Active Directory Contracts in Warwickshire

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire 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 17 32 29
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 -15
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 27 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 8.74% 3.85% 4.29%
As % of the System Software category 64.29% 54.17% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 15
10th Percentile £390 - £245
25th Percentile £413 £150 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £300 £525
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -42.86% +77.97%
75th Percentile £659 £644 £694
90th Percentile £742 £825 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £350 £380
% change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% +26.67%

All System Software Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 42 24 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 13.59% 7.10% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 18 27
10th Percentile £400 £150 £328
25th Percentile £450 £186 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £419 £520
Median % change year-on-year +26.33% -19.47% +54.07%
75th Percentile £638 £647 £688
90th Percentile £738 £751 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £476 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +19.00% -15.79% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.32 - -
Median hourly rate £36.65 - -
75th Percentile £41.97 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £17.80 £17.72
% change year-on-year +1.85% +0.47% +5.78%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Warwickshire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Warwickshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Warwickshire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Warwickshire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire 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
Warwick +5 20 £450 +93.55% 3
Stratford-upon-Avon - 2 £638 - 2
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 1 (3.70%) IIS
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (51.85%) Entra ID
2 11 (40.74%) Azure
3 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
4 5 (18.52%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (11.11%) SaaS
6 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) NetScaler
1 1 (3.70%) SMTP
1 1 (3.70%) SNMP
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle Database
1 4 (14.81%) Power BI
2 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Finance
4 4 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Architect
2 6 (22.22%) Lead
3 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Applications Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) CyberArk Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) IAM Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) CyberArk Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (3.70%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Security Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) SailPoint
2 4 (14.81%) LDAP
3 3 (11.11%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Onboarding
2 6 (22.22%) Data Centre
3 5 (18.52%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (14.81%) Security Posture
5 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
5 2 (7.41%) PKI
6 1 (3.70%) CCTV
6 1 (3.70%) Clustering
6 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 3 (11.11%) Linux
3 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (40.74%) Privileged Access Management
3 10 (37.04%) Identity Access Management
4 8 (29.63%) ITSM
5 7 (25.93%) Migration
6 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (22.22%) RBAC
7 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (18.52%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 5 (18.52%) Password Management
8 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
8 4 (14.81%) ITIL
8 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (14.81%) Zero Trust
9 3 (11.11%) Design Patterns
9 3 (11.11%) Identity Management
9 3 (11.11%) Microservices
9 3 (11.11%) SOA
10 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 3 (11.11%) C#
3 3 (11.11%) Java
3 3 (11.11%) Python
3 3 (11.11%) Ruby
4 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) CISSP
2 3 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) vSphere
3 1 (3.70%) XenApp
3 1 (3.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.70%) Ansible
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) CyberArk
1 9 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 6 (22.22%) Oracle
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (18.52%) SAP
3 5 (18.52%) VMware
4 4 (14.81%) Broadcom
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco
5 1 (3.70%) Citrix
5 1 (3.70%) Dell
5 1 (3.70%) HP
5 1 (3.70%) Okta
5 1 (3.70%) Siemens
5 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds