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 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 36 31
Rank change year-on-year -50 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 52 111 152
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 2.18% 5.53% 6.18%
As % of the System Software category 28.73% 48.05% 55.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 76 116
10th Percentile £181 £214 £183
25th Percentile £188 £263 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +20.59% -
75th Percentile £574 £603 £570
90th Percentile £613 £665 £741
London median daily rate £490 £500 £410
% change year-on-year -2.00% +21.95% -12.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £22.22 £22.29 -
25th Percentile £24.31 £23.85 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £26.45 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -15.36% +32.98%
75th Percentile - £106.98 £40.00
90th Percentile - £155.29 -
London median hourly rate £25.31 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year -4.31% +17.56% -10.00%

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 181 231 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.57% 11.52% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 164 206
10th Percentile £234 £240 £222
25th Percentile £409 £387 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% +12.21% -15.18%
75th Percentile £603 £615 £650
90th Percentile £659 £692 £738
London median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £22.68 £22.29 -
25th Percentile - £23.85 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £26.45 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -33.88% +70.21%
75th Percentile - £106.98 -
90th Percentile £46.02 £155.29 £46.15
London median hourly rate £26.24 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year -0.81% +17.56% -18.18%

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 April 2026.

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 April 2026. 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 -41 44 £425 -20.71% 31
Camden - 3 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £575 -
Lambeth - 1 £350 -
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 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.92%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (5.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 38 (73.08%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (61.54%) Azure
3 28 (53.85%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.69%) AWS
5 4 (7.69%) GitHub
5 4 (7.69%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (5.77%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.85%) Azure Stack
7 2 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.85%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.85%) Serverless
8 1 (1.92%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.23%) VPN
2 9 (17.31%) DNS
2 9 (17.31%) Firewall
3 6 (11.54%) DHCP
4 3 (5.77%) Softphone
5 1 (1.92%) Extranet
5 1 (1.92%) IPv4
5 1 (1.92%) IPv6
5 1 (1.92%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.92%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) Power BI
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.92%) Big Data
2 1 (1.92%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.92%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.92%) Git
2 1 (1.92%) GitLab
2 1 (1.92%) Selenium
2 1 (1.92%) SpecFlow
General
1 26 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Finance
3 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.85%) Banking
4 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.85%) Law
4 2 (3.85%) Military
4 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.92%) French Language
5 1 (1.92%) International Banking
5 1 (1.92%) Legal
5 1 (1.92%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Support Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) IT Support
2 9 (17.31%) Senior
3 8 (15.38%) Analyst
3 8 (15.38%) IT Engineer
3 8 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (7.69%) Architect
4 4 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Citrix Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (3.85%) Network Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Project Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) REST
1 2 (3.85%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.92%) OAuth
2 1 (1.92%) OpenID
2 1 (1.92%) Playwright
2 1 (1.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.85%) BYOD
2 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.92%) CMDB
3 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.92%) IoT
3 1 (1.92%) PKI
3 1 (1.92%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (59.62%) Windows
2 11 (21.15%) Windows 10
3 9 (17.31%) Windows Server
4 7 (13.46%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.85%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.92%) Android
6 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.92%) Linux
6 1 (1.92%) VMS
6 1 (1.92%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.00%) ITIL
2 12 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 9 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (13.46%) CI/CD
4 7 (13.46%) DevOps
4 7 (13.46%) Migration
5 6 (11.54%) Change Management
5 6 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (11.54%) Mentoring
5 6 (11.54%) Service Delivery
6 5 (9.62%) Cloud Security
6 5 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (9.62%) Performance Metrics
6 5 (9.62%) User Experience
7 4 (7.69%) Agile
7 4 (7.69%) Change Control
7 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.69%) Identity Management
7 4 (7.69%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.85%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.69%) Bash
2 4 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (1.92%) C#
3 1 (1.92%) Java
3 1 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.92%) SQL
3 1 (1.92%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (13.46%) Degree
3 5 (9.62%) MCSE
3 5 (9.62%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.92%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.92%) CCNA
7 1 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.92%) CISM
7 1 (1.92%) CISMP
7 1 (1.92%) CISSP
7 1 (1.92%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.92%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.92%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.77%) GDPR
3 2 (3.85%) QA
4 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.92%) NCSC
4 1 (1.92%) NIST
4 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.85%) Docker
3 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.92%) Firmware
4 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (40.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (17.31%) SCCM
3 5 (9.62%) Terraform
4 3 (5.77%) Ansible
5 2 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.92%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.92%) Grafana
6 1 (1.92%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.92%) Puppet
6 1 (1.92%) Salt
Vendors
1 40 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.54%) ServiceNow
3 4 (7.69%) Citrix
4 3 (5.77%) Apple
4 3 (5.77%) VMware
5 2 (3.85%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.92%) Altiris
6 1 (1.92%) Bomgar
6 1 (1.92%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.92%) Databricks
6 1 (1.92%) Datto
6 1 (1.92%) EMC
6 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.92%) Google
6 1 (1.92%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.92%) Oracle
6 1 (1.92%) Qualys
6 1 (1.92%) SAP
6 1 (1.92%) Veeam
6 1 (1.92%) Zscaler