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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 46 38
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 65 94 147
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.85% 4.46% 5.11%
As % of the System Software category 41.94% 38.06% 44.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 61 103
10th Percentile £231 £193 £188
25th Percentile £404 £321 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £623 £550 £569
90th Percentile £685 £688 £685
Central London median daily rate £496 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +16.59% -5.56% +8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £22.48 £84.40 -
25th Percentile £23.19 £94.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.25 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.46% - -
75th Percentile £28.19 - -
90th Percentile £29.43 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.25 £112.00 -
% change year-on-year -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 155 247 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.17% 11.73% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 158 232
10th Percentile £293 £319 £264
25th Percentile £463 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 £553 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% +5.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £668 £663 £691
90th Percentile £688 £730 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £22.48 £84.40 £23.88
25th Percentile £23.19 £94.75 £27.81
Median hourly rate £25.25 £112.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -77.46% +208.97% +76.83%
75th Percentile £28.19 - £45.31
90th Percentile £29.43 - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £25.25 £112.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -77.46% +208.97% +79.01%

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 20 October 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 20 October 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 - 1 - - 1
Active Directory
Central London

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 14 (21.54%) SharePoint
2 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.08%) Confluence
4 1 (1.54%) IIS
4 1 (1.54%) Moodle
4 1 (1.54%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 38 (58.46%) Azure
2 37 (56.92%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (47.69%) Entra ID
4 10 (15.38%) Power Platform
5 9 (13.85%) Power Automate
6 8 (12.31%) PowerApps
7 7 (10.77%) AWS
7 7 (10.77%) OneDrive
8 6 (9.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (6.15%) ShareGate
11 3 (4.62%) GCP
11 3 (4.62%) IaaS
12 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (3.08%) GitHub
12 2 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (3.08%) PaaS
12 2 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (21.54%) Firewall
2 9 (13.85%) DNS
3 7 (10.77%) DHCP
4 5 (7.69%) WAN
5 4 (6.15%) VPN
5 4 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.62%) LAN
6 3 (4.62%) SD-WAN
6 3 (4.62%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.08%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (3.08%) MPLS
7 2 (3.08%) NetScaler
7 2 (3.08%) Softphone
7 2 (3.08%) Wireless
8 1 (1.54%) BGP
8 1 (1.54%) Internet
8 1 (1.54%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.54%) Kerberos
8 1 (1.54%) OSPF
8 1 (1.54%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.77%) Power BI
2 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.54%) Power Query
3 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Git
1 1 (1.54%) GitLab
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (26.15%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.62%) Finance
3 7 (10.77%) Banking
4 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.08%) Law
5 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.54%) Front Office
6 1 (1.54%) International Banking
6 1 (1.54%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.54%) Legal
6 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (10.77%) Analyst
2 6 (9.23%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (9.23%) Lead
2 6 (9.23%) Support Engineer
3 5 (7.69%) Architect
3 5 (7.69%) Consultant
3 5 (7.69%) Desktop Support
3 5 (7.69%) Support Analyst
4 4 (6.15%) Security Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Active Directory Support
5 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 3 (4.62%) IT Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) IT Support
5 3 (4.62%) Programme Manager
5 3 (4.62%) Security Manager
6 2 (3.08%) 1st/2nd Line Desktop Support
6 2 (3.08%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 2 (3.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (3.08%) LDAP
2 2 (3.08%) OAuth
2 2 (3.08%) OpenID
2 2 (3.08%) REST
2 2 (3.08%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.54%) .NET
3 1 (1.54%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.54%) boto
3 1 (1.54%) Flake8
3 1 (1.54%) HTML
3 1 (1.54%) LangChain
3 1 (1.54%) mypy
3 1 (1.54%) pytest
3 1 (1.54%) SAML
3 1 (1.54%) SPFx
3 1 (1.54%) Web Services
3 1 (1.54%) XACML
3 1 (1.54%) XML
3 1 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.15%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (4.62%) iPad
2 3 (4.62%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.08%) BYOD
3 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.08%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.54%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.54%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.54%) HP Storage
4 1 (1.54%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.54%) STIX
4 1 (1.54%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.54%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 30 (46.15%) Windows
2 12 (18.46%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.23%) Windows 10
4 5 (7.69%) Linux
5 2 (3.08%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.08%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.54%) Android
6 1 (1.54%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (24.62%) ITIL
2 12 (18.46%) Data Loss Prevention
2 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (13.85%) Migration
5 8 (12.31%) Identity Access Management
6 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (10.77%) ITSM
6 7 (10.77%) Service Management
7 6 (9.23%) Change Management
7 6 (9.23%) Information Security
7 6 (9.23%) SIEM
8 5 (7.69%) Cloud Security
8 5 (7.69%) Incident Response
8 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (6.15%) Customer Service
9 4 (6.15%) Roadmaps
9 4 (6.15%) Security Patching
9 4 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (6.15%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 10 (15.38%) Python
3 5 (7.69%) SQL
4 4 (6.15%) Java
5 2 (3.08%) C#
6 1 (1.54%) BeanShell
6 1 (1.54%) Bicep
6 1 (1.54%) C++
6 1 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.54%) Go
6 1 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.54%) Perl
6 1 (1.54%) PHP
6 1 (1.54%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (18.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (12.31%) SC Cleared
2 8 (12.31%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.77%) Degree
4 6 (9.23%) CISSP
5 4 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (6.15%) CISM
6 3 (4.62%) CCNA
6 3 (4.62%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (3.08%) MCITP
7 2 (3.08%) MCSA
7 2 (3.08%) MCSE
8 1 (1.54%) CCNP
8 1 (1.54%) CISMP
8 1 (1.54%) GCFA
8 1 (1.54%) GCIA
8 1 (1.54%) GCIH
8 1 (1.54%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.69%) GDPR
2 5 (7.69%) NIST
3 3 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.62%) SLA
4 1 (1.54%) EU AI Act
4 1 (1.54%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (1.54%) NCSC
4 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.54%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.69%) SCCM
3 4 (6.15%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.62%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.08%) SCOM
5 2 (3.08%) Terraform
6 1 (1.54%) QRadar
6 1 (1.54%) WMI
Vendors
1 45 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.00%) Citrix
3 10 (15.38%) VMware
4 6 (9.23%) Palo Alto
4 6 (9.23%) ServiceNow
5 5 (7.69%) Cisco
5 5 (7.69%) CyberArk
6 3 (4.62%) Altiris
6 3 (4.62%) HP
6 3 (4.62%) Ivanti
6 3 (4.62%) Okta
6 3 (4.62%) Oracle
6 3 (4.62%) Symantec
7 2 (3.08%) Dell
7 2 (3.08%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.08%) OpenAI
7 2 (3.08%) Polycom
8 1 (1.54%) Google
8 1 (1.54%) IBM
8 1 (1.54%) SAP