Active Directory Contracts in Merseyside

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 24 12
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 +12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 27 25 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 11.84% 7.31% 12.74%
As % of the System Software category 96.43% 50.00% 74.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 22
10th Percentile £143 £129 £151
25th Percentile £160 £146 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £240 £275
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -12.73% +66.67%
75th Percentile £238 £388 £319
90th Percentile £277 £490 £517
North West median daily rate £350 £350 £250
% change year-on-year - +40.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 6
10th Percentile - £16.21 £14.63
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% +27.33%
75th Percentile £17.63 £18.75 £17.81
90th Percentile £18.80 £19.05 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £17.39 £20.00 £18.12
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.41% -

All System Software Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 28 50 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 12.28% 14.62% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 39 34
10th Percentile £143 £140 £164
25th Percentile £161 £249 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £425 £275
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +54.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £246 £641 £534
90th Percentile £314 £679 £646
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 6
10th Percentile - £16.21 £14.63
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% +27.33%
75th Percentile £17.63 £18.75 £17.81
90th Percentile £18.80 £19.05 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £22.41 £18.12
% change year-on-year -20.93% +23.71% -56.61%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Merseyside

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Merseyside

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Merseyside over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Merseyside

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Merseyside

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 29 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
Liverpool +12 27 £225 -30.77% 13
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (92.59%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (18.52%) Azure
3 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (7.41%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) DHCP
2 1 (3.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 9 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Banking
2 2 (7.41%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Service Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Support Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Desktop Support
5 3 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) IT Support
6 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Active Directory Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Active Directory Support
6 2 (7.41%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) CSS
1 1 (3.70%) HTML
1 1 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (96.30%) Windows
2 13 (48.15%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.41%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.70%) Android
4 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 10 (37.04%) ITIL
3 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.93%) Migration
4 7 (25.93%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (22.22%) Desktop Virtualisation
6 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
7 2 (7.41%) Break/Fix
7 2 (7.41%) Workflow
8 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
8 1 (3.70%) Configuration Management
8 1 (3.70%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (3.70%) Data Modelling
8 1 (3.70%) DevOps
8 1 (3.70%) Service Management
8 1 (3.70%) Software Deployment
8 1 (3.70%) Time Management
8 1 (3.70%) Unit Testing
8 1 (3.70%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.81%) Degree
3 3 (11.11%) MCP
3 3 (11.11%) MCSE
4 2 (7.41%) MOS
5 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.70%) MCSA
5 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (22.22%) SCCM
3 1 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 13 (48.15%) ServiceNow
3 7 (25.93%) VMware
4 6 (22.22%) Citrix
5 2 (7.41%) Bomgar
5 2 (7.41%) iManage
5 2 (7.41%) Sophos
6 1 (3.70%) Apple
6 1 (3.70%) Dell