The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 24 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 29 30 33
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 15 16 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 4.054% 4.267% 2.335%
As % of the System Software category 24.59% 41.03% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 6
Average salary £35,928 £42,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.46% +11.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,357 £30,000 £32,750
10% offered a salary of more than £49,750 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
61 39 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 16.49% 10.40% 4.280%
Number of salaries quoted 54 34 11
Average salary £44,500 £45,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.11% +16.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,500 £31,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £70,000 £47,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
Bedfordshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Luton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Luton Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 27 (71.05%) Windows
2 24 (63.16%) Cisco
3 21 (55.26%) Microsoft
4 19 (50.00%) LAN
4 19 (50.00%) WAN
5 18 (47.37%) CCNA
5 18 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (42.11%) SQL Server
7 15 (39.47%) MS Exchange
8 14 (36.84%) VMware
9 13 (34.21%) MS Excel
10 12 (31.58%) MCSE
10 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2003
12 10 (26.32%) DNS
13 9 (23.68%) SLA
13 9 (23.68%) DHCP
13 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (21.05%) SCCM
14 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
14 8 (21.05%) Citrix
14 8 (21.05%) SAN
15 7 (18.42%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (18.42%) Wireless
15 7 (18.42%) CCIE
15 7 (18.42%) IIS
15 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
15 7 (18.42%) MCITP
16 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
16 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 5 (13.16%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.632%) COM
Application Platforms
1 15 (39.47%) MS Exchange
2 7 (18.42%) IIS
3 6 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (15.79%) SharePoint
4 3 (7.895%) Lync
4 3 (7.895%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (7.895%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 13 (34.21%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.632%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (50.00%) LAN
1 19 (50.00%) WAN
2 10 (26.32%) DNS
3 9 (23.68%) DHCP
4 8 (21.05%) SAN
5 7 (18.42%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (18.42%) Wireless
6 6 (15.79%) FTP
7 5 (13.16%) Firewall
7 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.263%) VPN
9 1 (2.632%) Unified Communications
9 1 (2.632%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (42.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Git (software)
1 1 (2.632%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (13.16%) Publishing
2 4 (10.53%) Retail
3 2 (5.263%) Advertising
4 1 (2.632%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.632%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) Analyst
2 7 (18.42%) Network Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Development Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Senior Development Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Deployment Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (7.895%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.895%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (5.263%) Administrator
6 2 (5.263%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) Technology Manager
6 2 (5.263%) Network Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) Technical Leader
6 2 (5.263%) Senior Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) Senior Network Analyst
7 1 (2.632%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) Clustering
1 3 (7.895%) Blackberry
1 3 (7.895%) EPoS
2 1 (2.632%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 27 (71.05%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (7.895%) Linux
5 1 (2.632%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (2.632%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (7.895%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (5.263%) Configuration Management
3 2 (5.263%) Project Management
3 2 (5.263%) E-Commerce
4 1 (2.632%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.632%) ITIL
4 1 (2.632%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.895%) SQL
3 1 (2.632%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) CCNA
1 18 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (31.58%) MCSE
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (18.42%) CCIE
3 7 (18.42%) MCITP
4 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.263%) MCP
5 2 (5.263%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.68%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (13.16%) Novell eDirectory
3 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 3 (7.895%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.632%) vSphere
5 1 (2.632%) vCloud
5 1 (2.632%) Terminal Server
5 1 (2.632%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) SCCM
2 5 (13.16%) ZENworks
3 3 (7.895%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (63.16%) Cisco
2 21 (55.26%) Microsoft
3 14 (36.84%) VMware
4 8 (21.05%) Citrix
5 6 (15.79%) EMC
6 5 (13.16%) Novell
6 5 (13.16%) LANDesk
7 3 (7.895%) HP
7 3 (7.895%) Symantec
8 2 (5.263%) Postini
9 1 (2.632%) Mitel
9 1 (2.632%) Dialogic
9 1 (2.632%) Nortel
9 1 (2.632%) Avaya
9 1 (2.632%) Websense