Active Directory Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Active Directory Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Active Directory Specialist daily rate in Work from Home is £605 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 460 600
Rank change year-on-year +126 +140 -121
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Specialist 15 4 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.016% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.017% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 9
10th Percentile - - £455
25th Percentile £603 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.56% -2.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £608 £550 £575
90th Percentile - - £588
UK median daily rate £605 £538 £519
% change year-on-year +12.56% +3.61% +24.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,932 23,816 42,408
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.33% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,353 16,817 30,671
10th Percentile £325 £362 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £721
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 545 603
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £23.22 £25.71 £19.30
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +50.00% +44.03%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.15 £68.65
UK median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%

Active Directory Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Active Directory Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory Specialist.

Active Directory Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Active Directory Specialist over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Active Directory Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Active Directory Specialist 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Active Directory Specialist in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 15 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
1 15 (100.00%) RBAC
2 14 (93.33%) CI/CD
2 14 (93.33%) Firewall
2 14 (93.33%) Identity Management
2 14 (93.33%) Service Management
2 14 (93.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (93.33%) Analytics
2 14 (93.33%) DevOps
2 14 (93.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 14 (93.33%) Kubernetes
2 14 (93.33%) Entra ID
2 14 (93.33%) Windows Server
2 14 (93.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 14 (93.33%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (93.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (93.33%) Privileged Identity Management
2 14 (93.33%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (93.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (93.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 14 (93.33%) Windows Server 2019
2 14 (93.33%) Azure Storage
2 14 (93.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (93.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 14 (93.33%) Bicep
2 14 (93.33%) ARM Templates
2 14 (93.33%) Log Analytics

Active Directory Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (93.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (93.33%) Azure Monitor
2 14 (93.33%) Azure Storage
2 14 (93.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (93.33%) DHCP
1 14 (93.33%) DNS
1 14 (93.33%) Firewall
General
1 14 (93.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (93.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 14 (93.33%) PKI
1 14 (93.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Linux
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
1 14 (93.33%) Windows Server
1 14 (93.33%) Windows Server 2016
1 14 (93.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) RBAC
2 14 (93.33%) Agile
2 14 (93.33%) Analytics
2 14 (93.33%) CI/CD
2 14 (93.33%) DevOps
2 14 (93.33%) Identity Management
2 14 (93.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (93.33%) ITIL
2 14 (93.33%) Log Analytics
2 14 (93.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 14 (93.33%) Privileged Identity Management
2 14 (93.33%) Release Management
2 14 (93.33%) Service Management
3 1 (6.67%) Change Management
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) Bicep
1 14 (93.33%) C#
1 14 (93.33%) PowerShell
1 14 (93.33%) VB
1 14 (93.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Degree
1 14 (93.33%) DV Cleared
1 14 (93.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 14 (93.33%) SC Cleared
1 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 15 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (93.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (93.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (93.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 14 (93.33%) Kubernetes
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (93.33%) SCCM
1 14 (93.33%) SCOM
1 14 (93.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft