Active Directory Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 23 33 27
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 182 173 241
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.94% 6.08% 6.83%
As % of the System Software category 55.49% 49.29% 47.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 142 163
10th Percentile £161 £185 £131
25th Percentile £345 £263 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £608 £555 £525
90th Percentile £650 £688 £625
South East median daily rate £501 £405 £375
% change year-on-year +23.70% +8.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 15
10th Percentile £16.03 £36.60 £12.25
25th Percentile £16.06 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £16.75 £70.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.07% +438.46% -7.96%
75th Percentile £18.06 £81.37 £19.38
90th Percentile £18.48 £85.05 £20.00
South East median hourly rate £17.69 £18.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -4.38% +23.33% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 328 351 507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.50% 12.34% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 261 374
10th Percentile £205 £213 £156
25th Percentile £335 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £455
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +5.49% +1.68%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £680 £650
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +2.75% +5.26% +7.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 17
10th Percentile £16.25 £31.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £48.40 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £13.70
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +301.46% -26.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £20.00
90th Percentile - £79.12 £67.42
South East median hourly rate £54.88 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.58% +172.80% -14.89%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +20 134 £605 +8.52% 35
Buckinghamshire +3 31 £411 +9.60% 26
Oxfordshire -1 17 £138 -54.17% 21
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 39 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 102 (56.04%) Azure
2 50 (27.47%) Entra ID
3 42 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (21.98%) Azure Monitor
5 22 (12.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (11.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 18 (9.89%) Azure Storage
8 17 (9.34%) Azure Functions
8 17 (9.34%) Serverless
9 14 (7.69%) AWS
9 14 (7.69%) OCI
10 7 (3.85%) IaaS
11 6 (3.30%) SaaS
12 5 (2.75%) PaaS
13 4 (2.20%) Azure API Management
13 4 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (1.65%) Azure Event Grid
14 3 (1.65%) Power Automate
14 3 (1.65%) Power Platform
14 3 (1.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (30.77%) DNS
2 53 (29.12%) DHCP
3 40 (21.98%) Firewall
4 20 (10.99%) SAN
5 11 (6.04%) WAN
6 10 (5.49%) LAN
7 8 (4.40%) SSL
7 8 (4.40%) VPN
8 6 (3.30%) TCP/IP
9 4 (2.20%) NAS
9 4 (2.20%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.65%) Network Security
11 2 (1.10%) WebEx
11 2 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.55%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.55%) Skype
12 1 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.54%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.20%) MySQL
2 4 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.55%) Metadata
3 1 (0.55%) Power BI
3 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (12.09%) Git
2 6 (3.30%) Selenium
3 3 (1.65%) JIRA
3 3 (1.65%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.55%) MSI
General
1 70 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.30%) Finance
4 5 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.10%) Retail
7 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.55%) Police
7 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (19.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (19.23%) Active Directory Support
3 30 (16.48%) Support Specialist
4 26 (14.29%) Active Directory Specialist
4 26 (14.29%) Azure Specialist
5 21 (11.54%) Developer
5 21 (11.54%) Full Stack Developer
6 20 (10.99%) Active Directory Engineer
6 20 (10.99%) Windows Engineer
7 18 (9.89%) Azure Developer
7 18 (9.89%) Build Engineer
7 18 (9.89%) Support Engineer
7 18 (9.89%) Windows Build Engineer
8 11 (6.04%) Architect
9 10 (5.49%) Full Stack Python Developer
9 10 (5.49%) Python Developer
9 10 (5.49%) Storage Engineer
10 9 (4.95%) IT Technician
11 8 (4.40%) Active Directory Support Engineer
11 8 (4.40%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.54%) React
2 19 (10.44%) ARM Templates
3 11 (6.04%) Web Services
4 4 (2.20%) .NET
5 3 (1.65%) CSS
6 2 (1.10%) HTML
6 2 (1.10%) jQuery
6 2 (1.10%) SPFx
7 1 (0.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (20.88%) PKI
2 18 (9.89%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (9.34%) Product Ownership
4 14 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.20%) Fat Client
5 4 (2.20%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.20%) Thin Client
5 4 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.65%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.55%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 107 (58.79%) Windows
2 75 (41.21%) Windows Server
3 56 (30.77%) Windows Server 2019
4 52 (28.57%) Windows 10
4 52 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 47 (25.82%) Linux
6 34 (18.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (9.89%) Windows NT
8 14 (7.69%) Windows XP
9 4 (2.20%) Ubuntu
9 4 (2.20%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.65%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (34.07%) ITIL
2 44 (24.18%) DevOps
3 43 (23.63%) Release Management
4 41 (22.53%) Agile
5 39 (21.43%) CI/CD
5 39 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 37 (20.33%) Service Management
7 34 (18.68%) Customer Service
8 24 (13.19%) Microservices
9 23 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (11.54%) Full Stack Development
10 21 (11.54%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 20 (10.99%) Identity Management
12 19 (10.44%) Analytics
12 19 (10.44%) Deployment Automation
12 19 (10.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (10.44%) Log Analytics
13 18 (9.89%) Privileged Identity Management
13 18 (9.89%) RBAC
13 18 (9.89%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 48 (26.37%) PowerShell
2 26 (14.29%) Python
3 21 (11.54%) C#
4 19 (10.44%) Bicep
5 18 (9.89%) VB
5 18 (9.89%) VBScript
6 10 (5.49%) Java
7 3 (1.65%) C
7 3 (1.65%) PHP
7 3 (1.65%) Ruby
8 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (54.95%) Security Cleared
2 76 (41.76%) DV Cleared
3 68 (37.36%) SC Cleared
4 55 (30.22%) Degree
5 18 (9.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (7.69%) CCNA
6 14 (7.69%) CCNP
6 14 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.65%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.55%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.55%) CEH
9 1 (0.55%) CISSP
9 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.55%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.44%) QA
2 7 (3.85%) SLA
3 3 (1.65%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.10%) GDPR
5 1 (0.55%) COBIT
5 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 32 (17.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (12.64%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
4 19 (10.44%) Hyper-V
5 18 (9.89%) Firmware
5 18 (9.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (4.40%) XenApp
7 6 (3.30%) XenDesktop
8 4 (2.20%) Docker
9 1 (0.55%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 71 (39.01%) SCCM
2 57 (31.32%) WSUS
3 34 (18.68%) SCOM
4 23 (12.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (12.09%) Kubernetes
5 22 (12.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (11.54%) vCenter Server
7 18 (9.89%) Sysprep
8 15 (8.24%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (7.69%) NetBackup
10 6 (3.30%) Ansible
10 6 (3.30%) Nessus
11 4 (2.20%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (2.20%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (1.10%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 2 (1.10%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (1.10%) Terraform
14 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 95 (52.20%) Microsoft
2 37 (20.33%) VMware
3 20 (10.99%) HP
4 19 (10.44%) Cisco
5 18 (9.89%) Oracle
5 18 (9.89%) Veeam
6 15 (8.24%) Citrix
6 15 (8.24%) Dell
6 15 (8.24%) EMC
7 14 (7.69%) 3PAR
7 14 (7.69%) Extreme Networks
7 14 (7.69%) Juniper
7 14 (7.69%) Palo Alto
7 14 (7.69%) Symantec
8 11 (6.04%) ServiceNow
9 6 (3.30%) Red Hat
10 4 (2.20%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.20%) FireEye
10 4 (2.20%) Okta
10 4 (2.20%) Tanium