Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Microsoft Active Directory
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 3 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 12.00% 21.05% 37.50%
As % of the System Software category 42.86% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £59 £209 -
25th Percentile £86 £253 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £131 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year -59.78% +30.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £175 - £388
90th Percentile £202 - £395
Bedfordshire median daily rate £220 £325 £250
% change year-on-year -32.31% +30.00% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £41.45 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.17% - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £41.45 £30.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +38.17% -42.86% +329.27%

All System Software Skills
Bedford

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 Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 7 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 28.00% 21.05% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £113 £209 -
25th Percentile £220 £253 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +30.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £638 - £388
90th Percentile - - £395
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 £325 £425
% change year-on-year +46.15% -23.53% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £41.45 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.17% - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £90.00 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +125.00% -27.27% +295.83%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Bedford

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Bedford over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Bedford

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Smartphone
2 1 (33.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Barracuda Networks
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Progress