Active Directory Contracts in Staffordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 7 3
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 +14
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 7 23 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 6.80% 15.44% 15.96%
As % of the System Software category 70.00% 69.70% 81.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 20 21
10th Percentile £319 £159 £120
25th Percentile £347 £160 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £175 £168
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% +4.48% -21.18%
75th Percentile £450 £196 £185
90th Percentile £563 £294 £208
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £390 £283
% change year-on-year -10.26% +38.05% -5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.52
25th Percentile - £22.13 £16.05
Median hourly rate - £24.25 £18.60
Median % change year-on-year - +30.38% +55.00%
75th Percentile - £26.38 £21.80
90th Percentile - - £23.72
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.80 £16.94 £17.00
% change year-on-year +5.11% -0.38% +13.33%

All System Software Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10 33 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 9.71% 22.15% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 26
10th Percentile £281 - £120
25th Percentile £316 £160 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £178 £173
Median % change year-on-year +111.27% +2.90% -54.75%
75th Percentile £528 £303 £206
90th Percentile £606 £463 £413
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £475 £405
% change year-on-year -15.79% +17.28% +15.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £32.28 £14.52
25th Percentile - £47.50 £16.05
Median hourly rate - £49.50 £18.60
Median % change year-on-year - +166.13% +55.00%
75th Percentile - £52.50 £21.80
90th Percentile - - £23.72
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.80 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -3.78% +12.12% +10.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Stoke-on-Trent -4 2 £463 +131.25% 9
Burton-upon-Trent - 2 - - 1
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) IaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Mimecast
2 1 (14.29%) PaaS
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (14.29%) Application Security
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (14.29%) OWASP
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike