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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Directory skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Directory
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3245
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads96388225
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.715 %3.532 %
As % of the category below68.67 %68.83 %
Salaries quoted83716743
Average minimum salary£31,322£33,151
Average salary£33,491£35,352
% change on same period last year-5.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,660£37,554
UK excluding London average salary£31,018£32,969
% change on same period last year-5.91 %
System Software UKSystem Software
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads1403511950
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.866 %5.132 %
Salaries quoted117789538
Average minimum salary£34,294£36,353
Average salary£36,811£38,918
% change on same period last year-5.41 %
Average maximum salary£39,328£41,484
UK excluding London average salary£33,745£35,260
% change on same period last year-4.29 %

Active Directory
Demand Trend

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

Active Directory Demand Trend

Active Directory
Salary Trend

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

Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the UK over the past 3 months.

Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 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 UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+139309£33,491-5.39 %
2LondonUp+173618£37,708-2.66 %
3South EastUp+62365£33,913-2.77 %
4City of LondonUp+17874£38,934-2.50 %
5East of EnglandUp+17710£30,575-6.28 %
6SurreyUp+10628£33,412-2.50 %
7BerkshireUp+2616£37,542-0.10 %
8YorkshireUp+19580£27,342-3.74 %
9West MidlandsUp+15577£28,057-4.14 %
10North WestUp+14567£28,331-18.92 %
11South WestDown-4467£30,601+8.69 %
12HampshireUp+5424£31,781-7.58 %
13East MidlandsUp+34381£25,687-4.90 %
14West YorkshireUp+16304£26,717-4.58 %
15HertfordshireUp+23269£31,105-15.62 %
16ReadingUp+18253£38,829-0.15 %
17OxfordshireDown-1228£33,840+0.95 %
18ManchesterNo change0209£31,331-27.28 %
19EssexUp+19202£30,615+2.36 %
20South YorkshireUp+47198£27,476+6.00 %
21LeedsUp+11191£28,821+0.71 %
22ScotlandUp+28188£35,270+18.24 %
23CheshireUp+23172£26,096-8.65 %
24CambridgeshireUp+12169£29,035-7.56 %
25BristolUp+16165£31,234+9.42 %
26BirminghamUp+11163£29,500+2.67 %
27BuckinghamshireDown-11148£29,504-12.31 %
28BasingstokeUp+18145£33,859+4.18 %
29OxfordUp+9133£33,450+3.17 %
30HerefordshireUp+17127£33,142+3.99 %

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Active Directory also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Active Directory.

114587 (76.20 %)Windows
28796 (45.95 %)Microsoft
37796 (40.72 %)MS Exchange
45737 (29.97 %)Exchange Server 2003
55598 (29.24 %)Microsoft Certification
64497 (23.49 %)MCSE
74429 (23.14 %)Citrix
84384 (22.90 %)MS Excel
94262 (22.26 %)Windows 2000
104177 (21.82 %)TCP/IP
113555 (18.57 %)SQL Server
123380 (17.66 %)MS Office
133243 (16.94 %)Windows Server 2003
143116 (16.28 %)Windows XP
153071 (16.04 %)SQL
163030 (15.83 %)Exchange Server 2000
172944 (15.38 %)DNS
182881 (15.05 %)Cisco
192576 (13.46 %)Firewall
202528 (13.21 %)WAN
212525 (13.19 %)LAN
222366 (12.36 %)VMware
232338 (12.21 %)IIS
242263 (11.82 %)Finance
251963 (10.25 %)ITIL
261925 (10.06 %)SAN
271895 (9.899 %)MCP
281854 (9.684 %)DHCP
291625 (8.488 %)VPN
301589 (8.300 %)Linux

