Active Directory Contracts in Birmingham

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 19 38 16
Rank change year-on-year +19 -22 +27
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 33 29 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.32% 3.75% 7.96%
As % of the System Software category 52.38% 56.86% 64.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 26 45
10th Percentile £108 £168 £133
25th Percentile £164 £190 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £598 £383 £575
90th Percentile £695 £556 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £350 £380
% change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £14.49 £15.44
25th Percentile - £15.40 £15.74
Median hourly rate - £17.27 £16.48
Median % change year-on-year - +4.79% +9.87%
75th Percentile - £18.79 £17.74
90th Percentile - £19.48 £18.35
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.16 £17.80 £16.48
% change year-on-year -3.60% +8.01% -4.46%

All System Software Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 63 51 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.07% 6.60% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 39 64
10th Percentile £125 £187 £151
25th Percentile £190 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £689 £456 £600
90th Percentile £700 £618 £713
West Midlands median daily rate £476 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +19.00% -15.79% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £14.49 £15.44
25th Percentile - £15.40 £15.74
Median hourly rate - £17.27 £16.48
Median % change year-on-year - +4.79% +9.87%
75th Percentile - £18.79 £17.74
90th Percentile - £19.48 £18.35
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £17.80 £17.72
% change year-on-year +1.85% +0.47% +5.78%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Birmingham

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Birmingham

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Birmingham

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (18.18%) IIS
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (42.42%) Azure
3 13 (39.39%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.06%) IaaS
4 2 (6.06%) PaaS
4 2 (6.06%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.06%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (6.06%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.06%) Tableau
General
1 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.12%) Legal
4 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Support Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Service Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) IT Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 4 (12.12%) Support Officer
5 3 (9.09%) Active Directory Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Applications Support
5 3 (9.09%) Applications Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) HTML
1 6 (18.18%) Middleware
2 3 (9.09%) .NET
3 2 (6.06%) LDAP
3 2 (6.06%) OAuth
3 2 (6.06%) SAML
3 2 (6.06%) Software Packaging
3 2 (6.06%) Web Services
4 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.03%) PMI
2 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (39.39%) Windows
2 6 (18.18%) Android
3 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
4 2 (6.06%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (30.30%) Customer Service
2 10 (30.30%) ITIL
3 7 (21.21%) Incident Management
4 6 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
4 6 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Service Management
6 3 (9.09%) Agile
6 3 (9.09%) Asset Management
6 3 (9.09%) Change Management
6 3 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.09%) Time Management
6 3 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (6.06%) Problem Management
7 2 (6.06%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.06%) Requirements Workshops
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) PowerShell
2 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 6 (18.18%) SQL
3 3 (9.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) DV Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) Degree
4 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
4 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
4 2 (6.06%) MCP
4 2 (6.06%) Tableau Certification
5 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.06%) PMO
2 1 (3.03%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) SCCM
2 2 (6.06%) Grafana
2 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.03%) Ansible
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (78.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.06%) Citrix
3 2 (6.06%) Dell
3 2 (6.06%) HP
4 1 (3.03%) AVEVA
4 1 (3.03%) Snow