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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 47 37
Rank change year-on-year -14 -10 +19
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 64 80 128
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.48% 3.95% 5.16%
As % of the System Software category 38.32% 36.36% 47.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 47 90
10th Percentile £186 £197 £206
25th Percentile £302 £319 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £401 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.60% -15.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £608 £594 £566
90th Percentile £685 £650 £676
Central London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £84.40 -
25th Percentile £20.82 £94.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -80.12% +397.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £23.71 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £98.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -74.14% +337.78% +9.76%

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 167 220 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.09% 10.86% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 136 198
10th Percentile £278 £319 £293
25th Percentile £406 £435 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £558 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +11.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £690 £725 £779
Central London median daily rate £546 £550 £498
% change year-on-year -0.68% +10.55% -12.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £84.40 -
25th Percentile £20.82 £94.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -80.12% +397.78% +9.76%
75th Percentile £23.71 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £98.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -74.14% +337.78% +9.76%

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 30 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 (20.31%) SharePoint
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.56%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 45 (70.31%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (64.06%) Azure
3 34 (53.13%) Entra ID
4 10 (15.63%) Power Platform
5 8 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 8 (12.50%) PowerApps
6 7 (10.94%) AWS
6 7 (10.94%) OneDrive
7 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (6.25%) ShareGate
9 3 (4.69%) IaaS
10 2 (3.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.13%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (3.13%) GCP
10 2 (3.13%) GitHub
10 2 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (3.13%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.00%) Firewall
2 10 (15.63%) DNS
3 9 (14.06%) VPN
4 7 (10.94%) DHCP
5 3 (4.69%) LAN
5 3 (4.69%) WAN
5 3 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (3.13%) MPLS
6 2 (3.13%) Softphone
6 2 (3.13%) Wireless
7 1 (1.56%) BGP
7 1 (1.56%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.56%) IPv4
7 1 (1.56%) Kerberos
7 1 (1.56%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (1.56%) OSPF
7 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.56%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.94%) Power BI
2 3 (4.69%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.56%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.56%) Power Query
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Git
2 1 (1.56%) GitLab
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
General
1 26 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.88%) Finance
3 5 (7.81%) Banking
4 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.13%) Law
5 2 (3.13%) Legal
5 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.56%) French Language
6 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.56%) International Banking
6 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (14.06%) Support Engineer
2 8 (12.50%) Lead
3 7 (10.94%) IT Support
4 6 (9.38%) IT Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Analyst
5 5 (7.81%) Consultant
5 5 (7.81%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.25%) Architect
7 3 (4.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Programme Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Senior
7 3 (4.69%) Service Desk Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (3.13%) LDAP
2 2 (3.13%) OAuth
2 2 (3.13%) OpenID
2 2 (3.13%) REST
2 2 (3.13%) SAML
3 1 (1.56%) .NET
3 1 (1.56%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.56%) boto
3 1 (1.56%) Flake8
3 1 (1.56%) HTML
3 1 (1.56%) LangChain
3 1 (1.56%) mypy
3 1 (1.56%) pytest
3 1 (1.56%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.56%) Semantic Kernel
3 1 (1.56%) SPFx
3 1 (1.56%) Web Services
3 1 (1.56%) XML
3 1 (1.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.81%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.69%) BYOD
3 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.69%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.13%) iPad
5 1 (1.56%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.56%) CMDB
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.56%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.56%) STIX
5 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.56%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 37 (57.81%) Windows
2 15 (23.44%) Windows Server
3 11 (17.19%) Windows 10
4 5 (7.81%) Linux
5 4 (6.25%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.13%) Android
6 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.13%) Mac OS X
6 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) ITIL
2 12 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.19%) Data Loss Prevention
3 11 (17.19%) Migration
4 10 (15.63%) Change Management
4 10 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (14.06%) ITSM
6 7 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (10.94%) Customer Service
6 7 (10.94%) User Experience
7 6 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (9.38%) Identity Management
7 6 (9.38%) Service Delivery
7 6 (9.38%) Service Management
8 5 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (7.81%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.81%) SIEM
8 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (7.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.56%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.38%) Python
3 4 (6.25%) Java
4 3 (4.69%) SQL
5 2 (3.13%) C#
6 1 (1.56%) BeanShell
6 1 (1.56%) Bicep
6 1 (1.56%) C++
6 1 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.56%) Go
6 1 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (14.06%) Degree
2 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
2 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) CISSP
4 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.69%) CISM
4 3 (4.69%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (4.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (4.69%) MCSA
5 2 (3.13%) CCNA
5 2 (3.13%) CISMP
5 2 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.13%) MCITP
5 2 (3.13%) MCSE
6 1 (1.56%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.56%) CCNP
6 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (10.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (10.94%) GDPR
3 5 (7.81%) NIST
4 2 (3.13%) NCSC
4 2 (3.13%) SLA
5 1 (1.56%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (17.19%) SCCM
3 3 (4.69%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.13%) SCOM
4 2 (3.13%) Terraform
5 1 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.56%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.56%) Ansible
5 1 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (76.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.63%) VMware
3 9 (14.06%) Citrix
4 5 (7.81%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.25%) Altiris
5 4 (6.25%) CyberArk
5 4 (6.25%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.69%) Ivanti
6 3 (4.69%) Oracle
6 3 (4.69%) Symantec
7 2 (3.13%) Apple
7 2 (3.13%) Cisco
7 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.13%) HP
7 2 (3.13%) LogRhythm
7 2 (3.13%) OpenAI
7 2 (3.13%) Polycom
8 1 (1.56%) ForeScout
8 1 (1.56%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (1.56%) Okta