Active Directory Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Microsoft Active Directory
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of Westminster requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 3 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 4.23% 15.91% 6.38%
As % of the System Software category 30.00% 77.78% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £538 £330 -
25th Percentile £594 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +44.44% +21.62%
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £425 £536 £425
% change year-on-year -20.71% +26.12% -7.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 £27.48 £40.00
% change year-on-year -29.03% -31.31% +60.00%

All System Software Skills
City of Westminster

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 Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 14.08% 20.45% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £506 £335 £463
25th Percentile £534 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +7.32% +32.26%
75th Percentile £722 £650 £544
90th Percentile £763 - £563
Central London median daily rate £525 £536 £514
% change year-on-year -2.05% +4.33% -10.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £30.00 £27.48 £44.25
% change year-on-year +9.19% -37.91% +77.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of Westminster

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the City of Westminster over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the City of Westminster

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 Westminster region over the 6 months to 18 July 2026. 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
Paddington 0 3 £725 - 1
Active Directory
Central London

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DKIM
1 1 (33.33%) DMARC
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) FMCG
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Zscaler
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft