Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Durham

Microsoft Active Directory
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 7.14% - -
As % of the System Software category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £186 - -
25th Percentile £195 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - -
75th Percentile £236 - -
90th Percentile £247 - -
North East median daily rate £200 £325 £183
% change year-on-year -38.46% +78.08% -24.90%

All System Software Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 10.71% - 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £186 - -
25th Percentile £195 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - +106.25%
75th Percentile £236 - £425
90th Percentile £247 - -
North East median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -30.43%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Durham

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

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

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

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

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Billingham - 1 £180 -
Hartlepool - 1 £247 -
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Billing Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Server Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft