Active Directory Contracts in Lancashire

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -14
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 11 19 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.64% 7.85% 8.08%
As % of the System Software category 61.11% 54.29% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 14
10th Percentile £107 £135 £124
25th Percentile £154 £140 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £160 £175
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -8.57% -20.45%
75th Percentile £344 £247 £228
90th Percentile £839 £338 £240
North West median daily rate £350 £350 £250
% change year-on-year - +40.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £19.89 £45.60 -
25th Percentile £20.95 £49.80 £17.75
Median hourly rate £23.34 £52.13 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.23% +31.97% -31.30%
75th Percentile £26.36 - £42.20
90th Percentile £27.79 - £52.13
North West median hourly rate £17.39 £20.00 £18.12
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.41% -

All System Software Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 18 35 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.23% 14.46% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 23
10th Percentile £107 £139 £151
25th Percentile £170 £143 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £183 £325 £230
Median % change year-on-year -43.85% +41.30% -31.55%
75th Percentile £200 £544 £436
90th Percentile £818 £605 £576
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile £23.42 £45.60 -
25th Percentile £31.94 £49.80 £17.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £52.13 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.79% +31.97% -31.30%
75th Percentile £46.18 - £42.20
90th Percentile - - £52.13
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £22.41 £18.12
% change year-on-year -20.93% +23.71% -56.61%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Lancashire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Lancashire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Lancashire over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Lancashire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Lancashire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Preston +8 3 £750 - 4
Blackpool - 2 £200 -
Lancaster - 2 £180 - 3
Accrington 0 1 - -
Burnley - 1 - - 1
Skelmersdale - 1 - - 1
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) IT Technician
2 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory Technician
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Hardware Technician
2 2 (18.18%) IAM Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) ICT Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) iPhone
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Android
3 1 (9.09%) Windows 8
3 1 (9.09%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 2 (18.18%) Security Hardening
3 1 (9.09%) Business Case
3 1 (9.09%) Email Filtering
3 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL
3 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (9.09%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (9.09%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Citrix