Active Directory Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Active Directory
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 45 32
Rank change year-on-year -19 -13 +25
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 63 83 134
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.42% 4.04% 5.34%
As % of the System Software category 37.72% 36.24% 48.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 50 95
10th Percentile £186 £199 £193
25th Percentile £302 £316 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% -11.06% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £584 £550
90th Percentile £685 £650 £645
Central London median daily rate £475 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% +11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £84.40 -
25th Percentile £20.82 £94.75 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -80.12% - -
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
% change year-on-year -77.26% - -

All System Software Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 167 229 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.06% 11.14% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 144 208
10th Percentile £278 £316 £262
25th Percentile £408 £424 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £566 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% +13.25% -13.04%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £641
90th Percentile £690 £729 £788
Central London median daily rate £546 £558 £493
% change year-on-year -2.02% +13.20% -14.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £84.40 -
25th Percentile £20.82 £94.75 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -80.12% - -
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
% change year-on-year -77.26% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in the City of London

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the City of London

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 13 (20.63%) SharePoint
2 10 (15.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 44 (69.84%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (65.08%) Azure
3 34 (53.97%) Entra ID
4 10 (15.87%) Power Platform
5 8 (12.70%) Power Automate
5 8 (12.70%) PowerApps
6 7 (11.11%) AWS
6 7 (11.11%) OneDrive
7 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (6.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (6.35%) ShareGate
9 3 (4.76%) IaaS
10 2 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (3.17%) GCP
10 2 (3.17%) GitHub
10 2 (3.17%) Mimecast
10 2 (3.17%) PaaS
10 2 (3.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.40%) Firewall
2 10 (15.87%) DNS
3 9 (14.29%) VPN
4 7 (11.11%) DHCP
5 3 (4.76%) LAN
5 3 (4.76%) WAN
5 3 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (3.17%) MPLS
6 2 (3.17%) Softphone
6 2 (3.17%) Wireless
7 1 (1.59%) BGP
7 1 (1.59%) Extranet
7 1 (1.59%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.59%) IPv4
7 1 (1.59%) IPv6
7 1 (1.59%) Kerberos
7 1 (1.59%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (1.59%) OSPF
7 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) Power BI
2 3 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.59%) Power Query
3 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Git
2 1 (1.59%) GitLab
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.35%) Banking
3 4 (6.35%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.17%) Law
4 2 (3.17%) Legal
4 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.59%) French Language
5 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) Lead
3 7 (11.11%) IT Support
4 6 (9.52%) IT Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Analyst
5 5 (7.94%) Consultant
5 5 (7.94%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.35%) Architect
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
7 3 (4.76%) Programme Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Senior
7 3 (4.76%) Service Desk Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (3.17%) LDAP
2 2 (3.17%) OAuth
2 2 (3.17%) OpenID
2 2 (3.17%) REST
2 2 (3.17%) SAML
3 1 (1.59%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.59%) boto
3 1 (1.59%) Flake8
3 1 (1.59%) HTML
3 1 (1.59%) LangChain
3 1 (1.59%) mypy
3 1 (1.59%) pytest
3 1 (1.59%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.59%) Semantic Kernel
3 1 (1.59%) SPFx
3 1 (1.59%) Web Services
3 1 (1.59%) XML
3 1 (1.59%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.94%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.17%) BYOD
4 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.17%) iPad
5 1 (1.59%) CMDB
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.59%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.59%) STIX
5 1 (1.59%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (57.14%) Windows
2 14 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 11 (17.46%) Windows 10
4 5 (7.94%) Linux
5 4 (6.35%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.17%) Android
6 2 (3.17%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.17%) Mac OS X
6 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.16%) ITIL
2 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.46%) Data Loss Prevention
4 10 (15.87%) Change Management
4 10 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (15.87%) Migration
5 9 (14.29%) ITSM
6 7 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 7 (11.11%) User Experience
7 6 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (9.52%) Identity Management
7 6 (9.52%) Service Delivery
7 6 (9.52%) Service Management
8 5 (7.94%) Cloud Security
8 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.94%) SIEM
8 5 (7.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (6.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.40%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.52%) Python
3 4 (6.35%) Java
4 3 (4.76%) SQL
5 2 (3.17%) C#
6 1 (1.59%) BeanShell
6 1 (1.59%) Bicep
6 1 (1.59%) C++
6 1 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.59%) Go
6 1 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.59%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.59%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (20.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 8 (12.70%) Degree
4 5 (7.94%) CISSP
5 3 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.76%) CISM
5 3 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (3.17%) CCNA
6 2 (3.17%) CISMP
6 2 (3.17%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (3.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (3.17%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.17%) MCITP
6 2 (3.17%) MCSA
7 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.59%) CCNP
7 1 (1.59%) MCP
7 1 (1.59%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (11.11%) GDPR
3 5 (7.94%) NIST
4 2 (3.17%) NCSC
4 2 (3.17%) SLA
5 1 (1.59%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.17%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (31.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (17.46%) SCCM
3 3 (4.76%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.17%) SCOM
4 2 (3.17%) Terraform
5 1 (1.59%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.59%) Ansible
5 1 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (76.19%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.87%) VMware
3 9 (14.29%) Citrix
4 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.35%) Altiris
5 4 (6.35%) CyberArk
5 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.76%) Ivanti
6 3 (4.76%) Oracle
6 3 (4.76%) Symantec
7 2 (3.17%) Apple
7 2 (3.17%) Cisco
7 2 (3.17%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.17%) HP
7 2 (3.17%) LogRhythm
7 2 (3.17%) OpenAI
7 2 (3.17%) Polycom
8 1 (1.59%) Datto
8 1 (1.59%) Logitech
8 1 (1.59%) Okta