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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 11 2 5
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 8 10 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wimbledon 15.38% 31.25% 27.27%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 100.00% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 5
Average salary £43,750 £42,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +63.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,200 £34,600 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £44,500 £27,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Wimbledon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
8 10 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wimbledon 15.38% 31.25% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 9
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -39.28%
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
Active Directory
London

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wimbledon 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 Wimbledon region.

Wimbledon Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Wimbledon region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wimbledon Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wimbledon 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 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 10 (55.56%) Citrix
3 10 (55.56%) Hyper-V
4 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (44.44%) SAN
5 8 (44.44%) VMware
5 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (38.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (38.89%) NetApp
6 7 (38.89%) XenApp
7 6 (33.33%) Cisco
8 5 (27.78%) LAN
8 5 (27.78%) WAN
8 5 (27.78%) Law
8 5 (27.78%) Firewall
8 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (22.22%) Network Management
9 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (22.22%) Information Security
9 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
9 4 (22.22%) SQL
10 3 (16.67%) MS Office
10 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
10 3 (16.67%) HP
10 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (16.67%) ProCurve
10 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (16.67%) Lync
10 3 (16.67%) Riverbed

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wimbledon 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 12 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (16.67%) Lync
4 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) SAN
2 5 (27.78%) LAN
2 5 (27.78%) WAN
2 5 (27.78%) Firewall
3 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (11.11%) VPN
4 2 (11.11%) DNS
4 2 (11.11%) DHCP
4 2 (11.11%) ADSL
5 1 (5.556%) Network Security
5 1 (5.556%) NAS
General
1 5 (27.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Network Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Server Support
4 3 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Server Support Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Server Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support
5 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Project Leader
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.556%) Network Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Open Source
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
2 1 (5.556%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Network Management
1 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (22.22%) Information Security
2 2 (11.11%) Migration
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.556%) Change Management
3 1 (5.556%) Project Management
3 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
3 1 (5.556%) Data Security
3 1 (5.556%) Time Management
3 1 (5.556%) Load Balancing
3 1 (5.556%) Resource Management
3 1 (5.556%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.11%) MCITP
2 2 (11.11%) CCNP
3 1 (5.556%) CCNA
3 1 (5.556%) MCSE
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) Hyper-V
2 7 (38.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (38.89%) XenApp
3 3 (16.67%) vSphere
4 2 (11.11%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Citrix
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (44.44%) VMware
4 7 (38.89%) NetApp
5 6 (33.33%) Cisco
6 3 (16.67%) HP
6 3 (16.67%) ProCurve
6 3 (16.67%) Riverbed