The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 17 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 Peterborough region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 14 34 46
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 44 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 12.02% 3.236% 1.003%
As % of the System Software category 77.19% 66.67% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 43 10 3
Average salary £34,000 £20,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+65.85% -41.42%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
57 15 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 15.57% 4.854% 5.017%
Number of salaries quoted 52 15 9
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £20,100 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £37,500 £43,600
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Peterborough Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 56 (87.50%) Windows
2 41 (64.06%) Citrix
3 38 (59.38%) VMware
4 29 (45.31%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (40.63%) MS Exchange
6 25 (39.06%) Microsoft
7 23 (35.94%) MS Excel
8 21 (32.81%) Windows Server 2003
9 18 (28.13%) MCITP
10 17 (26.56%) SCCM
11 16 (25.00%) HP
12 14 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2007
13 13 (20.31%) Exchange Server 2010
13 13 (20.31%) SharePoint
13 13 (20.31%) Windows XP
14 12 (18.75%) Citrix Certification
14 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (18.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 11 (17.19%) Windows Vista
15 11 (17.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 10 (15.63%) SQL Server
17 9 (14.06%) ITIL
17 9 (14.06%) SQL
17 9 (14.06%) CCA
17 9 (14.06%) SLA
17 9 (14.06%) MCTS
18 8 (12.50%) Incident Management
18 8 (12.50%) IBM
18 8 (12.50%) Linux
19 6 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 6 (9.375%) COM
2 5 (7.813%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.563%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 26 (40.63%) MS Exchange
2 14 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (20.31%) SharePoint
3 13 (20.31%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (17.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (4.688%) Lync
6 2 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 23 (35.94%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.813%) MS Office
3 1 (1.563%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.375%) LAN
1 6 (9.375%) WAN
2 5 (7.813%) VoIP
3 4 (6.250%) DHCP
3 4 (6.250%) DNS
4 3 (4.688%) Internet
4 3 (4.688%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.688%) Firewall
5 2 (3.125%) SAN
6 1 (1.563%) Intranet
6 1 (1.563%) MPLS
6 1 (1.563%) Wireless
6 1 (1.563%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 3 (4.688%) Back Office
1 3 (4.688%) Retail
2 1 (1.563%) Finance
Job Titles
1 28 (43.75%) Analyst
2 18 (28.13%) Support Engineer
3 15 (23.44%) Support Analyst
3 15 (23.44%) IT Support
4 13 (20.31%) 3rd Line Support
5 8 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (10.94%) Server Support
6 7 (10.94%) Architect
6 7 (10.94%) Technical Architect
6 7 (10.94%) Consultant
6 7 (10.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (10.94%) 3rd Line Server Support
7 6 (9.375%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
7 6 (9.375%) Wintel Analyst
7 6 (9.375%) Project Engineer
7 6 (9.375%) Server Engineer
8 5 (7.813%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (7.813%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.125%) EPoS
1 2 (3.125%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 56 (87.50%) Windows
2 29 (45.31%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (32.81%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (20.31%) Windows XP
5 11 (17.19%) Windows Vista
6 8 (12.50%) Linux
7 5 (7.813%) Windows 7
8 3 (4.688%) AIX
9 1 (1.563%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (14.06%) ITIL
2 8 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 3 (4.688%) Change Management
4 1 (1.563%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (1.563%) Waterfall
4 1 (1.563%) Network Management
4 1 (1.563%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (1.563%) Capacity Management
4 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2
4 1 (1.563%) E-Commerce
4 1 (1.563%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (28.13%) MCITP
2 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (18.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 12 (18.75%) Citrix Certification
3 9 (14.06%) CCA
3 9 (14.06%) MCTS
4 6 (9.375%) MCP
4 6 (9.375%) MCSE
5 4 (6.250%) MCSA
6 3 (4.688%) CCNA
6 3 (4.688%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.688%) CCEE
7 2 (3.125%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.563%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.06%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.813%) XenApp
3 4 (6.250%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.688%) XenDesktop
5 2 (3.125%) VMware Server
6 1 (1.563%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (26.56%) SCCM
2 2 (3.125%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.563%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (1.563%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 41 (64.06%) Citrix
2 38 (59.38%) VMware
3 25 (39.06%) Microsoft
4 16 (25.00%) HP
5 8 (12.50%) IBM
6 6 (9.375%) Cisco
7 3 (4.688%) Dell
8 2 (3.125%) NetApp
8 2 (3.125%) Apple
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