Active Directory Contracts in Portsmouth

Microsoft Active Directory
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 24 26 29
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 20 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 3.25% 6.69% 4.90%
As % of the System Software category 22.22% 40.00% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 8
10th Percentile £203 £460 £409
25th Percentile £263 £519 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -30.23% +7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £481 £556 £548
90th Percentile £538 £604 £653
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £538 £549
% change year-on-year +4.65% -2.05% +21.94%

All System Software Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 18 50 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 14.63% 16.72% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 14
10th Percentile £343 £275 £369
25th Percentile £444 £506 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £556 £542
90th Percentile £678 £586 £611
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +4.74% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 8
10th Percentile £50.19 - £52.53
25th Percentile £55.59 £51.06 £52.75
Median hourly rate £57.63 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.80% +8.70% +17.02%
75th Percentile £64.38 £63.75 £68.13
90th Percentile £68.13 £67.00 £71.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.50 £57.44 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% +9.40% +144.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Portsmouth

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Portsmouth

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Portsmouth

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) VMware