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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 39 40 35
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 10 21 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.472% 5.915% 6.818%
As % of the System Software category 32.26% 75.00% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 21 21
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,850 £30,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
31 28 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 10.76% 7.887% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 30 27 29
Average salary £50,000 £41,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21% +26.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £30,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £39,750 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Active Directory
Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

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

Watford Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 (86.49%) Windows
2 21 (56.76%) Windows 7
3 20 (54.05%) LAN
4 19 (51.35%) MS Excel
5 18 (48.65%) Windows XP
6 15 (40.54%) SAN
7 14 (37.84%) MS Exchange
7 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
7 14 (37.84%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (35.14%) HP Quality Center
8 13 (35.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 13 (35.14%) ISEB
8 13 (35.14%) MS Visio
8 13 (35.14%) MS Project
9 12 (32.43%) Cisco
10 11 (29.73%) TCP/IP
10 11 (29.73%) Windows Server 2003
11 10 (27.03%) Test Management
11 10 (27.03%) Test Scripting
11 10 (27.03%) Exchange Server 2010
11 10 (27.03%) QA
12 9 (24.32%) Integration Testing
12 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (24.32%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (24.32%) ITIL
13 7 (18.92%) Citrix
13 7 (18.92%) VMware
14 6 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2007
14 6 (16.22%) MCITP
14 6 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 2 (5.405%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.703%) XML
Application Platforms
1 14 (37.84%) MS Exchange
2 10 (27.03%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (10.81%) IIS
5 2 (5.405%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (5.405%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (5.405%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (2.703%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (2.703%) SharePoint
6 1 (2.703%) Lync
6 1 (2.703%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (51.35%) MS Excel
2 13 (35.14%) MS Visio
2 13 (35.14%) MS Project
3 6 (16.22%) MS Office
4 3 (8.108%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (54.05%) LAN
2 15 (40.54%) SAN
3 11 (29.73%) TCP/IP
4 5 (13.51%) VPN
4 5 (13.51%) VoIP
5 4 (10.81%) WAN
5 4 (10.81%) DHCP
5 4 (10.81%) DNS
5 4 (10.81%) Firewall
6 2 (5.405%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.703%) Intranet
7 1 (2.703%) Wireless
7 1 (2.703%) WLAN
7 1 (2.703%) NAS
7 1 (2.703%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (2.703%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.108%) Finance
3 1 (2.703%) Legal
3 1 (2.703%) Advertising
3 1 (2.703%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Analyst
2 8 (21.62%) Support Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Test Leader
3 7 (18.92%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (16.22%) Technical Test Analyst
4 6 (16.22%) Test Analyst
4 6 (16.22%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (13.51%) IT Support
5 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Consultant
7 3 (8.108%) Service Analyst
7 3 (8.108%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (5.405%) Applications Support Analyst
8 2 (5.405%) IT Support Analyst
8 2 (5.405%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (5.405%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (5.405%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (5.405%) Support Engineer
8 2 (5.405%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.703%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.703%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 32 (86.49%) Windows
2 21 (56.76%) Windows 7
3 18 (48.65%) Windows XP
4 14 (37.84%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (29.73%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (27.03%) Test Management
2 10 (27.03%) Test Scripting
3 9 (24.32%) Integration Testing
3 9 (24.32%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (24.32%) ITIL
4 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (10.81%) Test Strategy
5 3 (8.108%) Risk Management
6 2 (5.405%) Migration
6 2 (5.405%) Identity Management
7 1 (2.703%) Project Management
7 1 (2.703%) Service Management
7 1 (2.703%) Time Management
7 1 (2.703%) Enterprise Modelling
7 1 (2.703%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) ISEB
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (16.22%) MCITP
4 5 (13.51%) MCSE
4 5 (13.51%) MCSA
5 3 (8.108%) CCNA
5 3 (8.108%) MCP
5 3 (8.108%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (8.108%) MCTS
5 3 (8.108%) Degree
6 1 (2.703%) CCNP
6 1 (2.703%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.703%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.03%) QA
2 2 (5.405%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.405%) vSphere
2 2 (5.405%) Terminal Server
3 1 (2.703%) XenApp
3 1 (2.703%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.703%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 13 (35.14%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (13.51%) McAfee ePO
3 4 (10.81%) NetBackup
3 4 (10.81%) SCCM
4 3 (8.108%) SCOM
5 2 (5.405%) Backup Exec
5 2 (5.405%) SCVMM
6 1 (2.703%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 12 (32.43%) Cisco
3 7 (18.92%) Citrix
3 7 (18.92%) VMware
4 6 (16.22%) HP
4 6 (16.22%) SAP
4 6 (16.22%) Symantec
5 5 (13.51%) McAfee
6 4 (10.81%) Dell
6 4 (10.81%) Avaya
7 2 (5.405%) Altiris
8 1 (2.703%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (2.703%) Oracle
8 1 (2.703%) 3PAR
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + training
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