Active Directory Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Active Directory
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 33 41
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 148 210 254
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 6.13% 5.46% 5.57%
As % of the System Software category 55.64% 44.49% 34.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 153 224
10th Percentile £168 £155 £150
25th Percentile £280 £231 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £494
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -8.86% +4.50%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £550
90th Percentile £766 £698 £588
London median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £21.40 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 £23.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.98% -7.84% +27.50%
75th Percentile £40.00 £24.50 £29.56
90th Percentile - £24.80 £32.83
London median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £22.65
% change year-on-year -10.00% +10.40% +13.23%

All System Software Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 266 472 726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 11.01% 12.28% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 323 619
10th Percentile £213 £213 £248
25th Percentile £353 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £650
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
London median daily rate £500 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile - £21.40 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £23.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.21% -7.84% +27.50%
75th Percentile - £24.50 £29.56
90th Percentile £46.15 £24.80 £32.83
London median hourly rate £22.50 £50.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -55.00% +96.08% -47.42%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 4 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
City of London +12 121 £450 -5.01% 23
West End of London -4 4 £147 -60.41% 3
City of Westminster -6 3 £400 +8.11% 1
Lambeth 0 1 £188 -1.32%
Active Directory
London

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 50 (33.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (10.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.05%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (2.70%) IIS
5 2 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.68%) CMS
6 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.68%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 76 (51.35%) Azure
2 71 (47.97%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (33.11%) Entra ID
4 19 (12.84%) Power Platform
5 14 (9.46%) OneDrive
6 13 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (8.11%) Mimecast
8 11 (7.43%) AWS
8 11 (7.43%) Power Automate
9 9 (6.08%) PowerApps
10 8 (5.41%) IaaS
10 8 (5.41%) PaaS
11 7 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (3.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (3.38%) SaaS
14 4 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (2.70%) WhatsApp
15 3 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (2.03%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 34 (22.97%) Firewall
2 22 (14.86%) DNS
3 15 (10.14%) SAN
4 9 (6.08%) Network Security
5 8 (5.41%) VPN
6 7 (4.73%) DHCP
7 5 (3.38%) MPLS
8 4 (2.70%) FTP
8 4 (2.70%) WAN
8 4 (2.70%) Wireless
9 3 (2.03%) LAN
10 2 (1.35%) Kerberos
10 2 (1.35%) NAS
10 2 (1.35%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.35%) SSL
10 2 (1.35%) VoIP
11 1 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.68%) Multicast
11 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.68%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.16%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.73%) Power BI
3 5 (3.38%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.70%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.03%) Redis
6 2 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.38%) TeamCity
2 4 (2.70%) Hudson
2 4 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.68%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) GitLab
3 1 (0.68%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.68%) Selenium
3 1 (0.68%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 45 (30.41%) Finance
2 42 (28.38%) Social Skills
3 25 (16.89%) Banking
4 11 (7.43%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (6.08%) Investment Banking
7 8 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.73%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.70%) French Language
10 3 (2.03%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.35%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Advertising
12 1 (0.68%) Billing
12 1 (0.68%) Front Office
12 1 (0.68%) Legal
12 1 (0.68%) Marketing
12 1 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (17.57%) Support Engineer
2 19 (12.84%) Senior
3 17 (11.49%) Architect
4 15 (10.14%) Analyst
5 13 (8.78%) Desktop Engineer
5 13 (8.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (6.08%) Desktop Support
6 9 (6.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 9 (6.08%) Developer
6 9 (6.08%) IT Support
7 8 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (4.73%) Backend Developer
8 7 (4.73%) IT Analyst
8 7 (4.73%) Senior DevOps
9 6 (4.05%) Consultant
9 6 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Platform Architect
9 6 (4.05%) Power Platform Architect
9 6 (4.05%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.81%) .NET
2 15 (10.14%) XML
3 8 (5.41%) .NET Core
4 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (4.05%) JSON
5 6 (4.05%) LDAP
5 6 (4.05%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (4.05%) REST
6 5 (3.38%) ASP.NET
6 5 (3.38%) SAML
6 5 (3.38%) WCF
6 5 (3.38%) WinForms
7 4 (2.70%) CSS
7 4 (2.70%) HTML
7 4 (2.70%) React
8 3 (2.03%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (2.03%) OAuth
8 3 (2.03%) OpenID
8 3 (2.03%) SailPoint
9 2 (1.35%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.46%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (6.08%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.73%) Blackberry
5 5 (3.38%) Replication
6 4 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.70%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.03%) Hedge funds
7 3 (2.03%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.03%) PKI
7 3 (2.03%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.35%) Clustering
8 2 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.35%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.68%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 82 (55.41%) Windows
2 22 (14.86%) Windows 10
3 18 (12.16%) Windows Server
4 17 (11.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 16 (10.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (8.11%) Linux
7 7 (4.73%) Windows 7
8 6 (4.05%) Mac OS X
9 5 (3.38%) Android
9 5 (3.38%) Unix
9 5 (3.38%) Windows 8
10 4 (2.70%) Mac OS
10 4 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (2.03%) VMS
12 2 (1.35%) Apple iOS
12 2 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.68%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (17.57%) Migration
2 25 (16.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (16.22%) DevOps
4 23 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (13.51%) Customer Service
6 19 (12.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (12.16%) CI/CD
8 17 (11.49%) Agile
9 14 (9.46%) Scrum
10 13 (8.78%) Business Continuity
11 12 (8.11%) Change Management
12 10 (6.76%) ITIL
13 9 (6.08%) B2C
13 9 (6.08%) Configuration Management
13 9 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (6.08%) Data Migration
14 8 (5.41%) Analytics
14 8 (5.41%) Information Security
15 7 (4.73%) Business Intelligence
15 7 (4.73%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (32.43%) PowerShell
2 15 (10.14%) C#
3 13 (8.78%) SQL
4 9 (6.08%) Bicep
5 7 (4.73%) Python
6 4 (2.70%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (6.08%) Azure Certification
2 8 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.73%) Degree
4 4 (2.70%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.35%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.68%) MCITP
6 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.05%) SLA
2 2 (1.35%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.68%) NIST
3 1 (0.68%) QA
3 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.73%) Hyper-V
2 7 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.70%) HDFS
3 4 (2.70%) NFS
4 2 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.35%) vSphere
4 2 (1.35%) XenApp
5 1 (0.68%) Docker
5 1 (0.68%) Firmware
5 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (18.24%) SCCM
2 18 (12.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (5.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.70%) Ansible
5 4 (2.70%) Terraform
6 3 (2.03%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.35%) CASB
7 2 (1.35%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.35%) Packer
8 1 (0.68%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.68%) Consul
8 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.68%) Grafana
8 1 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.68%) Kibana
8 1 (0.68%) logstash
8 1 (0.68%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 78 (52.70%) Microsoft
2 25 (16.89%) Citrix
3 21 (14.19%) VMware
4 15 (10.14%) Cisco
5 14 (9.46%) HP
6 12 (8.11%) Avaya
6 12 (8.11%) CheckPoint
6 12 (8.11%) EMC
7 9 (6.08%) Apple
8 7 (4.73%) ServiceNow
9 6 (4.05%) Adobe
9 6 (4.05%) Ivanti
9 6 (4.05%) Okta
10 4 (2.70%) Google
10 4 (2.70%) Isilon
11 3 (2.03%) Bloomberg
12 2 (1.35%) CyberArk
12 2 (1.35%) Dell
12 2 (1.35%) Veeam
13 1 (0.68%) ForgeRock