Active Directory Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 20 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 244 394 547
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.14% 7.11% 7.65%
As % of the System Software category 44.85% 49.13% 51.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 283 412
10th Percentile £150 £151 £138
25th Percentile £185 £190 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £300 £245
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +22.45% -8.84%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £438
90th Percentile £650 £575 £538
England median daily rate £425 £430 £400
% change year-on-year -1.16% +7.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 43
10th Percentile - £13.97 £13.18
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.19 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.29 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £18.00 £33.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £22.00 £50.41 £23.55
England median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% +7.87%

All System Software Skills
North of England

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 544 802 1,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.46% 14.46% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 581 791
10th Percentile £178 £175 £158
25th Percentile £286 £288 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +3.03%
75th Percentile £577 £575 £549
90th Percentile £650 £675 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 30 46
10th Percentile - £14.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £14.06 £16.20 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £18.19 £47.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £43.87 £63.88 £23.25
England median hourly rate £22.23 £52.13 £18.58
% change year-on-year -57.37% +180.65% -2.24%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -11 131 £363 +11.54% 113
Yorkshire -9 96 £282 +9.85% 76
North East +11 15 £500 +78.57% 19
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 56 (22.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (15.16%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 48 (19.67%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 141 (57.79%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (31.97%) Azure
3 48 (19.67%) Entra ID
4 12 (4.92%) AWS
5 8 (3.28%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.64%) IaaS
7 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.82%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.82%) GCP
7 2 (0.82%) GitHub
7 2 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.82%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.82%) SaaS
8 1 (0.41%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.41%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.84%) DNS
2 19 (7.79%) Firewall
3 16 (6.56%) VPN
4 13 (5.33%) DHCP
5 10 (4.10%) LAN
6 9 (3.69%) WAN
7 8 (3.28%) SAN
7 8 (3.28%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.87%) Wireless
9 6 (2.46%) VLAN
9 6 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.05%) WAAS
11 4 (1.64%) NAS
11 4 (1.64%) VoIP
12 2 (0.82%) Network Security
12 2 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.82%) Skype
13 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.41%) SSH
13 1 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.05%) MySQL
3 4 (1.64%) Big Data
4 2 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) GitLab
2 1 (0.41%) Gradle
2 1 (0.41%) Hudson
2 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
2 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 90 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.66%) Public Sector
3 13 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.92%) Banking
5 11 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (4.51%) Finance
6 8 (3.28%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.87%) Law
8 5 (2.05%) Legal
9 4 (1.64%) Automotive
9 4 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.23%) Aviation
10 3 (1.23%) Retail
11 2 (0.82%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Advertising
12 1 (0.41%) Publishing
12 1 (0.41%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (22.95%) Analyst
2 38 (15.57%) IT Support
3 33 (13.52%) Support Engineer
4 24 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (9.84%) Service Analyst
4 24 (9.84%) Service Desk Analyst
5 21 (8.61%) 2nd Line Support
6 19 (7.79%) Senior
7 18 (7.38%) IT Engineer
8 16 (6.56%) Desktop Support
8 16 (6.56%) IT Technician
8 16 (6.56%) Support Analyst
9 12 (4.92%) 1st Line Support
9 12 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (4.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (4.10%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (4.10%) Architect
11 10 (4.10%) Support Technician
12 9 (3.69%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.51%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.64%) LDAP
3 2 (0.82%) ADSI
3 2 (0.82%) HTML
3 2 (0.82%) SOAP
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
4 1 (0.41%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.41%) jQuery
4 1 (0.41%) JSON
4 1 (0.41%) JSP
4 1 (0.41%) Node.js
4 1 (0.41%) RESTful
4 1 (0.41%) SAML
4 1 (0.41%) Servlets
4 1 (0.41%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.41%) SPML
4 1 (0.41%) Spring
4 1 (0.41%) Swagger
4 1 (0.41%) Web Services
4 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.51%) Clustering
2 9 (3.69%) Data Centre
2 9 (3.69%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.28%) Operational Technology
4 7 (2.87%) EPoS
5 6 (2.46%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.05%) iPhone
6 5 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.64%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.64%) NHS
7 4 (1.64%) PKI
8 3 (1.23%) CMDB
8 3 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.82%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.41%) Freedom of Information Act
10 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 170 (69.67%) Windows
2 81 (33.20%) Windows 10
3 44 (18.03%) Windows Server
4 14 (5.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (5.33%) Linux
5 13 (5.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (4.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (4.10%) Mac OS
7 10 (4.10%) VMS
8 9 (3.69%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.05%) Android
9 5 (2.05%) Ubuntu
9 5 (2.05%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.23%) Debian
11 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.41%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (26.23%) Customer Service
2 35 (14.34%) Migration
3 32 (13.11%) ITIL
4 28 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (8.61%) Mobile Device Management
7 16 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (6.56%) Identity Access Management
8 14 (5.74%) DevOps
9 12 (4.92%) Service Management
10 9 (3.69%) Network Virtualisation
11 8 (3.28%) Project Management
11 8 (3.28%) Remediation Plan
11 8 (3.28%) Software Deployment
12 7 (2.87%) Application Security
12 7 (2.87%) CI/CD
12 7 (2.87%) Information Security
12 7 (2.87%) Server Virtualisation
13 6 (2.46%) Offensive Security
13 6 (2.46%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.07%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.51%) SQL
3 8 (3.28%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.28%) Python
4 6 (2.46%) C++
5 5 (2.05%) PHP
6 3 (1.23%) Java
7 1 (0.41%) ABAP
7 1 (0.41%) Bash
7 1 (0.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 28 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (8.20%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.38%) Degree
4 7 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.46%) CCNA
5 6 (2.46%) CEH
5 6 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.46%) CREST Certified
5 6 (2.46%) GIAC
5 6 (2.46%) GPEN
5 6 (2.46%) OSCP
5 6 (2.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.05%) MCSE
7 4 (1.64%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.92%) SLA
2 10 (4.10%) QA
3 8 (3.28%) NIST
4 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.41%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (13.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.56%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.05%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.82%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.82%) KVM
5 2 (0.82%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) ACF2
6 1 (0.41%) Docker
6 1 (0.41%) Firmware
6 1 (0.41%) IAG
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.41%) NFS
6 1 (0.41%) RACF
6 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 48 (19.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (9.84%) SCCM
3 7 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.87%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (2.87%) Terraform
4 5 (2.05%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.64%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.23%) Autotask
6 3 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.82%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.41%) Anchore
8 1 (0.41%) Ansible
8 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.41%) Kibana
8 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.41%) Nessus
8 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.41%) vMotion
8 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 154 (63.11%) Microsoft
2 47 (19.26%) VMware
3 27 (11.07%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.33%) Citrix
4 13 (5.33%) CyberArk
5 12 (4.92%) Apple
6 9 (3.69%) Cisco
7 5 (2.05%) Oracle
7 5 (2.05%) Veeam
8 4 (1.64%) CA
9 3 (1.23%) Datto
9 3 (1.23%) HP
10 2 (0.82%) Adobe
10 2 (0.82%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (0.82%) Bomgar
10 2 (0.82%) iManage
10 2 (0.82%) Meraki
10 2 (0.82%) SAP
10 2 (0.82%) Sophos
10 2 (0.82%) Symantec