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Active Directory also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Active Directory. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1871 (4.550 %).NET
2426 (2.225 %)XML
3318 (1.661 %)ASP.NET
4283 (1.478 %)HTML
5272 (1.421 %)ASP
6138 (0.721 %)CSS
7125 (0.653 %)WebServices
8124 (0.648 %)Application Packaging
9123 (0.642 %)SOAP
1096 (0.501 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1194 (0.491 %)WebSphere
1284 (0.439 %)WMI
1373 (0.381 %)COM+
1452 (0.272 %)AJAX
1551 (0.266 %).NET Framework
1650 (0.261 %)XSLT
1743 (0.225 %)COM
1842 (0.219 %)J2EE
1842 (0.219 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1941 (0.214 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
17796 (40.72 %)MS Exchange
25737 (29.97 %)Exchange Server 2003
33030 (15.83 %)Exchange Server 2000
42338 (12.21 %)IIS
51289 (6.733 %)SharePoint
61255 (6.556 %)Exchange Server 2007
7899 (4.696 %)Lotus Notes
8530 (2.768 %)Exchange Server 5.5
9376 (1.964 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
10304 (1.588 %)BizTalk Server
11251 (1.311 %)Lotus Domino
12249 (1.301 %)Apache
13212 (1.107 %)SharePoint Server 2007
14100 (0.522 %)GroupWise
1589 (0.465 %)WebLogic
1671 (0.371 %)Tomcat
1765 (0.340 %)WorkSite
1862 (0.324 %)CMS
1955 (0.287 %)SharePoint Portal Server
2053 (0.277 %)Live Communications Server
Applications
14384 (22.90 %)MS Excel
23380 (17.66 %)MS Office
3157 (0.820 %)MS Project
4110 (0.575 %)MS PowerPoint
558 (0.303 %)MS Visio
628 (0.146 %)Photoshop
727 (0.141 %)Acrobat
818 (0.094 %)DeltaView
914 (0.073 %)InfoPath
1013 (0.068 %)AutoCAD
118 (0.042 %)QuarkXPress
127 (0.037 %)SPSS
135 (0.026 %)Adobe Illustrator
143 (0.016 %)InDesign
152 (0.010 %)CA Clarity
152 (0.010 %)SmartSuite
152 (0.010 %)S-PLUS
Business Applications
1234 (1.222 %)Microsoft CRM
2204 (1.066 %)Dynamics CRM
3113 (0.590 %)Axapta
4102 (0.533 %)Dynamics AX
565 (0.340 %)SoftGrid
655 (0.287 %)GoldMine
735 (0.183 %)Fidessa
830 (0.157 %)Summit
929 (0.151 %)Navision
1015 (0.078 %)Great Plains
1112 (0.063 %)Dynamics GP
1112 (0.063 %)Applix TM1
1211 (0.057 %)assyst
1211 (0.057 %)Oracle Applications
1211 (0.057 %)Dynamics NAV
1211 (0.057 %)SAP Business One
137 (0.037 %)Oracle EBS
137 (0.037 %)AWD
137 (0.037 %)Remedy ITSM
137 (0.037 %)Pegasus Opera
Communications & Networking
14177 (21.82 %)TCP/IP
22944 (15.38 %)DNS
32576 (13.46 %)Firewall
42528 (13.21 %)WAN
52525 (13.19 %)LAN
61925 (10.06 %)SAN
71854 (9.684 %)DHCP
81625 (8.488 %)VPN
9901 (4.706 %)WINS
9901 (4.706 %)Internet
10618 (3.228 %)VoIP
11361 (1.886 %)Wireless
12339 (1.771 %)LDAP
13328 (1.713 %)SMS
14324 (1.692 %)Network Security
15249 (1.301 %)SMTP
16233 (1.217 %)Intranet
17228 (1.191 %)VLAN
18214 (1.118 %)Cisco PIX
19143 (0.747 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
13555 (18.57 %)SQL Server
2920 (4.806 %)SQL Server 2000
3690 (3.604 %)SQL Server 2005
4350 (1.828 %)SQL Server 7
5149 (0.778 %)MySQL
6119 (0.622 %)BusinessObjects
796 (0.501 %)DTS
891 (0.475 %)Crystal Reports
984 (0.439 %)RDBMS
1072 (0.376 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1168 (0.355 %)DB2
1168 (0.355 %)Oracle 9i
1168 (0.355 %)MS Access
1263 (0.329 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1349 (0.256 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1448 (0.251 %)Datawarehouse
