Active Directory Architect Contracts in England

Microsoft Active Directory Architect
UK > England

The median Microsoft Active Directory Architect daily rate in England is £648 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 648 765
Rank change year-on-year +109 +117 -148
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Architect 9 8 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.016% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.017% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 14
10th Percentile £587 £561 £549
25th Percentile £624 £575 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £663 £606
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +9.28% +7.78%
75th Percentile £684 £725 £634
90th Percentile £694 £750 £679
UK median daily rate £660 £625 £613
% change year-on-year +5.64% +2.04% +11.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,362 47,263 67,966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,836 33,555 48,392
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,442 1,404 1,879
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.86 £77.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Active Directory Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Active Directory Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Architect in England

Active Directory Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Architect in England

Active Directory Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory Architect in England

Active Directory Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory Architect in England

Active Directory Architect
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 Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
South West - 6 £648 -
North of England - 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
Active Directory Architect
UK

Active Directory Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Active Directory Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Active Directory Architect in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (66.67%) Migration
2 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
4 4 (44.44%) Windows
4 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
4 4 (44.44%) Identity Management
4 4 (44.44%) Data Migration
4 4 (44.44%) Database Optimisation
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
4 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 3 (33.33%) Data Management
6 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
6 2 (22.22%) CMDB
6 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (22.22%) RBAC
7 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
7 1 (11.11%) Digital Identity
7 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
7 1 (11.11%) PowerApps

Active Directory Architect Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) CMDB
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Data Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) Database Optimisation
2 4 (44.44%) Identity Management
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) Data Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (22.22%) RBAC
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Identity
5 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Ariba
2 1 (11.11%) SAP