Active Directory Contracts in England

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 33 32 45
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 1,985 2,714 3,638
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.34% 5.77% 5.15%
As % of the System Software category 48.14% 44.94% 38.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,395 1,994 2,656
10th Percentile £163 £163 £150
25th Percentile £230 £215 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £399
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.58% +2.90%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £538
90th Percentile £675 £693 £625
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 109 200
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £12.97
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £22.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.02% +25.71% +9.38%
75th Percentile £23.75 £52.13 £22.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £64.80 £28.75
UK median hourly rate £17.60 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.80% +28.57% +9.38%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,123 6,039 9,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.08% 12.83% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,885 4,333 6,920
10th Percentile £205 £200 £190
25th Percentile £360 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 208 253
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.44 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.78 £14.75
Median hourly rate £22.23 £52.13 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.37% +174.37% +2.43%
75th Percentile £58.69 £66.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £74.83 £75.82 £56.53
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.83 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.90% +174.15% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +4 837 £443 -9.46% 217
South East +14 453 £525 +23.53% 211
North of England -13 239 £316 +9.05% 199
Midlands -2 180 £338 -3.57% 146
South West -15 157 £439 -12.15% 120
North West -11 128 £375 +15.38% 107
West Midlands -4 110 £338 -10.00% 77
Yorkshire -10 94 £286 +14.30% 73
East of England -21 93 £265 -24.29% 70
East Midlands -2 65 £331 +48.54% 69
North East +12 15 £500 +78.57% 22
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 411 (20.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 175 (8.82%) SharePoint
3 49 (2.47%) IIS
4 37 (1.86%) Confluence
5 26 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2010
5 26 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 25 (1.26%) Skype for Business
7 17 (0.86%) CMS
8 13 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
9 10 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2003
10 8 (0.40%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 7 (0.35%) Tomcat
12 6 (0.30%) Apache
13 5 (0.25%) JBoss
14 4 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
15 3 (0.15%) nginx
16 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
16 2 (0.10%) WordPress
17 1 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
17 1 (0.050%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 190 (9.57%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.050%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.050%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.050%) Trello
7 1 (0.050%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.35%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.10%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.10%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.050%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.050%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.050%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 830 (41.81%) Azure
2 766 (38.59%) Microsoft 365
3 493 (24.84%) Entra ID
4 194 (9.77%) AWS
5 129 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (4.74%) Azure Monitor
7 89 (4.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 73 (3.68%) OneDrive
9 64 (3.22%) PaaS
10 60 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
11 54 (2.72%) Power Platform
12 48 (2.42%) IaaS
13 45 (2.27%) Azure Storage
14 44 (2.22%) SaaS
15 37 (1.86%) GCP
16 36 (1.81%) GitHub
17 34 (1.71%) Serverless
18 31 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
19 30 (1.51%) Azure Functions
20 29 (1.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 333 (16.78%) DNS
2 215 (10.83%) Firewall
3 212 (10.68%) DHCP
4 108 (5.44%) VPN
5 102 (5.14%) SAN
