Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 20 36
Rank change year-on-year -29 +16 -14
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 24 33 28
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.56% 6.35% 3.70%
As % of the System Software category 18.60% 52.38% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 32 24
10th Percentile £150 £108 £186
25th Percentile £163 £164 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £294 £598 £403
90th Percentile £525 £695 £564
West Midlands median daily rate £358 £400 £350
% change year-on-year -10.63% +14.29% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £14.31
25th Percentile - - £14.94
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £17.98
90th Percentile - - £19.16
West Midlands median hourly rate - £17.16 £16.00
% change year-on-year - +7.25% -2.91%

All System Software Skills
Birmingham

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 129 63 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.75% 12.12% 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 48 37
10th Percentile £189 £125 £188
25th Percentile £306 £190 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £482 £350
Median % change year-on-year -11.78% +37.64% -17.65%
75th Percentile £538 £689 £475
90th Percentile £590 £700 £636
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -3.75% +25.00% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £14.31
25th Percentile £65.00 - £14.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.91%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £17.98
90th Percentile - - £19.16
West Midlands median hourly rate £63.14 £18.13 £16.00
% change year-on-year +248.23% +13.31% -9.69%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Birmingham over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Birmingham

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (66.67%) Azure
3 13 (54.17%) Entra ID
4 6 (25.00%) OneDrive
5 4 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (8.33%) AWS
7 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
7 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (37.50%) VPN
2 8 (33.33%) DNS
3 7 (29.17%) DHCP
4 2 (8.33%) Firewall
4 2 (8.33%) Network Security
5 1 (4.17%) LAN
5 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Legal
2 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 8 (33.33%) IT Support
3 7 (29.17%) Analyst
3 7 (29.17%) Support Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Service Analyst
5 5 (20.83%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (16.67%) IT Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior
7 2 (8.33%) Support Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Architect
8 1 (4.17%) IT Technician
8 1 (4.17%) Service Desk Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.33%) Life Science
4 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (83.33%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Windows 10
3 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 6 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (16.67%) Service Management
4 3 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (12.50%) ITIL
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.33%) High Availability
5 2 (8.33%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.33%) Network Optimisation
5 2 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (4.17%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.17%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.17%) Security Architecture
6 1 (4.17%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
2 2 (8.33%) GxP
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.33%) Workday
4 1 (4.17%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (4.17%) Citrix
4 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.17%) Okta
4 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.17%) Veeam