The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 24 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 27 41 22
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -19
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 28 17 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 5.821% 3.307% 7.724%
As % of the System Software category 53.85% 51.52% 71.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28 14 36
Average salary £36,329 £34,250 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +7.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,850 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,750 £47,350 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
52 33 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 10.81% 6.420% 10.86%
Number of salaries quoted 51 26 51
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% +14.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £36,900 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
Wiltshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Swindon Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 29 (67.44%) Windows
2 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
3 18 (41.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (39.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 16 (37.21%) SQL
5 16 (37.21%) VMware
6 15 (34.88%) MS Exchange
7 12 (27.91%) Cisco
7 12 (27.91%) ITIL
8 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (20.93%) MCSE
9 9 (20.93%) DHCP
9 9 (20.93%) DNS
9 9 (20.93%) MCITP
10 8 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
10 8 (18.60%) Exchange Server 2010
10 8 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (18.60%) LAN
10 8 (18.60%) WAN
10 8 (18.60%) Windows XP
10 8 (18.60%) Citrix
11 7 (16.28%) MCSA
11 7 (16.28%) .NET
11 7 (16.28%) Service Management
11 7 (16.28%) ITSM
11 7 (16.28%) MCTS
12 6 (13.95%) Windows 7
12 6 (13.95%) Finance
12 6 (13.95%) MS Excel
12 6 (13.95%) SQL Server

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 7 (16.28%) .NET
2 1 (2.326%) Middleware
2 1 (2.326%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 15 (34.88%) MS Exchange
2 8 (18.60%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (11.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (11.63%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (9.302%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (9.302%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (6.977%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (6.977%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (4.651%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (4.651%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.302%) MS Office
3 3 (6.977%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) DHCP
1 9 (20.93%) DNS
2 8 (18.60%) LAN
2 8 (18.60%) WAN
3 4 (9.302%) Firewall
4 2 (4.651%) NAS
4 2 (4.651%) VPN
4 2 (4.651%) SAN
5 1 (2.326%) Intranet
5 1 (2.326%) Internet
5 1 (2.326%) MPLS
5 1 (2.326%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.326%) SSH
5 1 (2.326%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.326%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.326%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.95%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 6 (13.95%) Finance
2 3 (6.977%) Manufacturing
2 3 (6.977%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.651%) Advertising
4 1 (2.326%) Military
4 1 (2.326%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.326%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (20.93%) Analyst
1 9 (20.93%) Consultant
2 8 (18.60%) Technical Consultant
3 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Support Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Management Consultant
5 5 (11.63%) Support Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Service Management Consultant
5 5 (11.63%) ITSM Consultant
6 3 (6.977%) Administrator
6 3 (6.977%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.977%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.977%) Business Consultant
6 3 (6.977%) ITIL Consultant
6 3 (6.977%) IT Support
7 2 (4.651%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Technical Developer
7 2 (4.651%) .NET Developer
7 2 (4.651%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Blackberry
2 5 (11.63%) Thin Client
2 5 (11.63%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.326%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.326%) Clustering
3 1 (2.326%) CESG
3 1 (2.326%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 29 (67.44%) Windows
2 18 (41.86%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (39.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (18.60%) Windows XP
5 6 (13.95%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.326%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) ITIL
2 7 (16.28%) Service Management
2 7 (16.28%) ITSM
3 5 (11.63%) ERP
4 2 (4.651%) Network Management
4 2 (4.651%) Identity Management
5 1 (2.326%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.326%) SOA
5 1 (2.326%) Migration
5 1 (2.326%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (2.326%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.326%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.326%) Network Design
5 1 (2.326%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.326%) Fault Management
5 1 (2.326%) Security Testing
5 1 (2.326%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.326%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.326%) Supplier Management
5 1 (2.326%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 16 (37.21%) SQL
2 4 (9.302%) C#
3 3 (6.977%) VB
3 3 (6.977%) VB.NET
3 3 (6.977%) VBA
4 1 (2.326%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (20.93%) MCSE
2 9 (20.93%) MCITP
3 8 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (16.28%) MCSA
4 7 (16.28%) MCTS
5 5 (11.63%) CCNA
5 5 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (11.63%) Degree
6 1 (2.326%) VCP5
6 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.651%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.302%) vSphere
3 3 (6.977%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 2 (4.651%) XenApp
4 2 (4.651%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.326%) ISA Server
5 1 (2.326%) Terminal Services
5 1 (2.326%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (2.326%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.326%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (6.977%) SCCM
2 2 (4.651%) SCOM
3 1 (2.326%) SCVMM
3 1 (2.326%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
2 16 (37.21%) VMware
3 12 (27.91%) Cisco
4 8 (18.60%) Citrix
5 6 (13.95%) HP
6 5 (11.63%) Lotus
6 5 (11.63%) IBM
7 3 (6.977%) Oracle
7 3 (6.977%) QAD
8 2 (4.651%) Nokia
8 2 (4.651%) CheckPoint
8 2 (4.651%) Dell
8 2 (4.651%) Nortel
8 2 (4.651%) Juniper
9 1 (2.326%) NetApp
9 1 (2.326%) Remedy
9 1 (2.326%) McAfee
9 1 (2.326%) Sophos
Swindon, Wiltshire
The following skills are an essential requirement for this position: * Desktop Support / Configuration and Administration * Windows XP & 7 * Email Account Administration / Set up - ideally Lotus Notes * Software & Hardware...
The People Network
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013