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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 56 43
Rank change year-on-year -12 -13 -9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 79 66 95
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.68% 3.83% 4.47%
As % of the System Software category 45.93% 42.04% 39.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 44 63
10th Percentile £181 £231 £198
25th Percentile £235 £388 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £496 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +16.59% -10.99%
75th Percentile £638 £617 £560
90th Percentile £661 £685 £688
Central London median daily rate £388 £488 £438
% change year-on-year -20.51% +11.43% -5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £19.73 £22.48 £84.40
25th Percentile £20.44 £23.19 £94.75
Median hourly rate £21.75 £25.25 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.86% -77.46% -
75th Percentile £22.94 £28.19 -
90th Percentile £23.58 £29.43 -
Central London median hourly rate £21.75 £25.25 £112.00
% change year-on-year -13.86% -77.46% -

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 172 157 241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.00% 9.12% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 110 158
10th Percentile £221 £282 £319
25th Percentile £384 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.48% +3.86%
75th Percentile £632 £667 £688
90th Percentile £678 £688 £750
Central London median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £12.78 £22.48 £84.40
25th Percentile £16.94 £23.19 £94.75
Median hourly rate £21.75 £25.25 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.86% -77.46% +208.97%
75th Percentile £25.75 £28.19 -
90th Percentile £28.90 £29.43 -
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £25.25 £112.00
% change year-on-year -4.95% -77.46% +208.97%

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 10 October 2026.

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 17 (21.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.06%) IIS
2 4 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.80%) Confluence
4 2 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (49.37%) Entra ID
2 30 (37.97%) Azure
3 28 (35.44%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.13%) AWS
5 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.06%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.80%) GCP
7 3 (3.80%) IaaS
7 3 (3.80%) OpenShift
7 3 (3.80%) PaaS
8 2 (2.53%) GitHub
9 1 (1.27%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.27%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.27%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.27%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (40.51%) DNS
2 23 (29.11%) DHCP
3 15 (18.99%) VPN
4 9 (11.39%) Firewall
5 8 (10.13%) TCP/IP
6 6 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (5.06%) SMTP
8 2 (2.53%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (2.53%) DMZ
8 2 (2.53%) LAN
8 2 (2.53%) Network Security
8 2 (2.53%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (2.53%) SSL
9 1 (1.27%) Internet
9 1 (1.27%) SAN
9 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.27%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.27%) WAN
9 1 (1.27%) Wireless
9 1 (1.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.66%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.59%) Power BI
2 6 (7.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (3.80%) Big Data
3 3 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (3.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (3.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.27%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.66%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Git
2 1 (1.27%) MSI
2 1 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.78%) Finance
3 9 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.33%) Front Office
5 3 (3.80%) Banking
5 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.53%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.27%) Marketing
7 1 (1.27%) Military
7 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (26.58%) Support Engineer
2 12 (15.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (13.92%) IT Support
4 9 (11.39%) Analyst
4 9 (11.39%) IT Engineer
4 9 (11.39%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) Active Directory Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.06%) IT Analyst
9 3 (3.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
9 3 (3.80%) Active Directory Support
9 3 (3.80%) Active Directory Support Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Desktop Support
9 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.66%) OpenID
1 10 (12.66%) SAML
2 7 (8.86%) OAuth
3 6 (7.59%) REST
4 3 (3.80%) 802.1X
4 3 (3.80%) Terraform
5 2 (2.53%) .NET
5 2 (2.53%) LDAP
5 2 (2.53%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.53%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.27%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.27%) CSS
6 1 (1.27%) HTML
6 1 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (1.27%) Jakarta EE
6 1 (1.27%) JDBC
6 1 (1.27%) JSON
6 1 (1.27%) RESTful
6 1 (1.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.99%) Onboarding
2 12 (15.19%) PKI
3 8 (10.13%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (8.86%) Data Centre
5 6 (7.59%) Clustering
6 5 (6.33%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.80%) Fat Client
7 3 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.80%) Thin Client
8 2 (2.53%) iPad
8 2 (2.53%) iPhone
8 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.27%) BYOD
9 1 (1.27%) Data Fabric
9 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.27%) Life Science
9 1 (1.27%) NHS
9 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (69.62%) Windows
2 22 (27.85%) Windows Server
3 11 (13.92%) Mac OS
4 9 (11.39%) Windows 10
5 8 (10.13%) Linux
6 4 (5.06%) VMS
6 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.53%) Android
8 2 (2.53%) OpenVMS
8 2 (2.53%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (34.18%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (20.25%) Migration
3 14 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (13.92%) High Availability
5 10 (12.66%) Customer Service
5 10 (12.66%) ITIL
5 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (11.39%) Service Delivery
7 8 (10.13%) Identity Access Management
7 8 (10.13%) Incident Management
8 7 (8.86%) Asset Management
8 7 (8.86%) Identity Management
8 7 (8.86%) Process Improvement
8 7 (8.86%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.59%) Agile
9 6 (7.59%) AI
9 6 (7.59%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (7.59%) DevOps
9 6 (7.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.72%) PowerShell
2 10 (12.66%) SQL
3 3 (3.80%) Python
4 2 (2.53%) Java
5 1 (1.27%) BeanShell
5 1 (1.27%) Bicep
5 1 (1.27%) C#
5 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.27%) Korn
5 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (20.25%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.86%) Degree
4 6 (7.59%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.80%) CISSP
6 2 (2.53%) CCNA
6 2 (2.53%) CCNP
7 1 (1.27%) CCIE
7 1 (1.27%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.27%) CISM
7 1 (1.27%) GIAC
7 1 (1.27%) GPEN
7 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.27%) MCSE
7 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.27%) OSCP
7 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.27%) PMP
7 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) GDPR
1 4 (5.06%) QA
2 3 (3.80%) SLA
3 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.53%) GRC
3 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.27%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.27%) NIST
4 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (21.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.86%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (7.59%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (5.06%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (3.80%) BitLocker
6 3 (3.80%) Docker
6 3 (3.80%) Terminal Services
6 3 (3.80%) vSphere
7 1 (1.27%) Firmware
7 1 (1.27%) UAG
7 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (26.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (17.72%) SCCM
3 10 (12.66%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (8.86%) Ansible
5 6 (7.59%) vCenter Server
6 4 (5.06%) SCOM
7 3 (3.80%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
7 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (3.80%) Nagios
7 3 (3.80%) Puppet
7 3 (3.80%) vMotion
7 3 (3.80%) WSUS
8 2 (2.53%) FortiGate
8 2 (2.53%) Nessus
8 2 (2.53%) NetBackup
9 1 (1.27%) AirWatch
9 1 (1.27%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (1.27%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (1.27%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 61 (77.22%) Microsoft
2 20 (25.32%) VMware
3 12 (15.19%) ServiceNow
4 11 (13.92%) Citrix
5 8 (10.13%) Apple
5 8 (10.13%) Cisco
6 7 (8.86%) Bloomberg
7 5 (6.33%) HP
7 5 (6.33%) Remedy
8 4 (5.06%) CyberArk
8 4 (5.06%) Google
8 4 (5.06%) Oracle
9 3 (3.80%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (3.80%) BMC
9 3 (3.80%) Commvault
9 3 (3.80%) Refinitiv
9 3 (3.80%) Symantec
9 3 (3.80%) Zscaler
10 2 (2.53%) EMC
10 2 (2.53%) Veritas