Active Directory Contracts in Cheltenham

Microsoft Active Directory
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham 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 31 32
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 -14
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 6.45% 1.61% 1.92%
As % of the System Software category 19.05% 9.09% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £243 £261 £192
25th Percentile £288 £374 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 £300
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +91.67% -
75th Percentile £463 £738 £375
90th Percentile £508 £828 £405
Gloucestershire median daily rate £425 £225 £400
% change year-on-year +88.89% -43.75% +100.00%

All System Software Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 21 33 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 33.87% 17.74% 18.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 29 19
10th Percentile £513 £510 £310
25th Percentile £575 £525 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.23% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile - £728 £750
Gloucestershire median daily rate £600 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Cheltenham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Cheltenham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Cheltenham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Cheltenham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Kerberos
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Reinsurance
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VMware