Microsoft Active Directory
Manchester > Bolton
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 | 5 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +2 | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing Active Directory | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton | 31.25% | 12.50% | 9.68% |
| As % of the System Software category | 100.00% | 100.00% | 37.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £178 | £175 | £168 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £190 | £200 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +14.29% | -23.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £200 | £225 | £183 |
| 90th Percentile | £250 | - | - |
| Manchester median daily rate | £383 | £450 | £469 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.88% | -4.00% | +44.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £30.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £36.00 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £46.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £56.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £62.00 |
| Manchester median hourly rate | £29.00 | £12.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +141.67% | -40.00% | +10.41% |
All System Software Skills
Bolton
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 Bolton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton | 31.25% | 12.50% | 25.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £178 | £175 | £168 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £190 | £200 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +14.29% | -23.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £200 | £225 | £183 |
| 90th Percentile | £250 | - | - |
| Manchester median daily rate | £475 | £463 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.70% | -7.50% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £49.40 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £65.40 |
| Manchester median hourly rate | £55.75 | £12.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +364.58% | -56.36% | +51.81% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton
Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bolton.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Bolton.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Bolton.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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: