Active Directory Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +21 +4 -12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 141 152 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 6.58% 5.64% 4.72%
As % of the System Software category 48.29% 37.16% 37.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 115 123
10th Percentile £179 £156 £137
25th Percentile £200 £194 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £285 £330
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -13.64% -19.51%
75th Percentile £488 £473 £500
90th Percentile £600 £564 £575
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £18.25
25th Percentile - - £19.38
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £32.25
75th Percentile - - £48.13
90th Percentile - - £49.71
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £17.25
% change year-on-year -20.45% +27.54% +7.81%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 292 409 430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.62% 15.17% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 285 308
10th Percentile £194 £188 £159
25th Percentile £313 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £491 £538 £538
90th Percentile £608 £613 £613
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 11
10th Percentile £22.95 £24.34 £17.50
25th Percentile £60.25 £29.66 £18.75
Median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -39.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.80 £48.35
90th Percentile - £55.57 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.92 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.97% +189.03% -5.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Edinburgh +17 60 £340 +25.93% 30
Glasgow +17 52 £250 -41.18% 18
South Lanarkshire +17 13 £370 +25.34%
Renfrewshire -1 5 £488 -6.25% 2
Stirling +1 4 £420 +158.86% 1
Lanarkshire -2 2 £158 -4.55% 6
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 33 (23.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (7.09%) Confluence
3 9 (6.38%) SharePoint
4 6 (4.26%) IIS
5 3 (2.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 29 (20.57%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.71%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 52 (36.88%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 45 (31.91%) Azure
4 7 (4.96%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (4.26%) OneDrive
5 6 (4.26%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 5 (3.55%) AWS
7 3 (2.13%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.42%) GitHub
8 2 (1.42%) IaaS
8 2 (1.42%) PaaS
8 2 (1.42%) Serverless
9 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 28 (19.86%) DNS
2 24 (17.02%) DHCP
3 22 (15.60%) VPN
4 13 (9.22%) Firewall
5 8 (5.67%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (4.26%) Kerberos
7 4 (2.84%) SSL
8 3 (2.13%) NAS
8 3 (2.13%) SAN
8 3 (2.13%) Skype
8 3 (2.13%) SMTP
9 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.71%) DSL
10 1 (0.71%) LAN
10 1 (0.71%) VoIP
10 1 (0.71%) WAN
10 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.67%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.42%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (7.09%) JIRA
2 8 (5.67%) Git
3 6 (4.26%) Bitbucket
3 6 (4.26%) Jenkins
General
1 41 (29.08%) Social Skills
2 38 (26.95%) Public Sector
3 4 (2.84%) Banking
3 4 (2.84%) Finance
3 4 (2.84%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.42%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (17.02%) Analyst
2 14 (9.93%) Desktop Engineer
2 14 (9.93%) Support Analyst
2 14 (9.93%) Support Engineer
3 13 (9.22%) IT Support
4 12 (8.51%) Exchange Engineer
4 12 (8.51%) IT Analyst
5 10 (7.09%) 3rd Line Support
5 10 (7.09%) Desktop Support
6 9 (6.38%) Developer
7 8 (5.67%) Infrastructure Support
7 8 (5.67%) IT Support Analyst
8 7 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (4.96%) Architect
8 7 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.96%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 6 (4.26%) Network Engineer
9 6 (4.26%) Service Analyst
9 6 (4.26%) Service Desk Analyst
9 6 (4.26%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.64%) OpenID
2 9 (6.38%) LDAP
3 8 (5.67%) RESTful
3 8 (5.67%) Web Services
4 7 (4.96%) SAML
5 6 (4.26%) JSON
5 6 (4.26%) XML
6 4 (2.84%) SailPoint
7 2 (1.42%) .NET
7 2 (1.42%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.42%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.42%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.42%) CSS
7 2 (1.42%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.42%) jQuery
7 2 (1.42%) OAuth
7 2 (1.42%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.42%) SOAP
7 2 (1.42%) WCF
8 1 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.38%) Data Centre
1 9 (6.38%) PKI
2 7 (4.96%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.26%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.84%) iPad
4 4 (2.84%) iPhone
4 4 (2.84%) Smartphone
5 3 (2.13%) Clustering
5 3 (2.13%) CMDB
5 3 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.71%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.71%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 79 (56.03%) Windows
2 47 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 28 (19.86%) Windows Server
4 16 (11.35%) Windows 7
5 14 (9.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (8.51%) Apple iOS
7 9 (6.38%) Linux
8 6 (4.26%) CentOS
8 6 (4.26%) Debian
8 6 (4.26%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (2.84%) Android
10 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.21%) ITIL
2 29 (20.57%) Customer Service
3 19 (13.48%) Service Delivery
4 17 (12.06%) Break/Fix
5 15 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (9.22%) Agile
7 13 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (8.51%) Problem Management
9 10 (7.09%) Identity Management
10 9 (6.38%) High Availability
10 9 (6.38%) Network Management
11 8 (5.67%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (5.67%) ITSM
12 7 (4.96%) Capacity Management
12 7 (4.96%) Migration
12 7 (4.96%) Roadmaps
12 7 (4.96%) Stakeholder Identification
13 6 (4.26%) Continuous Integration
13 6 (4.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (22.70%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.26%) C
2 6 (4.26%) Go
3 3 (2.13%) SQL
4 2 (1.42%) C#
4 2 (1.42%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.42%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.71%) Python
5 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (36.17%) Security Cleared
2 48 (34.04%) SC Cleared
3 22 (15.60%) Degree
4 17 (12.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (11.35%) MCSE
6 15 (10.64%) A+ Certification
7 9 (6.38%) DV Cleared
8 6 (4.26%) MCP
8 6 (4.26%) MCSA
8 6 (4.26%) RHCT
9 5 (3.55%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (3.55%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.71%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.51%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (2.84%) QA
3 3 (2.13%) SLA
4 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (10.64%) Hyper-V
2 8 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.26%) BitLocker
3 6 (4.26%) KVM
4 3 (2.13%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (2.13%) Terminal Services
4 3 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (31.91%) SCCM
2 15 (10.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (9.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 9 (6.38%) WSUS
5 4 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.13%) vCenter Server
6 3 (2.13%) vMotion
7 1 (0.71%) Kibana
7 1 (0.71%) logstash
7 1 (0.71%) Puppet
7 1 (0.71%) SCOM
7 1 (0.71%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 71 (50.35%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.60%) Cisco
3 21 (14.89%) Citrix
4 13 (9.22%) VMware
5 10 (7.09%) Atlassian
6 8 (5.67%) Apple
7 7 (4.96%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (4.96%) Okta
7 7 (4.96%) Zscaler
8 6 (4.26%) Cadence
8 6 (4.26%) Red Hat
9 5 (3.55%) Oracle
9 5 (3.55%) ServiceNow
10 4 (2.84%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.84%) HP
11 3 (2.13%) Infoblox
12 2 (1.42%) Mitel
13 1 (0.71%) Equitrac
13 1 (0.71%) IFS
13 1 (0.71%) SolarWinds