Active Directory Contracts

Microsoft Active Directory
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 33 31 48
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 0
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2,238 3,275 4,310
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 5.19% 5.81% 4.91%
As % of the System Software category 47.61% 44.35% 37.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,570 2,380 3,119
10th Percentile £163 £163 £150
25th Percentile £225 £220 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £675 £675 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £350 £288
% change year-on-year +14.29% +21.74% -11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 125 219
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.53 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +27.54% +7.81%
75th Percentile £23.78 £54.00 £22.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £66.00 £28.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £18.50 £16.88
% change year-on-year -13.51% +9.63% +10.66%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,701 7,384 11,642
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.91% 13.10% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,266 5,213 8,366
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £450
% change year-on-year -0.84% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 246 284
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.23 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £19.25 £14.75
Median hourly rate £24.18 £54.92 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.97% +189.03% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £35.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.87 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £48.12 £17.50
% change year-on-year -42.85% +174.94% -3.81%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England -1 1,990 £425 -1.16% 972
UK excluding London -1 1,283 £400 +14.29% 798
London +6 836 £438 -9.69% 228
Work from Home -1 627 £475 - 367
South East +15 453 £516 +15.84% 204
North of England -11 244 £305 +1.67% 206
Midlands +2 172 £338 -3.71% 139
South West -17 164 £445 -11.08% 115
Scotland +21 141 £340 +19.30% 61
North West -11 131 £363 +11.54% 114
West Midlands -4 107 £350 -6.67% 75
Yorkshire -9 96 £282 +9.85% 76
East of England -17 96 £250 -28.57% 79
East Midlands 0 62 £325 +45.74% 64
Wales -9 19 £165 -10.83% 17
North East +11 15 £500 +78.57% 19
Northern Ireland -20 2 £363 -14.71% 1

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 466 (20.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 196 (8.76%) SharePoint
3 58 (2.59%) IIS
4 47 (2.10%) Confluence
5 33 (1.47%) Skype for Business
6 28 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2010
7 27 (1.21%) Exchange Server 2013
8 18 (0.80%) CMS
9 15 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
10 11 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2003
11 8 (0.36%) Apache
11 8 (0.36%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 7 (0.31%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.22%) JBoss
13 5 (0.22%) nginx
14 4 (0.18%) Oracle Self-Service HR
15 2 (0.089%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.089%) WordPress
16 1 (0.045%) SharePoint Server
16 1 (0.045%) WebSphere
Applications
1 238 (10.63%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.089%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.045%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.045%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.045%) Trello
8 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (0.49%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.13%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.089%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.045%) assyst
7 1 (0.045%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.045%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.045%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.045%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 909 (40.62%) Azure
2 855 (38.20%) Microsoft 365
3 549 (24.53%) Entra ID
4 211 (9.43%) AWS
5 135 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
7 92 (4.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 90 (4.02%) OneDrive
9 70 (3.13%) PaaS
10 66 (2.95%) Power Platform
11 63 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 51 (2.28%) IaaS
13 45 (2.01%) Azure Storage
13 45 (2.01%) GitHub
14 44 (1.97%) SaaS
15 43 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
15 43 (1.92%) GCP
16 38 (1.70%) Serverless
17 33 (1.47%) Azure Functions
17 33 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 367 (16.40%) DNS
2 243 (10.86%) DHCP
