Active Directory Contracts in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 48 9
Rank change year-on-year +28 -39 +8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 26 29 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.15% 3.46% 12.64%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 50.00% 63.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 26 87
10th Percentile £450 £240 £163
25th Percentile £463 £336 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +41.13% +100.00%
75th Percentile £588 £722 £700
90th Percentile £613 £738 £724
East of England median daily rate £375 £265 £350
% change year-on-year +41.51% -24.29% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile - - £16.89
25th Percentile £61.50 £17.00 £17.47
Median hourly rate £63.00 £18.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year +250.00% -56.10% +86.36%
75th Percentile £66.00 £21.38 £64.88
90th Percentile - £22.80 £65.55
East of England median hourly rate £15.44 £14.16 £16.50
% change year-on-year +9.04% -14.18% +6.45%

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 39 58 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 12.23% 6.91% 20.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 43 122
10th Percentile £450 £250 £176
25th Percentile £465 £341 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £435
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +12.07% +2.35%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £700
90th Percentile £613 £725 £750
East of England median daily rate £470 £425 £430
% change year-on-year +10.59% -1.16% +1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 17
10th Percentile - £17.00 £38.62
25th Percentile £61.50 £19.13 £60.00
Median hourly rate £64.50 £87.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.29% +33.59% +181.72%
75th Percentile £66.00 £88.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.50 £89.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £21.46 £14.16 £24.62
% change year-on-year +51.55% -42.49% +58.84%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Stevenage +42 18 £500 +65.98% 6
Hatfield +7 1 £500 +104.08%
Welwyn Garden City -3 1 £675 +309.09% 1
Hitchin - 1 £575 - 2
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (26.92%) WebSphere
2 5 (19.23%) Skype for Business
3 4 (15.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Cohesity
2 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.69%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Firewall
2 7 (26.92%) Skype
3 6 (23.08%) SAN
4 5 (19.23%) DNS
5 4 (15.38%) IMAP
5 4 (15.38%) SMTP
6 1 (3.85%) Kerberos
6 1 (3.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) DB2
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) GitLab
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Electronics
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Law
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing
4 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.85%) Military
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Architect
2 5 (19.23%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (19.23%) Systems Architect
3 4 (15.38%) Information Architect
3 4 (15.38%) Information Systems Architect
3 4 (15.38%) Messaging Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Information Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Information Systems Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Solutions Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Active Directory Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Exchange Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Management Information System
1 7 (26.92%) Operational Technology
2 5 (19.23%) Blackberry
3 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.69%) PKI
3 2 (7.69%) Smartcard
3 2 (7.69%) YubiKey
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.85%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) Apple iOS
2 7 (26.92%) Windows Server
3 6 (23.08%) Linux
4 2 (7.69%) Unix
4 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Agile
2 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (34.62%) Validation
4 7 (26.92%) Coaching
4 7 (26.92%) Computer Security
4 7 (26.92%) Incident Management
4 7 (26.92%) Information Management
4 7 (26.92%) Software Testing
5 6 (23.08%) Project Management
5 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
6 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
6 5 (19.23%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Strategy
8 3 (11.54%) Business Case
8 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (7.69%) Data Protection
9 2 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (7.69%) Problem Management
9 2 (7.69%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 10 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 8 (30.77%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
5 1 (3.85%) CISM
5 1 (3.85%) CISSP
5 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) GxP
2 2 (7.69%) NIST
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.85%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) WSUS
2 4 (15.38%) SCCM
3 3 (11.54%) Ansible
4 2 (7.69%) Nessus
4 2 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
5 1 (3.85%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 8 (30.77%) ServiceNow
3 7 (26.92%) VMware
4 6 (23.08%) NetApp
5 3 (11.54%) Tenable
6 2 (7.69%) Oracle
6 2 (7.69%) SAP
6 2 (7.69%) Splunk
7 1 (3.85%) Fujitsu
7 1 (3.85%) HP
7 1 (3.85%) Red Hat