Active Directory Contracts in Worcester

Microsoft Active Directory
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcester 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 2 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 14 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcester 50.00% 3.45% 19.61%
As % of the System Software category 73.68% 100.00% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 9
10th Percentile £110 - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +110.00%
75th Percentile £850 - £538
90th Percentile £900 - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £145 £295 £500
% change year-on-year -50.85% -41.00% +122.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £21.25 £16.54
Median hourly rate £17.16 £22.50 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% +32.86% -
75th Percentile £18.13 £23.75 £17.33
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £17.16 £22.50 £16.94
% change year-on-year -23.73% +32.86% -

All System Software Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 1 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 67.86% 3.45% 27.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 11
10th Percentile £124 - -
25th Percentile £145 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +100.00%
75th Percentile £750 - £538
90th Percentile £900 - £588
Worcestershire median daily rate £700 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% +121.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £21.25 £16.54
Median hourly rate £17.16 £22.50 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% +32.86% -
75th Percentile £18.13 £23.75 £17.33
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £17.16 £22.50 £16.94
% change year-on-year -23.73% +32.86% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Worcester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Worcester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Worcester

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Worcester

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Worcester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 3 (21.43%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) VPN
General
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Junior
4 1 (7.14%) Junior IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Junior IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) NHS
2 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Rocky
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Customer Service
1 6 (42.86%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (21.43%) Zero Trust
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (7.14%) Containerisation
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) PMO
2 2 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) BitLocker
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (71.43%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Cisco
1 10 (71.43%) Citrix
1 10 (71.43%) Nexthink
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Dell