Active Directory Contracts in London

Microsoft Active Directory
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 49 62
Rank change year-on-year +10 +13 +10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 844 1,235 1,589
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.77% 4.56% 4.08%
As % of the System Software category 47.66% 39.07% 30.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 918 1,185
10th Percentile £182 £170 £170
25th Percentile £250 £252 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £467 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% -6.65% +17.65%
75th Percentile £556 £596 £575
90th Percentile £699 £688 £670
England median daily rate £410 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -3.53% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 29 31
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.25 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.00 £16.75
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £22.65
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +10.40% +13.23%
75th Percentile £25.00 £60.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £64.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £17.69 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -6.89% +8.57% +9.38%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,771 3,161 5,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.00% 11.67% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 2,314 3,842
10th Percentile £213 £250 £325
25th Percentile £363 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £615 £688 £675
90th Percentile £723 £775 £750
England median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 42 46
10th Percentile £17.23 £15.73 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.85 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +83.67% -44.94%
75th Percentile £25.00 £73.63 £43.94
90th Percentile £48.89 £85.00 £73.13
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +163.16% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +7 153 £425 - 19
South London +16 17 £200 -11.60% 13
East London -6 16 £450 +20.00% 8
West London -2 15 £525 +50.00% 19
North London -3 2 £250 +78.57% 1
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 206 (24.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (9.00%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 28 (3.32%) Exchange Server 2013
5 26 (3.08%) IIS
5 26 (3.08%) Skype for Business
6 18 (2.13%) CMS
6 18 (2.13%) Confluence
7 13 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2007
8 9 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2003
9 6 (0.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.24%) Apache
10 2 (0.24%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.24%) nginx
10 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.12%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 94 (11.14%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.24%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.24%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 420 (49.76%) Azure
2 357 (42.30%) Microsoft 365
3 261 (30.92%) Entra ID
4 109 (12.91%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (9.12%) AWS
6 63 (7.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 51 (6.04%) Azure Service Bus
8 49 (5.81%) PaaS
9 46 (5.45%) OneDrive
10 36 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
10 36 (4.27%) IaaS
11 31 (3.67%) SaaS
12 30 (3.55%) GitHub
13 28 (3.32%) GCP
13 28 (3.32%) Power Platform
13 28 (3.32%) WhatsApp
14 25 (2.96%) Mimecast
15 19 (2.25%) Azure Key Vault
15 19 (2.25%) Azure Storage
16 17 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 138 (16.35%) DNS
2 103 (12.20%) Firewall
3 69 (8.18%) DHCP
4 46 (5.45%) VPN
5 42 (4.98%) SAN
6 35 (4.15%) TCP/IP
7 32 (3.79%) LAN
8 31 (3.67%) WAN
9 27 (3.20%) Skype
10 22 (2.61%) NAS
11 19 (2.25%) Wireless
12 17 (2.01%) VLAN
13 16 (1.90%) Network Security
14 15 (1.78%) FTP
14 15 (1.78%) MPLS
15 14 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (1.54%) Kerberos
16 13 (1.54%) VoIP
17 10 (1.18%) BGP
18 9 (1.07%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (19.91%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.61%) MySQL
3 20 (2.37%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.42%) Hadoop
4 12 (1.42%) Power BI
5 9 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.83%) Redis
8 3 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.12%) HDInsight
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 48 (5.69%) Git
2 28 (3.32%) JIRA
3 15 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.78%) Selenium
3 15 (1.78%) TeamCity
4 12 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.30%) SpecFlow
5 11 (1.30%) WebDriver
6 9 (1.07%) Postman
7 5 (0.59%) Hudson
8 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.36%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.24%) GitLab
9 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.12%) ERwin
10 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 208 (24.64%) Finance
2 186 (22.04%) Social Skills
3 100 (11.85%) Public Sector
4 60 (7.11%) Banking
5 45 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.20%) Legal
7 26 (3.08%) Financial Institution
8 24 (2.84%) Telecoms
9 22 (2.61%) Back Office
9 22 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.25%) Marketing
11 16 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (1.78%) French Language
13 12 (1.42%) Law
13 12 (1.42%) Retail
14 11 (1.30%) Electronics
14 11 (1.30%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.18%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 118 (13.98%) Senior
2 106 (12.56%) Support Engineer
3 93 (11.02%) Analyst
4 88 (10.43%) Developer
5 86 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 61 (7.23%) IT Support
7 59 (6.99%) Senior Developer
