Active Directory Engineer Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £560, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 50 52
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +43
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 1 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.24% 1.03% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 1.07% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 10
10th Percentile - £410 £392
25th Percentile - £411 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £426 £483
Median % change year-on-year +31.38% -11.66% +8.43%
75th Percentile - £436 £500
90th Percentile - £439 -
South East median daily rate £413 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -17.50% - +13.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 383 375 555
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 96.90% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 257 420
10th Percentile £197 £228 £243
25th Percentile £355 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £548 £565 £600
90th Percentile £636 £653 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 15 20
10th Percentile £15.20 £14.59 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.91 £15.04 £15.39
Median hourly rate £24.00 £18.70 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +28.34% -7.65% +26.56%
75th Percentile £29.61 £36.37 £23.91
90th Percentile £36.00 £47.45 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -52.38% +2.10% +37.12%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Active Directory Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Active Directory Engineer job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Active Directory Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Active Directory Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Active Directory Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 6 December 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +3 1 £560 +31.38%
Active Directory Engineer
South East

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, Active Directory Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory