Active Directory Contracts in Merseyside

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 28 32 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 12.67% 15.84% 11.43%
As % of the System Software category 84.85% 76.19% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 22
10th Percentile £139 £187 £156
25th Percentile £149 £220 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £260 £425
Median % change year-on-year -27.88% -38.82% +142.86%
75th Percentile £219 £331 £475
90th Percentile £298 £398 £500
North West median daily rate £425 £273 £325
% change year-on-year +55.96% -16.15% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £15.08 - £15.18
25th Percentile £16.31 £16.25 £15.82
Median hourly rate £17.22 £17.50 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +3.40% +5.78%
75th Percentile £17.44 £19.50 £18.75
90th Percentile - £20.70 -
North West median hourly rate £22.09 £18.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +19.41% -5.13% +21.01%

All System Software Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 33 42 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 14.93% 20.79% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 38
10th Percentile £146 £188 £168
25th Percentile £159 £220 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £260 £384
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% -32.25% +39.55%
75th Percentile £409 £350 £475
90th Percentile £438 £488 £500
North West median daily rate £500 £440 £440
% change year-on-year +13.64% - +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £15.08 - £15.18
25th Percentile £16.31 £16.25 £15.82
Median hourly rate £17.22 £17.50 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +3.40% +5.78%
75th Percentile £17.44 £19.50 £18.75
90th Percentile - £20.70 -
North West median hourly rate £22.09 £18.50 £20.07
% change year-on-year +19.41% -7.80% +24.51%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Merseyside

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Merseyside

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Merseyside

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Merseyside

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Liverpool 0 22 £163 -35.00% 7
Prescot - 1 £225 - 1
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (67.86%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (42.86%) Azure
3 7 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.57%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
1 5 (17.86%) VPN
2 3 (10.71%) Firewall
3 1 (3.57%) DHCP
3 1 (3.57%) DNS
3 1 (3.57%) Internet
3 1 (3.57%) iSCSI
3 1 (3.57%) LAN
3 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.57%) VoIP
3 1 (3.57%) WAN
3 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.14%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Analyst
2 12 (42.86%) Service Analyst
2 12 (42.86%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) IT Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Hardware Technician
6 3 (10.71%) IT Technician
7 1 (3.57%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) ICT Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) IT Support
7 1 (3.57%) Junior IT Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Junior IT Support
7 1 (3.57%) Junior Support Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Telephony Support
7 1 (3.57%) Windows Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 4 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) IVR
3 1 (3.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (96.43%) Windows
2 19 (67.86%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.57%) Android
4 1 (3.57%) Linux
4 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
2 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
3 4 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 4 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
4 2 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (3.57%) BCP
5 1 (3.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.57%) Information Security
5 1 (3.57%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (3.57%) Logistics
5 1 (3.57%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.57%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (3.57%) Process Improvement
5 1 (3.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (3.57%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) DBS Check
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.57%) CCNA
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.57%) MCP
3 1 (3.57%) MCSE
3 1 (3.57%) MOS
3 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.57%) Apple
3 1 (3.57%) Bomgar
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Draytek
3 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.57%) iManage
3 1 (3.57%) Juniper
3 1 (3.57%) MikroTik
3 1 (3.57%) Sophos
3 1 (3.57%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (3.57%) Veeam
3 1 (3.57%) VMware