8 51 (6.04%) Architect
9 49 (5.81%) Desktop Support
10 46 (5.45%) IT Engineer
11 42 (4.98%) Azure Engineer
12 39 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
13 37 (4.38%) Desktop Engineer
14 33 (3.91%) Backend Developer
14 33 (3.91%) Support Analyst
15 30 (3.55%) Administrator
16 29 (3.44%) IT Analyst
16 29 (3.44%) Service Analyst
17 28 (3.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 28 (3.32%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (12.91%) .NET
2 88 (10.43%) XML
3 67 (7.94%) LDAP
4 61 (7.23%) .NET Core
5 51 (6.04%) HTML
6 48 (5.69%) SailPoint
7 35 (4.15%) Web Services
8 29 (3.44%) .NET Framework
8 29 (3.44%) AngularJS
9 28 (3.32%) React
10 27 (3.20%) ASP.NET
10 27 (3.20%) CSS
11 26 (3.08%) JSP
11 26 (3.08%) Servlets
11 26 (3.08%) SOAP
11 26 (3.08%) SPML
12 22 (2.61%) SAML
13 19 (2.25%) JDBC
14 16 (1.90%) jQuery
14 16 (1.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.69%) Replication
2 42 (4.98%) Onboarding
3 40 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 40 (4.74%) Video Conferencing
4 39 (4.62%) Product Ownership
5 33 (3.91%) Data Centre
6 26 (3.08%) PKI
7 17 (2.01%) iPhone
8 16 (1.90%) Clustering
9 15 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.66%) Smartphone
11 13 (1.54%) Blackberry
12 12 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 12 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.18%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.18%) Mainframe
13 10 (1.18%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.07%) iPad
15 8 (0.95%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 484 (57.35%) Windows
2 197 (23.34%) Windows Server
3 146 (17.30%) Windows 10
4 63 (7.46%) Linux
5 62 (7.35%) Windows Server 2012
6 50 (5.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 45 (5.33%) Windows 7
8 39 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 35 (4.15%) Android
10 34 (4.03%) Windows Server 2008
11 29 (3.44%) Mac OS
12 28 (3.32%) Apple iOS
13 24 (2.84%) Unix
14 16 (1.90%) Mac OS X
15 12 (1.42%) VMS
16 10 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (1.07%) Oracle Linux
18 8 (0.95%) Solaris
19 6 (0.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (17.42%) DevOps
2 136 (16.11%) Migration
3 135 (16.00%) Agile
4 110 (13.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 106 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (11.97%) Customer Service
7 95 (11.26%) ITIL
8 94 (11.14%) CI/CD
9 65 (7.70%) Scrum
10 55 (6.52%) B2C
11 53 (6.28%) Disaster Recovery
11 53 (6.28%) RBAC
12 47 (5.57%) TDD
13 45 (5.33%) API Management
14 41 (4.86%) Information Security
15 40 (4.74%) Project Delivery
16 38 (4.50%) Mobile Device Management
17 37 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
17 37 (4.38%) Identity Access Management
18 35 (4.15%) OO
Programming Languages
1 209 (24.76%) PowerShell
2 101 (11.97%) C#
3 84 (9.95%) SQL
4 57 (6.75%) Bicep
4 57 (6.75%) JavaScript
5 42 (4.98%) Java
6 39 (4.62%) Python
7 27 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.54%) Bash
9 7 (0.83%) VB
10 5 (0.59%) VBA
11 2 (0.24%) C
11 2 (0.24%) Go
11 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.12%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) Perl
12 1 (0.12%) R
12 1 (0.12%) Rust
12 1 (0.12%) tcsh
12 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (11.49%) Security Cleared
2 70 (8.29%) Degree
3 44 (5.21%) SC Cleared
4 42 (4.98%) DV Cleared
5 29 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.49%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.07%) CISSP
10 5 (0.59%) A+ Certification
10 5 (0.59%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.59%) MCSE
10 5 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.47%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.47%) MCITP
11 4 (0.47%) MCSA
11 4 (0.47%) PMP
12 3 (0.36%) CCIE
12 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.79%) SLA
2 14 (1.66%) Accessibility
2 14 (1.66%) WCAG
3 13 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.30%) QA
5 9 (1.07%) NIST
5 9 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (0.95%) GDPR
7 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.47%) GRC
8 4 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.24%) PMO
10 1 (0.12%) GLBA
10 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 79 (9.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (3.44%) Hyper-V
3 26 (3.08%) IAG
4 25 (2.96%) ACF2
4 25 (2.96%) RACF
5 21 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (2.25%) vSphere
7 18 (2.13%) Docker
8 15 (1.78%) NFS
9 12 (1.42%) HDFS
10 10 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.71%) Firmware
11 6 (0.71%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.47%) XenApp
13 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 119 (14.10%) SCCM
2 99 (11.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 46 (5.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 36 (4.27%) Terraform
5 32 (3.79%) Jamf Pro
6 29 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (3.32%) Kubernetes
8 26 (3.08%) Ansible
9 15 (1.78%) SCOM
10 11 (1.30%) Netcool
11 10 (1.18%) FortiGate
12 9 (1.07%) WSUS
13 8 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
13 8 (0.95%) Puppet
13 8 (0.95%) Tivoli
13 8 (0.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 5 (0.59%) Packer
15 4 (0.47%) NetBackup
15 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
16 3 (0.36%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 455 (53.91%) Microsoft
2 123 (14.57%) VMware
3 99 (11.73%) ServiceNow
4 78 (9.24%) Citrix
5 54 (6.40%) Cisco
6 48 (5.69%) Apple
7 40 (4.74%) Oracle
8 35 (4.15%) HP
8 35 (4.15%) Veeam
9 32 (3.79%) Dell
10 28 (3.32%) CyberArk
11 25 (2.96%) EMC
12 23 (2.73%) Okta
13 20 (2.37%) Avaya
13 20 (2.37%) Isilon
14 19 (2.25%) Sybase
15 17 (2.01%) SAP
16 16 (1.90%) Google
17 15 (1.78%) Qualys
18 13 (1.54%) CA