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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 12 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 6 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northwich 8.108% 17.24% -
As % of the System Software category 54.55% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 0
Average salary £25,000 £19,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.57% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Northwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
11 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northwich 14.86% 17.24% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 0
Average salary £39,000 £19,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
Cheshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northwich 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 Northwich region.

Northwich Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

Northwich Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northwich 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (50.00%) MCSE
3 3 (50.00%) MCSA
3 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (50.00%) LAN
3 3 (50.00%) VoIP
3 3 (50.00%) WAN
3 3 (50.00%) DHCP
3 3 (50.00%) DNS
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (50.00%) MCITP
3 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (50.00%) Time Management
4 2 (33.33%) XenApp
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 2 (33.33%) SCCM
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 2 (33.33%) Symantec
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 2 (33.33%) MS Office
4 2 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (16.67%) VMware

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northwich 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 Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) VoIP
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
1 3 (50.00%) DHCP
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Support Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (50.00%) MCSE
1 3 (50.00%) MCSA
1 3 (50.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) XenApp
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) Symantec
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) VMware