Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Crewe

Microsoft Active Directory
Cheshire > Crewe

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Crewe requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Crewe 12.90% - 40.00%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £334 - -
25th Percentile £336 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £200
75th Percentile £354 - £219
90th Percentile £363 - £253
Cheshire median daily rate £340 £400 £323
% change year-on-year -15.00% +24.03% -19.38%

All System Software Skills
Crewe

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 Crewe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Crewe 12.90% 12.90% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £334 - -
25th Percentile £336 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £750 £200
Median % change year-on-year -54.67% +275.00% -
75th Percentile £354 - £219
90th Percentile £363 - £253
Cheshire median daily rate £388 £405 £413
% change year-on-year -4.20% -1.94% -4.07%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Crewe

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Crewe

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Crewe citing Active Directory

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Hourly Rate Trend in Crewe

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Crewe citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Crewe citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crewe 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 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (25.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Clustering
1 3 (75.00%) Nagios
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft