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 requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 14 26
Rank change year-on-year -25 +12 +5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 40 27 27
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.68% 8.39% 7.32%
As % of the System Software category 30.30% 84.38% 58.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 7 24
10th Percentile £509 £183 £225
25th Percentile £561 £188 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £200 £400
Median % change year-on-year +195.38% -50.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £622 £494 £438
90th Percentile £631 £553 £479
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £470
% change year-on-year - +6.38% +44.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £14.35 - -
25th Percentile £14.88 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - -
75th Percentile £17.13 - -
90th Percentile £17.35 - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £30.39 £17.80
% change year-on-year +72.78% +70.70% -16.22%

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 requiring system software skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 132 32 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 15.46% 9.94% 12.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 9 41
10th Percentile £416 £184 £308
25th Percentile £513 £190 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £576 £225 £450
Median % change year-on-year +156.00% -50.00% -6.36%
75th Percentile £622 £538 £530
90th Percentile £649 £595 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £15.75 - -
25th Percentile £21.55 - £35.58
Median hourly rate £38.72 - £36.17
Median % change year-on-year - - +60.73%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £58.74 £77.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -23.72% +40.32% +0.69%

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 job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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 30 August 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.

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 30 August 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -18 36 £601 +33.50% 8
Bletchley - 2 £110 -
Marlow - 2 - -
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) IIS
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (65.00%) Azure
2 17 (42.50%) Entra ID
3 11 (27.50%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (22.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (12.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (7.50%) AWS
8 2 (5.00%) GitHub
8 2 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (2.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (2.50%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (2.50%) Azure AKS
9 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.50%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.50%) IaaS
9 1 (2.50%) Serverless
9 1 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (60.00%) DNS
2 17 (42.50%) DHCP
3 16 (40.00%) Firewall
4 15 (37.50%) VPN
5 12 (30.00%) Network Security
6 8 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 7 (17.50%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (17.50%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (17.50%) IPsec
7 7 (17.50%) SSL
8 6 (15.00%) SSH
9 5 (12.50%) LAN
9 5 (12.50%) WAN
10 4 (10.00%) NGFW
11 3 (7.50%) CATAPAN
12 2 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (2.50%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.50%) MSI
General
1 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.50%) Military
4 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Senior
2 10 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Network Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (15.00%) Architect
6 5 (12.50%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) Technical Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 3 (7.50%) IT Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Linux Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Senior Platform Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Support Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
8 3 (7.50%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (32.50%) Terraform
2 12 (30.00%) ARM Templates
3 5 (12.50%) .NET
4 3 (7.50%) 802.1X
5 1 (2.50%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.50%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) PKI
2 10 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (20.00%) Onboarding
4 7 (17.50%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.50%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (2.50%) NHS
7 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (60.00%) Windows
2 15 (37.50%) Linux
3 10 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) ITIL
2 14 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (27.50%) Security Hardening
4 10 (25.00%) Analytics
4 10 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 10 (25.00%) Log Analytics
4 10 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
4 10 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 9 (22.50%) Platform Engineering
5 9 (22.50%) RBAC
5 9 (22.50%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (17.50%) CI/CD
7 7 (17.50%) High Availability
7 7 (17.50%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (17.50%) Validation
8 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (15.00%) DevOps
8 6 (15.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (30.00%) Bicep
3 11 (27.50%) Bash
4 5 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (77.50%) Security Cleared
2 23 (57.50%) DV Cleared
3 12 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.00%) Degree
4 4 (10.00%) MCSA
4 4 (10.00%) MCSE
4 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.00%) A+ Certification
6 2 (5.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.50%) CCA
7 1 (2.50%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (2.50%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) NIST
2 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (17.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (17.50%) VMware NSX
2 6 (15.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.50%) Docker
3 1 (2.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (17.50%) SCCM
3 5 (12.50%) Ansible
4 4 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (17.50%) Cisco
3 7 (17.50%) Palo Alto
3 7 (17.50%) SolarWinds
3 7 (17.50%) VMware
4 5 (12.50%) ServiceNow
5 4 (10.00%) Becrypt
6 1 (2.50%) Citrix
6 1 (2.50%) Remedy