Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Fleet

Microsoft Active Directory
Hampshire > Fleet

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Fleet requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Fleet 20.59% - -
As % of the System Software category 58.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £447 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £539 - -
90th Percentile £567 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £541 £500
% change year-on-year -7.49% +8.10% -

All System Software Skills
Fleet

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 Fleet.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fleet 35.29% 40.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile £540 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £505 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Fleet

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Fleet

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Daily Rate Trend in Fleet

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

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Fleet

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Fleet over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Fleet

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Hourly Rate Trend in Fleet

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

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

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fleet 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 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) Entra ID
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) GCP
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) Kerberos
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Project Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth
1 1 (14.29%) OpenID
1 1 (14.29%) SailPoint
1 1 (14.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Mac OS
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (71.43%) Zero Trust
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
2 4 (57.14%) IT Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Application Packaging
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) RBAC
5 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (57.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) GDPR
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) CyberArk
4 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow