Active Directory Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft Active Directory
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 44 46
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 127 181 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.77% 4.97% 5.19%
As % of the System Software category 52.92% 41.04% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 126 191
10th Percentile £189 £141 £150
25th Percentile £350 £222 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -5.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £550
90th Percentile £775 £700 £600
Central London median daily rate £425 £425 £500
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £24.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 - £25.50
75th Percentile £40.00 - £29.56
90th Percentile - - £32.83
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £23.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year +32.98% -7.84% +27.50%

All System Software Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 240 441 650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.90% 12.10% 15.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 296 553
10th Percentile £246 £213 £278
25th Percentile £383 £424 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £656
90th Percentile £741 £788 £750
Central London median daily rate £475 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -15.56% +2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £24.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £25.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.87%
75th Percentile - - £29.56
90th Percentile £46.15 - £32.83
Central London median hourly rate £40.00 £23.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year +70.21% -7.84% +27.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 43 (33.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.94%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (3.15%) IIS
5 3 (2.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (1.57%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (51.18%) Azure
2 56 (44.09%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (33.07%) Entra ID
4 17 (13.39%) Power Platform
5 12 (9.45%) Mimecast
6 10 (7.87%) Power Automate
7 8 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (6.30%) IaaS
7 8 (6.30%) PaaS
8 7 (5.51%) Azure Key Vault
8 7 (5.51%) PowerApps
9 6 (4.72%) AWS
9 6 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (4.72%) OneDrive
10 5 (3.94%) SaaS
11 4 (3.15%) GitHub
12 3 (2.36%) WhatsApp
13 2 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 34 (26.77%) Firewall
2 20 (15.75%) DNS
3 15 (11.81%) SAN
4 9 (7.09%) Network Security
5 5 (3.94%) MPLS
5 5 (3.94%) VPN
6 4 (3.15%) DHCP
6 4 (3.15%) FTP
7 3 (2.36%) Wireless
8 2 (1.57%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.57%) WAN
9 1 (0.79%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.79%) LAN
9 1 (0.79%) Multicast
9 1 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.79%) SCCP
9 1 (0.79%) SSL
9 1 (0.79%) VoIP
9 1 (0.79%) WebEx
9 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.24%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.51%) Power BI
3 5 (3.94%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.15%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.57%) Redis
6 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.79%) MySQL
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (3.94%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.79%) GitLab
3 1 (0.79%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.79%) Selenium
3 1 (0.79%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 41 (32.28%) Finance
2 35 (27.56%) Social Skills
3 25 (19.69%) Banking
4 11 (8.66%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (7.87%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (7.09%) Investment Banking
7 7 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.51%) Financial Institution
7 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.15%) French Language
9 3 (2.36%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.57%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Advertising
11 1 (0.79%) Billing
11 1 (0.79%) Front Office
11 1 (0.79%) Law
11 1 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (15.75%) Support Engineer
2 17 (13.39%) Architect
3 15 (11.81%) Senior
4 13 (10.24%) Analyst
5 11 (8.66%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.09%) Desktop Support
8 8 (6.30%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (5.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (5.51%) IT Support
10 6 (4.72%) Consultant
10 6 (4.72%) Platform Architect
10 6 (4.72%) Power Platform Architect
10 6 (4.72%) Support Analyst
11 5 (3.94%) Developer
11 5 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) IT Analyst
11 5 (3.94%) IT Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) Senior DevOps
11 5 (3.94%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.45%) XML
2 11 (8.66%) .NET
3 7 (5.51%) LDAP
3 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (4.72%) JSON
4 6 (4.72%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (4.72%) REST
5 5 (3.94%) SAML
5 5 (3.94%) WCF
5 5 (3.94%) WinForms
6 4 (3.15%) .NET Core
6 4 (3.15%) SailPoint
7 3 (2.36%) ASP.NET
7 3 (2.36%) HTML
7 3 (2.36%) OAuth
7 3 (2.36%) OpenID
8 2 (1.57%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.57%) CSS
8 2 (1.57%) React
9 1 (0.79%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (5.51%) Blackberry
2 7 (5.51%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.51%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.72%) Replication
4 4 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.36%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.57%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.57%) PKI
6 2 (1.57%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.57%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.79%) Clustering
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.79%) HP Storage
7 1 (0.79%) iPad
7 1 (0.79%) iPhone
7 1 (0.79%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 69 (54.33%) Windows
2 19 (14.96%) Windows 10
3 18 (14.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 16 (12.60%) Windows Server
4 16 (12.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (7.87%) Linux
6 8 (6.30%) Windows 7
7 7 (5.51%) Android
8 5 (3.94%) Mac OS X
8 5 (3.94%) Windows 8
9 4 (3.15%) Apple iOS
9 4 (3.15%) Mac OS
9 4 (3.15%) Unix
9 4 (3.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (2.36%) VMS
10 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.79%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.47%) Migration
2 23 (18.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (16.54%) Disaster Recovery
3 21 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (14.17%) DevOps
5 17 (13.39%) Customer Service
6 14 (11.02%) CI/CD
7 13 (10.24%) Business Continuity
8 12 (9.45%) Change Management
9 11 (8.66%) Agile
10 10 (7.87%) Data Migration
10 10 (7.87%) ITIL
10 10 (7.87%) Scrum
11 9 (7.09%) Configuration Management
12 8 (6.30%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (6.30%) Information Security
13 7 (5.51%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (5.51%) Roadmaps
14 6 (4.72%) Identity Management
14 6 (4.72%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (32.28%) PowerShell
2 12 (9.45%) SQL
3 10 (7.87%) C#
4 6 (4.72%) Python
5 5 (3.94%) Bicep
6 3 (2.36%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.57%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.79%) Java
8 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (7.09%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.72%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.94%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) Degree
4 4 (3.15%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.79%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) MCITP
7 1 (0.79%) MCSA
7 1 (0.79%) MCSE
7 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.94%) SLA
2 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.79%) NIST
2 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 12 (9.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (5.51%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.15%) HDFS
3 4 (3.15%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.15%) NFS
4 2 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.57%) XenApp
5 1 (0.79%) ACF2
5 1 (0.79%) Firmware
5 1 (0.79%) IAG
5 1 (0.79%) RACF
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (23.62%) SCCM
2 18 (14.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (7.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (4.72%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.15%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.36%) Ansible
6 3 (2.36%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.36%) Terraform
7 2 (1.57%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.79%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.79%) CASB
8 1 (0.79%) Consul
8 1 (0.79%) Kibana
8 1 (0.79%) logstash
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.79%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.79%) Packer
8 1 (0.79%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (46.46%) Microsoft
2 25 (19.69%) Citrix
3 17 (13.39%) VMware
4 15 (11.81%) Cisco
5 14 (11.02%) HP
6 13 (10.24%) Avaya
6 13 (10.24%) CheckPoint
6 13 (10.24%) EMC
7 10 (7.87%) ServiceNow
8 8 (6.30%) Apple
9 6 (4.72%) Adobe
9 6 (4.72%) Okta
10 5 (3.94%) Ivanti
11 4 (3.15%) Isilon
12 3 (2.36%) Dell
12 3 (2.36%) Google
13 2 (1.57%) Bloomberg
13 2 (1.57%) CyberArk
13 2 (1.57%) Oracle
13 2 (1.57%) Veeam