6 84 (4.23%) LAN
7 83 (4.18%) WAN
8 69 (3.48%) TCP/IP
9 66 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
10 56 (2.82%) Wireless
11 50 (2.52%) SSL
12 36 (1.81%) VLAN
13 33 (1.66%) NAS
14 32 (1.61%) Network Security
15 31 (1.56%) Skype
16 29 (1.46%) VoIP
17 26 (1.31%) Remote Desktop
18 24 (1.21%) MPLS
19 22 (1.11%) Kerberos
20 20 (1.01%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 255 (12.85%) SQL Server
2 38 (1.91%) MySQL
3 33 (1.66%) Power BI
4 24 (1.21%) NoSQL
5 23 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 23 (1.16%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
7 19 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (0.76%) Redis
11 13 (0.65%) Hadoop
11 13 (0.65%) RDBMS
12 11 (0.55%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.20%) Big Data
15 4 (0.20%) Data Lake
16 2 (0.10%) Amazon Redshift
16 2 (0.10%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 87 (4.38%) Git
2 68 (3.43%) JIRA
3 28 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.36%) Selenium
5 22 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 19 (0.96%) Robot Framework
7 17 (0.86%) TeamCity
8 16 (0.81%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.55%) SpecFlow
9 11 (0.55%) WebDriver
10 10 (0.50%) Postman
10 10 (0.50%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.40%) GitLab
12 5 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (0.25%) CA Release Automation
12 5 (0.25%) Fiddler
12 5 (0.25%) MSI
13 4 (0.20%) Hudson
13 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 534 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 255 (12.85%) Finance
3 184 (9.27%) Public Sector
4 150 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 88 (4.43%) Banking
6 51 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (1.91%) Manufacturing
8 37 (1.86%) Financial Institution
9 36 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (1.56%) Legal
10 31 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.36%) Retail
12 23 (1.16%) Back Office
12 23 (1.16%) Marketing
13 20 (1.01%) Military
13 20 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (0.91%) Law
15 17 (0.86%) Local Government
16 13 (0.65%) Aerospace
16 13 (0.65%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 252 (12.70%) Support Engineer
2 247 (12.44%) Analyst
3 230 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 186 (9.37%) Senior
5 174 (8.77%) Architect
6 161 (8.11%) IT Support
7 126 (6.35%) Developer
8 113 (5.69%) Service Analyst
9 112 (5.64%) IT Engineer
10 110 (5.54%) Service Desk Analyst
11 92 (4.63%) 2nd Line Support
12 89 (4.48%) Desktop Support
13 72 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
14 70 (3.53%) Senior Developer
15 69 (3.48%) Desktop Engineer
16 67 (3.38%) Active Directory Engineer
16 67 (3.38%) IT Support Engineer
17 64 (3.22%) Windows Engineer
18 63 (3.17%) Consultant
18 63 (3.17%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (6.75%) .NET
2 102 (5.14%) XML
3 81 (4.08%) Web Services
4 79 (3.98%) LDAP
5 76 (3.83%) SailPoint
6 70 (3.53%) .NET Core
7 69 (3.48%) HTML
8 61 (3.07%) React
9 48 (2.42%) SAML
10 41 (2.07%) CSS
11 35 (1.76%) ASP.NET
12 33 (1.66%) .NET Framework
12 33 (1.66%) AngularJS
13 30 (1.51%) SOAP
14 28 (1.41%) ARM Templates
14 28 (1.41%) JSP
14 28 (1.41%) OAuth
15 26 (1.31%) Servlets
15 26 (1.31%) SPML
16 25 (1.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 179 (9.02%) PKI
2 78 (3.93%) Data Centre
3 65 (3.27%) Onboarding
4 63 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 63 (3.17%) Replication
5 54 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (2.57%) Clustering
7 50 (2.52%) Management Information System
8 45 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
9 27 (1.36%) iPhone
10 23 (1.16%) Driving Licence
11 21 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 21 (1.06%) iPad
12 18 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (0.91%) Mobile App
12 18 (0.91%) Public Cloud
12 18 (0.91%) Smartphone
13 16 (0.81%) Fat Client
13 16 (0.81%) Thin Client
14 14 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1,235 (62.22%) Windows
2 525 (26.45%) Windows Server
3 418 (21.06%) Windows 10
4 238 (11.99%) Linux
5 169 (8.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 148 (7.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 148 (7.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 75 (3.78%) Windows 7
8 69 (3.48%) Apple iOS
9 63 (3.17%) Unix
10 53 (2.67%) Mac OS
11 46 (2.32%) Android
12 41 (2.07%) Windows Server 2008
