Active Directory Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Active Directory
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 27 34
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 +12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 95 151 230
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.73% 6.36% 6.10%
As % of the System Software category 47.74% 51.89% 44.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 119 170
10th Percentile £203 £211 £152
25th Percentile £259 £325 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.12% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £624 £560 £600
90th Percentile £682 £700 £701
London median daily rate £500 £448 £483
% change year-on-year +11.73% -7.25% +2.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £23.34 £25.00 -
25th Percentile £25.34 £30.63 -
Median hourly rate £27.48 £40.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.31% +60.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £69.56 - -
90th Percentile £140.33 - -
London median hourly rate £24.00 £23.80 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.84% -52.40% +117.39%

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 199 291 515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.90% 12.26% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 216 354
10th Percentile £221 £250 £190
25th Percentile £375 £386 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £569
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -12.09% +3.41%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £725
90th Percentile £694 £765 £813
London median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £23.34 £26.88 £22.00
25th Percentile £25.34 £35.31 £23.13
Median hourly rate £27.48 £40.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.31% +60.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £69.56 £42.56 £38.75
90th Percentile £140.33 £47.18 £47.00
London median hourly rate £26.45 £23.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -61.42% +84.62%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Central London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in Central London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in Central London

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 5 July 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 -20 75 £539 +26.88% 127
West End of London +8 9 £425 +190.10% 4
City of Westminster +6 7 £640 +42.22% 6
Southwark - 4 - -
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 17 (17.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (17.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.16%) Confluence
3 2 (2.11%) CMS
4 1 (1.05%) IIS
4 1 (1.05%) Moodle
4 1 (1.05%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 52 (54.74%) Azure
2 47 (49.47%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (34.74%) Entra ID
4 15 (15.79%) AWS
5 8 (8.42%) OneDrive
6 6 (6.32%) GCP
7 5 (5.26%) IaaS
8 4 (4.21%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (3.16%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.16%) GitHub
9 3 (3.16%) Nutanix
9 3 (3.16%) Power Platform
9 3 (3.16%) SaaS
10 2 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.11%) Mimecast
10 2 (2.11%) PaaS
10 2 (2.11%) Power Automate
10 2 (2.11%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (21.05%) Firewall
2 17 (17.89%) DNS
3 10 (10.53%) DHCP
4 6 (6.32%) TCP/IP
4 6 (6.32%) VPN
4 6 (6.32%) WAN
5 5 (5.26%) SD-WAN
5 5 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (4.21%) LAN
6 4 (4.21%) MPLS
7 3 (3.16%) Network Security
8 2 (2.11%) NAS
8 2 (2.11%) NetScaler
8 2 (2.11%) WebEx
9 1 (1.05%) BGP
9 1 (1.05%) Internet
9 1 (1.05%) OSPF
9 1 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.05%) SAN
9 1 (1.05%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) JIRA
1 2 (2.11%) MSI
2 1 (1.05%) Subversion
2 1 (1.05%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (33.68%) Finance
2 26 (27.37%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.37%) Banking
4 5 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (5.26%) Law
5 4 (4.21%) Legal
6 3 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.16%) Japanese Language
7 2 (2.11%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Local Government
7 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Retail
7 2 (2.11%) Spanish Language
7 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.05%) Billing
8 1 (1.05%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.05%) Front Office
8 1 (1.05%) International Banking
8 1 (1.05%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.05%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (18.95%) Analyst
2 14 (14.74%) Support Engineer
3 12 (12.63%) IT Support
4 11 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (10.53%) Architect
6 8 (8.42%) Service Analyst
6 8 (8.42%) Service Desk Analyst
6 8 (8.42%) Support Analyst
7 7 (7.37%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (7.37%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) IT Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Senior
8 6 (6.32%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) IT Analyst
9 5 (5.26%) Consultant
9 5 (5.26%) Desktop Support
10 4 (4.21%) Active Directory Support
10 4 (4.21%) Infrastructure Support
10 4 (4.21%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) SailPoint
2 3 (3.16%) OAuth
2 3 (3.16%) REST
3 2 (2.11%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.11%) Azure Blueprints
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (2.11%) OpenID
3 2 (2.11%) XACML
4 1 (1.05%) CSS
4 1 (1.05%) HTML
4 1 (1.05%) LDAP
4 1 (1.05%) React
4 1 (1.05%) SAML
4 1 (1.05%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.21%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.16%) Clustering
2 3 (3.16%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.11%) iPad
3 2 (2.11%) iPhone
3 2 (2.11%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.11%) Reinsurance
3 2 (2.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.05%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.05%) HP Storage
4 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.05%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.05%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 56 (58.95%) Windows
2 22 (23.16%) Windows Server
3 13 (13.68%) Windows 10
4 7 (7.37%) Linux
5 5 (5.26%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.21%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.16%) Android
7 3 (3.16%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.11%) Unix
8 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.05%) Solaris
9 1 (1.05%) VMS
9 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.00%) ITIL
2 17 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (14.74%) Migration
5 10 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 10 (10.53%) Roadmaps
6 9 (9.47%) Identity Access Management
7 8 (8.42%) Asset Management
8 7 (7.37%) DevOps
9 6 (6.32%) Cloud Security
9 6 (6.32%) Service Delivery
10 5 (5.26%) CI/CD
10 5 (5.26%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (5.26%) High Availability
10 5 (5.26%) Information Security
10 5 (5.26%) ITSM
10 5 (5.26%) Patch Management
10 5 (5.26%) Project Delivery
10 5 (5.26%) Time Management
11 4 (4.21%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.89%) PowerShell
2 9 (9.47%) Python
3 5 (5.26%) SQL
4 2 (2.11%) Bicep
4 2 (2.11%) Perl
5 1 (1.05%) Bash
5 1 (1.05%) C#
5 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.05%) PHP
5 1 (1.05%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.05%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (10.53%) Degree
2 8 (8.42%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.21%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.16%) CISSP
6 2 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.11%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.11%) CASP
6 2 (2.11%) CCNA
6 2 (2.11%) CCSP
6 2 (2.11%) CREST Certified
6 2 (2.11%) CSSLP
6 2 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.11%) GIAC
6 2 (2.11%) VCAP
6 2 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.05%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.26%) SLA
2 4 (4.21%) GDPR
3 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.16%) NIST
4 2 (2.11%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (2.11%) NCSC
4 2 (2.11%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (7.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (3.16%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.11%) BitLocker
4 2 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.05%) NFS
5 1 (1.05%) Veritas File System
5 1 (1.05%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 1 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.05%) XenApp
5 1 (1.05%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (23.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (14.74%) SCCM
3 4 (4.21%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.16%) Terraform
5 2 (2.11%) AirWatch
5 2 (2.11%) Ansible
5 2 (2.11%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.11%) QRadar
5 2 (2.11%) SELinux
5 2 (2.11%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 2 (2.11%) WSUS
6 1 (1.05%) Control-M
6 1 (1.05%) Netcool
6 1 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (1.05%) Tivoli
6 1 (1.05%) WMI
Vendors
1 50 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.74%) Citrix
3 11 (11.58%) ServiceNow
3 11 (11.58%) VMware
4 6 (6.32%) Cisco
5 5 (5.26%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.16%) CyberArk
7 2 (2.11%) Apple
7 2 (2.11%) Atempo
7 2 (2.11%) Bloomberg
7 2 (2.11%) Databricks
7 2 (2.11%) F5
7 2 (2.11%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.11%) IBM
7 2 (2.11%) Intapp
7 2 (2.11%) Juniper
7 2 (2.11%) Mellanox
7 2 (2.11%) Okta
7 2 (2.11%) Splunk
7 2 (2.11%) Symantec