Active Directory Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 31 21
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 453 364 608
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.95% 6.44% 7.89%
As % of the System Software category 54.84% 45.56% 47.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 245 403
10th Percentile £195 £185 £141
25th Percentile £324 £250 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £608 £551 £500
90th Percentile £640 £683 £600
England median daily rate £438 £425 £399
% change year-on-year +2.94% +6.58% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 44
10th Percentile £14.32 £15.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £15.84 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.80 £24.00 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.83% +57.38% +8.93%
75th Percentile - £59.31 £22.25
90th Percentile £33.35 £79.46 -
England median hourly rate £17.60 £22.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -20.02% +25.71% +9.38%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 826 799 1,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.50% 14.13% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 536 869
10th Percentile £205 £200 £172
25th Percentile £400 £350 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £663
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 45 59
10th Percentile £17.69 £15.50 £12.54
25th Percentile £17.80 £27.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £54.88 £57.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +187.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £34.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.50
England median hourly rate £22.23 £52.13 £19.00
% change year-on-year -57.37% +174.37% +2.43%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Hampshire +7 190 £550 +4.76% 50
Thames Valley +12 174 £575 +27.78% 64
Berkshire +21 127 £605 +8.52% 29
Surrey +8 30 £260 -16.13% 25
West Sussex +21 29 £450 +75.61% 15
Buckinghamshire +3 28 £416 -4.89% 15
Oxfordshire +2 19 £145 -38.95% 20
Kent -3 9 £185 -28.85% 28
East Sussex +6 5 £475 +131.71% 9
Middlesex +1 4 £275 -15.38% 1
Home Counties +3 1 £600 +34.83%
Sussex - 1 - -
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 62 (13.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.87%) Confluence
2 13 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.88%) IIS
4 2 (0.44%) Apache
4 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 29 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 164 (36.20%) Azure
2 121 (26.71%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (15.89%) AWS
4 70 (15.45%) Entra ID
5 41 (9.05%) Azure Monitor
6 21 (4.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (4.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 20 (4.42%) Azure Storage
8 17 (3.75%) Azure Functions
8 17 (3.75%) Serverless
9 14 (3.09%) OCI
10 8 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.55%) IaaS
11 7 (1.55%) PaaS
11 7 (1.55%) SaaS
12 4 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.88%) Azure API Management
12 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 111 (24.50%) DNS
2 94 (20.75%) DHCP
3 75 (16.56%) Firewall
4 40 (8.83%) SSL
5 31 (6.84%) SAN
6 26 (5.74%) Wireless
7 20 (4.42%) WAN
8 19 (4.19%) LAN
9 16 (3.53%) TCP/IP
10 15 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (3.09%) VPN
12 11 (2.43%) VLAN
13 10 (2.21%) NAS
14 7 (1.55%) Network Security
15 5 (1.10%) WebEx
16 4 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.66%) Kerberos
17 3 (0.66%) NetScaler
17 3 (0.66%) VSAN
18 2 (0.44%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.42%) NoSQL
2 14 (3.09%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.10%) MySQL
5 4 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.44%) Power BI
8 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (5.30%) Git
2 16 (3.53%) JIRA
2 16 (3.53%) Robot Framework
2 16 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
3 10 (2.21%) Selenium
4 4 (0.88%) GitLab
5 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.66%) MSI
5 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.44%) JMeter
7 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 113 (24.94%) Social Skills
2 36 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
4 21 (4.64%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.19%) Finance
6 9 (1.99%) Military
6 9 (1.99%) Retail
7 8 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.77%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.10%) Automotive
9 4 (0.88%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.88%) Financial Institution
9 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.66%) French Language
10 3 (0.66%) Front Office
10 3 (0.66%) Legal
10 3 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.66%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.44%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.44%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 69 (15.23%) Architect
2 66 (14.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 42 (9.27%) Active Directory Support
3 42 (9.27%) Support Engineer
4 32 (7.06%) IT Support
5 29 (6.40%) Support Specialist
6 28 (6.18%) Senior
7 27 (5.96%) Active Directory Specialist
7 27 (5.96%) Azure Specialist
8 26 (5.74%) Active Directory Engineer
9 25 (5.52%) Windows Engineer
10 24 (5.30%) IT Engineer
11 21 (4.64%) Developer
12 20 (4.42%) Full Stack Developer
13 18 (3.97%) Integration Engineer
14 17 (3.75%) Analyst
14 17 (3.75%) Azure Developer
15 16 (3.53%) Build Engineer
15 16 (3.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.53%) Windows Build Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.05%) Web Services
2 21 (4.64%) ARM Templates
3 20 (4.42%) React
4 10 (2.21%) .NET
5 8 (1.77%) ADO
6 5 (1.10%) LDAP
7 4 (0.88%) XMPP
8 2 (0.44%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.44%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.44%) Kafka
8 2 (0.44%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.44%) Middleware
8 2 (0.44%) Node.js
8 2 (0.44%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.44%) RESTful
9 1 (0.22%) CSS
9 1 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 109 (24.06%) PKI
2 28 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (4.86%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.53%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.55%) Digital Signage
6 6 (1.32%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.10%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.88%) Clustering
8 4 (0.88%) Fat Client
8 4 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.88%) Replication
8 4 (0.88%) Thin Client
8 4 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.44%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.44%) Tandem
10 1 (0.22%) CMDB
10 1 (0.22%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 295 (65.12%) Windows
2 160 (35.32%) Windows Server
3 107 (23.62%) Windows 10
4 95 (20.97%) Linux
5 85 (18.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 71 (15.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 63 (13.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 34 (7.51%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.53%) Ubuntu
9 16 (3.53%) Windows 7
9 16 (3.53%) Windows NT
10 14 (3.09%) Windows XP
11 12 (2.65%) Unix
12 9 (1.99%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (1.32%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.66%) Android
14 3 (0.66%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.66%) VMS
15 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (18.76%) ITIL
2 75 (16.56%) Agile
3 74 (16.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 64 (14.13%) Customer Service
5 53 (11.70%) Service Management
6 49 (10.82%) Release Management
7 47 (10.38%) DevOps
8 46 (10.15%) Cryptography
9 42 (9.27%) CI/CD
10 41 (9.05%) Key Management
10 41 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (6.62%) Infrastructure as Code
11 30 (6.62%) Proactive Monitoring
12 29 (6.40%) Test Automation
13 25 (5.52%) Change Management
14 24 (5.30%) Migration
14 24 (5.30%) RBAC
15 23 (5.08%) Deployment Automation
15 23 (5.08%) Microservices
15 23 (5.08%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 102 (22.52%) PowerShell
2 47 (10.38%) Python
3 26 (5.74%) VBScript
4 25 (5.52%) SQL
5 23 (5.08%) C#
6 21 (4.64%) Bicep
7 20 (4.42%) VB
8 13 (2.87%) Java
9 3 (0.66%) C
9 3 (0.66%) PHP
9 3 (0.66%) Ruby
9 3 (0.66%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.44%) C++
11 1 (0.22%) Bash
11 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 226 (49.89%) Security Cleared
2 128 (28.26%) DV Cleared
3 125 (27.59%) SC Cleared
4 102 (22.52%) Degree
5 20 (4.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 19 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (3.09%) CCNA
7 14 (3.09%) CCNP
7 14 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.21%) MCSA
8 10 (2.21%) MCSE
9 9 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (1.55%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.55%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.66%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.42%) SLA
2 17 (3.75%) QA
3 7 (1.55%) RMADS
4 6 (1.32%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (0.88%) GDPR
5 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) COBIT
System Software
1 118 (26.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (9.93%) Hyper-V
3 31 (6.84%) VMware ESXi
4 29 (6.40%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (5.08%) vSphere
6 22 (4.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (4.64%) XenApp
8 16 (3.53%) Firmware
9 6 (1.32%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.88%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.88%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.66%) Docker
12 2 (0.44%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.22%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.22%) UAG
Systems Management
1 111 (24.50%) SCCM
2 92 (20.31%) WSUS
3 44 (9.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (8.17%) SCOM
5 30 (6.62%) Kubernetes
6 27 (5.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 25 (5.52%) Ansible
8 22 (4.86%) Terraform
8 22 (4.86%) vCenter Server
9 16 (3.53%) Sysprep
10 15 (3.31%) Nessus
11 14 (3.09%) EMC NetWorker
11 14 (3.09%) NetBackup
12 5 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.10%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.88%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.88%) IBM BigFix
13 4 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (0.88%) Tivoli
14 3 (0.66%) AppManager
Vendors
1 205 (45.25%) Microsoft
2 142 (31.35%) VMware
3 29 (6.40%) Apple
3 29 (6.40%) Citrix
4 25 (5.52%) Cisco
4 25 (5.52%) Oracle
5 21 (4.64%) Symantec
5 21 (4.64%) Veeam
6 19 (4.19%) Dell
7 18 (3.97%) HP
8 17 (3.75%) Ivanti
9 16 (3.53%) EMC
10 15 (3.31%) Juniper
10 15 (3.31%) ServiceNow
11 14 (3.09%) 3PAR
11 14 (3.09%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (3.09%) Palo Alto
12 11 (2.43%) MobileIron
13 10 (2.21%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.99%) Remedy