Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Microsoft Active Directory
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Peterborough requiring Active Directory skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 -12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 7 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 5.98% 5.65% 4.04%
As % of the System Software category 87.50% 83.33% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £165
25th Percentile - - £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £178
Median % change year-on-year - - -58.24%
75th Percentile - - £244
90th Percentile - - £360
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £445 £225 £180
% change year-on-year +97.78% +25.00% -44.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.99 - £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.16 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% -2.34% +6.15%
75th Percentile £15.29 - £14.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.14 £14.16 £14.50
% change year-on-year +6.92% -2.34% +6.15%

All System Software Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8 12 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 6.84% 6.78% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £201 - £165
25th Percentile £203 - £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - £178
Median % change year-on-year - - -58.24%
75th Percentile £228 - £244
90th Percentile £234 - £360
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £445 £438 £469
% change year-on-year +1.71% -6.67% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.99 - £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.16 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% -2.34% +6.15%
75th Percentile £15.29 - £14.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.14 £14.16 £14.50
% change year-on-year +6.92% -2.34% +6.15%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Peterborough

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

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

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

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

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Service Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Service Desk Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Services Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) Incident Management
2 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (14.29%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) A+ Certification
2 5 (71.43%) MCSA
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CEH
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (14.29%) Tenable
3 1 (14.29%) VMware