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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 42 36
Rank change year-on-year -20 -6 +16
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 61 98 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.47% 4.74% 5.26%
As % of the System Software category 43.88% 39.20% 41.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 72 109
10th Percentile £254 £223 £182
25th Percentile £378 £350 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £444 £495
Median % change year-on-year +20.79% -10.35% +4.21%
75th Percentile £624 £576 £600
90th Percentile £685 £699 £700
Central London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £22.48 - -
25th Percentile £23.19 £77.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.25 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.29% - -
75th Percentile £28.19 £92.50 -
90th Percentile £29.43 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.45 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -68.88% - -

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 139 250 390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 7.90% 12.08% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 173 257
10th Percentile £275 £340 £290
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £668 £688 £738
90th Percentile £688 £736 £822
Central London median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% - +0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £22.48 - £23.88
25th Percentile £23.19 £77.50 £27.81
Median hourly rate £25.25 £85.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -70.29% +134.48% +76.83%
75th Percentile £28.19 £92.50 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.43 - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £26.45 £85.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -68.88% +134.48% +76.83%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory 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 16 September 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
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
London Bridge - 2 - -
Active Directory
Central London

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 14 (22.95%) SharePoint
2 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.28%) Confluence
4 1 (1.64%) IIS
4 1 (1.64%) Moodle
4 1 (1.64%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (52.46%) Azure
2 29 (47.54%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (37.70%) Entra ID
4 9 (14.75%) Power Platform
5 8 (13.11%) Power Automate
6 7 (11.48%) AWS
6 7 (11.48%) PowerApps
7 6 (9.84%) OneDrive
8 4 (6.56%) ShareGate
9 3 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (4.92%) GCP
9 3 (4.92%) IaaS
10 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (3.28%) GitHub
10 2 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (3.28%) PaaS
10 2 (3.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.31%) Firewall
2 10 (16.39%) DNS
3 8 (13.11%) DHCP
4 7 (11.48%) WAN
5 5 (8.20%) SD-WAN
6 4 (6.56%) TCP/IP
6 4 (6.56%) VPN
6 4 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (4.92%) LAN
8 2 (3.28%) MPLS
8 2 (3.28%) NAS
8 2 (3.28%) NetScaler
8 2 (3.28%) Softphone
8 2 (3.28%) WebEx
8 2 (3.28%) Wireless
9 1 (1.64%) BGP
9 1 (1.64%) Internet
9 1 (1.64%) OSPF
9 1 (1.64%) SAN
9 1 (1.64%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) Power BI
2 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.64%) Power Query
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) GitLab
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 20 (32.79%) Finance
2 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Banking
4 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.28%) Law
7 1 (1.64%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.64%) Front Office
7 1 (1.64%) International Banking
7 1 (1.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (14.75%) Analyst
2 8 (13.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (11.48%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.84%) Lead
4 6 (9.84%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Architect
6 4 (6.56%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Active Directory Support
6 4 (6.56%) Desktop Support
6 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (4.92%) Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) IT Support
8 2 (3.28%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 2 (3.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.28%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (4.92%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.64%) boto
3 1 (1.64%) Flake8
3 1 (1.64%) LangChain
3 1 (1.64%) LDAP
3 1 (1.64%) mypy
3 1 (1.64%) OAuth
3 1 (1.64%) OpenID
3 1 (1.64%) pytest
3 1 (1.64%) REST
3 1 (1.64%) Semantic Kernel
3 1 (1.64%) XACML
3 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.56%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.92%) iPad
3 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.64%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.64%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.64%) HP Storage
4 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) iPhone
4 1 (1.64%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.64%) STIX
4 1 (1.64%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.64%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 30 (49.18%) Windows
2 12 (19.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.84%) Windows 10
4 5 (8.20%) Linux
5 2 (3.28%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.64%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) ITIL
2 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.11%) Data Loss Prevention
3 8 (13.11%) Migration
4 7 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (9.84%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (9.84%) Security Patching
5 6 (9.84%) Service Management
6 5 (8.20%) ITSM
6 5 (8.20%) Roadmaps
7 4 (6.56%) Asset Management
7 4 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (6.56%) Information Security
7 4 (6.56%) Network Management
7 4 (6.56%) Service Delivery
7 4 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (4.92%) CI/CD
8 3 (4.92%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.31%) PowerShell
2 10 (16.39%) Python
3 4 (6.56%) SQL
4 3 (4.92%) Java
5 1 (1.64%) Bicep
5 1 (1.64%) C#
5 1 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.64%) Go
5 1 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.64%) Perl
5 1 (1.64%) PHP
5 1 (1.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (13.11%) Degree
3 6 (9.84%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.84%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.92%) CCNA
5 3 (4.92%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.28%) CISSP
6 2 (3.28%) MCITP
6 2 (3.28%) MCSA
6 2 (3.28%) MCSE
7 1 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.64%) CCNP
7 1 (1.64%) CISM
7 1 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.64%) GCFA
7 1 (1.64%) GCIA
7 1 (1.64%) GCIH
7 1 (1.64%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) SLA
2 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.92%) NIST
3 2 (3.28%) GDPR
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.64%) EU AI Act
4 1 (1.64%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Hyper-V
1 4 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.64%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (18.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.20%) SCCM
3 3 (4.92%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (4.92%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.28%) SCOM
4 2 (3.28%) Terraform
5 1 (1.64%) QRadar
5 1 (1.64%) WMI
Vendors
1 37 (60.66%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.95%) Citrix
3 11 (18.03%) VMware
4 8 (13.11%) ServiceNow
5 7 (11.48%) Cisco
6 6 (9.84%) Palo Alto
7 3 (4.92%) Altiris
7 3 (4.92%) CyberArk
7 3 (4.92%) HP
7 3 (4.92%) Ivanti
7 3 (4.92%) Okta
7 3 (4.92%) Symantec
8 2 (3.28%) Dell
8 2 (3.28%) OpenAI
8 2 (3.28%) Oracle
8 2 (3.28%) Polycom
9 1 (1.64%) Exabeam
9 1 (1.64%) Infoblox
9 1 (1.64%) Logitech
9 1 (1.64%) Nexthink