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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills within the South East region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2834
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads21802276
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.151 %0.932 %
As % of the category below66.63 %64.94 %
Salaries quoted19581795
Average minimum salary£30,160£32,859
Average salary£32,384£35,007
% change on same period last year-7.49 %
Average maximum salary£34,608£37,154
UK excluding London average salary£30,471£32,298
% change on same period last year-5.65 %
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads32723505
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.727 %1.435 %
Salaries quoted28462764
Average minimum salary£33,287£35,867
Average salary£35,972£38,245
% change on same period last year-5.94 %
Average maximum salary£38,656£40,623
UK excluding London average salary£33,956£35,307
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Active Directory EnglandActive Directory
England

Active Directory
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South East Active Directory Demand Trend

Active Directory
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the South East region.

South East Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+2614£32,577-4.57 %
BerkshireUp+3471£32,413-10.64 %
HampshireUp+11351£32,488-8.04 %
OxfordshireUp+15285£33,739+4.49 %
BuckinghamshireUp+18184£32,960-8.46 %
KentUp+23105£29,344-11.45 %
MiddlesexUp+187£34,964-4.25 %
West SussexUp+372£24,894-26.49 %
East SussexUp+446£28,514-9.88 %
Home CountiesDown-65£39,900-19.04 %
M4 CorridorUp+14£42,500+39.57 %
Thames ValleyUp+22£33,750-14.06 %
SussexUp+101£26,500-38.19 %
Isle of WightNew entry-1--
Active Directory EnglandActive Directory
England

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

13571 (76.21 %)Windows
22259 (48.21 %)Microsoft
31913 (40.82 %)MS Exchange
41620 (34.57 %)Microsoft Certification
51477 (31.52 %)Exchange Server 2003
61316 (28.08 %)MCSE
71134 (24.20 %)MS Excel
81057 (22.56 %)Citrix
91032 (22.02 %)TCP/IP
10968 (20.66 %)Windows Server 2003
11951 (20.29 %)Windows 2000
12856 (18.27 %)VMware
13826 (17.63 %)DNS
14805 (17.18 %)Cisco
15711 (15.17 %)Exchange Server 2000
16708 (15.11 %)MS Office
17695 (14.83 %)SQL
18687 (14.66 %)Windows XP
19666 (14.21 %)SQL Server
20618 (13.19 %)WAN
21605 (12.91 %)Firewall
22597 (12.74 %)LAN
23539 (11.50 %)IIS
24524 (11.18 %)MCP
25507 (10.82 %)SAN
26504 (10.76 %)DHCP
27461 (9.838 %)ITIL
28416 (8.878 %)Finance
29405 (8.643 %)Exchange Server 2007
30389 (8.301 %)VMware Infrastructure

