Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire citing Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	28	15	31
Rank change year-on-year	-13	+16	-7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory	53	33	22
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire	7.05%	9.14%	5.50%
As % of the System Software category	43.44%	78.57%	40.74%
Number of daily rates quoted	41	13	21
10^th Percentile	£425	£186	£200
25^th Percentile	£556	£190	£313
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£592	£274	£375
Median % change year-on-year	+116.27%	-27.07%	-16.67%
75^th Percentile	£623	£517	£435
90^th Percentile	£638	£533	£475
South East median daily rate	£500	£450	£470
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-4.26%	+44.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	£14.09	-	-
25^th Percentile	£14.23	-	-
Median hourly rate	£15.45	-	-
75^th Percentile	£16.98	-	-
90^th Percentile	£17.29	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£63.10	£32.77	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+92.56%	+19.16%	+1.85%

All System Software Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 citing system software skills in Buckinghamshire.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing system software skills	122	42	54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire	16.22%	11.63%	13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted	93	19	48
10^th Percentile	£415	£189	£214
25^th Percentile	£510	£206	£360
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£577	£450	£490
Median % change year-on-year	+28.22%	-8.16%	+5.37%
75^th Percentile	£622	£575	£588
90^th Percentile	£672	£610	£638
South East median daily rate	£537	£492	£500
% change year-on-year	+9.15%	-1.60%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	9	0	1
10^th Percentile	£14.36	-	-
25^th Percentile	£17.50	-	£35.58
Median hourly rate	£38.72	-	£36.17
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+76.41%
75^th Percentile	£43.75	-	£36.75
90^th Percentile	£47.50	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£60.00	£81.00	£60.50
% change year-on-year	-25.93%	+33.90%	+6.22%

Active Directory Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Active Directory Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Active Directory Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Buckinghamshire

Active Directory Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Active Directory 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 within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Milton Keynes	+2	49	£598	+32.78%	6
High Wycombe	-	2	£425	-
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Active Directory Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Active Directory also mentioned 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 citing Active Directory.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	83.0%	44
2	Azure	77.4%	41
3	Security Cleared	75.5%	40
4	Windows	62.3%	33
5	DNS	56.6%	30
6	Entra ID	54.7%	29
7	DV Cleared	52.8%	28
8	PowerShell	50.9%	27
9	DHCP	43.4%	23
10	ITIL	39.6%	21
10	Windows Server	39.6%	21
12	Firewall	35.8%	19
12	Infrastructure Engineering	35.8%	19
12	Linux	35.8%	19
12	Terraform	35.8%	19
12	VPN	35.8%	19
17	ARM Templates	34.0%	18
18	Bicep	32.1%	17
19	Azure Monitor	30.2%	16
19	Bash	30.2%	16
19	Microsoft Intune	30.2%	16
19	SC Cleared	30.2%	16
23	Analytics	28.3%	15
23	Azure Sentinel	28.3%	15
23	Cybersecurity	28.3%	15
23	Log Analytics	28.3%	15
27	Platform Engineering	26.4%	14
28	Infrastructure Monitoring	24.5%	13
28	RBAC	24.5%	13
28	Security Hardening	24.5%	13

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

System Software

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	VMware Infrastructure	22.6%	12
2	Virtual Desktop	11.3%	6
2	VMware NSX	11.3%	6
4	Hyper-V	7.5%	4
4	vSphere	7.5%	4
6	Docker	1.9%	1