Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Microsoft Active Directory
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Plymouth requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 6.67% 3.39% -
As % of the System Software category 75.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £297 - -
25th Percentile £329 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +91.25% - -
75th Percentile £436 - -
90th Percentile £469 - -
Devon median daily rate £275 £325 £650
% change year-on-year -15.38% -50.00% +22.14%

All System Software Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 8.89% 3.39% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £318 - -
25th Percentile £383 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +145.00% - -
75th Percentile £495 - -
90th Percentile £498 - -
Devon median daily rate £275 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -54.17% +26.32% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
Devon median hourly rate - - £70.00

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Plymouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Plymouth over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Plymouth

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

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

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Skype
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Support
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Service Design
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) VMware