The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Thames Valley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 21 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 Thames Valley region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 7.143% - -
As % of the System Software category 66.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £65,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Thames Valley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
3 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 10.71% 5.769% 8.511%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
Average salary £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Clustering
2 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) SCVMM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (50.00%) UAG

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MCTS
1 1 (50.00%) MCITP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (50.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
1 1 (50.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec
1 1 (50.00%) VMware