Active Directory Contracts in Liverpool

Microsoft Active Directory
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Liverpool 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 6 8 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 -13
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 22 27 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 16.18% 14.52% 8.09%
As % of the System Software category 88.00% 100.00% 59.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 15
10th Percentile £133 £143 £134
25th Percentile £138 £160 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £225 £325
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -30.77% +18.18%
75th Percentile £188 £238 £416
90th Percentile £413 £277 £505
Merseyside median daily rate £150 £225 £240
% change year-on-year -33.33% -6.25% -12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - - £16.21
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £17.63 £18.75
90th Percentile - £18.80 £19.05
Merseyside median hourly rate - £16.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year - -8.57% +16.67%

All System Software Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 25 27 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 18.38% 14.52% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 28
10th Percentile £133 £143 £162
25th Percentile £143 £160 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £225 £375
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -40.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £188 £238 £525
90th Percentile £413 £277 £637
Merseyside median daily rate £154 £225 £425
% change year-on-year -31.67% -47.06% +54.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - - £16.21
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £17.63 £18.75
90th Percentile - £18.80 £19.05
Merseyside median hourly rate - £16.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year - -8.57% +16.67%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Liverpool

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Liverpool

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Liverpool

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Liverpool

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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 9 (40.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (22.73%) Entra ID
3 3 (13.64%) Azure
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Analyst
1 11 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 11 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (13.64%) Service Management Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Support
4 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 15 (68.18%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.09%) Android
3 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
3 2 (9.09%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Customer Service
1 13 (59.09%) ITIL
2 8 (36.36%) Incident Management
3 3 (13.64%) IT Asset Management
3 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
4 1 (4.55%) Analytics
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security
4 1 (4.55%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (4.55%) Identity Management
4 1 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (4.55%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (4.55%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.55%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (4.55%) Threat Detection
4 1 (4.55%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) ServiceNow
2 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) Bomgar
3 4 (18.18%) iManage
4 2 (9.09%) Dell
4 2 (9.09%) HP