Active Directory Contracts in Worcestershire

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 4 14 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 -10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 15 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 32.61% 4.00% 11.02%
As % of the System Software category 68.18% 30.00% 68.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 12
10th Percentile £110 £211 -
25th Percentile - £243 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £295 £500
Median % change year-on-year -50.85% -41.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £850 £348 £538
90th Percentile £900 £379 -
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £350 £380
% change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% +26.67%
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 - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.16 £17.80 £16.48
% change year-on-year -3.60% +8.01% -4.46%

All System Software Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 22 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 47.83% 13.33% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 15
10th Percentile £131 £358 £455
25th Percentile £145 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% +121.05%
75th Percentile - £575 £538
90th Percentile £900 - £588
West Midlands median daily rate £476 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +19.00% -15.79% +15.15%
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 - - -
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 Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Worcestershire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Worcestershire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Worcestershire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Worcestershire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire 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
Worcester +4 14 £145 - 17
Malvern +3 4 £900 +125.00%
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 11 (73.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Electronics
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.67%) Marketing
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) IT Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Junior
4 1 (6.67%) Junior IT Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Junior IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) Junior Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) NHS
2 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.67%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Rocky
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (20.00%) Zero Trust
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Containerisation
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) DV Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) PMO
2 2 (13.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (73.33%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Cisco
1 11 (73.33%) Citrix
1 11 (73.33%) Nexthink
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) Dell
4 1 (6.67%) SAP