Active Directory Specialist Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory Specialist
England > East Midlands

As of 11 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Microsoft Active Directory Specialist daily rate in the East Midlands.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £605 £450
% change year-on-year - +34.44% -2.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 773 717 800
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.48% 93.48% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 429 580
10th Percentile £200 £248 £206
25th Percentile £344 £341 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £519 £525 £600
90th Percentile £625 £600 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 38 51
10th Percentile £16.17 £12.44 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.58 £14.89
Median hourly rate £21.13 £24.09 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% +34.24% +2.37%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £41.88
90th Percentile £25.29 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +74.26%

Active Directory Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Active Directory Specialist job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Active Directory Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Specialist job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Specialist job vacancies in the East Midlands

Active Directory Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Specialist job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Specialist job vacancies in the East Midlands

Active Directory Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Specialist within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Active Directory Specialist
England

Active Directory Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Active Directory Specialist 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 East Midlands region featuring Active Directory Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification

Active Directory Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware