Active Directory Jobs in Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Active Directory East of England / Bedfordshire
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	46	50	30
Rank change year-on-year	+4	-20
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory	23	30	79
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire	3.73%	3.38%	7.03%
As % of the System Software category	33.82%	34.88%	64.23%
Number of salaries quoted	22	27	77
Median salary	£44,375	£26,500	£39,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+67.45%	-32.05%
90% offered a salary of more than	£21,250	£17,500	£27,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£55,000	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£32,500	£32,500	£33,750
% change year-on-year	-	-3.70%

Active Directory is in the system software skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for system software skills.

System Software Skills Bedfordshire
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	68	86	123
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire	11.02%	9.70%	10.94%
Number of salaries quoted	63	145	253
Median salary	£40,000	£50,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-20.00%	+17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than	£22,000	£28,950	£28,600
10% offered a salary of more than	£52,500	£55,000	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£38,500	£38,500	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.66%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Active Directory as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Bedfordshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory in Bedfordshire.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Bedfordshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Active Directory in Bedfordshire over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Bedfordshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Luton	+3	15	£50,000	-	3
Bedford	+9	5	£27,000	+22.72%	1
Active Directory East of England

Active Directory
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT jobs citing Active Directory also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Bedfordshire region with a requirement for Active Directory.

1	51 (91.07%)	Windows
2	33 (58.93%)	Microsoft
3	28 (50.00%)	Windows 7
4	27 (48.21%)	Windows Server
5	24 (42.86%)	ITIL
6	19 (33.93%)	TCP/IP
7	18 (32.14%)	MS Exchange
7	18 (32.14%)	Windows Server 2008
8	16 (28.57%)	Firewall
9	15 (26.79%)	Microsoft Office
9	15 (26.79%)	Office 365
10	14 (25.00%)	Windows 10
11	13 (23.21%)	Linux
11	13 (23.21%)	VMware
12	12 (21.43%)	Agile Software Development

12	12 (21.43%)	DHCP
12	12 (21.43%)	Apple
12	12 (21.43%)	Windows Server 2012
13	11 (19.64%)	DNS
13	11 (19.64%)	SQL
14	10 (17.86%)	Mac OS X
14	10 (17.86%)	Citrix
14	10 (17.86%)	Amazon AWS
15	9 (16.07%)	ISO/IEC 27001
15	9 (16.07%)	Data Protection Act
15	9 (16.07%)	Data Protection
15	9 (16.07%)	VMware Infrastructure
15	9 (16.07%)	Cybersecurity
15	9 (16.07%)	Vulnerability Management
15	9 (16.07%)	Vulnerability Scanning

Active Directory
Co-occurring IT Skills in Bedfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	18 (32.14%)	MS Exchange
2	7 (12.50%)	Skype for Business
3	3 (5.36%)	IIS
4	2 (3.57%)	IBM Domino
5	1 (1.79%)	Exchange Server 2007
5	1 (1.79%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	1 (1.79%)	JBoss
5	1 (1.79%)	SharePoint
5	1 (1.79%)	WebLogic
5	1 (1.79%)	WebSphere
5	1 (1.79%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	15 (26.79%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	3 (5.36%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (3.57%)	Dynamics NAV

Cloud Services
1	15 (26.79%)	Office 365
2	10 (17.86%)	Amazon AWS
3	2 (3.57%)	Microsoft Azure

Communications & Networking
1	19 (33.93%)	TCP/IP
2	16 (28.57%)	Firewall
3	12 (21.43%)	DHCP
4	11 (19.64%)	DNS
5	5 (8.93%)	SAN
5	5 (8.93%)	VPN
6	3 (5.36%)	SMTP
7	2 (3.57%)	iSCSI
7	2 (3.57%)	LAN
7	2 (3.57%)	Network Security
7	2 (3.57%)	Skype
7	2 (3.57%)	VLAN
7	2 (3.57%)	WAN
7	2 (3.57%)	Wireless
8	1 (1.79%)	NAS
8	1 (1.79%)	PBX

Database & Business Intelligence
1	9 (16.07%)	SQL Server
2	3 (5.36%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
3	2 (3.57%)	Crystal Reports
3	2 (3.57%)	Oracle Database
3	2 (3.57%)	Oracle Reports
4	1 (1.79%)	Oracle Database 11g
4	1 (1.79%)	Oracle Database 12c
4	1 (1.79%)	RDBMS
4	1 (1.79%)	Relational Database
4	1 (1.79%)	SQL Server 2008
4	1 (1.79%)	SQL Server 2012
4	1 (1.79%)	SQL Server Analysis Services

General
1	2 (3.57%)	Finance
1	2 (3.57%)	Local Government
2	1 (1.79%)	Manufacturing

