Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Active Directory
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Active Directory skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 35 37
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 79 119 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.07% 5.12% 5.48%
As % of the System Software category 45.40% 41.75% 42.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 88 129
10th Percentile £221 £216 £169
25th Percentile £289 £350 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +14.80%
75th Percentile £623 £573 £600
90th Percentile £684 £688 £690
London median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £22.89 - -
25th Percentile £24.23 £77.50 -
Median hourly rate £26.45 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -68.88% - -
75th Percentile £28.35 £92.50 -
90th Percentile £29.49 - -
London median hourly rate £23.50 £23.80 £60.00
% change year-on-year -1.26% -60.33% +177.62%

All System Software Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 174 285 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.96% 12.26% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 200 282
10th Percentile £266 £320 £238
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - +0.23%
75th Percentile £638 £678 £709
90th Percentile £688 £763 £825
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £22.89 - £23.88
25th Percentile £24.23 £77.50 £27.81
Median hourly rate £26.45 £85.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -68.88% +134.48% +76.83%
75th Percentile £28.35 £92.50 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.49 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £25.58 £23.80 £60.00
% change year-on-year +7.46% -60.33% +50.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Central London over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
City of London -10 62 £536 +19.11% 21
West End of London +6 8 £425 +188.14% 2
City of Westminster +5 7 £650 +44.44% 1
Southwark - 3 - - 1
Active Directory
London

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (24.05%) SharePoint
2 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.53%) Confluence
4 1 (1.27%) IIS
4 1 (1.27%) Moodle
4 1 (1.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (59.49%) Azure
2 38 (48.10%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (40.51%) Entra ID
4 12 (15.19%) AWS
5 11 (13.92%) Power Platform
6 10 (12.66%) OneDrive
7 9 (11.39%) Power Automate
8 8 (10.13%) PowerApps
9 5 (6.33%) GCP
10 4 (5.06%) IaaS
10 4 (5.06%) ShareGate
11 3 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (2.53%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (2.53%) GitHub
12 2 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (2.53%) Nutanix
12 2 (2.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.25%) Firewall
2 12 (15.19%) DNS
3 10 (12.66%) DHCP
4 7 (8.86%) WAN
5 6 (7.59%) VPN
6 5 (6.33%) SD-WAN
7 4 (5.06%) TCP/IP
7 4 (5.06%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (3.80%) LAN
9 2 (2.53%) MPLS
9 2 (2.53%) NAS
9 2 (2.53%) NetScaler
9 2 (2.53%) Softphone
9 2 (2.53%) WebEx
9 2 (2.53%) Wireless
10 1 (1.27%) DKIM
10 1 (1.27%) DMARC
10 1 (1.27%) IP Telephony
10 1 (1.27%) Network Security
10 1 (1.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.86%) Power BI
2 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.27%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.27%) Power Query
3 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Git
1 1 (1.27%) GitLab
1 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 24 (30.38%) Finance
2 19 (24.05%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Banking
4 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Japanese Language
5 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.53%) Law
6 2 (2.53%) Legal
6 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.27%) Front Office
7 1 (1.27%) International Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Local Government
7 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (16.46%) Analyst
2 9 (11.39%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (10.13%) Support Analyst
4 7 (8.86%) Architect
4 7 (8.86%) Support Engineer
5 6 (7.59%) Lead
6 5 (6.33%) Active Directory Support
6 5 (6.33%) Consultant
6 5 (6.33%) Desktop Support
6 5 (6.33%) IT Support
7 4 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Support
7 4 (5.06%) Security Architect
8 3 (3.80%) IT Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) IT Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Senior
8 3 (3.80%) Service Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (3.80%) LDAP
2 3 (3.80%) OAuth
2 3 (3.80%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.53%) HTML
3 2 (2.53%) OpenID
3 2 (2.53%) REST
4 1 (1.27%) .NET
4 1 (1.27%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.27%) boto
4 1 (1.27%) CSS
4 1 (1.27%) Flake8
4 1 (1.27%) LangChain
4 1 (1.27%) mypy
4 1 (1.27%) pytest
4 1 (1.27%) React
4 1 (1.27%) SAML
4 1 (1.27%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (1.27%) Web Services
4 1 (1.27%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
1 4 (5.06%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.80%) iPad
3 2 (2.53%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.53%) Smartphone
3 2 (2.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.27%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.27%) BYOD
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.27%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.27%) HP Storage
4 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) iPhone
4 1 (1.27%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.27%) STIX
4 1 (1.27%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 39 (49.37%) Windows
2 15 (18.99%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.86%) Linux
3 7 (8.86%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.06%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.80%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.27%) Android
7 1 (1.27%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.27%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.58%) ITIL
2 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.25%) Migration
4 9 (11.39%) Data Loss Prevention
4 9 (11.39%) Service Management
5 8 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (8.86%) Identity Access Management
6 7 (8.86%) Service Delivery
7 6 (7.59%) Customer Service
7 6 (7.59%) ITSM
7 6 (7.59%) Roadmaps
7 6 (7.59%) Security Patching
8 5 (6.33%) Asset Management
8 5 (6.33%) CI/CD
9 4 (5.06%) DevOps
9 4 (5.06%) Information Security
9 4 (5.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (5.06%) Task Automation
9 4 (5.06%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.52%) PowerShell
2 11 (13.92%) Python
3 5 (6.33%) SQL
4 3 (3.80%) C#
4 3 (3.80%) Java
5 1 (1.27%) Bicep
5 1 (1.27%) C++
5 1 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.27%) Go
5 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.27%) Perl
5 1 (1.27%) PHP
5 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (10.13%) Degree
3 7 (8.86%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.86%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.59%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.06%) CISSP
6 3 (3.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (3.80%) CCNA
6 3 (3.80%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.53%) CASP
7 2 (2.53%) CCSP
7 2 (2.53%) CREST Certified
7 2 (2.53%) CSSLP
7 2 (2.53%) GIAC
7 2 (2.53%) MCITP
7 2 (2.53%) MCSA
7 2 (2.53%) MCSE
8 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.27%) CCNP
8 1 (1.27%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (6.33%) NIST
1 5 (6.33%) SLA
2 2 (2.53%) GDPR
2 2 (2.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (2.53%) NCSC
3 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.27%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.06%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.53%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.27%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.27%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (22.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.59%) SCCM
3 4 (5.06%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.80%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.53%) SCOM
5 2 (2.53%) SELinux
5 2 (2.53%) Terraform
6 1 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.27%) QRadar
6 1 (1.27%) WMI
Vendors
1 50 (63.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.99%) Citrix
3 13 (16.46%) VMware
4 10 (12.66%) ServiceNow
5 8 (10.13%) Cisco
6 6 (7.59%) Palo Alto
7 4 (5.06%) Okta
8 3 (3.80%) Altiris
8 3 (3.80%) CyberArk
8 3 (3.80%) HP
8 3 (3.80%) Ivanti
8 3 (3.80%) Symantec
9 2 (2.53%) Dell
9 2 (2.53%) OpenAI
9 2 (2.53%) Oracle
9 2 (2.53%) Polycom
10 1 (1.27%) Google
10 1 (1.27%) IBM
10 1 (1.27%) Remedy
10 1 (1.27%) SAP