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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 15 | 42 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | -10 | -16 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Active Directory | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 4.94% | 1.97% | 1.10% |
| As % of the System Software category | 25.00% | 7.58% | 6.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £220 | £246 | £409 |
| 25th Percentile | £231 | £336 | £459 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £260 | £525 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -50.48% | -6.67% | +25.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £288 | £619 | £659 |
| 90th Percentile | £298 | £653 | £706 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £325 | £470 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.85% | -4.08% | +145.00% |
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.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 16 | 66 | 33 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 19.75% | 25.98% | 18.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 42 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £357 | £519 | £502 |
| 25th Percentile | £531 | £525 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £555 | £563 | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.33% | -4.26% | +15.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £630 | £691 |
| 90th Percentile | £678 | £689 | £730 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £463 | £550 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.91% | +0.92% | +6.34% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £90.00 |
| Gloucestershire median hourly rate | - | - | £78.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +90.10% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Active Directory.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Active Directory.
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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: