Active Directory Contracts in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 9 18
Rank change year-on-year -35 +9 +5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 29 102 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.52% 12.48% 8.42%
As % of the System Software category 50.00% 62.58% 47.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 87 51
10th Percentile £240 £163 £125
25th Percentile £336 £219 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £400 £225
Median % change year-on-year +41.13% +77.78% -30.39%
75th Percentile £722 £700 £475
90th Percentile £738 £724 £575
East of England median daily rate £265 £350 £325
% change year-on-year -24.29% +7.69% +47.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile - £16.89 £13.55
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.47 £17.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £41.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.10% +86.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £21.38 £64.88 £24.75
90th Percentile £22.80 £65.55 -
East of England median hourly rate £14.16 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -8.65% - -13.94%

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 58 163 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.05% 19.95% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 123 107
10th Percentile £250 £177 £131
25th Percentile £341 £271 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £435 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £625
East of England median daily rate £425 £430 £425
% change year-on-year -1.16% +1.18% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 8
10th Percentile £17.00 £42.09 £14.04
25th Percentile £19.13 £60.38 £18.13
Median hourly rate £87.50 £65.50 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year +33.59% +181.72% -3.13%
75th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £24.75
90th Percentile £89.25 - £32.18
East of England median hourly rate £14.16 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year -42.49% +58.84% -15.16%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
Hemel Hempstead 0 15 £663 -5.36% 2
Watford -2 4 £333 +66.25% 6
Stevenage -29 4 £301 -13.93% 6
Hatfield -7 2 £245 -55.45% 4
Welwyn Garden City 0 1 £165 -45.00% 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 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (10.34%) IIS
3 2 (6.90%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) AutoCAD
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) DHCP
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) FTP
2 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.45%) SNMP
2 1 (3.45%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) Hadoop
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Support Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Design Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) IT Support
5 4 (13.79%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Applications Support
6 2 (6.90%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Designer
6 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Designer
6 2 (6.90%) Lead
6 2 (6.90%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Web Services
2 1 (3.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) PKI
2 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) BYOD
3 2 (6.90%) iPad
3 2 (6.90%) iPhone
4 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.45%) Replication
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Linux
2 10 (34.48%) Windows
3 9 (31.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
6 5 (17.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (13.79%) Android
8 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS
8 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
9 1 (3.45%) Unix
9 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Migration
2 11 (37.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
4 6 (20.69%) Roadmaps
4 6 (20.69%) Technology Roadmap
5 5 (17.24%) High Availability
6 3 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (6.90%) Change Management
7 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (6.90%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (6.90%) ITIL
7 2 (6.90%) Problem Management
7 2 (6.90%) Release Management
7 2 (6.90%) Security Patching
8 1 (3.45%) Data Protection
8 1 (3.45%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery
8 1 (3.45%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) Security Cleared
2 15 (51.72%) DV Cleared
3 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (37.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (27.59%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.45%) HDFS
4 1 (3.45%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (27.59%) SCCM
2 3 (10.34%) WSUS
3 1 (3.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (41.38%) VMware
3 6 (20.69%) Red Hat
4 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.90%) Veeam
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco
6 1 (3.45%) Citrix
6 1 (3.45%) Google
6 1 (3.45%) Isilon
6 1 (3.45%) Remedy