Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Microsoft Active Directory
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 26 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 +9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 18 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 6.92% 1.75% 5.98%
As % of the System Software category 30.51% 12.50% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 2 6
10th Percentile £425 £360 £500
25th Percentile £438 £365 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £374 £540
Median % change year-on-year +55.29% -30.83% +16.13%
75th Percentile £642 £382 £560
90th Percentile £654 £388 £575
Cheshire median daily rate £448 £356 £325
% change year-on-year +25.70% +9.54% +35.42%

All System Software Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 59 16 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 22.69% 14.04% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 13 6
10th Percentile £357 £357 £500
25th Percentile £402 £363 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £381 £540
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% -29.44% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £391 £560
90th Percentile £641 £473 £575
Cheshire median daily rate £445 £381 £350
% change year-on-year +16.80% +8.86% -19.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.88 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -30.21% +36.46% -36.14%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Knutsford over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Knutsford

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 6 (33.33%) Apache
1 6 (33.33%) IIS
1 6 (33.33%) iPlanet
1 6 (33.33%) JBoss
1 6 (33.33%) WebSphere
1 6 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) Azure
1 10 (55.56%) Entra ID
2 6 (33.33%) AWS
3 5 (27.78%) OpenShift
4 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) Kerberos
2 6 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Bitbucket Server
1 6 (33.33%) CA Release Automation
1 6 (33.33%) Git
1 6 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 5 (27.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Banking
2 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Senior DevOps
3 3 (16.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (66.67%) LDAP
2 6 (33.33%) OAuth
2 6 (33.33%) OpenID
2 6 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Linux
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Unix
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
2 6 (33.33%) Change Management
2 6 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 5 (27.78%) DevOps
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) B2B
4 4 (22.22%) B2C
4 4 (22.22%) Biometrics
4 4 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (22.22%) Task Automation
5 3 (16.67%) SABSA
5 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Change Control
6 2 (11.11%) DevSecOps
6 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 1 (5.56%) Architectural Design
7 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (5.56%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) Groovy
1 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (27.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Docker
1 5 (27.78%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) CA Single Sign-On
1 6 (33.33%) CA Wily
2 5 (27.78%) Progress Chef
2 5 (27.78%) Tivoli
3 4 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) AppDynamics
2 6 (33.33%) Broadcom
2 6 (33.33%) IBM
2 6 (33.33%) Oracle
2 6 (33.33%) Splunk