The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 22 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 Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 28 40 32
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 7 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 4.795% 2.941% 3.015%
As % of the System Software category 63.64% 50.00% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 5
Average salary £42,500 £27,500 £42,400
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.54% -35.14%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
11 12 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 7.534% 5.882% 3.518%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 6
Average salary £42,500 £28,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+51.78% -44.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 8 (88.89%) MS Exchange
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
1 8 (88.89%) Exchange Server 2003
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (77.78%) SMTP
3 6 (66.67%) SLA
3 6 (66.67%) Change Control
3 6 (66.67%) Lync
4 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
4 5 (55.56%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) Windows
6 2 (22.22%) MCP
6 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (22.22%) Sophos
6 2 (22.22%) MAILsweeper
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2000
6 2 (22.22%) Trend Micro
7 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
7 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
7 1 (11.11%) MCSE
7 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
7 1 (11.11%) Linux

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 8 (88.89%) MS Exchange
1 8 (88.89%) Exchange Server 2003
1 8 (88.89%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (66.67%) Lync
3 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) SMTP
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Messaging Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Messaging Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Change Control
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) MCP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) SLA
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Sophos
2 2 (22.22%) Trend Micro
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat