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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 42 33
Rank change year-on-year -11 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 82 107 165
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.19% 4.54% 5.72%
As % of the System Software category 41.21% 37.94% 48.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 67 115
10th Percentile £199 £197 £202
25th Percentile £325 £325 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £401 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.60% -11.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £615 £550 £550
90th Percentile £685 £643 £675
London median daily rate £475 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +11.76% -2.86% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £84.40 -
25th Percentile - £94.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% - -
75th Percentile £26.67 - -
90th Percentile £28.82 - -
London median hourly rate £23.00 £23.80 £29.00
% change year-on-year -3.36% -17.93% +16.00%

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 199 282 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.16% 11.96% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 179 246
10th Percentile £276 £313 £255
25th Percentile £408 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £560 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +8.21% -7.80%
75th Percentile £638 £657 £675
90th Percentile £688 £751 £819
London median daily rate £525 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -2.42% +0.09% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £84.40 £23.88
25th Percentile - £94.75 £27.81
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% +208.97% +76.83%
75th Percentile £26.67 - £45.31
90th Percentile £28.82 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £24.00 £23.80 £49.94
% change year-on-year +0.84% -52.34% +90.25%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend 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 20 November 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 20 November 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 69 £488 +21.88% 113
City of Westminster +6 5 £650 +44.44% 4
West End of London +10 3 £433 +28.62% 8
Camden +9 3 - - 5
Active Directory
London

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 15 (18.29%) SharePoint
2 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.44%) Confluence
4 1 (1.22%) IIS
4 1 (1.22%) Moodle
4 1 (1.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.66%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (63.41%) Azure
1 52 (63.41%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 12 (14.63%) AWS
4 11 (13.41%) Power Platform
5 10 (12.20%) Power Automate
6 9 (10.98%) OneDrive
6 9 (10.98%) PowerApps
7 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (6.10%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (4.88%) IaaS
9 4 (4.88%) ShareGate
10 3 (3.66%) GCP
11 2 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (2.44%) Mimecast
11 2 (2.44%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (25.61%) Firewall
2 12 (14.63%) DNS
3 10 (12.20%) DHCP
3 10 (12.20%) VPN
4 5 (6.10%) Softphone
5 4 (4.88%) WAN
5 4 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (3.66%) LAN
7 2 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (2.44%) MPLS
7 2 (2.44%) NetScaler
7 2 (2.44%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.44%) Wireless
8 1 (1.22%) BGP
8 1 (1.22%) DKIM
8 1 (1.22%) DMARC
8 1 (1.22%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.22%) Network Security
8 1 (1.22%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (1.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.54%) Power BI
2 4 (4.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.22%) Power Query
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Git
2 1 (1.22%) GitLab
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (30.49%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.51%) Finance
3 6 (7.32%) Banking
4 4 (4.88%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Japanese Language
6 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.44%) Law
6 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) French Language
7 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (13.41%) Support Engineer
2 9 (10.98%) Analyst
3 8 (9.76%) Consultant
3 8 (9.76%) Lead
4 6 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (7.32%) Architect
5 5 (6.10%) IT Engineer
5 5 (6.10%) IT Support
6 4 (4.88%) Desktop Support
6 4 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 4 (4.88%) Security Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) Senior
7 3 (3.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.66%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.66%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Security Manager
8 2 (2.44%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (4.88%) OAuth
2 4 (4.88%) OpenID
3 3 (3.66%) LDAP
3 3 (3.66%) SAML
4 2 (2.44%) REST
5 1 (1.22%) .NET
5 1 (1.22%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.22%) boto
5 1 (1.22%) Flake8
5 1 (1.22%) HTML
5 1 (1.22%) mypy
5 1 (1.22%) pytest
5 1 (1.22%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.22%) Semantic Kernel
5 1 (1.22%) SPFx
5 1 (1.22%) Web Services
5 1 (1.22%) XACML
5 1 (1.22%) XML
5 1 (1.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.54%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.10%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.66%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.44%) BYOD
4 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.44%) iPad
4 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.22%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.22%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.22%) STIX
5 1 (1.22%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.22%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 44 (53.66%) Windows
2 18 (21.95%) Windows Server
3 10 (12.20%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.32%) Linux
5 4 (4.88%) Mac OS
6 3 (3.66%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.44%) Android
7 2 (2.44%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.22%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.61%) ITIL
2 16 (19.51%) Migration
3 15 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (14.63%) Data Loss Prevention
5 11 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (10.98%) Change Management
6 9 (10.98%) ITSM
6 9 (10.98%) Service Delivery
6 9 (10.98%) Service Management
7 8 (9.76%) Customer Service
7 8 (9.76%) Identity Access Management
8 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (7.32%) Cloud Security
9 6 (7.32%) Identity Management
9 6 (7.32%) SIEM
9 6 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (7.32%) User Experience
10 5 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.10%) Incident Response
10 5 (6.10%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 19 (23.17%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.98%) Python
3 4 (4.88%) Java
3 4 (4.88%) SQL
4 2 (2.44%) C#
5 1 (1.22%) BeanShell
5 1 (1.22%) Bicep
5 1 (1.22%) C++
5 1 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.22%) Go
5 1 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.22%) Perl
5 1 (1.22%) PHP
5 1 (1.22%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (13.41%) Degree
3 10 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.20%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.32%) CISSP
5 5 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.88%) MCP
6 4 (4.88%) MCSE
7 3 (3.66%) CCNA
7 3 (3.66%) CISM
7 3 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.44%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.44%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.44%) MCITP
8 2 (2.44%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (8.54%) GDPR
3 6 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (7.32%) NIST
4 3 (3.66%) NCSC
4 3 (3.66%) SLA
5 1 (1.22%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 6 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.66%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 26 (31.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.98%) SCCM
3 5 (6.10%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.66%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 3 (3.66%) Terraform
5 2 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.44%) SCOM
6 1 (1.22%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.22%) Ansible
6 1 (1.22%) QRadar
6 1 (1.22%) SELinux
6 1 (1.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 59 (71.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.63%) VMware
3 10 (12.20%) Citrix
4 6 (7.32%) ServiceNow
5 5 (6.10%) Cisco
5 5 (6.10%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.88%) Altiris
6 4 (4.88%) CyberArk
7 3 (3.66%) Apple
7 3 (3.66%) Ivanti
7 3 (3.66%) Okta
7 3 (3.66%) Oracle
7 3 (3.66%) Symantec
8 2 (2.44%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.44%) HP
8 2 (2.44%) LogRhythm
8 2 (2.44%) OpenAI
8 2 (2.44%) Polycom
9 1 (1.22%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.22%) Meraki