Active Directory Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 32 26
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 +3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 189 177 251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.04% 6.03% 7.19%
As % of the System Software category 54.31% 49.86% 47.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 141 179
10th Percentile £148 £200 £130
25th Percentile £310 £275 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £608 £551 £538
90th Percentile £638 £688 £632
South East median daily rate £480 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +12.94% +13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 13
10th Percentile £16.08 £19.09 £10.73
25th Percentile £16.19 £36.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £63.00 £13.70
Median % change year-on-year -72.22% +359.85% -10.16%
75th Percentile £30.31 £78.19 £20.00
90th Percentile £51.13 £83.82 -
South East median hourly rate £17.69 £18.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -4.38% +19.35% +10.71%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 348 355 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.97% 12.09% 15.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 265 394
10th Percentile £175 £230 £150
25th Percentile £310 £365 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £481 £453
Median % change year-on-year +9.25% +6.20% +3.43%
75th Percentile £608 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £656
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 14
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.86 £10.92
25th Percentile £46.25 £48.18 £12.44
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £14.85
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +270.37% -32.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £20.00
90th Percentile - £78.56 £53.25
South East median hourly rate £50.75 £54.03 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.07% +170.15% -4.76%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Berkshire +20 139 £605 +5.68% 31
Buckinghamshire -4 29 £411 -8.67% 28
Oxfordshire +2 21 £145 -51.67% 22
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 43 (22.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.06%) Confluence
3 2 (1.06%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 98 (51.85%) Azure
2 52 (27.51%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (23.81%) Entra ID
4 33 (17.46%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (8.99%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (8.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 16 (8.47%) Azure Storage
7 13 (6.88%) AWS
7 13 (6.88%) OCI
8 11 (5.82%) Azure Functions
8 11 (5.82%) Serverless
9 7 (3.70%) IaaS
10 5 (2.65%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.65%) SaaS
11 4 (2.12%) PaaS
11 4 (2.12%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.12%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.12%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.59%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (29.63%) DNS
2 50 (26.46%) DHCP
3 41 (21.69%) Firewall
4 21 (11.11%) SAN
5 14 (7.41%) WAN
6 11 (5.82%) LAN
7 8 (4.23%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (4.23%) SSL
7 8 (4.23%) TCP/IP
7 8 (4.23%) VPN
8 4 (2.12%) NAS
8 4 (2.12%) Skype
9 2 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (1.06%) Network Security
9 2 (1.06%) WebEx
9 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.06%) Wireless
10 1 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.53%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.47%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.17%) MySQL
4 4 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.06%) Metadata
6 1 (0.53%) Power BI
6 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.99%) Git
2 3 (1.59%) JIRA
3 2 (1.06%) Selenium
3 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.53%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.53%) MSI
General
1 78 (41.27%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.17%) Finance
4 5 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.06%) Legal
6 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.06%) Retail
7 1 (0.53%) Police
7 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (16.93%) Support Specialist
3 31 (16.40%) Active Directory Support
4 27 (14.29%) Azure Specialist
5 26 (13.76%) Active Directory Specialist
6 24 (12.70%) Windows Engineer
7 21 (11.11%) Build Engineer
7 21 (11.11%) Windows Build Engineer
8 16 (8.47%) Active Directory Engineer
8 16 (8.47%) Developer
8 16 (8.47%) Full Stack Developer
9 15 (7.94%) Azure Developer
10 14 (7.41%) Support Engineer
11 11 (5.82%) Architect
11 11 (5.82%) IT Technician
12 10 (5.29%) IT Support
13 9 (4.76%) IT Engineer
13 9 (4.76%) Senior
13 9 (4.76%) Storage Engineer
14 8 (4.23%) Active Directory Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.47%) ARM Templates
1 16 (8.47%) React
2 10 (5.29%) Web Services
3 4 (2.12%) CSS
4 3 (1.59%) .NET
4 3 (1.59%) HTML
4 3 (1.59%) jQuery
4 3 (1.59%) SPFx
5 2 (1.06%) EDI
5 2 (1.06%) OLE
6 1 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (19.05%) PKI
2 18 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 13 (6.88%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.65%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.12%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.12%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.06%) CCTV
7 2 (1.06%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.06%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.53%) BYOD
8 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 119 (62.96%) Windows
2 77 (40.74%) Windows Server
3 57 (30.16%) Windows Server 2019
4 56 (29.63%) Windows 10
5 51 (26.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 48 (25.40%) Linux
7 38 (20.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (11.11%) Windows NT
9 13 (6.88%) Windows XP
10 6 (3.17%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.59%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.59%) Windows 7
12 2 (1.06%) Android
12 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (33.86%) ITIL
2 44 (23.28%) Release Management
3 40 (21.16%) Customer Service
4 39 (20.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (20.11%) Service Management
6 36 (19.05%) Agile
7 35 (18.52%) DevOps
8 31 (16.40%) CI/CD
9 28 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (11.64%) Deployment Automation
11 21 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
12 19 (10.05%) Identity Management
13 18 (9.52%) Analytics
13 18 (9.52%) Microservices
13 18 (9.52%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 17 (8.99%) Log Analytics
15 16 (8.47%) Full Stack Development
15 16 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
15 16 (8.47%) RBAC
15 16 (8.47%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (23.28%) PowerShell
2 20 (10.58%) Python
3 18 (9.52%) C#
4 16 (8.47%) Bicep
4 16 (8.47%) VB
4 16 (8.47%) VBScript
5 5 (2.65%) Java
6 3 (1.59%) SQL
7 2 (1.06%) C
7 2 (1.06%) PHP
7 2 (1.06%) Ruby
8 1 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 104 (55.03%) Security Cleared
2 81 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 62 (32.80%) SC Cleared
4 59 (31.22%) Degree
5 16 (8.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (6.88%) CCNA
6 13 (6.88%) CCNP
6 13 (6.88%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.12%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.59%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.06%) MCITP
11 1 (0.53%) CEH
11 1 (0.53%) CISSP
11 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.64%) QA
2 10 (5.29%) SLA
3 3 (1.59%) GDPR
3 3 (1.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.53%) COBIT
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (16.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (11.11%) Firmware
2 21 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (10.58%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (8.99%) Hyper-V
5 16 (8.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (4.23%) XenApp
7 6 (3.17%) Docker
7 6 (3.17%) XenDesktop
8 2 (1.06%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 80 (42.33%) SCCM
2 58 (30.69%) WSUS
3 34 (17.99%) SCOM
4 25 (13.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (11.11%) Sysprep
5 21 (11.11%) vCenter Server
6 19 (10.05%) Kubernetes
7 17 (8.99%) EMC NetWorker
8 13 (6.88%) NetBackup
9 6 (3.17%) Ansible
9 6 (3.17%) Nessus
10 4 (2.12%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (2.12%) ZABBIX
11 2 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (1.06%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (1.06%) PaperCut
11 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.06%) Terraform
12 1 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 104 (55.03%) Microsoft
2 41 (21.69%) VMware
3 23 (12.17%) HP
4 21 (11.11%) Cisco
5 19 (10.05%) Veeam
6 17 (8.99%) Citrix
6 17 (8.99%) EMC
6 17 (8.99%) Oracle
7 15 (7.94%) ServiceNow
8 13 (6.88%) 3PAR
8 13 (6.88%) Dell
8 13 (6.88%) Extreme Networks
8 13 (6.88%) Juniper
8 13 (6.88%) Palo Alto
8 13 (6.88%) Symantec
9 8 (4.23%) Red Hat
10 4 (2.12%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.12%) FireEye
10 4 (2.12%) Okta
10 4 (2.12%) Tanium