Active Directory Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer daily rate in Cumbria is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £484 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £491 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £488 - £225

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cumbria with a recognized job title 285 121 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.69% 96.80% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 56 90
10th Percentile £321 £300 £266
25th Percentile £417 £431 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% -7.00% +2.88%
75th Percentile £537 £549 £638
90th Percentile £607 £638 £670
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 19 28
10th Percentile £14.00 £25.34 £23.25
25th Percentile £25.49 £32.14 £39.72
Median hourly rate £62.50 £50.00 £53.72
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.92% -2.33%
75th Percentile £73.25 £58.42 £66.61
90th Percentile - £69.49 £70.90
North West median hourly rate £47.40 £24.88 £37.00
% change year-on-year +90.50% -32.75% +16.46%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Active Directory Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Active Directory Engineer job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Active Directory Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria

Active Directory Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Engineer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 1 £488 -
Dalton-in-Furness - 1 £488 -
Millom - 1 £488 -
Ulverston - 1 £488 -
Active Directory Engineer
North West

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 13 September 2026, Active Directory Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cumbria region featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft