Active Directory Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Active Directory
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 22 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 37 37 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 7.24% 6.72% 11.07%
As % of the System Software category 78.72% 51.39% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 64
10th Percentile £120 £182 £191
25th Percentile £178 £222 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £419 £388
Median % change year-on-year -46.27% +8.06% +23.02%
75th Percentile £245 £500 £438
90th Percentile - - £488
East of England median daily rate £250 £350 £325
% change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +46.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 24
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £14.16 £14.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% - +31.82%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £15.19
90th Percentile £15.12 - £15.75
East of England median hourly rate £14.16 £17.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -16.71% +9.68% -13.94%

All System Software Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 47 72 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.20% 13.07% 16.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 46 102
10th Percentile £124 £206 £227
25th Percentile £189 £408 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £245 £500 £488
90th Percentile £272 £530 £549
East of England median daily rate £350 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 10 24
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £14.16 £15.75 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +8.62% +2.76%
75th Percentile £14.64 £18.50 £15.19
90th Percentile £15.12 £21.90 £15.75
East of England median hourly rate £14.16 £52.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -73.03% +238.71% -15.16%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Cambridgeshire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Peterborough -5 27 £200 -52.94% 13
Cambridge +1 8 £233 -7.00% 11
Huntingdon -4 1 £200 +6.67% 4
Ely - 1 £120 -
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (48.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (35.14%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (8.11%) VPN
3 1 (2.70%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.70%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) Analyst
2 26 (70.27%) Service Analyst
2 26 (70.27%) Service Desk Analyst
3 18 (48.65%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (21.62%) Support Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Technical Analyst
4 8 (21.62%) Technical Services Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Windows Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Windows Support Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) IT Support
6 3 (8.11%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Linux Support
6 3 (8.11%) Linux Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Active Directory Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support
7 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Clustering
2 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 17 (45.95%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.81%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.11%) Linux
5 2 (5.41%) Android
6 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.70%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (75.68%) Customer Service
2 24 (64.86%) ITIL
3 15 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (35.14%) Incident Management
4 13 (35.14%) Mathematics
4 13 (35.14%) Service Delivery
5 8 (21.62%) ITSM
6 3 (8.11%) High Availability
6 3 (8.11%) Release Management
7 2 (5.41%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (5.41%) Software Deployment
8 1 (2.70%) Computer Science
8 1 (2.70%) Data Centre Operations
8 1 (2.70%) Hardware Maintenance
8 1 (2.70%) Inventory Management
8 1 (2.70%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (2.70%) Project Management
8 1 (2.70%) Ticket Management
8 1 (2.70%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (37.84%) A+ Certification
3 13 (35.14%) MCSA
4 9 (24.32%) Degree
5 8 (21.62%) CCNA
5 8 (21.62%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (21.62%) MCP
6 1 (2.70%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (8.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (27.03%) SCCM
2 1 (2.70%) Autotask
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) Citrix
1 20 (54.05%) Microsoft
2 13 (35.14%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.11%) VMware
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco
4 1 (2.70%) Remedy
4 1 (2.70%) SonicWALL