Active Directory Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 24 11
Rank change year-on-year +19 -13 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 23 4 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 23.47% 2.42% 12.50%
As % of the System Software category 71.88% 50.00% 54.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 11
10th Percentile £212 - £160
25th Percentile £268 £198 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £205 £200
Median % change year-on-year +125.61% +2.50% -46.67%
75th Percentile £653 £213 £413
90th Percentile £728 - £525
South West median daily rate £450 £300 £475
% change year-on-year +50.00% -36.84% +58.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 14
10th Percentile £15.45 - £13.25
25th Percentile £15.90 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.78 £14.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.86% -22.22% -62.10%
75th Percentile £17.65 - £57.25
90th Percentile £18.08 - £59.06
South West median hourly rate £18.25 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -54.38% +122.22% -59.55%

All System Software Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 32 8 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 32.65% 4.85% 23.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 3 28
10th Percentile £223 £238 £200
25th Percentile £409 £299 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £472 £520
90th Percentile £675 £485 £538
South West median daily rate £550 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +8.37% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 19
10th Percentile £15.45 - £13.25
25th Percentile £15.90 £14.00 £17.06
Median hourly rate £16.78 £42.33 £54.83
Median % change year-on-year -60.36% -22.80% +8.00%
75th Percentile £17.65 £70.66 £61.35
90th Percentile £18.08 - £63.23
South West median hourly rate £40.63 £68.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -40.91% +14.58% +21.24%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Dorset

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Dorset

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Dorset

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Dorset

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bournemouth +12 15 £500 +143.90% 18
Blandford Forum - 4 £575 -
Poole - 1 £413 - 2
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 13 (56.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (39.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (82.61%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (56.52%) Azure
2 13 (56.52%) Entra ID
3 9 (39.13%) OneDrive
4 6 (26.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 6 (26.09%) Google Workspace
4 6 (26.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Skype
2 4 (17.39%) VLAN
2 4 (17.39%) VoIP
2 4 (17.39%) VPN
3 3 (13.04%) DHCP
3 3 (13.04%) DNS
3 3 (13.04%) LAN
3 3 (13.04%) WAN
3 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (4.35%) Firewall
4 1 (4.35%) NAS
4 1 (4.35%) Network Security
4 1 (4.35%) SAN
4 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 12 (52.17%) Legal
3 7 (30.43%) Finance
4 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Wintel Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Site Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Wintel Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Desktop Support
5 2 (8.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Service Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Build Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) IT Support
6 1 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (13.04%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
1 9 (39.13%) Windows 10
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Migration
2 6 (26.09%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) B2B
2 6 (26.09%) Change Management
2 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (26.09%) Data Loss Prevention
2 6 (26.09%) E-Discovery
2 6 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (26.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 6 (26.09%) Validation
3 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
4 4 (17.39%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) NsoIT
4 4 (17.39%) Service Management
4 4 (17.39%) System Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (8.70%) Ticket Management
7 1 (4.35%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) PowerShell
2 10 (43.48%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) MCSE
2 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (17.39%) WSUS
3 3 (13.04%) AppManager
3 3 (13.04%) PingFederate
3 3 (13.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Google
3 4 (17.39%) VMware
4 3 (13.04%) Ivanti