Active Directory Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft Active Directory
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 42 48
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 123 176 213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.64% 4.96% 5.06%
As % of the System Software category 50.62% 41.22% 33.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 125 185
10th Percentile £185 £151 £150
25th Percentile £338 £231 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £645 £588 £550
90th Percentile £775 £700 £595
Central London median daily rate £425 £450 £480
% change year-on-year -5.56% -6.25% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £24.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 - £25.50
75th Percentile £40.00 - £29.56
90th Percentile - - £32.83
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +25.00% -1.96% +27.50%

All System Software Skills
City of London

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 243 427 635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 11.15% 12.04% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 288 536
10th Percentile £250 £225 £265
25th Percentile £383 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £658
90th Percentile £739 £788 £750
Central London median daily rate £488 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -12.95% +1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £24.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £25.50
75th Percentile - - £29.56
90th Percentile £46.15 - £32.83
Central London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +60.00% -1.96% +27.50%

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the City of London

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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 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the City of London

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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 43 (34.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.07%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (2.44%) IIS
5 2 (1.63%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (52.03%) Azure
2 54 (43.90%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 18 (14.63%) Power Platform
5 12 (9.76%) Mimecast
6 11 (8.94%) Power Automate
7 9 (7.32%) AWS
8 8 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (6.50%) IaaS
8 8 (6.50%) PaaS
9 7 (5.69%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (5.69%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (5.69%) OneDrive
9 7 (5.69%) PowerApps
10 5 (4.07%) SaaS
11 4 (3.25%) WhatsApp
12 3 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.44%) GCP
12 3 (2.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 34 (27.64%) Firewall
2 16 (13.01%) DNS
2 16 (13.01%) SAN
3 8 (6.50%) Network Security
4 7 (5.69%) VPN
5 5 (4.07%) MPLS
6 4 (3.25%) FTP
6 4 (3.25%) Wireless
7 2 (1.63%) DHCP
7 2 (1.63%) Kerberos
7 2 (1.63%) NAS
7 2 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (1.63%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.63%) WAN
8 1 (0.81%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.81%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.81%) Multicast
8 1 (0.81%) Skype
8 1 (0.81%) SSH
8 1 (0.81%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.38%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.69%) Power BI
3 5 (4.07%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.25%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.63%) Redis
6 1 (0.81%) MySQL
6 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.07%) TeamCity
2 4 (3.25%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.63%) JIRA
4 1 (0.81%) Git
4 1 (0.81%) GitLab
4 1 (0.81%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.81%) Selenium
4 1 (0.81%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.81%) WebDriver
General
1 39 (31.71%) Finance
2 33 (26.83%) Social Skills
3 26 (21.14%) Banking
4 11 (8.94%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (8.13%) Investment Banking
6 9 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.69%) Financial Institution
7 7 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.25%) French Language
9 3 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Advertising
11 1 (0.81%) Billing
11 1 (0.81%) Front Office
11 1 (0.81%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.81%) Marketing
11 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (16.26%) Support Engineer
2 18 (14.63%) Architect
3 16 (13.01%) Senior
4 13 (10.57%) Analyst
5 12 (9.76%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) Desktop Support
8 7 (5.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) IT Support
9 6 (4.88%) Consultant
9 6 (4.88%) Platform Architect
9 6 (4.88%) Power Platform Architect
10 5 (4.07%) Developer
10 5 (4.07%) IT Analyst
10 5 (4.07%) IT Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.76%) .NET
1 12 (9.76%) XML
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (4.88%) JSON
3 6 (4.88%) LDAP
3 6 (4.88%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (4.88%) REST
4 5 (4.07%) .NET Core
4 5 (4.07%) WCF
4 5 (4.07%) WinForms
5 4 (3.25%) SAML
6 3 (2.44%) ASP.NET
6 3 (2.44%) CSS
6 3 (2.44%) HTML
6 3 (2.44%) React
6 3 (2.44%) SailPoint
7 2 (1.63%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.63%) OAuth
7 2 (1.63%) OpenID
7 2 (1.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.38%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (6.50%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.69%) Blackberry
3 7 (5.69%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.07%) Replication
5 4 (3.25%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.44%) Clustering
6 3 (2.44%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.44%) PKI
7 2 (1.63%) iPad
7 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.63%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) HP Storage
8 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (52.03%) Windows
2 20 (16.26%) Windows 10
3 17 (13.82%) Windows Server 2012
3 17 (13.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (13.01%) Windows Server
5 11 (8.94%) Linux
6 7 (5.69%) Windows 7
7 5 (4.07%) Android
7 5 (4.07%) Mac OS X
7 5 (4.07%) Unix
7 5 (4.07%) Windows 8
8 4 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (2.44%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.63%) VMS
10 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.81%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (20.33%) Migration
2 23 (18.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 20 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (15.45%) DevOps
4 19 (15.45%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (13.01%) Customer Service
6 15 (12.20%) CI/CD
7 12 (9.76%) Business Continuity
7 12 (9.76%) Change Management
8 11 (8.94%) Agile
9 10 (8.13%) Scrum
10 9 (7.32%) Data Migration
10 9 (7.32%) Information Security
10 9 (7.32%) ITIL
11 8 (6.50%) Configuration Management
11 8 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (5.69%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (5.69%) Roadmaps
13 6 (4.88%) Network Virtualisation
13 6 (4.88%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 39 (31.71%) PowerShell
2 12 (9.76%) SQL
3 11 (8.94%) C#
4 7 (5.69%) Python
5 6 (4.88%) Bicep
6 3 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (5.69%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.88%) Azure Certification
3 5 (4.07%) Degree
4 4 (3.25%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.63%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.81%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) MCITP
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.81%) NIST
3 1 (0.81%) QA
3 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (11.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (5.69%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.07%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.25%) HDFS
4 4 (3.25%) NFS
5 2 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.63%) vSphere
5 2 (1.63%) XenApp
6 1 (0.81%) Docker
6 1 (0.81%) Firmware
6 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (21.14%) SCCM
2 17 (13.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.25%) Terraform
5 3 (2.44%) Ansible
5 3 (2.44%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.63%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.63%) Packer
6 2 (1.63%) WSUS
7 1 (0.81%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.81%) CASB
7 1 (0.81%) Consul
7 1 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.81%) Grafana
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.81%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.81%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 61 (49.59%) Microsoft
2 25 (20.33%) Citrix
3 17 (13.82%) VMware
4 15 (12.20%) Cisco
5 13 (10.57%) HP
6 12 (9.76%) Avaya
6 12 (9.76%) CheckPoint
6 12 (9.76%) EMC
7 10 (8.13%) Apple
8 6 (4.88%) Adobe
8 6 (4.88%) Okta
8 6 (4.88%) ServiceNow
9 5 (4.07%) Ivanti
10 4 (3.25%) Isilon
11 3 (2.44%) Google
12 2 (1.63%) Bloomberg
12 2 (1.63%) CyberArk
12 2 (1.63%) Oracle
12 2 (1.63%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.63%) Veeam