Active Directory Contracts in Lancashire

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 13 11 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 7.43% 5.64% 7.85%
As % of the System Software category 68.42% 61.11% 54.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 11
10th Percentile £253 £107 £135
25th Percentile - £154 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £190 £160
Median % change year-on-year +84.21% +18.75% -8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £344 £247
90th Percentile - £839 £338
North West median daily rate £350 £350 £350
% change year-on-year - - +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £19.89 £45.60
25th Percentile - £20.95 £49.80
Median hourly rate - £23.34 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year - -55.23% +31.97%
75th Percentile - £26.36 -
90th Percentile - £27.79 -
North West median hourly rate £29.00 £17.39 £20.00
% change year-on-year +66.74% -13.04% +10.41%

All System Software Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 18 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 10.86% 9.23% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 19
10th Percentile £350 £107 £139
25th Percentile £425 £170 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £183 £325
Median % change year-on-year +187.67% -43.85% +41.30%
75th Percentile £615 £200 £544
90th Percentile - £818 £605
North West median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - £23.42 £45.60
25th Percentile - £31.94 £49.80
Median hourly rate - £40.25 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year - -22.79% +31.97%
75th Percentile - £46.18 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £55.75 £17.72 £22.41
% change year-on-year +214.62% -20.93% +23.71%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Lancashire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Lancashire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Lancashire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Lancashire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Burnley -1 8 - - 1
Preston 0 5 £350 -53.33% 18
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (38.46%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
2 4 (30.77%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) LAN
2 7 (53.85%) SAN
3 5 (38.46%) VPN
4 3 (23.08%) Network Security
4 3 (23.08%) WLAN
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (38.46%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing
1 5 (38.46%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) Support Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (38.46%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (38.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Desktop Support
3 5 (38.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Industrial Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server
3 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2012
3 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (53.85%) Linux
5 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
7 5 (38.46%) Windows 8
7 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (38.46%) Windows XP
8 4 (30.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Asset Management
2 8 (61.54%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) Proactive Maintenance
3 7 (53.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (38.46%) Business Case
4 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
4 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
4 5 (38.46%) Technical Analysis
4 5 (38.46%) Time Management
5 4 (30.77%) E-Discovery
5 4 (30.77%) High Availability
5 4 (30.77%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 4 (30.77%) RBAC
6 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity
6 3 (23.08%) Data Management
6 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
6 3 (23.08%) Storage Management
6 3 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (30.77%) MCSE
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (30.77%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) vCenter Server
2 5 (38.46%) SCCM
3 4 (30.77%) WSUS
4 3 (23.08%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) Canon
4 4 (30.77%) Citrix
5 3 (23.08%) Cisco
5 3 (23.08%) Symantec
5 3 (23.08%) Veeam