Active Directory Contracts in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 14 33 14
Rank change year-on-year +19 -19 +5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 29 27 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.58% 6.29% 14.80%
As % of the System Software category 42.03% 34.62% 47.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 56
10th Percentile £207 £181 £200
25th Percentile £226 £208 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £225 £400
Median % change year-on-year +88.89% -43.75% +100.00%
75th Percentile £500 £497 £525
90th Percentile £840 £603 £600
South West median daily rate £450 £300 £475
% change year-on-year +50.00% -36.84% +58.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.00
Median hourly rate - - £12.00
75th Percentile - - £13.00
90th Percentile - - -
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
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 69 78 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 25.18% 18.18% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 61 112
10th Percentile £227 £210 £275
25th Percentile £425 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £700 £625 £600
90th Percentile £775 £725 £711
South West median daily rate £550 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +8.37% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £24.95
25th Percentile - - £45.88
Median hourly rate - - £66.50
75th Percentile - - £76.13
90th Percentile - - £77.25
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 Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Gloucestershire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Gloucestershire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Gloucestershire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Gloucestershire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester +6 15 £425 -5.56% 23
Cheltenham +12 4 £375 -34.78% 24
Cirencester +2 1 £450 -28.00%
Lechlade - 1 £450 -
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 11 (37.93%) SharePoint
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (10.34%) Confluence
4 1 (3.45%) IIS
4 1 (3.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (68.97%) Azure
2 14 (48.28%) Entra ID
3 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (10.34%) SaaS
5 2 (6.90%) AWS
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Stack
6 1 (3.45%) Google Workspace
6 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) DNS
2 4 (13.79%) VPN
3 2 (6.90%) DHCP
3 2 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.45%) Firewall
4 1 (3.45%) Kerberos
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Support Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Architect
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Active Directory Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) IAM Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) SailPoint Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Active Directory Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Active Directory Technician
4 2 (6.90%) Administrator
4 2 (6.90%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support
4 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Hardware Technician
4 2 (6.90%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) IT Technician
4 2 (6.90%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Wintel Administrator
5 1 (3.45%) Wintel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) SailPoint
2 2 (6.90%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (13.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (13.79%) iPad
2 4 (13.79%) iPhone
3 3 (10.34%) PKI
3 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Reinsurance
4 1 (3.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.45%) Android
5 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.45%) Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.45%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Task Automation
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 6 (20.69%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (13.79%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
4 4 (13.79%) Inventory Management
4 4 (13.79%) Time Management
5 3 (10.34%) Agile
5 3 (10.34%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (10.34%) Zero Trust
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Desktop Virtualisation
6 2 (6.90%) Migration
6 2 (6.90%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (6.90%) RBAC
6 2 (6.90%) Requirements Workshops
6 2 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (6.90%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) SQL
3 1 (3.45%) VB
3 1 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) Security Cleared
2 20 (68.97%) SC Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) DV Cleared
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (10.34%) Degree
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.45%) MCP
6 1 (3.45%) MCSA
6 1 (3.45%) MCSE
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) NCSC
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (13.79%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (6.90%) vSphere
5 1 (3.45%) BitLocker
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (3.45%) NetApp OnCommand
3 1 (3.45%) SCCM
3 1 (3.45%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.45%) vMotion
3 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) McAfee
2 5 (17.24%) VMware
3 2 (6.90%) Citrix
4 1 (3.45%) Dell
4 1 (3.45%) Symantec