The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 15 51 43
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 59 14 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 13.11% 2.756% 4.061%
As % of the System Software category 89.39% 45.16% 38.10%
Number of salaries quoted 56 14 16
Average salary £27,500 £21,500 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.90% -6.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,700 £17,418 £19,800
10% offered a salary of more than £40,600 £37,400 £42,900
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.49% +3.07%
All System Software
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
66 31 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 14.67% 6.102% 10.66%
Number of salaries quoted 61 28 42
Average salary £28,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.84% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £21,250 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Blackburn +19 20 £24,000 +40.93% 1
Blackpool +12 17 £27,750 +0.90% 4
Preston +12 12 £33,750 +53.40% 3
Burnley +2 6 £24,000 +33.33% 3
Darwen +1 1 £18,500 -30.18%
Skelmersdale 0 1 £27,500 -37.50%
Newton-le-Willows - 1 £17,000 - 1
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 73 (76.84%) Windows
2 65 (68.42%) Microsoft
3 51 (53.68%) VMware
4 33 (34.74%) Windows Server 2008
5 31 (32.63%) MS Office
6 30 (31.58%) MS Exchange
7 29 (30.53%) SQL Server
8 28 (29.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (29.47%) Windows Server 2003
9 27 (28.42%) Windows 7
10 26 (27.37%) Citrix
10 26 (27.37%) MS Excel
11 24 (25.26%) VPN
12 23 (24.21%) Cisco
12 23 (24.21%) Windows XP
12 23 (24.21%) SQL
13 20 (21.05%) SAN
14 19 (20.00%) WAN
15 18 (18.95%) LAN
15 18 (18.95%) TCP/IP
15 18 (18.95%) VMware Infrastructure
16 17 (17.89%) Firewall
17 16 (16.84%) ITIL
18 14 (14.74%) Exchange Server 2007
18 14 (14.74%) Oracle
18 14 (14.74%) DHCP
19 13 (13.68%) SharePoint
20 12 (12.63%) DNS
20 12 (12.63%) SCCM
20 12 (12.63%) Exchange Server 2003

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 (4.211%) ASP.NET
1 4 (4.211%) CSS
1 4 (4.211%) XML
1 4 (4.211%) XSLT
1 4 (4.211%) .NET
1 4 (4.211%) Ajax
1 4 (4.211%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 30 (31.58%) MS Exchange
2 14 (14.74%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (13.68%) SharePoint
4 12 (12.63%) Exchange Server 2003
4 12 (12.63%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (8.421%) IIS
6 7 (7.368%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (2.105%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (1.053%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (1.053%) Lync
8 1 (1.053%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 31 (32.63%) MS Office
2 26 (27.37%) MS Excel
3 8 (8.421%) Office 365
4 4 (4.211%) InfoPath
5 1 (1.053%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 3 (3.158%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.105%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (1.053%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (25.26%) VPN
2 20 (21.05%) SAN
3 19 (20.00%) WAN
4 18 (18.95%) LAN
4 18 (18.95%) TCP/IP
5 17 (17.89%) Firewall
6 14 (14.74%) DHCP
7 12 (12.63%) DNS
8 8 (8.421%) Internet
9 6 (6.316%) VoIP
10 5 (5.263%) NAS
10 5 (5.263%) Wireless
11 3 (3.158%) IMAP
11 3 (3.158%) WLAN
12 2 (2.105%) Intranet
12 2 (2.105%) SSL
12 2 (2.105%) Extranet
12 2 (2.105%) iSCSI
13 1 (1.053%) Unified Communications
13 1 (1.053%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (30.53%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.316%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (6.316%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (4.211%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (4.211%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (3.158%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (8.421%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (4.211%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.105%) MSI
General
1 3 (3.158%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.105%) Retail
3 1 (1.053%) Finance
3 1 (1.053%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (33.68%) Analyst
2 20 (21.05%) Support Analyst
3 15 (15.79%) Support Technician
3 15 (15.79%) IT Support
4 13 (13.68%) 3rd Line Support
5 10 (10.53%) IT Support Technician
5 10 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 9 (9.474%) Service Analyst
7 8 (8.421%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (8.421%) Service Desk Analyst
