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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 48 10
Rank change year-on-year +38 -38 +10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 43 29 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 12.72% 3.51% 12.15%
As % of the System Software category 76.79% 53.70% 60.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 26 79
10th Percentile £468 £240 £165
25th Percentile £525 £336 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +41.13% +100.00%
75th Percentile £575 £703 £700
90th Percentile £583 £725 -
East of England median daily rate £488 £250 £350
% change year-on-year +95.00% -28.57% +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% +105.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £21.38 £64.88
90th Percentile - £22.80 £65.55
East of England median hourly rate £15.24 £14.16 £17.00
% change year-on-year +7.59% -16.71% +9.68%

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 56 54 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 16.57% 6.53% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 44 114
10th Percentile £450 £250 £178
25th Percentile £500 £345 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £435
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +12.07% +6.10%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £700
90th Percentile £613 £725 £731
East of England median daily rate £500 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 17
10th Percentile - £17.00 £38.62
25th Percentile £61.50 £18.06 £60.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £55.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.55% -16.03% +211.90%
75th Percentile £66.00 £88.75 £70.00
90th Percentile - £89.38 £71.50
East of England median hourly rate £24.70 £14.16 £37.31
% change year-on-year +74.44% -62.05% +140.71%

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 18 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 18 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 +39 35 £550 +62.96% 17
Hatfield +6 1 £500 +104.08%
Welwyn Garden City -3 1 £675 +309.09%
Hitchin - 1 £575 - 1
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 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (16.28%) WebSphere
2 5 (11.63%) Skype for Business
3 4 (9.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (9.30%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (58.14%) Cohesity
2 3 (6.98%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.65%) Azure
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (53.49%) SAN
2 22 (51.16%) DNS
3 8 (18.60%) Firewall
4 7 (16.28%) Skype
5 4 (9.30%) IMAP
5 4 (9.30%) SMTP
6 1 (2.33%) Kerberos
6 1 (2.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) DB2
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) GitLab
General
1 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.65%) Electronics
4 2 (4.65%) Finance
4 2 (4.65%) Law
4 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.65%) Marketing
4 2 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.33%) Military
5 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (16.28%) Architect
2 5 (11.63%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (11.63%) Systems Architect
3 4 (9.30%) Information Architect
3 4 (9.30%) Information Systems Architect
3 4 (9.30%) Messaging Engineer
4 3 (6.98%) Senior
5 2 (4.65%) Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Information Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Information Systems Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Solutions Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Desktop Support
6 1 (2.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Management Information System
1 7 (16.28%) Operational Technology
2 5 (11.63%) Blackberry
3 2 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.65%) PKI
3 2 (4.65%) Smartcard
3 2 (4.65%) YubiKey
4 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.33%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 26 (60.47%) Windows
2 24 (55.81%) Windows Server
3 19 (44.19%) Windows Server 2016
3 19 (44.19%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (16.28%) Apple iOS
5 6 (13.95%) Linux
6 2 (4.65%) Unix
7 1 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) SIEM
2 18 (41.86%) Build Automation
2 18 (41.86%) Deployment Automation
2 18 (41.86%) Operations Management
3 11 (25.58%) Agile
4 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (20.93%) Validation
6 7 (16.28%) Coaching
6 7 (16.28%) Computer Security
6 7 (16.28%) Incident Management
6 7 (16.28%) Information Management
6 7 (16.28%) Software Testing
7 6 (13.95%) Project Management
7 6 (13.95%) Roadmaps
8 5 (11.63%) Business Analysis
8 5 (11.63%) Systems Engineering
9 4 (9.30%) Digital Transformation Strategy
10 3 (6.98%) Business Case
10 3 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (4.65%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (46.51%) PowerShell
2 7 (16.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (72.09%) Security Cleared
2 25 (58.14%) DV Cleared
3 10 (23.26%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) Degree
5 1 (2.33%) CISM
5 1 (2.33%) CISSP
5 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) GxP
2 2 (4.65%) NIST
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (46.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (41.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 18 (41.86%) Virtual Servers
3 10 (23.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.65%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (51.16%) WSUS
2 21 (48.84%) SCCM
3 20 (46.51%) Ansible
4 2 (4.65%) Nessus
4 2 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (76.74%) Microsoft
2 24 (55.81%) VMware
3 23 (53.49%) NetApp
4 19 (44.19%) Splunk
5 8 (18.60%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.98%) Tenable
7 2 (4.65%) Oracle
7 2 (4.65%) SAP
8 1 (2.33%) Fujitsu
8 1 (2.33%) HP
8 1 (2.33%) Red Hat