Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Derby

Microsoft Active Directory
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 17 22
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 12 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 10.43% 5.79% 3.48%
As % of the System Software category 54.55% 77.78% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £251 £172 £130
25th Percentile £387 £190 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £160
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +134.38% -
75th Percentile £547 £388 -
90th Percentile £564 - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £338 £375 £225
% change year-on-year -10.00% +66.67% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.72
Derbyshire median hourly rate - - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - +14.32%

All System Software Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 22 9 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 19.13% 7.44% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 7
10th Percentile £357 £175 £145
25th Percentile £463 £205 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £313 £240
Median % change year-on-year +68.00% +30.21% +50.00%
75th Percentile £575 £388 £300
90th Percentile £665 - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £500 £350 £300
% change year-on-year +42.86% +16.67% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £22.12 - -
25th Percentile £24.07 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.32%
75th Percentile £25.36 - -
90th Percentile £25.75 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - +14.32%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Derby

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Derby over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Derby

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) NAS
1 1 (8.33%) SAN
1 1 (8.33%) SMTP
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Wintel Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) SailPoint
2 1 (8.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (8.33%) LDAP
2 1 (8.33%) OAuth
2 1 (8.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (8.33%) Replication
1 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (8.33%) Linux
4 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) DevOps
1 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Agile
3 1 (8.33%) Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Data Management
3 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.33%) High Availability
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security
3 1 (8.33%) ITSM
3 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CISA
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) GIAC
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Terminal Services
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) CyberArk
3 2 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) SAP
4 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) Workday