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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 12 13 23
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 23 15 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 16.67% 15.63% 5.263%
As % of the System Software category 69.70% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 5
Average salary £26,000 £26,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.88% -18.46%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
33 30 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 23.91% 31.25% 5.263%
Number of salaries quoted 29 16 5
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% +23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
West Yorkshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wakefield Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 38 (88.37%) VMware
2 36 (83.72%) MS Exchange
3 35 (81.40%) SAN
4 30 (69.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 28 (65.12%) Windows
6 21 (48.84%) SQL Server
6 21 (48.84%) Windows Server 2008
7 20 (46.51%) SQL Server 2008
7 20 (46.51%) SQL Server 2005
7 20 (46.51%) Windows Server 2003
8 18 (41.86%) DNS
8 18 (41.86%) Exchange Server 2007
9 17 (39.53%) Microsoft
10 16 (37.21%) DHCP
10 16 (37.21%) Exchange Server 2010
11 15 (34.88%) WAN
11 15 (34.88%) LAN
12 13 (30.23%) Firewall
13 12 (27.91%) Telecoms
13 12 (27.91%) SQL
13 12 (27.91%) vSphere
14 11 (25.58%) Lync
14 11 (25.58%) HP
15 10 (23.26%) EMC
15 10 (23.26%) Replication
15 10 (23.26%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (23.26%) Exchange Server 2003
15 10 (23.26%) Celerra
15 10 (23.26%) ProCurve
16 7 (16.28%) Citrix

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 36 (83.72%) MS Exchange
2 18 (41.86%) Exchange Server 2007
3 16 (37.21%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (25.58%) Lync
5 10 (23.26%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (4.651%) IIS
6 2 (4.651%) SharePoint
7 1 (2.326%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (9.302%) MS Office
2 2 (4.651%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 35 (81.40%) SAN
2 18 (41.86%) DNS
3 16 (37.21%) DHCP
4 15 (34.88%) WAN
4 15 (34.88%) LAN
5 13 (30.23%) Firewall
6 7 (16.28%) TCP/IP
7 4 (9.302%) Wireless
8 3 (6.977%) VPN
9 1 (2.326%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (2.326%) iSCSI
9 1 (2.326%) Internet
9 1 (2.326%) VoIP
9 1 (2.326%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (48.84%) SQL Server
2 20 (46.51%) SQL Server 2008
2 20 (46.51%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.326%) Crystal Reports
General
1 12 (27.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Analyst
2 18 (41.86%) Support Analyst
2 18 (41.86%) Support Engineer
3 16 (37.21%) Network Engineer
4 15 (34.88%) Technical Support Analyst
4 15 (34.88%) Technical Analyst
4 15 (34.88%) Technical Support
5 14 (32.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 14 (32.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (32.56%) Technical Support Engineer
5 14 (32.56%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 14 (32.56%) Technical Engineer
5 14 (32.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 9 (20.93%) Systems Manager
7 5 (11.63%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (9.302%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (9.302%) Administrator
9 3 (6.977%) Server Engineer
9 3 (6.977%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (4.651%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Replication
1 10 (23.26%) Celerra
2 1 (2.326%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.326%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 28 (65.12%) Windows
2 21 (48.84%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (46.51%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (6.977%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.326%) UNIX
5 1 (2.326%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.26%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (4.651%) ITIL
3 1 (2.326%) Business Development
3 1 (2.326%) Service Management
3 1 (2.326%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) SQL
2 1 (2.326%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) MCITP
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (9.302%) MCSE
2 4 (9.302%) MCSA
3 1 (2.326%) MCTS
3 1 (2.326%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.651%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (69.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (27.91%) vSphere
3 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
4 5 (11.63%) XenApp
4 5 (11.63%) Terminal Services
5 4 (9.302%) XenServer
6 2 (4.651%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.326%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (2.326%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (4.651%) SCOM
2 1 (2.326%) SCCM
2 1 (2.326%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 38 (88.37%) VMware
2 17 (39.53%) Microsoft
3 11 (25.58%) HP
4 10 (23.26%) EMC
4 10 (23.26%) ProCurve
5 7 (16.28%) Citrix
6 3 (6.977%) WatchGuard
6 3 (6.977%) Avaya
7 2 (4.651%) Apple
7 2 (4.651%) SonicWALL
8 1 (2.326%) Brocade
8 1 (2.326%) Symantec
8 1 (2.326%) Cisco
8 1 (2.326%) IBM
8 1 (2.326%) Dell
8 1 (2.326%) Intel