Active Directory Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 21 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 164 283 398
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.97% 8.30% 7.93%
As % of the System Software category 64.06% 58.59% 58.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 212 286
10th Percentile £146 £135 £120
25th Percentile £186 £171 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £375 £230
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +63.04% -14.81%
75th Percentile £434 £526 £419
90th Percentile £625 £663 £575
England median daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.35% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 37
10th Percentile £14.77 £12.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.74 £14.88 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.98 £16.94 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.14% -3.23% +25.00%
75th Percentile £22.80 £23.24 £20.51
90th Percentile £37.83 £40.25 £23.75
England median hourly rate £17.60 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -7.39% +8.57% +9.38%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 256 483 680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.33% 14.16% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 341 476
10th Percentile £150 £158 £132
25th Percentile £210 £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £547 £569 £500
90th Percentile £638 £690 £588
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 26 40
10th Percentile £14.77 £12.60 £10.73
25th Percentile £15.74 £15.25 £13.47
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.25 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +11.59% +18.97%
75th Percentile £22.80 £48.13 £20.51
90th Percentile £37.83 £65.00 £23.75
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +150.00% +5.26%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
West Midlands -4 101 £350 -10.26% 101
East Midlands -1 60 £275 +10.00% 62
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 39 (23.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (15.85%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.05%) JBoss
4 2 (1.22%) IIS
4 2 (1.22%) WordPress
5 1 (0.61%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (7.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.61%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.61%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 86 (52.44%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (34.15%) Azure
3 30 (18.29%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.76%) OneDrive
5 12 (7.32%) AWS
6 9 (5.49%) Power Platform
7 8 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (4.27%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.66%) Power Automate
10 5 (3.05%) CloudFront
10 5 (3.05%) OpenShift
10 5 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.83%) SaaS
12 2 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.61%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.61%) IaaS
13 1 (0.61%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.61%) PaaS
13 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 42 (25.61%) DNS
2 20 (12.20%) VPN
3 18 (10.98%) DHCP
4 17 (10.37%) LAN
5 15 (9.15%) WAN
6 12 (7.32%) SAN
7 11 (6.71%) Firewall
7 11 (6.71%) TCP/IP
8 10 (6.10%) NetScaler
9 9 (5.49%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (4.88%) Fibre Channel
10 8 (4.88%) VoIP
11 6 (3.66%) Network Security
11 6 (3.66%) Unified Communications
12 5 (3.05%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (2.44%) Ethernet
13 4 (2.44%) VLAN
14 3 (1.83%) Wireless
15 2 (1.22%) Internet
15 2 (1.22%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.54%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (7.93%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.66%) Power BI
4 5 (3.05%) RDBMS
4 5 (3.05%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.61%) MySQL
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (6.71%) JIRA
2 6 (3.66%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.05%) Bitbucket Server
3 5 (3.05%) CA Release Automation
3 5 (3.05%) Git
3 5 (3.05%) SonarQube
3 5 (3.05%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (3.05%) TeamCity
General
1 49 (29.88%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.15%) Public Sector
3 11 (6.71%) Finance
4 7 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.66%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.05%) Retail
7 4 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.44%) Legal
8 3 (1.83%) Banking
9 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.61%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Military
10 1 (0.61%) Police
10 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (19.51%) Support Engineer
2 22 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (12.20%) Analyst
4 18 (10.98%) 2nd Line Support
5 16 (9.76%) IT Support
5 16 (9.76%) Service Desk Analyst
6 15 (9.15%) Service Analyst
7 14 (8.54%) IT Engineer
8 12 (7.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 12 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 10 (6.10%) Architect
9 10 (6.10%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (5.49%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 9 (5.49%) Administrator
10 9 (5.49%) Deployment Engineer
10 9 (5.49%) SIEM Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Senior
11 7 (4.27%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.54%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (5.49%) SAML
3 8 (4.88%) OAuth
4 5 (3.05%) LDAP
4 5 (3.05%) OAuth2
4 5 (3.05%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.83%) OpenID
5 3 (1.83%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.83%) Web Services
6 2 (1.22%) LAMP
7 1 (0.61%) ADO
7 1 (0.61%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.61%) EDI
7 1 (0.61%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.32%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (6.71%) Driving Licence
2 11 (6.71%) PKI
3 6 (3.66%) Digital Signage
4 5 (3.05%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.44%) Clustering
5 4 (2.44%) Fat Client
5 4 (2.44%) iPad
5 4 (2.44%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.22%) IVR
7 2 (1.22%) Replication
7 2 (1.22%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.61%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.61%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 142 (86.59%) Windows
2 66 (40.24%) Windows Server
3 50 (30.49%) Windows 10
4 27 (16.46%) Linux
5 15 (9.15%) Ubuntu
5 15 (9.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (7.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (6.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (4.88%) Mac OS
9 6 (3.66%) Apple iOS
9 6 (3.66%) Windows 7
10 4 (2.44%) CentOS
11 3 (1.83%) VMS
12 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.61%) Android
13 1 (0.61%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.61%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.90%) Customer Service
2 26 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (10.37%) ITIL
5 14 (8.54%) RBAC
6 13 (7.93%) Patch Management
7 12 (7.32%) Migration
8 11 (6.71%) Change Management
8 11 (6.71%) CI/CD
9 10 (6.10%) Application Packaging
9 10 (6.10%) Infrastructure Monitoring
9 10 (6.10%) Mobile Device Management
10 9 (5.49%) SIEM
10 9 (5.49%) Task Automation
10 9 (5.49%) Visualisation
11 8 (4.88%) Data Pipeline
11 8 (4.88%) DataOps
11 8 (4.88%) Mentoring
12 7 (4.27%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (4.27%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.34%) PowerShell
2 11 (6.71%) Python
2 11 (6.71%) SQL
3 8 (4.88%) Bash
3 8 (4.88%) R
4 5 (3.05%) Perl
5 1 (0.61%) C#
5 1 (0.61%) Ruby
5 1 (0.61%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 20 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.54%) Degree
3 14 (8.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.05%) AWS Certification
4 5 (3.05%) MCITP
4 5 (3.05%) MCTS
5 4 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.44%) MCSE
6 3 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.22%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (1.22%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.22%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.22%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.61%) MCDST
8 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.44%) SLA
2 1 (0.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (10.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (6.71%) Virtual Desktop
2 11 (6.71%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (6.10%) Docker
3 10 (6.10%) vSphere
3 10 (6.10%) XenApp
3 10 (6.10%) XenDesktop
4 8 (4.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 8 (4.88%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.88%) iptables
5 6 (3.66%) VMware NSX
5 6 (3.66%) VMware Server
6 4 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.83%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (18.90%) SCCM
2 24 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (8.54%) Kibana
4 10 (6.10%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (6.10%) vCenter Server
5 9 (5.49%) logstash
6 6 (3.66%) Autotask
6 6 (3.66%) Progress Chef
7 5 (3.05%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.83%) SCOM
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.61%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.61%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.61%) Terraform
9 1 (0.61%) VxRail
9 1 (0.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 82 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (19.51%) VMware
3 14 (8.54%) Citrix
4 10 (6.10%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.49%) NetApp
6 7 (4.27%) Oracle
7 6 (3.66%) Apple
7 6 (3.66%) Cisco
7 6 (3.66%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.66%) Splunk
8 5 (3.05%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.83%) Aruba
9 3 (1.83%) Datto
9 3 (1.83%) Okta
9 3 (1.83%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.83%) Remedy
9 3 (1.83%) Veeam
10 2 (1.22%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.22%) ProCurve
10 2 (1.22%) Synology