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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 46 37 38
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +1
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 41 25 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 3.969% 3.943% 4.750%
As % of the System Software category 41.00% 48.08% 77.55%
Number of salaries quoted 40 22 29
Average salary £37,500 £32,594 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.05% -14.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,750 £47,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
100 52 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 9.681% 8.202% 6.125%
Number of salaries quoted 90 45 38
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,250 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £66,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
Oxfordshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 83 (90.22%) Windows
2 46 (50.00%) VMware
3 43 (46.74%) Microsoft
4 41 (44.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 40 (43.48%) MS Exchange
6 34 (36.96%) TCP/IP
7 33 (35.87%) SAN
8 31 (33.70%) Citrix
9 28 (30.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 26 (28.26%) DNS
11 25 (27.17%) SQL
12 24 (26.09%) Cisco
13 23 (25.00%) Hyper-V
14 22 (23.91%) VMware Infrastructure
14 22 (23.91%) SQL Server
15 21 (22.83%) DHCP
15 21 (22.83%) Firewall
15 21 (22.83%) Exchange Server 2010
16 19 (20.65%) MCITP
17 18 (19.57%) MS Office
17 18 (19.57%) Microsoft Certification
18 17 (18.48%) ITIL
19 15 (16.30%) IIS
20 14 (15.22%) MCSE
20 14 (15.22%) Exchange Server 2007
20 14 (15.22%) Windows 7
21 13 (14.13%) SCCM
21 13 (14.13%) Windows XP
21 13 (14.13%) Blackberry
22 12 (13.04%) NetApp

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (3.261%) Application Packaging
2 2 (2.174%) Web Services
3 1 (1.087%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 40 (43.48%) MS Exchange
2 21 (22.83%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (16.30%) IIS
4 14 (15.22%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (7.609%) Lync
6 5 (5.435%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (5.435%) SharePoint
7 4 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (4.348%) Office Communications Server
8 3 (3.261%) Apache
9 2 (2.174%) Windows Azure
9 2 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (19.57%) MS Office
2 12 (13.04%) MS Excel
3 5 (5.435%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (36.96%) TCP/IP
2 33 (35.87%) SAN
3 26 (28.26%) DNS
4 21 (22.83%) DHCP
4 21 (22.83%) Firewall
5 11 (11.96%) VoIP
5 11 (11.96%) VPN
6 10 (10.87%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (7.609%) LAN
8 6 (6.522%) Internet
9 5 (5.435%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (5.435%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (5.435%) Network Security
10 4 (4.348%) PBX
10 4 (4.348%) WAN
10 4 (4.348%) iSCSI
11 3 (3.261%) VLAN
11 3 (3.261%) NetScaler
12 2 (2.174%) LDAP
13 1 (1.087%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (23.91%) SQL Server
2 11 (11.96%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (6.522%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (5.435%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (2.174%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (1.087%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.087%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (7.609%) Finance
2 1 (1.087%) Games
2 1 (1.087%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 23 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 15 (16.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (14.13%) Systems Engineer
4 12 (13.04%) Consultant
4 12 (13.04%) Analyst
5 11 (11.96%) Desktop Support
6 10 (10.87%) IT Support
6 10 (10.87%) Support Analyst
7 8 (8.696%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 8 (8.696%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (8.696%) Desktop Analyst
8 6 (6.522%) Administrator
8 6 (6.522%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (6.522%) IT Manager
8 6 (6.522%) Systems Administrator
9 5 (5.435%) Sales Engineer
9 5 (5.435%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (5.435%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 5 (5.435%) Microsoft Consultant
9 5 (5.435%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.13%) Blackberry
2 6 (6.522%) Clustering
2 6 (6.522%) SaaS
2 6 (6.522%) Computer Science
3 4 (4.348%) Mathematics
4 3 (3.261%) EqualLogic
4 3 (3.261%) iPad
5 2 (2.174%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.087%) Online Games
