The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 22 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 24 22 32
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 2 19 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.948% 5.846% 1.701%
As % of the System Software category 10.00% 35.19% 8.621%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 3
Average salary £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -
90% offered a salary of more than £34,750 £42,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £45,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
20 54 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 9.479% 16.62% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15 52 38
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Midlands Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 8 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco
3 5 (41.67%) IBM
3 5 (41.67%) NetApp
3 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (41.67%) Degree
3 5 (41.67%) SCOM
4 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) HP
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (25.00%) SQL
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (16.67%) Citrix
6 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
6 2 (16.67%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) IIS
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 2 (16.67%) WAN
6 2 (16.67%) LAN
6 2 (16.67%) MCSE
6 2 (16.67%) SCCM
6 2 (16.67%) LINQ
7 1 (8.333%) VMware Server
7 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) LINQ
2 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET
2 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
2 1 (8.333%) ODBC
2 1 (8.333%) OLE DB
2 1 (8.333%) SAML
Application Platforms
1 8 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (16.67%) IIS
6 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Office 365
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) WAN
1 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (8.333%) NetScaler
2 1 (8.333%) VoIP
2 1 (8.333%) DHCP
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) SAN
2 1 (8.333%) Firewall
2 1 (8.333%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (8.333%) Xcelsius
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (8.333%) SAP BW
2 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects
General
1 1 (8.333%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) SAP Business Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Designer
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Software Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Support
4 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Business Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Business Objects Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Designer
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (8.333%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) AS400
2 1 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
2 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
2 1 (8.333%) UNIX
2 1 (8.333%) Solaris
2 1 (8.333%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) ETL
2 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.333%) OO
2 1 (8.333%) Identity Management
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (16.67%) MCSE
3 1 (8.333%) CCA
3 1 (8.333%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (8.333%) CCEA
3 1 (8.333%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.333%) VMware Server
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (8.333%) Hyper-V
2 1 (8.333%) XenApp
2 1 (8.333%) XenServer
2 1 (8.333%) Shibboleth
2 1 (8.333%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (8.333%) UAG
2 1 (8.333%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) SCOM
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) IBM
2 5 (41.67%) NetApp
3 4 (33.33%) HP
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) Citrix
5 1 (8.333%) Sun
5 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
5 1 (8.333%) SAP
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle
5 1 (8.333%) AppSense