8 7 (7.368%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.368%) Administrator
9 6 (6.316%) Support Engineer
9 6 (6.316%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (6.316%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (5.263%) Infrastructure Manager
11 4 (4.211%) IT Support Engineer
11 4 (4.211%) 1st Line Support
12 3 (3.158%) SharePoint Developer
12 3 (3.158%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.474%) iPhone
2 8 (8.421%) Blackberry
3 3 (3.158%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.105%) NHS
4 2 (2.105%) FMCG
5 1 (1.053%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.053%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.053%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.053%) AS400
5 1 (1.053%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 73 (76.84%) Windows
2 33 (34.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 28 (29.47%) Windows Server 2003
4 27 (28.42%) Windows 7
5 23 (24.21%) Windows XP
6 11 (11.58%) Windows 8
7 7 (7.368%) Windows Vista
8 3 (3.158%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (2.105%) Windows 2000
9 2 (2.105%) Windows NT
10 1 (1.053%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.84%) ITIL
2 5 (5.263%) PRINCE2
3 4 (4.211%) Project Management
3 4 (4.211%) E-Commerce
3 4 (4.211%) CRM
4 3 (3.158%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (3.158%) ERP
4 3 (3.158%) Service Management
4 3 (3.158%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (3.158%) Information Security
5 2 (2.105%) Workflow
5 2 (2.105%) Software Deployment
5 2 (2.105%) Content Management
5 2 (2.105%) Document Management
6 1 (1.053%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (1.053%) Time Management
6 1 (1.053%) Market Research
6 1 (1.053%) Migration
6 1 (1.053%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 23 (24.21%) SQL
2 5 (5.263%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.211%) C#
4 2 (2.105%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 2 (2.105%) VBScript
4 2 (2.105%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (29.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (11.58%) MCSE
3 8 (8.421%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (7.368%) MCITP
4 7 (7.368%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (7.368%) CCNA
5 6 (6.316%) MCSA
5 6 (6.316%) MCTS
6 5 (5.263%) MCP
7 4 (4.211%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (3.158%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (3.158%) CCA
9 2 (2.105%) CCNP
9 2 (2.105%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.105%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.105%) Degree
10 1 (1.053%) VCDX
10 1 (1.053%) NCDA
10 1 (1.053%) NCIE
10 1 (1.053%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.158%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (18.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (7.368%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 6 (6.316%) Hyper-V
4 5 (5.263%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (4.211%) XenApp
5 4 (4.211%) XenServer
6 3 (3.158%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (3.158%) vSphere
7 2 (2.105%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.053%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.053%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.053%) ISA Server
8 1 (1.053%) Terminal Server
8 1 (1.053%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 12 (12.63%) SCCM
2 3 (3.158%) SCOM
3 2 (2.105%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (2.105%) WMI
3 2 (2.105%) WSUS
4 1 (1.053%) ARCserve
4 1 (1.053%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.053%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 65 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 51 (53.68%) VMware
3 26 (27.37%) Citrix
4 23 (24.21%) Cisco
5 14 (14.74%) Oracle
6 6 (6.316%) HP
7 4 (4.211%) McAfee
7 4 (4.211%) Avaya
8 3 (3.158%) AppSense
9 2 (2.105%) NetApp
9 2 (2.105%) Pegasus
9 2 (2.105%) Juniper
10 1 (1.053%) Google
10 1 (1.053%) Veeam
10 1 (1.053%) Apple
10 1 (1.053%) EMC
10 1 (1.053%) Sun
10 1 (1.053%) Toshiba
10 1 (1.053%) BT
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Salary: £18000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
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Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
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