Active Directory Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 21 13
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 +10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 33 37 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.17% 7.20% 10.93%
As % of the System Software category 68.75% 44.58% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 36
10th Percentile £126 £175 £158
25th Percentile £176 £191 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £378 £215 £200
Median % change year-on-year +75.58% +7.50% -49.04%
75th Percentile £456 £325 £553
90th Percentile £621 £520 £632
North West median daily rate £363 £350 £250
% change year-on-year +3.57% +40.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile £16.67 £11.80 £12.48
25th Percentile £17.02 £12.63 £12.61
Median hourly rate £17.72 £14.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.57% -20.00% -
75th Percentile - £18.21 £20.39
90th Percentile £17.75 £20.73 £21.78
North West median hourly rate £17.11 £18.75 £17.81
% change year-on-year -8.75% +5.29% +9.72%

All System Software Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 48 83 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.97% 16.15% 18.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 65 59
10th Percentile £126 £193 £163
25th Percentile £344 £218 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.38% +23.53% +18.06%
75th Percentile £628 £575 £538
90th Percentile £715 £631 £631
North West median daily rate £450 £481 £450
% change year-on-year -6.49% +6.94% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 8
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.08 £12.48
25th Percentile £17.02 £13.31 £12.67
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.21 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% -0.25% -29.13%
75th Percentile - £33.25 £20.45
90th Percentile £17.75 £52.75 £21.78
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £20.00 £18.12
% change year-on-year -11.40% +10.41% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Warrington -3 9 £408 +25.38% 14
Macclesfield - 6 £122 -
Crewe +1 3 - - 1
Wilmslow -1 3 £375 +30.43%
Northwich - 3 - - 2
Runcorn - 3 £128 -
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (60.61%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (24.24%) Azure
3 5 (15.15%) Entra ID
3 5 (15.15%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.06%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Stack
5 1 (3.03%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) WAAS
2 4 (12.12%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) DNS
3 1 (3.03%) LAN
3 1 (3.03%) Skype
3 1 (3.03%) VPN
3 1 (3.03%) VSAN
3 1 (3.03%) WAN
3 1 (3.03%) Wireless
3 1 (3.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Aviation
4 2 (6.06%) Automotive
4 2 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) IT Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Senior
3 5 (15.15%) PowerShell Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) SCCM Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Active Directory Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Administrator
4 4 (12.12%) Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Desktop Support
4 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) IT Support
4 4 (12.12%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Desktop Support Technician
5 3 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (9.09%) IT Technician
5 3 (9.09%) Migration Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 3 (9.09%) Support Technician
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (6.06%) CMDB
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) PKI
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (78.79%) Windows
2 14 (42.42%) Windows 10
3 7 (21.21%) Apple iOS
4 6 (18.18%) Mac OS
5 5 (15.15%) Windows Server
6 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Asset Management
1 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
1 6 (18.18%) Migration
1 6 (18.18%) Software Deployment
2 5 (15.15%) Change Control
3 4 (12.12%) Customer Experience
3 4 (12.12%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (12.12%) Inventory Management
3 4 (12.12%) Service Management
4 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (6.06%) Configuration Management
4 2 (6.06%) RBAC
5 1 (3.03%) Application Security
5 1 (3.03%) Information Governance
5 1 (3.03%) Information Security
5 1 (3.03%) ITIL
5 1 (3.03%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.03%) Server Building
5 1 (3.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) MCSE
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (39.39%) SCCM
2 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (21.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (3.03%) vCenter Server
5 1 (3.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 11 (33.33%) VMware
3 7 (21.21%) Apple
4 5 (15.15%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.06%) Cisco
5 2 (6.06%) Veeam
6 1 (3.03%) Meraki
6 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.03%) Proofpoint
6 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.03%) Sophos
6 1 (3.03%) Symantec
6 1 (3.03%) Ubiquiti