Job Titles
1	18 (32.14%)	IT Engineer
2	17 (30.36%)	Support Engineer
3	15 (26.79%)	2nd Line Support
3	15 (26.79%)	IT Support
4	11 (19.64%)	2nd Line Engineer
4	11 (19.64%)	2nd Line Support Engineer
4	11 (19.64%)	Analyst
5	9 (16.07%)	IT Security Engineer
5	9 (16.07%)	IT Support Engineer
5	9 (16.07%)	Security Engineer
5	9 (16.07%)	SIEM Engineer
6	7 (12.50%)	Desktop Support
6	7 (12.50%)	Support Technician
6	7 (12.50%)	Technical Support
7	6 (10.71%)	Technical Engineer
7	6 (10.71%)	Technical Support Engineer
8	5 (8.93%)	IT Support Technician
8	5 (8.93%)	Service Analyst
8	5 (8.93%)	Service Desk Analyst
8	5 (8.93%)	Support Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	4 (7.14%)	.NET
2	1 (1.79%)	.NET Framework
2	1 (1.79%)	Java EE

Miscellaneous
1	9 (16.07%)	Data Protection Act
2	1 (1.79%)	CMDB
2	1 (1.79%)	Data Centre
2	1 (1.79%)	PDA
2	1 (1.79%)	PKI

Operating Systems
1	51 (91.07%)	Windows
2	28 (50.00%)	Windows 7
3	27 (48.21%)	Windows Server
4	18 (32.14%)	Windows Server 2008
5	14 (25.00%)	Windows 10
6	13 (23.21%)	Linux
7	12 (21.43%)	Windows Server 2012
8	10 (17.86%)	Mac OS X
9	9 (16.07%)	Apple iOS
10	7 (12.50%)	Windows Server 2003
11	2 (3.57%)	Windows 8
11	2 (3.57%)	Windows Vista
11	2 (3.57%)	Windows XP
12	1 (1.79%)	Android
12	1 (1.79%)	Unix

Processes & Methodologies
1	24 (42.86%)	ITIL
2	12 (21.43%)	Agile Software Development
3	9 (16.07%)	Cybersecurity
3	9 (16.07%)	Data Loss Prevention
3	9 (16.07%)	Data Protection
3	9 (16.07%)	DRM
3	9 (16.07%)	Identity Access Management
3	9 (16.07%)	Information Security
3	9 (16.07%)	Penetration Testing
3	9 (16.07%)	Security Architecture
3	9 (16.07%)	Security Operations
3	9 (16.07%)	SIEM
3	9 (16.07%)	Vulnerability Management
3	9 (16.07%)	Vulnerability Scanning
4	7 (12.50%)	Change Management
4	7 (12.50%)	Incident Management
4	7 (12.50%)	Problem Management
5	3 (5.36%)	CRM
6	2 (3.57%)	ERP
6	2 (3.57%)	Logistics

Programming Languages
1	11 (19.64%)	SQL
2	3 (5.36%)	PowerShell
3	2 (3.57%)	VBScript
4	1 (1.79%)	BeanShell
4	1 (1.79%)	Java
4	1 (1.79%)	JavaScript
4	1 (1.79%)	Perl
4	1 (1.79%)	PL/SQL
4	1 (1.79%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	9 (16.07%)	CISM
1	9 (16.07%)	CISSP
2	6 (10.71%)	MCP
3	2 (3.57%)	ITIL Certification
4	1 (1.79%)	CCNA
4	1 (1.79%)	Cisco Certification
4	1 (1.79%)	MCSE
4	1 (1.79%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	9 (16.07%)	ISO/IEC 27001
1	9 (16.07%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2	2 (3.57%)	QA

System Software
1	9 (16.07%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	7 (12.50%)	Hyper-V
3	3 (5.36%)	vSphere
4	1 (1.79%)	vCloud

Systems Management
1	4 (7.14%)	SCCM
2	3 (5.36%)	SCVMM
3	1 (1.79%)	Ansible
3	1 (1.79%)	Backup Exec
3	1 (1.79%)	NetBackup
3	1 (1.79%)	Opscode Chef
3	1 (1.79%)	Puppet
3	1 (1.79%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	33 (58.93%)	Microsoft
2	13 (23.21%)	VMware
3	12 (21.43%)	Apple
4	10 (17.86%)	Citrix
5	9 (16.07%)	Forcepoint
6	5 (8.93%)	Oracle
7	3 (5.36%)	HP
8	2 (3.57%)	Cisco
8	2 (3.57%)	Fortinet
8	2 (3.57%)	Lotus
9	1 (1.79%)	3PAR
9	1 (1.79%)	Dell
9	1 (1.79%)	EqualLogic
9	1 (1.79%)	IBM
9	1 (1.79%)	Symantec
9	1 (1.79%)	Veeam
9	1 (1.79%)	Veritas