Active Directory Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 22 29 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 -12 +9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 128 173 315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 7.63% 5.41% 8.69%
As % of the System Software category 45.39% 48.32% 54.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 132 242
10th Percentile £186 £138 £185
25th Percentile £213 £170 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -36.84% +58.33%
75th Percentile £591 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £699 £715
England median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 23
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.64 - £15.84
Median hourly rate £18.25 £40.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.38% +122.22% -59.55%
75th Percentile £41.44 - £58.57
90th Percentile £55.28 - £83.20
England median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £19.00
% change year-on-year +21.31% -6.89% +8.57%

All System Software Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 282 358 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.81% 11.19% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 266 439
10th Percentile £213 £153 £200
25th Percentile £413 £275 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £623
90th Percentile £700 £700 £720
England median daily rate £525 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 32 40
10th Percentile £16.05 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.38 £40.00 £17.22
Median hourly rate £40.63 £68.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +14.58% +21.24%
75th Percentile £68.05 £86.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.44 £90.00 £76.19
England median hourly rate £27.94 £21.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +33.05% -58.00% +163.16%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Wiltshire +35 37 £550 +2.33% 9
Gloucestershire +19 29 £425 +88.89% 35
Bristol +4 28 £225 -58.53% 30
Dorset +19 23 £463 +125.61% 10
Somerset -8 7 £208 +38.33% 13
Devon -13 4 £200 +30.72% 16
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 40 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (24.22%) SharePoint
3 9 (7.03%) Skype for Business
4 8 (6.25%) Confluence
5 2 (1.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.78%) Apache
6 1 (0.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.78%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 49 (38.28%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (32.03%) Azure
3 34 (26.56%) Entra ID
4 10 (7.81%) OneDrive
5 9 (7.03%) SaaS
6 7 (5.47%) Google Workspace
7 6 (4.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.34%) AWS
10 2 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.56%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.78%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.78%) IaaS
11 1 (0.78%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.53%) DNS
2 20 (15.63%) Skype
3 17 (13.28%) VPN
4 16 (12.50%) DHCP
5 5 (3.91%) Firewall
5 5 (3.91%) Unified Communications
6 4 (3.13%) LAN
6 4 (3.13%) VLAN
6 4 (3.13%) VoIP
6 4 (3.13%) VSAN
6 4 (3.13%) WAN
7 3 (2.34%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.56%) SSL
8 2 (1.56%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.78%) Internet
9 1 (0.78%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.78%) SAN
9 1 (0.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.81%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.78%) DB2
4 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (8.59%) JIRA
2 3 (2.34%) Bitbucket
General
1 51 (39.84%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.63%) Legal
3 16 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 14 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.81%) Finance
6 5 (3.91%) Law
7 3 (2.34%) Billing
7 3 (2.34%) Military
8 2 (1.56%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.78%) Electronics
9 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.78%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Marketing
9 1 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (16.41%) Support Engineer
2 20 (15.63%) Architect
3 17 (13.28%) Analyst
3 17 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (13.28%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 15 (11.72%) Service Analyst
4 15 (11.72%) Service Desk Analyst
5 11 (8.59%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) Desktop Support
6 10 (7.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) Wintel Engineer
7 7 (5.47%) Infrastructure Architect
7 7 (5.47%) IT Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) IT Support
8 6 (4.69%) Senior
9 5 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) Technical Architect
10 4 (3.13%) Consultant
10 4 (3.13%) Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (3.91%) .NET
3 3 (2.34%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.78%) LDAP
4 1 (0.78%) Next.js
4 1 (0.78%) Node.js
4 1 (0.78%) OAuth
4 1 (0.78%) OpenID
4 1 (0.78%) React
4 1 (0.78%) SOAP
4 1 (0.78%) Web Services
4 1 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.84%) PKI
2 8 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.13%) iPad
4 4 (3.13%) iPhone
5 3 (2.34%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.34%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.78%) Clustering
7 1 (0.78%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.78%) Replication
7 1 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 77 (60.16%) Windows
2 33 (25.78%) Windows 10
3 31 (24.22%) Windows Server
4 13 (10.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (9.38%) Linux
6 11 (8.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (2.34%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.56%) Android
9 2 (1.56%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.56%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.78%) Rocky
10 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (25.00%) ITIL
2 25 (19.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 17 (13.28%) Agile
5 16 (12.50%) Migration
6 15 (11.72%) ITSM
7 13 (10.16%) Service Delivery
8 11 (8.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 9 (7.03%) Change Management
9 9 (7.03%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (7.03%) Critical Thinking
9 9 (7.03%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (7.03%) Service Management
9 9 (7.03%) Time Management
10 7 (5.47%) Privileged Access Management
10 7 (5.47%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (5.47%) System Testing
10 7 (5.47%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.44%) PowerShell
2 21 (16.41%) SQL
3 5 (3.91%) Python
4 3 (2.34%) Bash
5 1 (0.78%) Java
5 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.78%) VB
5 1 (0.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 66 (51.56%) Security Cleared
2 48 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 29 (22.66%) DV Cleared
4 18 (14.06%) Degree
5 10 (7.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (7.03%) MCSE
7 5 (3.91%) A+ Certification
7 5 (3.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (3.91%) MCSA
8 4 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.78%) MCP
10 1 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.34%) PMO
3 2 (1.56%) SLA
4 1 (0.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (17.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (14.06%) Hyper-V
3 8 (6.25%) vSphere
4 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (4.69%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (3.91%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (3.13%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 25 (19.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (11.72%) SCCM
3 11 (8.59%) WSUS
4 4 (3.13%) Ansible
4 4 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.13%) VxRail
5 3 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (2.34%) AppManager
5 3 (2.34%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.34%) PingFederate
5 3 (2.34%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.34%) vRealize
6 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.56%) Nessus
6 2 (1.56%) OPNET
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.78%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (0.78%) Packer
7 1 (0.78%) Terraform
7 1 (0.78%) vMotion
Vendors
1 86 (67.19%) Microsoft
2 31 (24.22%) VMware
3 8 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.47%) Citrix
4 7 (5.47%) Google
5 5 (3.91%) iManage
5 5 (3.91%) McAfee
5 5 (3.91%) Veeam
6 4 (3.13%) Apple
7 3 (2.34%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.34%) Cisco
7 3 (2.34%) Dell
7 3 (2.34%) F5
7 3 (2.34%) HP
7 3 (2.34%) Infoblox
7 3 (2.34%) Ivanti
7 3 (2.34%) Remedy
8 2 (1.56%) Oracle
9 1 (0.78%) SAP
9 1 (0.78%) Symantec