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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 30 34 32
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 40 36 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 6.051% 4.781% 6.000%
As % of the System Software category 56.34% 69.23% 62.34%
Number of salaries quoted 33 27 42
Average salary £30,250 £28,250 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.07% +2.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,450 £20,000 £22,700
10% offered a salary of more than £42,200 £37,750 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
71 52 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.74% 6.906% 9.625%
Number of salaries quoted 55 43 69
Average salary £32,500 £36,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.72% +30.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £30,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
East Midlands

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Northampton +3 21 £31,500 +16.66%
Wellingborough +4 2 £24,000 -17.94%
Brackley 0 1 £42,500 +54.54%
Kettering 0 1 £12,500 -65.27%
Daventry - 1 £20,000 -
Active Directory
East Midlands

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 86 (93.48%) Windows
2 50 (54.35%) VMware
3 47 (51.09%) Microsoft
4 41 (44.57%) MS Exchange
4 41 (44.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 36 (39.13%) SAN
6 30 (32.61%) MS Office
6 30 (32.61%) SQL
7 29 (31.52%) SQL Server
7 29 (31.52%) VMware Infrastructure
7 29 (31.52%) Exchange Server 2010
8 28 (30.43%) ITIL
9 27 (29.35%) Citrix
10 24 (26.09%) NAS
11 23 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (25.00%) Firewall
12 22 (23.91%) MCSE
13 19 (20.65%) MS Excel
13 19 (20.65%) DNS
13 19 (20.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 18 (19.57%) Hyper-V
14 18 (19.57%) CCNA
14 18 (19.57%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (19.57%) Linux
14 18 (19.57%) DHCP
15 17 (18.48%) SharePoint
15 17 (18.48%) XenDesktop
15 17 (18.48%) Lync
16 15 (16.30%) MCITP
17 14 (15.22%) vSphere

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 1 (1.087%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 41 (44.57%) MS Exchange
2 29 (31.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (18.48%) SharePoint
3 17 (18.48%) Lync
4 8 (8.696%) CMS
5 4 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.087%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.087%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 30 (32.61%) MS Office
2 19 (20.65%) MS Excel
3 14 (15.22%) Office 365
4 1 (1.087%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.087%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (39.13%) SAN
2 24 (26.09%) NAS
3 23 (25.00%) Firewall
4 19 (20.65%) DNS
5 18 (19.57%) DHCP
6 10 (10.87%) MPLS
6 10 (10.87%) WAN
7 7 (7.609%) TCP/IP
7 7 (7.609%) LAN
8 6 (6.522%) Wireless
8 6 (6.522%) Internet
9 3 (3.261%) Intranet
10 2 (2.174%) BIG-IP
10 2 (2.174%) PBX
10 2 (2.174%) VoIP
11 1 (1.087%) VPN
11 1 (1.087%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (31.52%) SQL Server
2 9 (9.783%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (6.522%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (6.522%) Oracle 8/8i
3 6 (6.522%) Oracle 9i
3 6 (6.522%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (6.522%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (3.261%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (2.174%) DTS
6 1 (1.087%) OLTP
6 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.087%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 13 (14.13%) Back Office
2 4 (4.348%) Finance
2 4 (4.348%) Law
2 4 (4.348%) Legal
3 3 (3.261%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.261%) Retail
4 1 (1.087%) Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (38.04%) Analyst
2 19 (20.65%) Support Analyst
3 17 (18.48%) 3rd Line Support
4 14 (15.22%) Architect
5 10 (10.87%) Technical Architect
6 9 (9.783%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 9 (9.783%) Support Engineer
6 9 (9.783%) DBA
6 9 (9.783%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (7.609%) Desktop Support
7 7 (7.609%) Server Analyst
8 6 (6.522%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 6 (6.522%) Oracle DBA
9 5 (5.435%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (5.435%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (5.435%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (4.348%) Desktop Analyst
10 4 (4.348%) Administrator
10 4 (4.348%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 4 (4.348%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.261%) EPoS
1 3 (3.261%) Blackberry
1 3 (3.261%) Kindle
2 2 (2.174%) Handset
2 2 (2.174%) Firmware
3 1 (1.087%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.087%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 86 (93.48%) Windows
2 41 (44.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (19.57%) Linux
4 13 (14.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (13.04%) Windows 7
5 12 (13.04%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (10.87%) Windows 8
7 9 (9.783%) UNIX
8 8 (8.696%) Windows XP
9 6 (6.522%) Solaris
10 5 (5.435%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (2.174%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (2.174%) Fedora
11 2 (2.174%) Debian
12 1 (1.087%) Windows NT
12 1 (1.087%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.43%) ITIL
2 5 (5.435%) PRINCE2
2 5 (5.435%) Project Management
3 3 (3.261%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (3.261%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (3.261%) Database Security
3 3 (3.261%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (2.174%) Project Planning
4 2 (2.174%) Resource Management
4 2 (2.174%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (2.174%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (2.174%) Security Management
4 2 (2.174%) PRINCE
5 1 (1.087%) CRM
5 1 (1.087%) Migration
5 1 (1.087%) Identity Management
5 1 (1.087%) CAD
5 1 (1.087%) Incident Management
5 1 (1.087%) Performance Management
5 1 (1.087%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (32.61%) SQL
2 6 (6.522%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.087%) C
3 1 (1.087%) C#
3 1 (1.087%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.087%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (23.91%) MCSE
3 19 (20.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 18 (19.57%) CCNA
4 18 (19.57%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (16.30%) MCITP
6 12 (13.04%) Degree
7 4 (4.348%) MCTS
8 3 (3.261%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (3.261%) CCEE
9 2 (2.174%) MCP
9 2 (2.174%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (2.174%) A+ Certification
10 1 (1.087%) EMC Certification
10 1 (1.087%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.087%) HNC
10 1 (1.087%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.696%) SLA
2 3 (3.261%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (31.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (19.57%) Hyper-V
3 17 (18.48%) XenDesktop
4 14 (15.22%) vSphere
5 13 (14.13%) UAG
5 13 (14.13%) XenServer
6 6 (6.522%) VMware ESX
7 4 (4.348%) Xen
7 4 (4.348%) XenApp
7 4 (4.348%) ISA Server
8 2 (2.174%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (2.174%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (2.174%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (6.522%) Data Guard
2 3 (3.261%) SCCM
3 1 (1.087%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.087%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (1.087%) SCOM
3 1 (1.087%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 50 (54.35%) VMware
2 47 (51.09%) Microsoft
3 27 (29.35%) Citrix
4 9 (9.783%) Avaya
5 7 (7.609%) Cisco
5 7 (7.609%) Oracle
6 6 (6.522%) Dell
7 5 (5.435%) Red Hat
7 5 (5.435%) HP
8 4 (4.348%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.261%) NetApp
10 2 (2.174%) F5
10 2 (2.174%) ProCurve
10 2 (2.174%) LANDesk
10 2 (2.174%) Nokia
10 2 (2.174%) CommVault
11 1 (1.087%) Juniper
11 1 (1.087%) EMC
11 1 (1.087%) Remedy
11 1 (1.087%) Fortinet
Northampton, Northamptonshire
IT Support, Helpdesk Support, 1st Line, Windows XP / 7 / 8, Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory (AD), MCITP, Microsoft, Customer Service, Degree. We have an outstanding opportunity for an...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £20,000 to £24,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Experience in Server 2012 and supporting Active Directory. VMware ESXi1/vSphere version 4 & 5. Hyper-V. Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010... Preference will be given to candidates that...
Retail Assist
Posted: 20 May 2013