6 1 (1.087%) IaaS
6 1 (1.087%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 83 (90.22%) Windows
2 41 (44.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 28 (30.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (15.22%) Windows 7
5 13 (14.13%) Windows XP
6 9 (9.783%) UNIX
6 9 (9.783%) Linux
7 7 (7.609%) Solaris
8 4 (4.348%) AIX
8 4 (4.348%) Debian
8 4 (4.348%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.087%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (1.087%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.087%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.48%) ITIL
2 11 (11.96%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (7.609%) Network Management
5 6 (6.522%) Project Management
5 6 (6.522%) Service Management
6 5 (5.435%) SIEM
6 5 (5.435%) Information Security
6 5 (5.435%) Service Delivery
7 4 (4.348%) Identity Management
7 4 (4.348%) Migration
8 2 (2.174%) SOA
8 2 (2.174%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.174%) MOF
8 2 (2.174%) BCP
8 2 (2.174%) Security Management
8 2 (2.174%) Business Continuity
8 2 (2.174%) Web Development
8 2 (2.174%) Operations Management
8 2 (2.174%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (27.17%) SQL
2 4 (4.348%) C
3 2 (2.174%) PHP
4 1 (1.087%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.087%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (20.65%) MCITP
2 18 (19.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (15.22%) MCSE
4 9 (9.783%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.609%) MCTS
5 7 (7.609%) CCNP
5 7 (7.609%) MCP
6 6 (6.522%) Degree
7 5 (5.435%) CCNA
7 5 (5.435%) CISSP
8 4 (4.348%) MCSA
9 3 (3.261%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (3.261%) RHCE
10 2 (2.174%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (2.174%) CCEE
11 1 (1.087%) NCDA
11 1 (1.087%) NCIE
11 1 (1.087%) VCDX
11 1 (1.087%) CCAA
11 1 (1.087%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.696%) SLA
1 8 (8.696%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.435%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (3.261%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 22 (23.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (11.96%) XenApp
4 7 (7.609%) XenServer
5 6 (6.522%) vSphere
6 4 (4.348%) Terminal Services
6 4 (4.348%) VMware ESX
6 4 (4.348%) XenDesktop
7 3 (3.261%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (2.174%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (2.174%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.087%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.087%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (14.13%) SCCM
2 9 (9.783%) Backup Exec
3 8 (8.696%) WSUS
4 7 (7.609%) SCOM
5 4 (4.348%) NetBackup
6 3 (3.261%) Puppet
7 2 (2.174%) SCVMM
8 1 (1.087%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.087%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 46 (50.00%) VMware
2 43 (46.74%) Microsoft
3 31 (33.70%) Citrix
4 24 (26.09%) Cisco
5 12 (13.04%) NetApp
6 10 (10.87%) Apple
7 7 (7.609%) WatchGuard
7 7 (7.609%) Red Hat
8 6 (6.522%) Veeam
9 5 (5.435%) HP
10 3 (3.261%) 3PAR
10 3 (3.261%) Symantec
10 3 (3.261%) Dell
11 2 (2.174%) Avaya
11 2 (2.174%) McAfee
12 1 (1.087%) LANDesk
12 1 (1.087%) Altiris
12 1 (1.087%) Sophos
12 1 (1.087%) CA
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Infrastructure Support Engineer- VM Ware, Exchange, MS Lync, Windows Server 2008. Infrastructure Support Engineer- VM Ware, Exchange, MS Lync, Windows Server 2008, permanent position based in Oxford working...
Pertemps IT
Salary: 25,000 - 35,000
Posted: 24 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Work for an award winning and innovative organisation embracing the latest technologies Essential: - Experience using Microsoft Operating Systems - Familiar with Microsoft Productivity Software - Microsoft Active Directory Infrastructure - Full...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Work for an award winning and innovative organisation embracing the latest technologies Essential: - Experience using Microsoft Operating Systems - Familiar with Microsoft Productivity Software - Microsoft Active Directory Infrastructure - Full...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
BSc Computer Science, MCSE, MCITP, CCNP) the successful IT Manager must have an excellent understanding of a variety of technologies including: * Windows Server 2008 R2 , Active Directory, Exchange...
Reed Technology
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £45,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013