Active Directory Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Microsoft Active Directory
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim 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 23 24 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 16 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 6.90% 3.68% 7.10%
As % of the System Software category 84.21% 100.00% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £133 -
25th Percentile £145 £143 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £148 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -65.29% +26.23%
75th Percentile £155 £161 £613
90th Percentile - £181 £710
Northern Ireland median daily rate £150 £148 £425
% change year-on-year +1.69% -65.29% +93.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.33 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £14.55 - -

All System Software Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 8.19% 3.68% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £198 £133 -
25th Percentile £278 £143 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £148 £413
Median % change year-on-year +177.97% -64.24% -17.50%
75th Percentile - £161 £450
90th Percentile - £181 £613
Northern Ireland median daily rate £410 £155 £425
% change year-on-year +164.52% -63.53% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.33 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £14.55 - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in County Antrim

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

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 County Antrim 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
Belfast +7 16 £150 +1.69% 3
Active Directory
Northern Ireland

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) VoIP
2 6 (37.50%) Firewall
3 2 (12.50%) DHCP
3 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.25%) Internet
4 1 (6.25%) Intranet
General
1 3 (18.75%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
3 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) IT Support
2 6 (37.50%) ICT Support
2 6 (37.50%) ICT Support Technician
2 6 (37.50%) ICT Technician
2 6 (37.50%) Support Technician
3 5 (31.25%) Support Officer
4 4 (25.00%) Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Support Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) IT Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) IT Technician
6 1 (6.25%) Service Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Smartphone
2 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
3 2 (12.50%) BYOD
4 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (43.75%) Fault Analysis
1 7 (43.75%) IT Strategy
2 5 (31.25%) Patch Management
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 6 (37.50%) HND
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Avaya
2 7 (43.75%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Apple
3 1 (6.25%) VMware