Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 15 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 85 83 130
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 6.33% 9.25% 10.08%
As % of the System Software category 46.70% 50.30% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 60 32
10th Percentile £190 £200 £165
25th Percentile £447 £360 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £275
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +70.91% -49.36%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £552
90th Percentile £640 £691 £600
South East median daily rate £481 £436 £325
% change year-on-year +10.32% +34.23% -17.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 14
10th Percentile - - £15.50
25th Percentile £44.86 - £19.43
Median hourly rate £48.72 £19.97 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +143.97% -50.08% +116.22%
75th Percentile £52.58 - £55.00
90th Percentile - - £71.52
South East median hourly rate £87.00 £19.97 £33.50
% change year-on-year +335.65% -40.39% +81.08%

All System Software Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 182 165 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.55% 18.39% 19.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 117 85
10th Percentile £228 £258 £214
25th Percentile £469 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £669 £675 £673
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 31
10th Percentile £45.14 £42.50 £19.25
25th Percentile £45.56 £56.59 £35.00
Median hourly rate £48.72 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.05% +8.33% +150.00%
75th Percentile £56.42 £74.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £58.72 £82.88 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £59.88 £60.00
% change year-on-year +35.28% -0.21% +135.29%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Hampshire over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Hampshire

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
Basingstoke +11 46 £500 -16.67% 14
Portsmouth -15 10 £190 -47.22% 7
Fleet - 8 £508 -
Eastleigh -2 4 £500 +60.00%
Farnborough -20 4 £500 -21.88% 3
Southampton -5 2 £190 -50.33% 7
Havant -8 2 £163 -75.00% 1
Winchester -2 1 £190 -64.00% 1
Hook -2 1 £800 +60.00%
Fareham -8 1 £275 -38.89% 2
Andover -12 1 £213 -10.53%
Hayling Island - 1 £650 -
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (18.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (10.59%) SharePoint
3 8 (9.41%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (8.24%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (8.24%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (8.24%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (8.24%) Office Communications Server
4 7 (8.24%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (8.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.18%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (10.59%) Azure
3 6 (7.06%) AWS
3 6 (7.06%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.88%) GCP
5 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.71%) DNS
2 17 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 17 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
2 17 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
2 17 (20.00%) Junos
3 13 (15.29%) Firewall
4 11 (12.94%) DHCP
5 8 (9.41%) SAN
6 7 (8.24%) DDNS
6 7 (8.24%) VPN
7 2 (2.35%) SSL
8 1 (1.18%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.18%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.18%) Kerberos
8 1 (1.18%) LAN
8 1 (1.18%) SNMP
8 1 (1.18%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.18%) VoIP
8 1 (1.18%) VSAN
8 1 (1.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Robot Framework
1 3 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.88%) Finance
4 4 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.35%) Military
6 1 (1.18%) Banking
6 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (31.76%) Support Engineer
2 22 (25.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 17 (20.00%) Network Engineer
4 16 (18.82%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 16 (18.82%) 3rd Line Support
4 16 (18.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 16 (18.82%) Architect
4 16 (18.82%) Cloud Engineer
4 16 (18.82%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 15 (17.65%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 15 (17.65%) Network Support
5 15 (17.65%) Network Support Engineer
6 10 (11.76%) Deployment Engineer
7 9 (10.59%) Exchange Engineer
8 7 (8.24%) Exchange Support
9 6 (7.06%) IT Support
10 5 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) LDAP
1 3 (3.53%) OAuth
1 3 (3.53%) SAML
2 1 (1.18%) OpenID
2 1 (1.18%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.00%) PKI
2 10 (11.76%) Fat Client
2 10 (11.76%) Thin Client
3 8 (9.41%) Replication
4 4 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.35%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (82.35%) Windows
2 32 (37.65%) Windows Server
3 16 (18.82%) Windows 10
4 10 (11.76%) Windows 7
5 7 (8.24%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (4.71%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.53%) Linux
8 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) ITSM
2 20 (23.53%) Service Management
3 19 (22.35%) Agile
4 15 (17.65%) ITIL
5 14 (16.47%) Prototyping
6 12 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (12.94%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (11.76%) Open Source
9 9 (10.59%) High Availability
10 8 (9.41%) Identity Access Management
11 7 (8.24%) Architectural Design
11 7 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (8.24%) Change Management
11 7 (8.24%) Content Management
11 7 (8.24%) Enterprise Content Management
11 7 (8.24%) Enterprise Search
11 7 (8.24%) Zero Trust
12 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (7.06%) Privileged Access Management
12 6 (7.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 20 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 13 (15.29%) Python
3 4 (4.71%) Bash
4 3 (3.53%) SQL
5 1 (1.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 64 (75.29%) Security Cleared
2 45 (52.94%) DV Cleared
3 17 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.35%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.35%) Degree
5 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.35%) MCSE
6 1 (1.18%) MCSA
6 1 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) GDPR
2 5 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.18%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.18%) NIST
3 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (21.18%) VMware NSX
2 10 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.24%) Brightmail
3 7 (8.24%) ISA Server
4 2 (2.35%) vSphere
5 1 (1.18%) NFS
5 1 (1.18%) Sendmail
5 1 (1.18%) UAG
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (27.06%) vCenter Server
2 10 (11.76%) SCCM
2 10 (11.76%) WMI
3 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (7.06%) SCOM
5 5 (5.88%) Ansible
5 5 (5.88%) Terraform
6 3 (3.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.18%) Avamar
8 1 (1.18%) Backup Exec
8 1 (1.18%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (1.18%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.18%) VxRail
8 1 (1.18%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (1.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 41 (48.24%) Microsoft
2 32 (37.65%) VMware
3 18 (21.18%) Cisco
4 17 (20.00%) Juniper
4 17 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 4 (4.71%) Citrix
5 4 (4.71%) CyberArk
6 2 (2.35%) Thales
6 2 (2.35%) Veeam
7 1 (1.18%) Acronis
7 1 (1.18%) Broadcom
7 1 (1.18%) Dell
7 1 (1.18%) McAfee
7 1 (1.18%) NetApp
7 1 (1.18%) NetIQ
7 1 (1.18%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.18%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.18%) Remedy
7 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.18%) Symantec