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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 37 30
Rank change year-on-year -22 -7 +17
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 74 112 159
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.69% 4.79% 5.84%
As % of the System Software category 37.37% 41.79% 50.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 73 114
10th Percentile £187 £203 £182
25th Percentile £282 £313 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.46%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £539
90th Percentile £685 £614 £625
London median daily rate £500 £442 £425
% change year-on-year +13.12% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £22.22 £84.40 -
25th Percentile £24.31 £94.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £24.58 £23.80 £25.75
% change year-on-year +3.26% -7.57% +3.00%

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 198 268 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.88% 11.46% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 171 235
10th Percentile £280 £275 £230
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £490
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +12.24% -14.78%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £625
90th Percentile £688 £730 £756
London median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £22.22 £84.40 -
25th Percentile £24.31 £94.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% +397.78% +9.76%
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £43.84
% change year-on-year +5.67% -45.71% +66.99%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 -16 64 £475 +18.68% 14
Camden +9 3 - -
City of Westminster - 3 - - 2
West End of London +7 1 - -
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 14 (18.92%) SharePoint
2 13 (17.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.35%) Confluence
3 1 (1.35%) IIS
3 1 (1.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (4.05%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (66.22%) Azure
3 40 (54.05%) Entra ID
4 11 (14.86%) Power Platform
5 9 (12.16%) AWS
5 9 (12.16%) OneDrive
5 9 (12.16%) Power Automate
5 9 (12.16%) PowerApps
6 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (5.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (5.41%) IaaS
7 4 (5.41%) ShareGate
8 2 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.70%) GCP
8 2 (2.70%) GitHub
8 2 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.70%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.70%) PaaS
8 2 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (24.32%) Firewall
2 12 (16.22%) VPN
3 11 (14.86%) DNS
4 8 (10.81%) DHCP
5 5 (6.76%) Softphone
6 3 (4.05%) LAN
6 3 (4.05%) WAN
6 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (2.70%) MPLS
7 2 (2.70%) Wireless
8 1 (1.35%) BGP
8 1 (1.35%) Extranet
8 1 (1.35%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.35%) IPv4
8 1 (1.35%) IPv6
8 1 (1.35%) Kerberos
8 1 (1.35%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (1.35%) OSPF
8 1 (1.35%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.46%) Power BI
2 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.35%) Power Query
3 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.35%) Git
2 1 (1.35%) GitLab
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Forms
General
1 27 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Finance
3 6 (8.11%) Banking
4 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.70%) Japanese Language
5 2 (2.70%) Law
5 2 (2.70%) Legal
5 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.35%) French Language
6 1 (1.35%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (14.86%) Support Engineer
2 8 (10.81%) Analyst
2 8 (10.81%) IT Support
2 8 (10.81%) Lead
3 7 (9.46%) Consultant
3 7 (9.46%) IT Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (5.41%) Architect
5 4 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Help Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Senior
6 3 (4.05%) Service Desk Engineer
7 2 (2.70%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (4.05%) LDAP
2 3 (4.05%) OAuth
2 3 (4.05%) OpenID
2 3 (4.05%) SAML
3 2 (2.70%) REST
4 1 (1.35%) .NET
4 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.35%) boto
4 1 (1.35%) Flake8
4 1 (1.35%) HTML
4 1 (1.35%) LangChain
4 1 (1.35%) mypy
4 1 (1.35%) pytest
4 1 (1.35%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.35%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (1.35%) SPFx
4 1 (1.35%) Web Services
4 1 (1.35%) XML
4 1 (1.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.16%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.05%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.05%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.70%) BYOD
4 2 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.70%) iPad
5 1 (1.35%) CMDB
5 1 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.35%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.35%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.35%) STIX
5 1 (1.35%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (55.41%) Windows
2 16 (21.62%) Windows Server
3 12 (16.22%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.76%) Linux
4 5 (6.76%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.05%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.70%) Android
6 2 (2.70%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.03%) ITIL
2 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (17.57%) Migration
4 12 (16.22%) Data Loss Prevention
5 10 (13.51%) Change Management
5 10 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (12.16%) ITSM
7 8 (10.81%) Service Delivery
7 8 (10.81%) User Experience
8 7 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (9.46%) Customer Service
8 7 (9.46%) Identity Access Management
8 7 (9.46%) Service Management
9 6 (8.11%) Identity Management
9 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (6.76%) Cloud Security
10 5 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.76%) Data Governance
10 5 (6.76%) SIEM
10 5 (6.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (24.32%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.46%) Python
3 4 (5.41%) Java
4 3 (4.05%) SQL
5 2 (2.70%) C#
6 1 (1.35%) BeanShell
6 1 (1.35%) Bicep
6 1 (1.35%) C++
6 1 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.35%) Go
6 1 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (14.86%) Degree
3 10 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.51%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.76%) CISSP
5 4 (5.41%) MCP
5 4 (5.41%) MCSE
6 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.05%) CISM
6 3 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (4.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.70%) CCNA
7 2 (2.70%) CISMP
7 2 (2.70%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.70%) MCITP
7 2 (2.70%) MCSA
8 1 (1.35%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.35%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (9.46%) GDPR
3 5 (6.76%) NIST
4 2 (2.70%) NCSC
4 2 (2.70%) SLA
5 1 (1.35%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 26 (35.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (14.86%) SCCM
3 3 (4.05%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.70%) SCOM
4 2 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.70%) Terraform
5 1 (1.35%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.35%) Ansible
5 1 (1.35%) WMI
Vendors
1 58 (78.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.86%) VMware
3 10 (13.51%) Citrix
4 6 (8.11%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.41%) Altiris
5 4 (5.41%) CyberArk
5 4 (5.41%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.05%) Apple
6 3 (4.05%) Cisco
6 3 (4.05%) Ivanti
6 3 (4.05%) Oracle
6 3 (4.05%) Symantec
7 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.70%) HP
7 2 (2.70%) LogRhythm
7 2 (2.70%) Okta
7 2 (2.70%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.70%) Polycom
8 1 (1.35%) ForeScout
8 1 (1.35%) Spotify