Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Buckinghamshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 27 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -2 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing Active Directory | 22 | 22 | 60 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire | 7.97% | 4.90% | 6.80% |
| As % of the System Software category | 66.67% | 48.89% | 60.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 20 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | £215 | £174 | £189 |
| 25th Percentile | £237 | £224 | £245 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £274 | £416 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.11% | -2.10% | -6.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £406 | £476 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £485 | £486 | £559 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £515 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.94% | +21.18% | +13.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £22.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £23.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.00 | £17.80 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +57.30% | -20.89% | +47.54% |
All System Software Skills
Buckinghamshire
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 Buckinghamshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 33 | 45 | 99 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire | 11.96% | 10.02% | 11.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 38 | 87 |
| 10th Percentile | £211 | £214 | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £280 | £407 | £319 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £331 | £478 | £455 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.79% | +4.95% | -9.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £456 | £504 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £544 | £625 | £566 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £533 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.10% | +6.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £35.58 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £36.17 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +60.73% | +73.08% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £36.75 | £23.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £57.50 | £54.88 | £51.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.78% | +7.07% | +156.25% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire
Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Buckinghamshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Buckinghamshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | 0 | 12 | £400 | +8.00% | 17 |
| Newport Pagnell | - | 8 | - | - | |
| Active Directory South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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: