The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 20 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 41 43 41
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 17 11 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.542% 2.402% 2.716%
As % of the System Software category 36.96% 42.31% 64.71%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 10
Average salary £21,500 £23,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.51% -27.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £22,000 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £40,900 £42,500 £34,100
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
46 26 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 9.583% 5.677% 4.198%
Number of salaries quoted 37 22 16
Average salary £29,500 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.27% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £23,500 £25,900
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 30 (90.91%) Windows
2 20 (60.61%) Microsoft
3 16 (48.48%) MS Exchange
3 16 (48.48%) MS Office
3 16 (48.48%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (45.45%) MS Excel
4 15 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (39.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (33.33%) MCSE
7 10 (30.30%) Cisco
7 10 (30.30%) Degree
8 8 (24.24%) ITIL
8 8 (24.24%) Blackberry
9 7 (21.21%) MCP
9 7 (21.21%) C
9 7 (21.21%) Windows XP
9 7 (21.21%) VMware
9 7 (21.21%) MCDST
10 6 (18.18%) MCSA
10 6 (18.18%) DHCP
10 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
10 6 (18.18%) DNS
10 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
10 6 (18.18%) SAN
10 6 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
11 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (15.15%) CRM
11 5 (15.15%) CCNA
11 5 (15.15%) VMware ESX
11 5 (15.15%) Firewall

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (12.12%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 2 (6.061%) .NET Framework
2 2 (6.061%) .NET
2 2 (6.061%) Web Services
3 1 (3.030%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 16 (48.48%) MS Exchange
2 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 4 (12.12%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (9.091%) IIS
4 2 (6.061%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (6.061%) Windows Azure
4 2 (6.061%) Lync
4 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (3.030%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 16 (48.48%) MS Office
2 15 (45.45%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.030%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (9.091%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) DHCP
1 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 6 (18.18%) DNS
1 6 (18.18%) SAN
2 5 (15.15%) Firewall
3 4 (12.12%) VLAN
3 4 (12.12%) LAN
3 4 (12.12%) WAN
3 4 (12.12%) SMTP
4 3 (9.091%) Internet
5 2 (6.061%) MPLS
5 2 (6.061%) DSL
5 2 (6.061%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (3.030%) PABX
6 1 (3.030%) NAS
6 1 (3.030%) Unified Communications
6 1 (3.030%) VoIP
6 1 (3.030%) SSL
6 1 (3.030%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) MySQL
General
1 2 (6.061%) Finance
2 1 (3.030%) Legal
2 1 (3.030%) Publishing
2 1 (3.030%) Games
2 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Support Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Service Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (15.15%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Team Leader
3 4 (12.12%) Network Support
3 4 (12.12%) IT Support
3 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Desktop Support
4 3 (9.091%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.061%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Support Team Leader
5 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
5 2 (6.061%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Technical Support Officer
5 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (6.061%) SAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Blackberry
2 4 (12.12%) Replication
3 2 (6.061%) Mainframe
3 2 (6.061%) Handset
4 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.030%) CLARiiON
4 1 (3.030%) Clustering
4 1 (3.030%) Celerra
4 1 (3.030%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.030%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.030%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (3.030%) SaaS
4 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (90.91%) Windows
2 16 (48.48%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (21.21%) Windows XP
5 5 (15.15%) Windows 7
6 4 (12.12%) Windows 8
6 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (9.091%) UNIX
8 1 (3.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) ITIL
2 5 (15.15%) CRM
3 4 (12.12%) E-Commerce
3 4 (12.12%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (12.12%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (6.061%) Capacity Management
4 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (6.061%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.061%) Problem Management
4 2 (6.061%) Performance Management
4 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2
4 2 (6.061%) Project Management
4 2 (6.061%) Service Management
4 2 (6.061%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.030%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.030%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.030%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.030%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.030%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) C
2 2 (6.061%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (33.33%) MCSE
3 10 (30.30%) Degree
4 7 (21.21%) MCDST
4 7 (21.21%) MCP
5 6 (18.18%) MCSA
6 5 (15.15%) CCNA
6 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (12.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (6.061%) MCTS
8 2 (6.061%) MCITP
8 2 (6.061%) CCENT
8 2 (6.061%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (3.030%) A+ Certification
9 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
9 1 (3.030%) DV Cleared
9 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (15.15%) VMware ESX
2 5 (15.15%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (12.12%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (12.12%) ISA Server
4 1 (3.030%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Backup Exec
2 2 (6.061%) WSUS
3 1 (3.030%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 20 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 10 (30.30%) Cisco
3 7 (21.21%) VMware
4 4 (12.12%) Sophos
4 4 (12.12%) Citrix
5 2 (6.061%) Avaya
5 2 (6.061%) EMC
5 2 (6.061%) Apple
6 1 (3.030%) Remedy
6 1 (3.030%) Hitachi
6 1 (3.030%) NetApp
6 1 (3.030%) Veritas
6 1 (3.030%) FalconStor
6 1 (3.030%) F5
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
IT Helpdesk, - Newcastle upon Tyne - Windows, XP, 7, AD, MS Office - £14,000 - £16,000. A Windows, XP, 7, Server, AD, MS Office, ITIL IT Helpdesk Professional is...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £14000 - £16000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear
VMware, ESX, vSphere, VCP, Citrix, XenApp, CCA, Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange... As the Virtualisation Support Analyst you will ideally have solid VMware and/or Citrix skills and...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
I am looking for 1st Line support / helpdesk technicians to work on a busy service desk in Newcastle. The role involves f. ielding incoming IT Support requests from...
The SLR Group
Salary: Up to £21,000 per annum pro rata plus possibility of overtime
Posted: 14 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
The successful SAN Support Engineer - 2nd Line - SAN, VMWare, Active Directory will need to extensive experience in some of the following: - Core Edge Topology, - Fiber Channel Routing and...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013