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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 25 41
Rank change year-on-year -16 +16 -21
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 37 41 30
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 4.02% 6.72% 4.20%
As % of the System Software category 33.94% 37.96% 69.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 24
10th Percentile £181 £106 £133
25th Percentile £210 £128 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £300 £190
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +57.89% -51.02%
75th Percentile £391 £488 £268
90th Percentile £603 - £518
West Midlands median daily rate £294 £325 £219
% change year-on-year -9.62% +48.57% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.50 - £16.00
% change year-on-year - - -28.09%

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 109 108 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.85% 17.70% 6.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 63 30
10th Percentile £209 £116 £148
25th Percentile £241 £250 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £425 £195
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +117.95% -51.25%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £414
90th Percentile £689 £545 £657
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.15% +15.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.79%
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £63.14 £56.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +11.74% +253.13% -17.95%

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 28 September 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 12 (32.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (78.38%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (75.68%) Entra ID
3 27 (72.97%) Azure
4 11 (29.73%) OneDrive
5 7 (18.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (10.81%) GCP
8 3 (8.11%) AWS
9 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
9 1 (2.70%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) DHCP
1 12 (32.43%) DNS
2 11 (29.73%) VPN
3 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
4 5 (13.51%) Firewall
5 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (10.81%) Wireless
6 2 (5.41%) Network Security
6 2 (5.41%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.70%) LAN
7 1 (2.70%) SAN
7 1 (2.70%) VLAN
7 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Spanish Language
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Support Engineer
2 10 (27.03%) IT Support
3 9 (24.32%) IT Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Analyst
4 8 (21.62%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (16.22%) Support Analyst
6 5 (13.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (13.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) Senior
7 4 (10.81%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Desktop Support
7 4 (10.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) IT Analyst
7 4 (10.81%) Mobile Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Senior IT Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) PKI
3 1 (2.70%) Replication
3 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (70.27%) Windows
2 12 (32.43%) Windows 10
3 8 (21.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) ITSM
2 10 (27.03%) Customer Service
2 10 (27.03%) ITIL
3 8 (21.62%) Patch Management
4 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.51%) Information Security
5 5 (13.51%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
5 5 (13.51%) Service Management
6 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (10.81%) Incident Management
6 4 (10.81%) Incident Response
6 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
6 4 (10.81%) SIEM
6 4 (10.81%) SOAR
6 4 (10.81%) Ticket Management
7 3 (8.11%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (8.11%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) A+ Certification
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.81%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (2.70%) CISM
2 1 (2.70%) CISSP
2 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) NIST
1 4 (10.81%) PCI DSS
1 4 (10.81%) SLA
2 1 (2.70%) GRC
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Hyper-V
1 3 (8.11%) Virtual Desktop
1 3 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (18.92%) SCCM
3 2 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (89.19%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) ServiceNow
3 4 (10.81%) Palo Alto
4 3 (8.11%) VMware
5 2 (5.41%) CyberArk
5 2 (5.41%) Google
5 2 (5.41%) LogRhythm
5 2 (5.41%) Okta
5 2 (5.41%) Splunk
6 1 (2.70%) Apple
6 1 (2.70%) ArcSight
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco
6 1 (2.70%) Citrix
6 1 (2.70%) Ping Identity
6 1 (2.70%) Qualys
6 1 (2.70%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.70%) Tenable
6 1 (2.70%) Veeam