13 38 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 36 (1.81%) Ubuntu
15 34 (1.71%) VMS
16 20 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
17 18 (0.91%) Windows XP
18 16 (0.81%) Windows NT
19 15 (0.76%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (15.06%) Customer Service
2 291 (14.66%) ITIL
3 268 (13.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 264 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
5 252 (12.70%) Agile
6 249 (12.54%) DevOps
7 247 (12.44%) Migration
8 183 (9.22%) CI/CD
9 120 (6.05%) Identity Access Management
10 101 (5.09%) Disaster Recovery
11 97 (4.89%) RBAC
12 95 (4.79%) Scrum
12 95 (4.79%) Service Management
13 88 (4.43%) Cybersecurity
13 88 (4.43%) Mobile Device Management
14 79 (3.98%) Change Management
14 79 (3.98%) Identity Management
15 74 (3.73%) Infrastructure as Code
16 71 (3.58%) Information Security
17 67 (3.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 425 (21.41%) PowerShell
2 192 (9.67%) SQL
3 132 (6.65%) C#
4 122 (6.15%) Python
5 90 (4.53%) Bicep
6 79 (3.98%) JavaScript
7 65 (3.27%) Java
8 37 (1.86%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.41%) VB
10 26 (1.31%) VBScript
11 21 (1.06%) Bash
12 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.50%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.45%) C++
13 9 (0.45%) R
14 8 (0.40%) Perl
14 8 (0.40%) PHP
15 7 (0.35%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.25%) Ruby
16 5 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 466 (23.48%) Security Cleared
2 276 (13.90%) SC Cleared
3 243 (12.24%) Degree
4 202 (10.18%) DV Cleared
5 126 (6.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (2.27%) MCSA
7 42 (2.12%) Azure Certification
7 42 (2.12%) MCSE
8 37 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (1.66%) CCNA
10 31 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
11 28 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 26 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 25 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 21 (1.06%) A+ Certification
15 20 (1.01%) CCNP
15 20 (1.01%) CISSP
15 20 (1.01%) DBS Check
16 18 (0.91%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (4.69%) SLA
2 45 (2.27%) QA
3 23 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (0.96%) NIST
4 19 (0.96%) PCI DSS
5 16 (0.81%) GDPR
5 16 (0.81%) WCAG
6 14 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.35%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.35%) RMADS
7 7 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.15%) COBIT
10 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.10%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.10%) NCSC
11 2 (0.10%) PMO
11 2 (0.10%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.050%) GRC
System Software
1 301 (15.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 119 (5.99%) Hyper-V
3 84 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
4 66 (3.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 64 (3.22%) vSphere
6 58 (2.92%) VMware ESXi
7 41 (2.07%) Docker
8 39 (1.96%) XenApp
9 26 (1.31%) IAG
10 25 (1.26%) ACF2
10 25 (1.26%) RACF
11 23 (1.16%) Firmware
12 22 (1.11%) XenDesktop
13 19 (0.96%) VMware NSX
14 16 (0.81%) BitLocker
14 16 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
14 16 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
15 15 (0.76%) NFS
16 13 (0.65%) HDFS
17 9 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 323 (16.27%) SCCM
2 223 (11.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 110 (5.54%) WSUS
4 81 (4.08%) Terraform
5 80 (4.03%) Single Sign-On
6 76 (3.83%) Kubernetes
7 69 (3.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 67 (3.38%) SCOM
9 60 (3.02%) Ansible
10 40 (2.02%) vCenter Server
11 33 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
12 26 (1.31%) NetBackup
13 19 (0.96%) EMC NetWorker
14 18 (0.91%) Nessus
15 17 (0.86%) Kibana
16 16 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
16 16 (0.81%) Sysprep
17 14 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
18 12 (0.60%) FortiGate
18 12 (0.60%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,065 (53.65%) Microsoft
2 405 (20.40%) VMware
3 168 (8.46%) ServiceNow
4 167 (8.41%) Citrix
5 103 (5.19%) Oracle
6 92 (4.63%) Cisco
7 87 (4.38%) Apple
8 68 (3.43%) CyberArk
9 57 (2.87%) Veeam
10 54 (2.72%) HP
11 51 (2.57%) Dell
12 39 (1.96%) Okta
13 38 (1.91%) EMC
14 33 (1.66%) CA
14 33 (1.66%) Red Hat
15 32 (1.61%) SAP
16 29 (1.46%) Palo Alto
17 26 (1.31%) Ivanti
18 25 (1.26%) Avaya
18 25 (1.26%) SolarWinds