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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 49 25
Rank change year-on-year +42 -24 +13
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 36 7 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 26.87% 1.43% 8.19%
As % of the System Software category 92.31% 58.33% 36.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 7 18
10th Percentile £450 £258 £300
25th Percentile £522 £294 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £340 £358
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -4.90% -10.63%
75th Percentile £575 £349 £400
90th Percentile - £450 £464
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +22.22% +5.88% +88.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £61.95 - £61.95
25th Percentile £62.63 - £62.63
Median hourly rate £64.50 - £64.50
75th Percentile £65.63 - £65.63
90th Percentile £65.85 - £65.85
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.50 - £41.00
% change year-on-year - - +156.25%

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 39 12 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 29.10% 2.45% 22.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 9 33
10th Percentile £450 £256 £300
25th Percentile £503 £258 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £340 £400
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £350 £575
90th Percentile - £560 £672
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +12.82% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 16
10th Percentile £61.95 - £60.00
25th Percentile £62.63 - £64.31
Median hourly rate £64.50 £90.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +28.57% +130.95%
75th Percentile £65.63 - £70.94
90th Percentile £65.85 - £73.75
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.50 £87.50 £68.00
% change year-on-year -26.29% +28.68% +192.47%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Stevenage over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (8.33%) Skype for Business
2 3 (8.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (72.22%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 23 (63.89%) DNS
1 23 (63.89%) SAN
2 6 (16.67%) Skype
3 5 (13.89%) Firewall
4 3 (8.33%) IMAP
4 3 (8.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) DB2
General
1 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Electronics
5 1 (2.78%) Finance
5 1 (2.78%) Law
5 1 (2.78%) Marketing
5 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (8.33%) Messaging Engineer
1 3 (8.33%) Support Engineer
2 2 (5.56%) Architect
2 2 (5.56%) Information Architect
2 2 (5.56%) Information Systems Architect
2 2 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (5.56%) Systems Architect
3 1 (2.78%) Analyst
3 1 (2.78%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Desktop Support
3 1 (2.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Information Analyst
3 1 (2.78%) Information Systems Analyst
3 1 (2.78%) IT Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Operations Support Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Solutions Analyst
3 1 (2.78%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (8.33%) Blackberry
2 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.33%) Smartcard
2 3 (8.33%) YubiKey
3 2 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.78%) LIMS
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 26 (72.22%) Windows
2 24 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 20 (55.56%) Windows Server 2016
3 20 (55.56%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (13.89%) Apple iOS
5 3 (8.33%) Linux
6 1 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (55.56%) Build Automation
1 20 (55.56%) Deployment Automation
1 20 (55.56%) Operations Management
1 20 (55.56%) SIEM
2 7 (19.44%) Agile
3 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (16.67%) Validation
4 5 (13.89%) Coaching
4 5 (13.89%) Computer Security
4 5 (13.89%) Incident Management
4 5 (13.89%) Software Testing
5 4 (11.11%) Project Management
6 3 (8.33%) Information Management
6 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.56%) Business Analysis
7 2 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.56%) Data Protection
7 2 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Strategy
7 2 (5.56%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.56%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (69.44%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.33%) Degree
3 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) GxP
2 1 (2.78%) GMP
System Software
1 21 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (55.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 20 (55.56%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (13.89%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (63.89%) SCCM
1 23 (63.89%) WSUS
2 20 (55.56%) Ansible
3 3 (8.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 28 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 23 (63.89%) NetApp
2 23 (63.89%) VMware
3 20 (55.56%) Splunk
4 5 (13.89%) ServiceNow
5 3 (8.33%) Tenable
6 2 (5.56%) Oracle
6 2 (5.56%) SAP
7 1 (2.78%) Fujitsu
7 1 (2.78%) LabWare