Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Active Directory skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 7 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 7.02% 5.47% 12.81%
As % of the System Software category 80.00% 35.00% 55.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 18
10th Percentile £194 £151 -
25th Percentile £199 £183 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £250 £175
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +42.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £254 £320 £569
90th Percentile £267 £356 £625
West Midlands median daily rate £395 £256 £350
% change year-on-year +54.15% -26.79% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.63
25th Percentile - - £25.31
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £16.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year - -36.00% +47.06%

All System Software Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5 20 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 8.77% 15.63% 23.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 33
10th Percentile £194 £200 £160
25th Percentile £199 £337 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £380 £450
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% -15.56% +125.00%
75th Percentile £254 £476 £575
90th Percentile £267 £600 £625
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.63
25th Percentile - - £25.31
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.03%
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £56.50 £16.00 £22.25
% change year-on-year +253.13% -28.09% +30.88%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Stafford -1 2 £190 -34.48%
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Rollout Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Deployment Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft