Active Directory Contracts in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 8 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 21 27 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.33% 10.80% 12.45%
As % of the System Software category 51.22% 61.36% 65.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 29
10th Percentile - £185 £149
25th Percentile £128 £250 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £300 £200
Median % change year-on-year -51.67% +50.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £158 £400 £388
90th Percentile £499 £563 £800
South East median daily rate £480 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +12.94% +13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £16.05 - -
25th Percentile £16.13 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.69 £18.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -4.38% +19.35% +10.71%

All System Software Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 41 44 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 18.22% 17.60% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 28 44
10th Percentile £128 £193 £150
25th Percentile £133 £250 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £375 £225
Median % change year-on-year -61.33% +66.67% -43.75%
75th Percentile £500 £450 £438
90th Percentile £565 £559 £601
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £16.23 - -
25th Percentile £23.75 - -
Median hourly rate £48.75 £55.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +175.00% -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £50.75 £54.03 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.07% +170.15% -4.76%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Oxfordshire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Oxfordshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Oxfordshire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Oxfordshire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Faringdon - 4 £141 -
Oxford -1 3 £135 -66.25% 6
Abingdon -3 3 £145 -27.50% 1
Banbury -2 2 £525 +73.55% 1
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (9.52%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (23.81%) Azure
3 3 (14.29%) SaaS
4 2 (9.52%) AWS
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (9.52%) Google Workspace
4 2 (9.52%) IaaS
4 2 (9.52%) PaaS
5 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
1 4 (19.05%) WAN
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (9.52%) DNS
2 2 (9.52%) LAN
2 2 (9.52%) SAN
2 2 (9.52%) VPN
2 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (9.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) MySQL
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Police
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory Technician
1 8 (38.10%) IT Technician
2 7 (33.33%) IT Support
3 6 (28.57%) Hardware Technician
4 5 (23.81%) IT Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
5 4 (19.05%) 1st Line Engineer
5 4 (19.05%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (14.29%) Support Technician
7 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support Technician
7 2 (9.52%) Active Directory Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Active Directory Support
7 2 (9.52%) First Line Help Desk Support
7 2 (9.52%) Help Desk Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Help Desk Support
7 2 (9.52%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (9.52%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) CCTV
1 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (80.95%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 2 (9.52%) Android
3 2 (9.52%) Linux
3 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (9.52%) Ubuntu
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (19.05%) Time Management
3 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (9.52%) Coaching
4 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Information Security
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (9.52%) IT Strategy
4 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
4 2 (9.52%) People Management
4 2 (9.52%) Project Management
4 2 (9.52%) Server Management
4 2 (9.52%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (4.76%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.76%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.76%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
2 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) SCCM
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) PaperCut
3 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco
2 4 (19.05%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) Aruba
3 2 (9.52%) Google
3 2 (9.52%) HP
3 2 (9.52%) Meraki
3 2 (9.52%) Nimble Storage
3 2 (9.52%) Red Hat
3 2 (9.52%) Sage
3 2 (9.52%) Veeam
3 2 (9.52%) WatchGuard
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) Workday