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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 17 9 13
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Redditch 2.326% 4.348% 4.255%
As % of the System Software category 25.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £45,000 £25,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+80.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Redditch
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Redditch 9.302% 4.348% 4.255%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 2
Average salary £45,000 £25,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+80.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
Worcestershire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Redditch 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 Redditch region.

Redditch Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Redditch 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) CCA
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) ARCserve
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Redditch 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 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) CCA
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) CCEE
1 1 (100.00%) CCAA
1 1 (100.00%) CCIA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) ARCserve
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) VMware