The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 23 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 55 43 37
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 17 23 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 2.560% 3.495% 3.953%
As % of the System Software category 50.00% 46.94% 36.36%
Number of salaries quoted 17 16 8
Average salary £35,000 £33,250 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +6.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,300 £25,750 £21,200
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £47,500 £45,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
34 49 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 5.120% 7.447% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 31 37 30
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,100 £29,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
Berkshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Slough region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Slough Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 66 (90.41%) Windows
2 56 (76.71%) Microsoft
3 36 (49.32%) Windows Server 2008
4 35 (47.95%) MS Exchange
5 33 (45.21%) VMware
6 26 (35.62%) Exchange Server 2010
7 23 (31.51%) Cisco
8 22 (30.14%) Windows Server 2003
8 22 (30.14%) VMware Infrastructure
9 21 (28.77%) DNS
9 21 (28.77%) MCITP
10 20 (27.40%) MCTS
10 20 (27.40%) TCP/IP
11 18 (24.66%) DHCP
11 18 (24.66%) Linux
11 18 (24.66%) SQL
12 17 (23.29%) CCNA
12 17 (23.29%) HP
12 17 (23.29%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (23.29%) Exchange Server 2003
12 17 (23.29%) Firewall
13 16 (21.92%) Citrix
13 16 (21.92%) MS Excel
14 15 (20.55%) SQL Server
14 15 (20.55%) Exchange Server 2007
15 14 (19.18%) SIEM
15 14 (19.18%) UNIX
15 14 (19.18%) LAN
15 14 (19.18%) WAN

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 4 (5.479%) LAMP
2 1 (1.370%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.370%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 35 (47.95%) MS Exchange
2 26 (35.62%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (23.29%) Exchange Server 2003
4 15 (20.55%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (8.219%) Office Communications Server
5 6 (8.219%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (6.849%) Lync
7 4 (5.479%) Apache
8 3 (4.110%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 16 (21.92%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.219%) Office 365
3 3 (4.110%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.740%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 21 (28.77%) DNS
2 20 (27.40%) TCP/IP
3 18 (24.66%) DHCP
4 17 (23.29%) Firewall
5 14 (19.18%) LAN
5 14 (19.18%) WAN
6 13 (17.81%) LDAP
7 12 (16.44%) VoIP
7 12 (16.44%) VPN
8 9 (12.33%) Internet
9 8 (10.96%) Network Security
9 8 (10.96%) SMTP
9 8 (10.96%) 802.11
9 8 (10.96%) Wireless
10 5 (6.849%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (2.740%) HTTP
11 2 (2.740%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.370%) NetScaler
12 1 (1.370%) SAN
12 1 (1.370%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.55%) SQL Server
2 14 (19.18%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (6.849%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (5.479%) MySQL
5 1 (1.370%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 13 (17.81%) Finance
2 9 (12.33%) Banking
3 3 (4.110%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (16.44%) Analyst
3 10 (13.70%) Consultant
4 8 (10.96%) Technical Leader
4 8 (10.96%) Security Analyst
5 6 (8.219%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (8.219%) Technical Consultant
6 5 (6.849%) Sales Engineer
6 5 (6.849%) Technical Security Analyst
6 5 (6.849%) Administrator
6 5 (6.849%) Microsoft Consultant
7 4 (5.479%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.110%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.110%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.110%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (4.110%) Linux Administrator
8 3 (4.110%) IT Security Analyst
9 2 (2.740%) Network Engineer
9 2 (2.740%) Desktop Support
9 2 (2.740%) Exchange Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.70%) Blackberry
2 9 (12.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (10.96%) EqualLogic
4 3 (4.110%) FMCG
4 3 (4.110%) CCTV
5 2 (2.740%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.370%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.370%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.370%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 66 (90.41%) Windows
2 36 (49.32%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (30.14%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (24.66%) Linux
5 14 (19.18%) UNIX
6 8 (10.96%) Windows XP
7 5 (6.849%) Windows 7
8 4 (5.479%) AIX
8 4 (5.479%) Solaris
8 4 (5.479%) Ubuntu
8 4 (5.479%) Debian
8 4 (5.479%) Mac OS
9 2 (2.740%) Windows 2000
9 2 (2.740%) Windows NT
9 2 (2.740%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.370%) CentOS
10 1 (1.370%) SUSE
10 1 (1.370%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.18%) SIEM
1 14 (19.18%) Information Security
2 13 (17.81%) Penetration Testing
2 13 (17.81%) ITIL
3 12 (16.44%) Incident Management
4 10 (13.70%) Service Delivery
5 9 (12.33%) Data Security
5 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (12.33%) Risk Analysis
5 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (10.96%) Time Management
7 6 (8.219%) Change Management
8 5 (6.849%) Network Management
8 5 (6.849%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (6.849%) E-Commerce
9 4 (5.479%) OOD
9 4 (5.479%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (5.479%) Migration
9 4 (5.479%) Scrum
9 4 (5.479%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (24.66%) SQL
2 13 (17.81%) PHP
3 9 (12.33%) Ruby
3 9 (12.33%) Perl
3 9 (12.33%) Python
4 3 (4.110%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (28.77%) MCITP
2 20 (27.40%) MCTS
3 17 (23.29%) CCNA
3 17 (23.29%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (15.07%) MCSE
5 9 (12.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (10.96%) MCSA
7 5 (6.849%) Degree
7 5 (6.849%) CISSP
8 4 (5.479%) MCP
9 3 (4.110%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (2.740%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (1.370%) VCDX
11 1 (1.370%) VCAP
11 1 (1.370%) CCEE
11 1 (1.370%) CCAA
11 1 (1.370%) CCIA
11 1 (1.370%) NCDA
11 1 (1.370%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 14 (19.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (12.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.370%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (30.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (16.44%) XenApp
3 11 (15.07%) Hyper-V
4 9 (12.33%) XenServer
5 6 (8.219%) VMware ESX
5 6 (8.219%) vSphere
6 2 (2.740%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.370%) UAG
7 1 (1.370%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.370%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Nessus
1 9 (12.33%) SCCM
2 6 (8.219%) SCOM
3 5 (6.849%) SCVMM
4 3 (4.110%) HP SIM
5 2 (2.740%) OpenView
6 1 (1.370%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 56 (76.71%) Microsoft
2 33 (45.21%) VMware
3 23 (31.51%) Cisco
4 17 (23.29%) HP
5 16 (21.92%) Citrix
6 9 (12.33%) McAfee
6 9 (12.33%) ProCurve
6 9 (12.33%) LogLogic
7 8 (10.96%) DataCore
7 8 (10.96%) Red Hat
8 5 (6.849%) IBM
9 3 (4.110%) Mitel
10 2 (2.740%) Remedy
11 1 (1.370%) SonicWALL
11 1 (1.370%) Sophos
11 1 (1.370%) Dell
11 1 (1.370%) EMC
11 1 (1.370%) NetApp
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