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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 26 31
Rank change year-on-year -32 +5 -20
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 22 32 37
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.59% 6.08% 4.84%
As % of the System Software category 17.46% 52.46% 56.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 32 34
10th Percentile £124 £160 £160
25th Percentile £128 £186 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% +21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £244 £613 £423
90th Percentile £525 £700 £513
West Midlands median daily rate £438 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +9.38% +14.29% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.49
25th Percentile - - £15.40
Median hourly rate - - £17.27
75th Percentile - - £18.79
90th Percentile - - £19.48
West Midlands median hourly rate - £18.13 £18.50
% change year-on-year - -2.00% +4.40%

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 126 61 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 14.82% 11.60% 8.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 51 54
10th Percentile £132 £160 £188
25th Percentile £325 £190 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £381
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +31.15% +8.85%
75th Percentile £538 £689 £497
90th Percentile £603 £700 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £503 £490 £400
% change year-on-year +2.55% +22.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.49
25th Percentile - - £15.40
Median hourly rate - - £17.27
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.04%
75th Percentile - - £18.79
90th Percentile - - £19.48
West Midlands median hourly rate £45.00 £18.13 £18.50
% change year-on-year +148.21% -2.00% -7.50%

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 9 March 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (40.91%) Azure
3 7 (31.82%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.09%) AWS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (45.45%) VPN
2 9 (40.91%) DNS
3 8 (36.36%) DHCP
4 6 (27.27%) TCP/IP
5 3 (13.64%) Firewall
6 2 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 17 (77.27%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) IT Support
2 7 (31.82%) IT Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 6 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (27.27%) Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) Support Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (22.73%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (22.73%) IT Analyst
4 5 (22.73%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (22.73%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Support Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Field Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) IT Technician
5 2 (9.09%) Network Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
1 6 (27.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (9.09%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Customer Service
2 9 (40.91%) ITIL
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) Change Management
4 6 (27.27%) Problem Management
4 6 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 5 (22.73%) CRM
5 5 (22.73%) Disk Encryption
5 5 (22.73%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (18.18%) Service Management
7 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (9.09%) High Availability
8 2 (9.09%) ITSM
8 2 (9.09%) Load Balancing
8 2 (9.09%) Network Optimisation
8 2 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (9.09%) RBAC
8 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 1 (4.55%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (22.73%) MCDST
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GxP
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) NCSC
2 1 (4.55%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (22.73%) SCCM
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) iManage
2 5 (22.73%) Mitel
3 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
4 2 (9.09%) Workday
5 1 (4.55%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (4.55%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (4.55%) Citrix
5 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.55%) Veeam