1539 (0.204 %)Oracle 10g
1634 (0.178 %)Oracle 8/8i
1729 (0.151 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1815 (0.078 %)ETL
Development Applications
1205 (1.071 %)MSI
274 (0.387 %)InstallShield
369 (0.360 %)Visual Studio
425 (0.131 %)TestDirector
518 (0.094 %)VSS/SourceSafe
612 (0.063 %)ClearCase
711 (0.057 %)AdminStudio
810 (0.052 %)Synon
810 (0.052 %)Dreamweaver
99 (0.047 %)Flash
99 (0.047 %)Oracle APEX
99 (0.047 %)WebLOAD
108 (0.042 %)PVCS
116 (0.031 %)LSMW
116 (0.031 %)FrontPage
125 (0.026 %)Ant
125 (0.026 %)ClearQuest
125 (0.026 %)CruiseControl
133 (0.016 %)JIRA
133 (0.016 %)Subversion
General
12263 (11.82 %)Finance
2965 (5.041 %)Pensions
3760 (3.970 %)Health
4675 (3.526 %)Banking
5584 (3.051 %)Telecoms
6576 (3.009 %)Law
7458 (2.392 %)Insurance
8385 (2.011 %)Education
9377 (1.969 %)Back Office
10335 (1.750 %)Legal
11326 (1.703 %)Retail
12309 (1.614 %)Government
13235 (1.228 %)Investment Banking
14181 (0.945 %)Marketing
15170 (0.888 %)Manufacturing
16137 (0.716 %)Construction
17109 (0.569 %)Financial Institution
18107 (0.559 %)Publishing
1993 (0.486 %)Games
2086 (0.449 %)Advertising
Job Titles
14726 (24.69 %)Analyst
22921 (15.26 %)Support Analyst
32240 (11.70 %)Support Engineer
41704 (8.901 %)Consultant
51622 (8.473 %)Administrator
61216 (6.352 %)Desktop Support
71078 (5.631 %)2nd Line Support
8959 (5.009 %)Systems Administrator
9937 (4.894 %)3rd Line Support
10825 (4.309 %)Technical Support
11809 (4.226 %)Systems Engineer
12800 (4.179 %)Server Support
13729 (3.808 %)Network Engineer
14685 (3.578 %)IT Support Analyst
15647 (3.380 %)Architect
16586 (3.061 %)Helpdesk Analyst
17568 (2.967 %)Team Leader
18558 (2.915 %)Senior Analyst
18558 (2.915 %)Helpdesk Support
19494 (2.580 %)Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
11278 (6.676 %)Blackberry
21020 (5.328 %)Clustering
3266 (1.389 %)Thin Client
3266 (1.389 %)Fat Client
4250 (1.306 %)Client/Server
5187 (0.977 %)Asset Management
6172 (0.898 %)Replication
7133 (0.695 %)PDA
896 (0.501 %)Computer Science
989 (0.465 %)EPoS
1085 (0.444 %)Management Information System
1184 (0.439 %)AS400
1275 (0.392 %)Mainframe
1364 (0.334 %)PMI
1458 (0.303 %)Video Conferencing
1557 (0.298 %)French Language
1647 (0.246 %)PKI
1746 (0.240 %)Fund Management
1845 (0.235 %)Handset
1943 (0.225 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
114587 (76.20 %)Windows
24262 (22.26 %)Windows 2000
33243 (16.94 %)Windows Server 2003
43116 (16.28 %)Windows XP
51589 (8.300 %)Linux
61417 (7.402 %)Windows NT
71279 (6.681 %)Unix
8323 (1.687 %)Solaris
9203 (1.060 %)AIX
10200 (1.045 %)Mac OS X
11125 (0.653 %)NetWare
1294 (0.491 %)Windows Vista
1351 (0.266 %)Debian
1444 (0.230 %)SUSE
1539 (0.204 %)HPUX
1637 (0.193 %)Mac OS X Server
1733 (0.172 %)Windows Mobile
1822 (0.115 %)VMS
1921 (0.110 %)zOS
2019 (0.099 %)Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
11963 (10.25 %)ITIL
2949 (4.957 %)Project Management
3727 (3.798 %)Disaster Recovery
4514 (2.685 %)Migration
5429 (2.241 %)CRM
6348 (1.818 %)Project Planning
7347 (1.813 %)PRINCE2
8302 (1.578 %)Technical Architecture
9301 (1.572 %)Service Management
10264 (1.379 %)Service Delivery
11254 (1.327 %)Load Balancing
12207 (1.081 %)Change Management
13205 (1.071 %)Document Management
14196 (1.024 %)ERP