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1168 (3.585 %).NET
284 (1.793 %)XML
382 (1.750 %)ASP
472 (1.536 %)WebSphere
567 (1.430 %)HTML
654 (1.152 %)ASP.NET
742 (0.896 %)WebServices
838 (0.811 %)COM+
925 (0.534 %)Application Packaging
1024 (0.512 %)CSS
1123 (0.491 %).NET Framework
1221 (0.448 %)JAAS
1319 (0.405 %)Web Dynpro
1417 (0.363 %)WinForms
1515 (0.320 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1612 (0.256 %)WCF
1711 (0.235 %)ActiveX
189 (0.192 %)COM
198 (0.171 %)J2EE
207 (0.149 %)XSLT
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11913 (40.82 %)MS Exchange
21477 (31.52 %)Exchange Server 2003
3711 (15.17 %)Exchange Server 2000
4539 (11.50 %)IIS
5405 (8.643 %)Exchange Server 2007
6355 (7.576 %)SharePoint
7168 (3.585 %)Lotus Notes
8120 (2.561 %)Exchange Server 5.5
9114 (2.433 %)Office Communications Server
1074 (1.579 %)Apache
1169 (1.472 %)BizTalk Server
1268 (1.451 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1365 (1.387 %)Lotus Domino
1436 (0.768 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1534 (0.726 %)WebLogic
1624 (0.512 %)GroupWise
1721 (0.448 %)NetWeaver
1721 (0.448 %)Tomcat
1819 (0.405 %)SAP Web AS
1819 (0.405 %)SharePoint Portal Server
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11134 (24.20 %)MS Excel
2708 (15.11 %)MS Office
316 (0.341 %)MS PowerPoint
411 (0.235 %)MS Visio
510 (0.213 %)MS Project
67 (0.149 %)InfoPath
74 (0.085 %)Acrobat
83 (0.064 %)SPSS
92 (0.043 %)DeltaView
101 (0.021 %)QuarkXPress
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
144 (0.939 %)SoftGrid
239 (0.832 %)Microsoft CRM
326 (0.555 %)Dynamics CRM
411 (0.235 %)GoldMine
411 (0.235 %)Navision
58 (0.171 %)Applix TM1
58 (0.171 %)Dynamics GP
66 (0.128 %)Tesseract
73 (0.064 %)Dynamics NAV
82 (0.043 %)Pegasus Opera
82 (0.043 %)WebTrends
82 (0.043 %)SAP R/3
91 (0.021 %)Oracle Applications
91 (0.021 %)MFGPRO
91 (0.021 %)assyst
91 (0.021 %)Dynamics AX
91 (0.021 %)AWD
91 (0.021 %)Line 100
91 (0.021 %)Sage MMS
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11032 (22.02 %)TCP/IP
2826 (17.63 %)DNS
3618 (13.19 %)WAN
4605 (12.91 %)Firewall
5597 (12.74 %)LAN
6507 (10.82 %)SAN
7504 (10.76 %)DHCP
8373 (7.960 %)VPN
9220 (4.695 %)Internet
10122 (2.603 %)SMS
11114 (2.433 %)Wireless
1297 (2.070 %)VoIP
1395 (2.027 %)LDAP
1485 (1.814 %)Network Security
1566 (1.408 %)Intranet
1659 (1.259 %)NetScreen
1758 (1.238 %)ADSL
1855 (1.174 %)SMTP
1949 (1.046 %)IPsec
2046 (0.982 %)IP Telephony
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1666 (14.21 %)SQL Server
2191 (4.076 %)SQL Server 2000
3157 (3.350 %)SQL Server 2005
460 (1.280 %)MySQL
548 (1.024 %)SQL Server 7
640 (0.854 %)DB2
733 (0.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
830 (0.640 %)Oracle 9i
830 (0.640 %)Datawarehouse
923 (0.491 %)DTS
1022 (0.469 %)MS Access
1022 (0.469 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1121 (0.448 %)Crystal Reports
1121 (0.448 %)RDBMS
1215 (0.320 %)OLAP
1314 (0.299 %)Oracle 10g
1314 (0.299 %)BusinessObjects
1411 (0.235 %)EDMS
1411 (0.235 %)Oracle OLAP
1510 (0.213 %)Informix
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
156 (1.195 %)MSI
238 (0.811 %)Visual Studio
329 (0.619 %)VSS/SourceSafe
426 (0.555 %)InstallShield
514 (0.299 %)TestDirector
66 (0.128 %)Oracle APEX
72 (0.043 %)LoadRunner
72 (0.043 %)ClearCase
81 (0.021 %)NUnit
81 (0.021 %)CruiseControl
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1416 (8.878 %)Finance
2321 (6.850 %)Pensions
3243 (5.186 %)Health
4138 (2.945 %)Insurance
5129 (2.753 %)Education
6123 (2.625 %)Government
7110 (2.347 %)Telecoms
890 (1.921 %)Retail
969 (1.472 %)Back Office
1058 (1.238 %)Manufacturing
1142 (0.896 %)Military
1236 (0.768 %)Law
1236 (0.768 %)Legal
1332 (0.683 %)Banking
1430 (0.640 %)Marketing
1518 (0.384 %)Publishing
1616 (0.341 %)Construction
1616 (0.341 %)Pharmaceutical
1715 (0.320 %)Local Government
1814 (0.299 %)Automotive
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11041 (22.22 %)Analyst
2779 (16.62 %)Support Engineer
3587 (12.53 %)Support Analyst
4475 (10.14 %)Consultant
5409 (8.728 %)Administrator
6328 (7.000 %)Systems Engineer
7324 (6.914 %)2nd Line Support
8277 (5.911 %)3rd Line Support
9274 (5.847 %)Desktop Support
10251 (5.356 %)Systems Administrator
11215 (4.588 %)Technical Support
12203 (4.332 %)Server Support
13174 (3.713 %)Network Engineer
14155 (3.308 %)IT Support Engineer
15144 (3.073 %)Infrastructure Analyst
15144 (3.073 %)Senior Analyst
16139 (2.966 %)Technical Consultant
17137 (2.924 %)Desktop Engineer
18136 (2.902 %)Systems Support
19130 (2.774 %)Microsoft Consultant
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1277 (5.911 %)Clustering
2190 (4.055 %)Blackberry
363 (1.344 %)Client/Server
462 (1.323 %)Thin Client
