Active Directory Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 33 16 24
Rank change year-on-year -17 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 164 280 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.04% 8.23% 7.22%
As % of the System Software category 41.41% 52.43% 45.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 202 183
10th Percentile £143 £185 £144
25th Percentile £184 £210 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year -11.08% +66.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £506
90th Percentile £695 £718 £585
England median daily rate £425 £430 £400
% change year-on-year -1.16% +7.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 13
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £15.78
25th Percentile - £15.99 £16.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -13.95% +36.94%
75th Percentile - £59.18 £48.48
90th Percentile - £85.35 £50.52
England median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% +7.87%

All System Software Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 396 534 586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.17% 15.70% 15.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 399 422
10th Percentile £178 £200 £180
25th Percentile £439 £363 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £575
90th Percentile £675 £719 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 37 19
10th Percentile - £14.07 £15.85
25th Percentile £40.00 £17.25 £18.09
Median hourly rate £68.75 £60.00 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +24.30% +62.25%
75th Percentile £86.25 £66.00 £56.27
90th Percentile £90.00 £88.50 £58.18
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the South West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Bristol +6 38 £546 +152.60% 32
Wiltshire -42 38 £538 -2.27% 29
Devon +21 34 £162 -50.08% 9
Gloucestershire -20 25 £225 -50.00% 12
Somerset +9 17 £173 +5.34% 20
Cornwall -1 6 £150 -58.04% 1
Dorset -12 4 £205 +2.50% 11
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 54 (32.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (9.15%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.49%) Confluence
4 3 (1.83%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (1.83%) IIS
4 3 (1.83%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.61%) Apache
6 1 (0.61%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.27%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (31.71%) Azure
2 46 (28.05%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (22.56%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.10%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.27%) Azure Logic Apps
5 7 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.66%) AWS
6 6 (3.66%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.44%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.44%) PaaS
9 3 (1.83%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.83%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.83%) WhatsApp
10 2 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.22%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (19.51%) DNS
2 25 (15.24%) DHCP
3 17 (10.37%) Firewall
4 15 (9.15%) SAN
5 12 (7.32%) WAN
6 11 (6.71%) LAN
7 9 (5.49%) Skype
8 8 (4.88%) MPLS
8 8 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.44%) Internet
9 4 (2.44%) VPN
10 3 (1.83%) Kerberos
10 3 (1.83%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.83%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.22%) Network Security
11 2 (1.22%) SMTP
11 2 (1.22%) VSAN
12 1 (0.61%) FTP
12 1 (0.61%) NAS
12 1 (0.61%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.24%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.10%) Oracle Database
2 10 (6.10%) Power BI
3 5 (3.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 9 (5.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Git
2 1 (0.61%) MSI
2 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.71%) Military
4 10 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.49%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.44%) Banking
6 4 (2.44%) Local Government
6 4 (2.44%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.22%) Finance
8 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (20.73%) Analyst
2 22 (13.41%) Support Engineer
3 20 (12.20%) Architect
4 19 (11.59%) Technical Support
5 17 (10.37%) IT Analyst
6 16 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (7.93%) Desktop Support
7 13 (7.93%) Wintel Engineer
8 10 (6.10%) Desktop Engineer
8 10 (6.10%) Support Analyst
9 9 (5.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 9 (5.49%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (4.88%) Integration Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (4.88%) Test and Integration Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Consultant
11 7 (4.27%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.27%) SailPoint
2 4 (2.44%) REST
3 3 (1.83%) LDAP
4 1 (0.61%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.63%) PKI
2 16 (9.76%) Replication
3 12 (7.32%) Data Centre
4 11 (6.71%) Clustering
5 9 (5.49%) Blog
6 8 (4.88%) Client/Server
7 6 (3.66%) CMDB
8 5 (3.05%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.83%) iPhone
9 3 (1.83%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.22%) IoT
10 2 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.61%) Fat Client
11 1 (0.61%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 112 (68.29%) Windows
2 42 (25.61%) Windows Server
3 29 (17.68%) Windows 10
4 15 (9.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (5.49%) Linux
6 8 (4.88%) Unix
6 8 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (4.27%) VMS
8 6 (3.66%) Android
8 6 (3.66%) Windows 7
9 5 (3.05%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (1.22%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.22%) CentOS
11 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (16.46%) ITIL
3 25 (15.24%) Migration
4 23 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (11.59%) Data Protection
5 19 (11.59%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (9.15%) Agile
7 14 (8.54%) Data Migration
8 13 (7.93%) Decision-Making
8 13 (7.93%) Identity Management
9 12 (7.32%) Application Packaging
9 12 (7.32%) Critical Thinking
9 12 (7.32%) Customer Service
9 12 (7.32%) Mobile Device Management
9 12 (7.32%) Network Management
9 12 (7.32%) Server Management
10 11 (6.71%) Containerisation
10 11 (6.71%) Identity Access Management
11 10 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (5.49%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (21.95%) SQL
2 26 (15.85%) PowerShell
3 7 (4.27%) PL/SQL
4 4 (2.44%) Python
5 1 (0.61%) Bash
5 1 (0.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 78 (47.56%) Security Cleared
2 59 (35.98%) SC Cleared
3 31 (18.90%) Degree
4 20 (12.20%) DV Cleared
5 13 (7.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (7.32%) MCSE
7 10 (6.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (5.49%) MCSA
9 5 (3.05%) SAP Certification
10 4 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.83%) OSCP
12 2 (1.22%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.22%) CISA
12 2 (1.22%) CISM
12 2 (1.22%) CISSP
12 2 (1.22%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.61%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.93%) SLA
2 4 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 36 (21.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (6.71%) Hyper-V
2 11 (6.71%) Virtual Desktop
2 11 (6.71%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (6.71%) Virtual Servers
3 10 (6.10%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (4.88%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (4.27%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.44%) vSphere
7 3 (1.83%) Docker
8 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.61%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.61%) XenApp
9 1 (0.61%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (20.12%) SCCM
2 12 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (6.10%) Microsoft Clustering
3 10 (6.10%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (4.88%) Nagios
4 8 (4.88%) NetBackup
5 7 (4.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (3.66%) Kubernetes
6 6 (3.66%) WSUS
7 5 (3.05%) Ansible
7 5 (3.05%) vCenter Server
8 4 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.22%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (1.22%) OPNET
9 2 (1.22%) SCDPM
9 2 (1.22%) SCOM
9 2 (1.22%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.61%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.61%) HP SIM
10 1 (0.61%) NetIQ Identity Manager
Vendors
1 73 (44.51%) Microsoft
2 47 (28.66%) VMware
3 14 (8.54%) Citrix
4 13 (7.93%) Oracle
5 11 (6.71%) CA
6 8 (4.88%) CyberArk
6 8 (4.88%) Hitachi
6 8 (4.88%) NetApp
7 7 (4.27%) SAP
8 3 (1.83%) Okta
9 2 (1.22%) Apple
9 2 (1.22%) Cisco
9 2 (1.22%) Dell
9 2 (1.22%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.22%) Remedy
9 2 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.22%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.22%) Veritas
10 1 (0.61%) Ivanti
10 1 (0.61%) Splunk