3 239 (10.68%) Firewall
4 136 (6.08%) VPN
5 108 (4.83%) SAN
6 93 (4.16%) LAN
7 90 (4.02%) WAN
8 75 (3.35%) TCP/IP
9 68 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
10 57 (2.55%) SSL
11 55 (2.46%) Wireless
12 42 (1.88%) Skype
13 37 (1.65%) NAS
13 37 (1.65%) Network Security
14 36 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
15 35 (1.56%) VLAN
16 28 (1.25%) VoIP
17 27 (1.21%) Kerberos
18 23 (1.03%) MPLS
19 20 (0.89%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 277 (12.38%) SQL Server
2 47 (2.10%) MySQL
3 35 (1.56%) Power BI
4 29 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
4 29 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
5 27 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 27 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 24 (1.07%) NoSQL
7 21 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (0.71%) Hadoop
10 15 (0.67%) Oracle Database
10 15 (0.67%) RDBMS
10 15 (0.67%) Redis
11 8 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.22%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.18%) Big Data
15 3 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
15 3 (0.13%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 96 (4.29%) Git
2 78 (3.49%) JIRA
3 34 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.21%) Selenium
5 22 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
6 18 (0.80%) Robot Framework
6 18 (0.80%) TeamCity
7 16 (0.71%) Visual Studio
8 11 (0.49%) SpecFlow
8 11 (0.49%) WebDriver
9 10 (0.45%) Postman
9 10 (0.45%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.40%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.40%) GitLab
11 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (0.22%) CA Release Automation
11 5 (0.22%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.22%) Hudson
12 4 (0.18%) MSI
12 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 602 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 271 (12.11%) Finance
3 234 (10.46%) Public Sector
4 156 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
5 93 (4.16%) Banking
6 53 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (2.01%) Financial Institution
9 41 (1.83%) Manufacturing
10 35 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 34 (1.52%) Legal
12 28 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (1.25%) Retail
13 24 (1.07%) Marketing
14 23 (1.03%) Back Office
15 22 (0.98%) Military
16 21 (0.94%) Law
17 15 (0.67%) French Language
17 15 (0.67%) Local Government
18 13 (0.58%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 282 (12.60%) Analyst
2 276 (12.33%) Support Engineer
3 243 (10.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 208 (9.29%) Senior
5 197 (8.80%) Architect
6 187 (8.36%) IT Support
7 143 (6.39%) Developer
8 122 (5.45%) IT Engineer
9 121 (5.41%) Service Analyst
10 118 (5.27%) Service Desk Analyst
11 104 (4.65%) Desktop Support
12 101 (4.51%) 2nd Line Support
13 88 (3.93%) Desktop Engineer
14 86 (3.84%) Support Analyst
15 80 (3.57%) Consultant
16 76 (3.40%) Senior Developer
17 75 (3.35%) IT Analyst
18 73 (3.26%) Active Directory Engineer
18 73 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
19 72 (3.22%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (6.30%) .NET
2 120 (5.36%) XML
3 111 (4.96%) LDAP
4 98 (4.38%) SailPoint
4 98 (4.38%) Web Services
5 85 (3.80%) HTML
6 75 (3.35%) .NET Core
7 61 (2.73%) React
8 51 (2.28%) SAML
9 44 (1.97%) SOAP
10 43 (1.92%) CSS
11 40 (1.79%) JSP
12 39 (1.74%) Servlets
12 39 (1.74%) SPML
13 36 (1.61%) OpenID
14 35 (1.56%) .NET Framework
14 35 (1.56%) ASP.NET
15 32 (1.43%) AngularJS
16 31 (1.39%) ARM Templates
17 28 (1.25%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 193 (8.62%) PKI
2 93 (4.16%) Data Centre
3 76 (3.40%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.26%) Replication
5 70 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 56 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
7 55 (2.46%) Clustering
8 53 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 45 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
10 33 (1.47%) iPhone
11 26 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 25 (1.12%) iPad
12 25 (1.12%) Smartphone
13 24 (1.07%) Driving Licence
14 20 (0.89%) CMDB
15 19 (0.85%) Mobile App
16 18 (0.80%) Public Cloud
17 17 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 17 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
18 16 (0.71%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1,373 (61.35%) Windows
2 580 (25.92%) Windows Server
3 489 (21.85%) Windows 10
4 258 (11.53%) Linux
5 179 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 172 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 157 (7.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 92 (4.11%) Windows 7
9 89 (3.98%) Apple iOS
10 66 (2.95%) Unix
11 55 (2.46%) Mac OS
12 52 (2.32%) Android
13 50 (2.23%) Windows Server 2008
14 42 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 40 (1.79%) Ubuntu
16 34 (1.52%) VMS
17 24 (1.07%) Windows Server 2003
18 18 (0.80%) Windows XP
19 17 (0.76%) Windows NT
20 16 (0.71%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (15.77%) ITIL
2 346 (15.46%) Customer Service
3 294 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
4 288 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 270 (12.06%) Migration
6 267 (11.93%) Agile
7 257 (11.48%) DevOps
8 188 (8.40%) CI/CD
9 134 (5.99%) Identity Access Management
10 113 (5.05%) RBAC
11 111 (4.96%) Disaster Recovery
12 107 (4.78%) Cybersecurity
13 105 (4.69%) Service Management
14 96 (4.29%) Scrum
15 94 (4.20%) Mobile Device Management
16 91 (4.07%) Identity Management
17 89 (3.98%) Service Delivery
18 87 (3.89%) Change Management
19 78 (3.49%) Infrastructure as Code
20 72 (3.22%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 473 (21.13%) PowerShell
2 224 (10.01%) SQL
3 138 (6.17%) C#
4 129 (5.76%) Python
5 95 (4.24%) JavaScript
6 94 (4.20%) Bicep
7 78 (3.49%) Java
8 38 (1.70%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.25%) VB
10 27 (1.21%) VBScript
11 23 (1.03%) Bash
12 13 (0.58%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.49%) C
14 10 (0.45%) C++
14 10 (0.45%) Perl
14 10 (0.45%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.40%) R
16 8 (0.36%) Go
16 8 (0.36%) PHP
16 8 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 540 (24.13%) Security Cleared
2 345 (15.42%) SC Cleared
3 278 (12.42%) Degree
4 216 (9.65%) DV Cleared
5 151 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 60 (2.68%) MCSE
7 53 (2.37%) MCSA
8 49 (2.19%) Azure Certification
9 36 (1.61%) A+ Certification
9 36 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 35 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
11 33 (1.47%) CCNA
12 29 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 28 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 27 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
15 25 (1.12%) AWS Certification
15 25 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
15 25 (1.12%) DBS Check
16 20 (0.89%) CISSP
17 19 (0.85%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (4.69%) SLA
2 54 (2.41%) QA
3 23 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (0.89%) NIST
5 19 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 17 (0.76%) GDPR
7 16 (0.71%) WCAG
8 14 (0.63%) Accessibility
9 13 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
10 8 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.31%) RMADS
12 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.13%) COBIT
16 2 (0.089%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.089%) GRC
16 2 (0.089%) NCSC
16 2 (0.089%) PMO
System Software
1 313 (13.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 137 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 87 (3.89%) Virtual Machines
4 66 (2.95%) vSphere
5 65 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 63 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
7 45 (2.01%) Docker
8 39 (1.74%) IAG
9 38 (1.70%) ACF2
9 38 (1.70%) RACF
9 38 (1.70%) XenApp
10 24 (1.07%) Firmware
11 21 (0.94%) BitLocker
11 21 (0.94%) VMware NSX
11 21 (0.94%) XenDesktop
12 18 (0.80%) NFS
12 18 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
13 16 (0.71%) HDFS
13 16 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
14 12 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 387 (17.29%) SCCM
2 246 (10.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 119 (5.32%) WSUS
4 89 (3.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 83 (3.71%) Single Sign-On
6 82 (3.66%) Terraform
7 79 (3.53%) Kubernetes
8 70 (3.13%) SCOM
9 59 (2.64%) Ansible
10 48 (2.14%) vCenter Server
11 37 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
12 26 (1.16%) NetBackup
13 19 (0.85%) EMC NetWorker
13 19 (0.85%) Kibana
14 18 (0.80%) Nessus
15 17 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
15 17 (0.76%) Sysprep
16 15 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
17 12 (0.54%) FortiGate
17 12 (0.54%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,180 (52.73%) Microsoft
2 429 (19.17%) VMware
3 197 (8.80%) Citrix
4 195 (8.71%) ServiceNow
5 125 (5.59%) Oracle
6 118 (5.27%) Cisco
7 106 (4.74%) Apple
8 83 (3.71%) CyberArk
9 62 (2.77%) HP
10 60 (2.68%) Veeam
11 58 (2.59%) Dell
12 47 (2.10%) Okta
13 39 (1.74%) SAP
14 38 (1.70%) Red Hat
15 37 (1.65%) EMC
16 33 (1.47%) CA
17 29 (1.30%) Palo Alto
18 26 (1.16%) Ivanti
18 26 (1.16%) Sybase
19 25 (1.12%) SolarWinds