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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 23 13
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 +10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 26 26 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 11.61% 7.51% 12.53%
As % of the System Software category 96.30% 50.00% 74.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 21
10th Percentile £143 £129 £150
25th Percentile £156 £146 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £240 £275
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -12.73% +66.67%
75th Percentile £238 £388 £325
90th Percentile £262 £490 £538
North West median daily rate £325 £350 £250
% change year-on-year -7.14% +40.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 6
10th Percentile - £15.47 £14.63
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.20 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £17.63 £18.75 £17.81
90th Percentile £18.80 £19.00 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £17.29 £20.00 £18.12
% change year-on-year -13.58% +10.41% -4.66%

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 27 52 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 12.05% 15.03% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 40 33
10th Percentile £143 £141 £163
25th Percentile £160 £256 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £431 £275
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +56.82% -21.43%
75th Percentile £238 £636 £538
90th Percentile £277 £677 £648
North West median daily rate £450 £499 £450
% change year-on-year -9.77% +10.83% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 6
10th Percentile - £15.47 £14.63
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.20 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £17.63 £18.75 £17.81
90th Percentile £18.80 £19.00 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £21.21 £18.12
% change year-on-year -16.43% +17.06% -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 26 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 26 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 +10 26 £213 -34.62% 11
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 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (96.15%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) DHCP
2 1 (3.85%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (30.77%) Public Sector
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Banking
2 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Analyst
2 10 (38.46%) Service Analyst
2 10 (38.46%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Desktop Support
5 3 (11.54%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) IT Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) IT Support
6 2 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Active Directory Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Active Directory Support
6 2 (7.69%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Windows Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.69%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.85%) Android
4 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Customer Service
2 10 (38.46%) ITIL
3 7 (26.92%) Migration
3 7 (26.92%) Mobile Device Management
3 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (23.08%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
6 2 (7.69%) Break/Fix
6 2 (7.69%) Workflow
7 1 (3.85%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.85%) Service Management
7 1 (3.85%) Software Deployment
7 1 (3.85%) Time Management
7 1 (3.85%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) MCP
2 3 (11.54%) MCSE
3 2 (7.69%) MOS
4 1 (3.85%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.85%) MCSA
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (23.08%) SCCM
3 1 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.85%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 13 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (26.92%) VMware
4 6 (23.08%) Citrix
5 2 (7.69%) Bomgar
5 2 (7.69%) iManage
5 2 (7.69%) Sophos
6 1 (3.85%) Apple
6 1 (3.85%) Dell