Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Microsoft Active Directory
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.94% - 2.84%
As % of the System Software category 7.69% - 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £136
25th Percentile £443 - £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - £240
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £448 - £245
90th Percentile - - £260
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £363 £467 £233
% change year-on-year -22.29% +100.65% -28.46%

All System Software Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 26 8 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 12.26% 5.19% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 10
10th Percentile - £450 £151
25th Percentile £406 £497 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £245
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +144.90% -42.35%
75th Percentile £606 £613 £494
90th Percentile £625 £620 £519
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £445 £467 £240
% change year-on-year -4.61% +94.38% -46.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.00
% change year-on-year -25.44% +53.29% -3.45%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Intel
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) VMware