Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Blandford Forum

Microsoft Active Directory
Dorset > Blandford Forum

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Blandford Forum requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 5 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Blandford Forum 100.00% 28.57% -
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 40.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 -
75th Percentile £588 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £563 £314 £205
% change year-on-year +79.28% +53.05% +2.50%

All System Software Skills
Blandford Forum

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 Blandford Forum.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blandford Forum 100.00% 71.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - £496 -
25th Percentile £563 £522 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £588 £575 -
90th Percentile - £580 -
Dorset median daily rate £388 £550 £315
% change year-on-year -29.55% +74.60% -30.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Blandford Forum

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Blandford Forum

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Blandford Forum

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Blandford Forum citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blandford Forum 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) OPNET
1 1 (100.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle