Active Directory Contracts in Basingstoke

Microsoft Active Directory
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 +15
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 31 64 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 22.96% 14.95% 11.87%
As % of the System Software category 73.81% 84.21% 44.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 35 8
10th Percentile £456 £425 £394
25th Percentile £544 £463 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +16.28% +13.16%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £625 - £675
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £538 £549
% change year-on-year +4.65% -2.05% +21.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £15.90
25th Percentile - - £16.51
Median hourly rate - - £18.92
75th Percentile - - £27.06
90th Percentile - - £37.08
Hampshire median hourly rate £19.97 £17.69 £18.50
% change year-on-year +12.89% -4.38% +23.33%

All System Software Skills
Basingstoke

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 42 76 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 31.11% 17.76% 26.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 39 26
10th Percentile £487 - £463
25th Percentile £550 £425 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £595
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +5.04% +16.10%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £633
90th Percentile £650 - £675
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +4.74% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £15.36
25th Percentile - - £15.84
Median hourly rate - - £17.67
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.80%
75th Percentile - - £20.94
90th Percentile - - £32.63
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.50 £57.44 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% +9.40% +144.19%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Basingstoke

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Basingstoke

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Basingstoke

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Basingstoke

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (9.68%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (9.68%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (9.68%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (9.68%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (9.68%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (9.68%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (9.68%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) AWS
2 8 (25.81%) GCP
2 8 (25.81%) IaaS
2 8 (25.81%) OpenShift
2 8 (25.81%) PaaS
3 5 (16.13%) Azure
4 3 (9.68%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (45.16%) DNS
2 11 (35.48%) DHCP
2 11 (35.48%) VPN
3 8 (25.81%) Firewall
3 8 (25.81%) SMTP
4 4 (12.90%) SSL
5 3 (9.68%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (9.68%) DDNS
5 3 (9.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (25.81%) Big Data
1 8 (25.81%) Elasticsearch
General
1 14 (45.16%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Architect
3 11 (35.48%) Support Engineer
4 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Support
4 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (25.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (22.58%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 6 (19.35%) Active Directory Architect
8 3 (9.68%) Exchange Engineer
8 3 (9.68%) Exchange Support
8 3 (9.68%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Architect
10 1 (3.23%) Administrator
10 1 (3.23%) IT Administrator
10 1 (3.23%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 1 (3.23%) Windows Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) PKI
2 8 (25.81%) Clustering
2 8 (25.81%) Data Centre
3 3 (9.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (70.97%) Windows
2 11 (35.48%) Windows Server
3 9 (29.03%) Linux
4 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) DevOps
2 8 (25.81%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (25.81%) Machine Learning
2 8 (25.81%) Software Deployment
3 7 (22.58%) Agile
4 5 (16.13%) Cryptography
4 5 (16.13%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (12.90%) Change Management
5 4 (12.90%) ITIL
5 4 (12.90%) Key Management
5 4 (12.90%) Test Automation
6 3 (9.68%) Architectural Design
6 3 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (9.68%) Content Management
6 3 (9.68%) Digital Identity
6 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Content Management
6 3 (9.68%) ITSM
6 3 (9.68%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (41.94%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.90%) Python
2 4 (12.90%) SQL
3 3 (9.68%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (96.77%) Security Cleared
2 23 (74.19%) DV Cleared
3 12 (38.71%) Degree
4 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (25.81%) BitLocker
1 8 (25.81%) Docker
1 8 (25.81%) Hyper-V
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft App-V
1 8 (25.81%) Terminal Services
1 8 (25.81%) VMware ESXi
1 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.68%) Brightmail
2 3 (9.68%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) Ansible
1 11 (35.48%) vCenter Server
2 8 (25.81%) Kubernetes
2 8 (25.81%) Nagios
2 8 (25.81%) Puppet
2 8 (25.81%) vMotion
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (9.68%) SCCM
3 3 (9.68%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (29.03%) VMware
3 8 (25.81%) Citrix
3 8 (25.81%) Google
3 8 (25.81%) HP
3 8 (25.81%) Symantec
4 4 (12.90%) Cisco
5 3 (9.68%) F5
5 3 (9.68%) SolarWinds
5 3 (9.68%) Thales
6 2 (6.45%) McAfee