462 (1.323 %)Fat Client
531 (0.662 %)Mainframe
630 (0.640 %)Replication
729 (0.619 %)Firmware
729 (0.619 %)Computer Science
821 (0.448 %)Management Information System
918 (0.384 %)German Language
1017 (0.363 %)EPoS
1115 (0.320 %)Spanish Language
1213 (0.277 %)AS400
1213 (0.277 %)PKI
1311 (0.235 %)French Language
1311 (0.235 %)Statistics
1410 (0.213 %)Mathematics
159 (0.192 %)Italian Language
159 (0.192 %)Biometrics
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13571 (76.21 %)Windows
2968 (20.66 %)Windows Server 2003
3951 (20.29 %)Windows 2000
4687 (14.66 %)Windows XP
5364 (7.768 %)Linux
6346 (7.384 %)Windows NT
7315 (6.722 %)UNIX
876 (1.622 %)AIX
961 (1.302 %)Solaris
1033 (0.704 %)NetWare
1122 (0.469 %)Windows Vista
1218 (0.384 %)Mac OS X
1315 (0.320 %)SUSE
148 (0.171 %)Debian
148 (0.171 %)HPUX
157 (0.149 %)Windows Mobile
166 (0.128 %)FreeBSD
166 (0.128 %)zOS
166 (0.128 %)VMS
173 (0.064 %)OS/400
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1461 (9.838 %)ITIL
2223 (4.759 %)Project Management
3193 (4.119 %)Security Cleared
4122 (2.603 %)Disaster Recovery
5110 (2.347 %)PRINCE2
6103 (2.198 %)Service Management
795 (2.027 %)SC Cleared
880 (1.707 %)CRM
973 (1.558 %)Migration
1060 (1.280 %)Content Management
1157 (1.216 %)Change Management
1256 (1.195 %)Load Balancing
1352 (1.110 %)Service Delivery
1447 (1.003 %)Identity Management
1544 (0.939 %)E-Commerce
1638 (0.811 %)Validation
1734 (0.726 %)Business Intelligence
1830 (0.640 %)PRINCE
1830 (0.640 %)E-business
1830 (0.640 %)Incident Management
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1695 (14.83 %)SQL
2114 (2.433 %)C#
3112 (2.390 %)VB
481 (1.729 %)C
578 (1.665 %)VBScript
662 (1.323 %)Java
748 (1.024 %)Transact-SQL
845 (0.960 %)VB.NET
937 (0.790 %)PHP
1029 (0.619 %)JavaScript
1029 (0.619 %)C++
1029 (0.619 %)VB6
1128 (0.598 %)Shell Script
1219 (0.405 %)Perl
1219 (0.405 %)ABAP
1316 (0.341 %)VBA
1411 (0.235 %)PowerShell
158 (0.171 %)Delphi
167 (0.149 %)Python
175 (0.107 %)PL/SQL
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11620 (34.57 %)Microsoft Certification
21316 (28.08 %)MCSE
3524 (11.18 %)MCP
4381 (8.131 %)Cisco Certification
5372 (7.939 %)MCSA
6289 (6.167 %)CCNA
7257 (5.484 %)Degree
8128 (2.732 %)Citrix Certification
9106 (2.262 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1091 (1.942 %)CCA
1166 (1.408 %)CCNP
1251 (1.088 %)CCEA
1349 (1.046 %)MCTS
1439 (0.832 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1535 (0.747 %)ITIL Certification
1535 (0.747 %)ISEB
1632 (0.683 %)A+ Certification
1726 (0.555 %)CCSA
1820 (0.427 %)CCIE
1919 (0.405 %)HND
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1141 (3.009 %)SLA
222 (0.469 %)QA
319 (0.405 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
46 (0.128 %)ISO27001
54 (0.085 %)BS7799
62 (0.043 %)ISO17799
62 (0.043 %)HL7
62 (0.043 %)DICOM
71 (0.021 %)PCI DSS
71 (0.021 %)ISO9000
71 (0.021 %)ISO9001
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1389 (8.301 %)VMware Infrastructure
2265 (5.655 %)ISA Server
3143 (3.052 %)Backup Exec
4142 (3.030 %)Terminal Services
5129 (2.753 %)VMware ESX
6118 (2.518 %)Citrix Presentation Server
782 (1.750 %)NetBackup
866 (1.408 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
866 (1.408 %)Terminal Server
951 (1.088 %)MetaFrame
1040 (0.854 %)Novell eDirectory
1117 (0.363 %)Xen
128 (0.171 %)RACF
135 (0.107 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
135 (0.107 %)NFS
135 (0.107 %)VMware Server
143 (0.064 %)Squid
152 (0.043 %)NDS
161 (0.021 %)VMware GSX
161 (0.021 %)VMware Workstation
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1241 (5.143 %)MOM
2228 (4.866 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
381 (1.729 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
478 (1.665 %)WSUS
553 (1.131 %)Norton AntiVirus
642 (0.896 %)Tivoli
738 (0.811 %)SCOM
836 (0.768 %)SCCM
926 (0.555 %)OpenView
926 (0.555 %)MIMEsweeper
1025 (0.534 %)Legato
1123 (0.491 %)EMC NetWorker
1222 (0.469 %)CA SiteMinder
1321 (0.448 %)DirXML
1419 (0.405 %)ARCserve
1517 (0.363 %)CiscoWorks
1616 (0.341 %)MAILsweeper
1714 (0.299 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1812 (0.256 %)Novell Identity Manager
1812 (0.256 %)MIIS
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12259 (48.21 %)Microsoft
21057 (22.56 %)Citrix
3856 (18.27 %)VMware
4805 (17.18 %)Cisco
5316 (6.743 %)HP
6240 (5.122 %)Oracle
7190 (4.055 %)Lotus
8183 (3.905 %)VERITAS
9142 (3.030 %)IBM
10137 (2.924 %)Novell
11131 (2.796 %)Altiris
12126 (2.689 %)Symantec
12126 (2.689 %)Dell
13119 (2.539 %)EMC
1490 (1.921 %)CheckPoint
1577 (1.643 %)Red Hat
1673 (1.558 %)Sophos
1772 (1.536 %)Sun
1865 (1.387 %)Compaq
1961 (1.302 %)Nokia
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