Active Directory Contracts in Sheffield

Microsoft Active Directory
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 47 40
Rank change year-on-year +24 -7 -15
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 24 11 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 7.19% 2.90% 2.25%
As % of the System Software category 35.29% 12.79% 34.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 6
10th Percentile £185 - £242
25th Percentile £293 £185 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £190 £625
Median % change year-on-year +136.84% -69.60% +108.33%
75th Percentile £631 £216 £694
90th Percentile £665 £241 £738
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £220 £200
% change year-on-year +104.55% +10.00% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +19.40%
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +19.40%

All System Software Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 68 86 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 20.36% 22.69% 6.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 57 21
10th Percentile £338 £234 £313
25th Percentile £394 £415 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £472 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% -10.10% +20.69%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £688
90th Percentile £650 £641 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +22.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +19.40%
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +17.27%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Sheffield

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Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Sheffield over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Sheffield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) GitHub
2 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Storage
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (37.50%) SMTP
2 4 (16.67%) DNS
2 4 (16.67%) NAS
2 4 (16.67%) SAN
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Git
1 4 (16.67%) GitLab
2 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (12.50%) Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) IT Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) IT Support
2 3 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) IT Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Systems Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Designer
4 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.17%) IT Technician
4 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Architect
4 1 (4.17%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (37.50%) REST
2 4 (16.67%) Middleware
3 1 (4.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.17%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 17 (70.83%) Windows
2 7 (29.17%) Linux
3 4 (16.67%) Unix
3 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) ITSM
1 9 (37.50%) SIEM
2 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) Migration
4 4 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (16.67%) Kanban
4 4 (16.67%) Scrum
5 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 3 (12.50%) ERP
5 3 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.33%) DevOps
6 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (8.33%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (58.33%) PowerShell
2 6 (25.00%) Python
3 4 (16.67%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) CISM
2 1 (4.17%) CISSP
2 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.17%) PMP
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
1 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (16.67%) VMware NSX
1 4 (16.67%) vSphere
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (54.17%) Ansible
2 4 (16.67%) vCenter Server
2 4 (16.67%) vRealize
3 1 (4.17%) SCCM
3 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Veritas
2 4 (16.67%) VMware
3 2 (8.33%) Commvault
4 1 (4.17%) Centrify
4 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.17%) Thycotic