Active Directory Contracts in Stevenage

Microsoft Active Directory
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 10 54 23
Rank change year-on-year +44 -31 +11
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 18 4 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 14.40% 0.87% 9.18%
As % of the System Software category 90.00% 44.44% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 21
10th Percentile - - £300
25th Percentile £450 £258 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £301 £350
Median % change year-on-year +65.98% -13.93% -12.50%
75th Percentile £556 £345 £394
90th Percentile £575 £348 £460
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £565 £400
% change year-on-year -7.00% +41.13% +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61.95
25th Percentile £61.50 - £62.63
Median hourly rate £63.00 - £64.50
75th Percentile £66.00 - £65.63
90th Percentile - - £65.85
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £18.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year +250.00% -56.10% +86.36%

All System Software Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 20 9 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 16.00% 1.97% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 34
10th Percentile - £253 £300
25th Percentile £450 £258 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £265 £375
Median % change year-on-year +88.68% -29.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £547 £344 £472
90th Percentile £575 £348 £672
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £488 £435
% change year-on-year +7.69% +12.07% +2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 16
10th Percentile - - £60.00
25th Percentile £61.50 - £64.31
Median hourly rate £64.50 £90.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +37.40% +516.76%
75th Percentile £66.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £70.50 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.50 £87.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -26.29% +33.59% +181.72%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Stevenage

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Stevenage

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Stevenage

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 7 (38.89%) WebSphere
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (16.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
1 5 (27.78%) Skype
2 4 (22.22%) SAN
3 3 (16.67%) DNS
3 3 (16.67%) IMAP
3 3 (16.67%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) DB2
General
1 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Law
2 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Electronics
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Marketing
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Architect
1 5 (27.78%) Solutions Architect
1 5 (27.78%) Systems Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Information Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Information Systems Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Messaging Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Information Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Information Systems Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Solutions Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Mobile Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Management Information System
2 5 (27.78%) Operational Technology
3 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (11.11%) Smartcard
4 2 (11.11%) YubiKey
5 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Apple iOS
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server
3 3 (16.67%) Linux
4 2 (11.11%) Unix
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Agile
1 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Information Management
2 7 (38.89%) Validation
3 6 (33.33%) Project Management
4 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
4 5 (27.78%) Coaching
4 5 (27.78%) Computer Security
4 5 (27.78%) Incident Management
4 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 5 (27.78%) Software Testing
5 4 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Strategy
5 4 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (16.67%) Business Case
7 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
8 1 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) GxP
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
1 3 (16.67%) WSUS
2 2 (11.11%) Nessus
3 1 (5.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) ServiceNow
3 4 (22.22%) NetApp
3 4 (22.22%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle
4 2 (11.11%) Tenable
5 1 (5.56%) Fujitsu
5 1 (5.56%) SAP
5 1 (5.56%) Splunk