15169 (0.883 %)Problem Management
16154 (0.804 %)Workflow
17151 (0.789 %)Configuration Management
18148 (0.773 %)Business Analysis
19139 (0.726 %)Incident Management
20138 (0.721 %)Content Management
Programming Languages
13071 (16.04 %)SQL
2561 (2.930 %)VB
3531 (2.774 %)C#
4351 (1.833 %)VBScript
5339 (1.771 %)C
6201 (1.050 %)Java
7191 (0.998 %)Perl
8172 (0.898 %)C++
9167 (0.872 %)VB.NET
10165 (0.862 %)Transact-SQL
11152 (0.794 %)JavaScript
12122 (0.637 %)VBA
13100 (0.522 %)PHP
1477 (0.402 %)Shell Script
1559 (0.308 %)VB6
1623 (0.120 %)PL/SQL
1722 (0.115 %)ABAP
1722 (0.115 %)VC++
1813 (0.068 %)Korn
1912 (0.063 %)JCL
Qualifications
15598 (29.24 %)Microsoft Certification
24497 (23.49 %)MCSE
31895 (9.899 %)MCP
41209 (6.315 %)Degree
51114 (5.819 %)MCSA
61063 (5.553 %)Cisco Certification
7898 (4.691 %)CCNA
8539 (2.816 %)Citrix Certification
9333 (1.739 %)CCEA
10331 (1.729 %)CCA
11191 (0.998 %)CCNP
12187 (0.977 %)ITIL Certification
13179 (0.935 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14173 (0.904 %)MCDST
15172 (0.898 %)MCSD
16111 (0.580 %)HND
17104 (0.543 %)A+ Certification
1891 (0.475 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1966 (0.345 %)MOS
2050 (0.261 %)Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1691 (3.609 %)SLA
299 (0.517 %)QA
347 (0.246 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
431 (0.162 %)ISO/IEC 20000
519 (0.099 %)ISO27001
614 (0.073 %)ISO17799
710 (0.052 %)BS7799
89 (0.047 %)HL7
96 (0.031 %)ISO9000
105 (0.026 %)ISO9001
105 (0.026 %)DICOM
111 (0.005 %)JSP 440
111 (0.005 %)PCI DSS
System Software
1712 (3.719 %)ISA Server
2706 (3.688 %)Backup Exec
3563 (2.941 %)Terminal Services
4495 (2.586 %)Citrix Presentation Server
5417 (2.178 %)MetaFrame
6330 (1.724 %)VMware ESX
7313 (1.635 %)NetBackup
8247 (1.290 %)Terminal Server
9104 (0.543 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1069 (0.360 %)Novell eDirectory
1159 (0.308 %)NFS
1258 (0.303 %)MailMarshal
1352 (0.272 %)VMware Server
1436 (0.188 %)Xen
1535 (0.183 %)VMware Workstation
1630 (0.157 %)NDS
1717 (0.089 %)VMware GSX
1814 (0.073 %)MSMQ
1814 (0.073 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
199 (0.047 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1863 (4.508 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2709 (3.704 %)MOM
3193 (1.008 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
4179 (0.935 %)WSUS
5178 (0.930 %)Norton AntiVirus
6162 (0.846 %)Tivoli
7141 (0.737 %)OpenView
8137 (0.716 %)SCOM
9100 (0.522 %)MAILsweeper
1090 (0.470 %)Legato
1176 (0.397 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1176 (0.397 %)SCCM
1274 (0.387 %)ARCserve
1368 (0.355 %)MIMEsweeper
1461 (0.319 %)DameWare
1542 (0.219 %)Unicenter
1641 (0.214 %)MIIS
1641 (0.214 %)ZENworks
1740 (0.209 %)HP Data Protector
1832 (0.167 %)DirXML
Vendors
18796 (45.95 %)Microsoft
24429 (23.14 %)Citrix
32881 (15.05 %)Cisco
42366 (12.36 %)VMware
51367 (7.141 %)HP
61010 (5.276 %)Lotus
7772 (4.033 %)VERITAS
8758 (3.959 %)Oracle
9525 (2.742 %)Symantec
10458 (2.392 %)IBM
11427 (2.230 %)CheckPoint
12402 (2.100 %)Dell
13392 (2.048 %)Novell
14374 (1.954 %)Altiris
15330 (1.724 %)EMC
16329 (1.719 %)Red Hat
17320 (1.672 %)Bloomberg
18285 (1.489 %)Reuters
19232 (1.212 %)Remedy
20231 (1.207 %)Sun
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