to help ensure the smooth running of the IT Infrastructure throughout the company and assist with the...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A global leading software solutions provider are hiring a strong Infrastructure / Systems Engineer with broad infrastructure skills covering Hyper-V, Windows, Networking, IIS and Security... This will involve: -...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Gym
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chatham, Kent
Microsoft Certified. Desktop experience up to and including Windows 7 (8 a bonus) Server experience up to 2008 R2 (Linux a bonus) Hands on virtualisation - VMWare / Hyper V...
Konetic Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Tonbridge, Kent
You must have knowledge of Windows Server 2008 R2 or above as well as desktop versions XP, Vista and above at an advanced administration level - holding knowledge in...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 40k+ plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Kent
Leading IT Solutions provider is looking for a Windows Hosting Administrator!... Essential experience: DNS, DHCP, Active Directory. Windows Hyper-V administration. Multi-site IIS farm administration. Storage & SAN...
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £62,000 per annum + superb benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Tonbridge, Kent
You will need strong and advanced expertise and knowledge of Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Multi-site IIS / web farms including ARR, AD / Active Directory, Windows Networking, DNS,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 40-60k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Reigate, Crawley, Epsom,...
PERSON SKILLS - proven track record of managing and supporting Microsoft solutions, including MS Server 2003/08R2, MS Exchange 2003-2010, Active Directory. - VMWare V-sphere experience... - any experience...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
Maidstone, Kent
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1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum
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