The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 43 38 42
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 20 20 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 3.591% 3.431% 3.486%
As % of the System Software category 39.22% 54.05% 59.38%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 16
Average salary £21,500 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.81% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,200 £22,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,450 £36,650 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
51 37 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 9.156% 6.346% 5.872%
Number of salaries quoted 41 33 28
Average salary £32,500 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £23,500 £27,750
10% offered a salary of more than £47,250 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

Tyne and Wear Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newcastle upon Tyne -2 17 £21,500 -8.51%
Tyneside - 2 £18,200 -
South Shields - 1 £18,000 -
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 32 (80.00%) Windows
2 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 21 (52.50%) MS Office
4 19 (47.50%) MS Excel
5 17 (42.50%) MS Exchange
5 17 (42.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 16 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (32.50%) ITIL
8 11 (27.50%) MCSE
9 10 (25.00%) Cisco
9 10 (25.00%) Degree
10 9 (22.50%) VMware
10 9 (22.50%) SLA
11 8 (20.00%) TCP/IP
11 8 (20.00%) Windows XP
11 8 (20.00%) LAN
11 8 (20.00%) WAN
11 8 (20.00%) Blackberry
11 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
12 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
12 7 (17.50%) MCDST
12 7 (17.50%) SAN
12 7 (17.50%) DNS
12 7 (17.50%) DHCP
12 7 (17.50%) MCP
12 7 (17.50%) C
13 6 (15.00%) SQL Server
13 6 (15.00%) MCSA
14 5 (12.50%) Firewall

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (10.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 2 (5.000%) Web Services
2 2 (5.000%) .NET
2 2 (5.000%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.500%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 17 (42.50%) MS Exchange
2 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (7.500%) IIS
4 2 (5.000%) Lync
4 2 (5.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (5.000%) Windows Azure
5 1 (2.500%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (2.500%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 21 (52.50%) MS Office
2 19 (47.50%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.500%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (7.500%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (20.00%) LAN
1 8 (20.00%) WAN
2 7 (17.50%) SAN
2 7 (17.50%) DNS
2 7 (17.50%) DHCP
3 5 (12.50%) Firewall
4 4 (10.00%) SMTP
4 4 (10.00%) VLAN
5 3 (7.500%) Internet
5 3 (7.500%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (5.000%) MPLS
6 2 (5.000%) DSL
7 1 (2.500%) NAS
7 1 (2.500%) VoIP
7 1 (2.500%) SSL
7 1 (2.500%) VPN
7 1 (2.500%) Unified Communications
7 1 (2.500%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.500%) MySQL
General
1 3 (7.500%) Finance
2 1 (2.500%) Banking
2 1 (2.500%) Games
2 1 (2.500%) Legal
2 1 (2.500%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Analyst
2 8 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 8 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 7 (17.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (15.00%) Support Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Technical Support
6 4 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (10.00%) Desktop Support
6 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Team Leader
6 4 (10.00%) Network Support
6 4 (10.00%) IT Support
7 3 (7.500%) SAN Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
8 2 (5.000%) Help Desk Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Support Team Leader
8 2 (5.000%) Desktop Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (10.00%) Replication
3 2 (5.000%) Mainframe
3 2 (5.000%) Handset
4 1 (2.500%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.500%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.500%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (2.500%) Celerra
4 1 (2.500%) CLARiiON
4 1 (2.500%) Clustering
4 1 (2.500%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.500%) SaaS
4 1 (2.500%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 32 (80.00%) Windows
2 17 (42.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
6 5 (12.50%) Windows 8
6 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (7.500%) UNIX
8 1 (2.500%) Solaris
8 1 (2.500%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) ITIL
2 5 (12.50%) CRM
3 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (7.500%) Service Management
5 2 (5.000%) Capacity Management
5 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.000%) Configuration Management
5 2 (5.000%) Project Management
5 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2
5 2 (5.000%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.000%) Problem Management
5 2 (5.000%) Performance Management
5 2 (5.000%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.500%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.500%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.500%) Change Management
6 1 (2.500%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) C
2 2 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (27.50%) MCSE
3 10 (25.00%) Degree
4 7 (17.50%) MCDST
4 7 (17.50%) MCP
5 6 (15.00%) MCSA
6 5 (12.50%) CCNA
6 5 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (5.000%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (5.000%) MCITP
8 2 (5.000%) MCTS
8 2 (5.000%) Security Cleared
8 2 (5.000%) CCENT
9 1 (2.500%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.500%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.500%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.50%) VMware ESX
2 5 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (10.00%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (10.00%) ISA Server
4 1 (2.500%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (5.000%) WSUS
3 1 (2.500%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.00%) Cisco
3 9 (22.50%) VMware
4 5 (12.50%) Citrix
5 4 (10.00%) Sophos
6 3 (7.500%) Apple
6 3 (7.500%) EMC
6 3 (7.500%) Remedy
7 2 (5.000%) FalconStor
7 2 (5.000%) Hitachi
7 2 (5.000%) NetApp
7 2 (5.000%) Avaya
8 1 (2.500%) HP
8 1 (2.500%) Peregrine
8 1 (2.500%) Veritas
8 1 (2.500%) Lotus
8 1 (2.500%) F5
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Skill Set: Windows XP / 7 Server 2003 / 2008 Exchange 2003 / 2007 Active Directory MS Office This is an excellent opportunity where you will work on a number of...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £29000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2nd Line IT Support Technician - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Windows, Server, Active Directory, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP - £15,000 - £20,000. A Windows, Server, Active Directory, TCP/IP, DNS,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £15000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear
VMware, ESX, vSphere, VCP, Citrix, XenApp, CCA, Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange... As the Virtualisation Support Analyst you will ideally have solid VMware and/or Citrix skills and...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
The successful SAN Support Engineer - 2nd Line - SAN, VMWare, Active Directory will need to extensive experience in some of the following: - Core Edge Topology, - Fiber Channel Routing and...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
Posted: 23 May 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
The successful SAN Support Engineer - 2nd Line - SAN, VMWare, Active Directory will need to extensive experience in some of the following: - Core Edge Topology, - Fiber Channel Routing and...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013