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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 24 30
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 -9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 34 28 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 8.46% 6.83% 5.26%
As % of the System Software category 69.39% 40.58% 51.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 16 17
10th Percentile £253 - £242
25th Percentile £400 £150 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £419 £445
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -5.90% +11.95%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £688
90th Percentile £739 £750 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £319 £375
% change year-on-year +25.49% -15.00% +36.36%

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 49 69 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 12.19% 16.83% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 48 29
10th Percentile £275 £161 £313
25th Percentile £400 £509 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £604 £515
Median % change year-on-year -13.37% +17.23% +44.06%
75th Percentile £638 £661 £738
90th Percentile £693 £675 £790
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £450 £448
% change year-on-year +5.56% +0.56% +8.10%
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 £36.65 £16.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +129.03% -13.51% +12.12%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -4 18 £450 +41.18% 4
Stratford-upon-Avon +3 4 £613 +22.50% 1
Nuneaton - 3 £400 -
Gaydon +3 2 £550 -
Rugby - 1 £220 - 1
Leamington Spa - 1 £550 - 1
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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) Entra ID
2 10 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (26.47%) Azure
4 5 (14.71%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (11.76%) Power Platform
6 3 (8.82%) SaaS
7 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (2.94%) DNS
2 1 (2.94%) NetScaler
2 1 (2.94%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle Database
1 3 (8.82%) Power BI
2 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle Forms
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (14.71%) Finance
5 2 (5.88%) Law
5 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Architect
2 5 (14.71%) Lead
2 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) IT Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) IT Manager
4 3 (8.82%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (8.82%) IT Support
4 3 (8.82%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Security Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Security Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Applications Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Support
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) LDAP
1 5 (14.71%) SailPoint
2 3 (8.82%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 5 (14.71%) Data Centre
3 4 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (8.82%) Driving Licence
4 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.88%) PKI
6 1 (2.94%) CCTV
6 1 (2.94%) Clustering
6 1 (2.94%) CMDB
6 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.94%) Replication
6 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (35.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.88%) Linux
4 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (29.41%) Identity Access Management
2 10 (29.41%) Privileged Access Management
3 9 (26.47%) Migration
4 7 (20.59%) ITSM
5 5 (14.71%) Password Management
6 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (11.76%) ITIL
6 4 (11.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 4 (11.76%) RBAC
6 4 (11.76%) Risk Management
7 3 (8.82%) Cloud Security
7 3 (8.82%) Design Patterns
7 3 (8.82%) Identity Management
7 3 (8.82%) Microservices
7 3 (8.82%) Resource Allocation
7 3 (8.82%) SOA
7 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (8.82%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) Java
2 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.82%) C#
3 3 (8.82%) Python
3 3 (8.82%) Ruby
4 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) CISSP
2 3 (8.82%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 5 (14.71%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) vSphere
3 1 (2.94%) XenApp
3 1 (2.94%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (8.82%) Ansible
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.88%) Terraform
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.94%) SCCM
4 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) CyberArk
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
1 8 (23.53%) ServiceNow
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle
2 5 (14.71%) SAP
2 5 (14.71%) VMware
3 4 (11.76%) Broadcom
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco
4 2 (5.88%) ForgeRock
4 2 (5.88%) Meraki
5 1 (2.94%) Citrix
5 1 (2.94%) Dell
5 1 (2.94%) HP