Active Directory Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 25 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 -7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 104 79 145
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.77% 6.15% 8.02%
As % of the System Software category 51.23% 58.09% 49.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 34 108
10th Percentile £185 £180 £156
25th Percentile £200 £220 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £325 £513
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% -36.59% +57.69%
75th Percentile £419 £516 £703
90th Percentile £538 £600 £795
England median daily rate £447 £421 £400
% change year-on-year +6.18% +5.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 16
10th Percentile £6.00 - £14.13
25th Percentile £12.97 £21.46 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £30.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +76.47% +17.24%
75th Percentile £16.50 £64.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £21.21 £66.00 £28.64
England median hourly rate £22.75 £23.80 £19.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +22.05% +2.63%

All System Software Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 203 136 294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.21% 10.58% 16.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 51 183
10th Percentile £185 £185 £170
25th Percentile £213 £228 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £675
90th Percentile £636 £613 £775
England median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 20 39
10th Percentile £12.84 - £14.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £17.38
Median hourly rate £54.00 £56.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -13.46% +293.94%
75th Percentile £77.50 £66.00 £74.38
90th Percentile £91.50 £75.00 £84.36
England median hourly rate £32.32 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.37% +25.00% +60.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in the East of England

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the East of England

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the East of England

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 26 November 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
Bedfordshire +3 24 £220 -32.31%
Hertfordshire -13 24 £394 -23.17% 36
Norfolk -3 22 £225 -6.14% 6
Suffolk +7 12 £220 - 2
Cambridgeshire -5 12 £363 -3.33% 20
Essex -2 10 £213 -28.57% 15
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 21 (20.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (16.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.92%) Apache
3 2 (1.92%) IIS
4 1 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.96%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 50 (48.08%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (26.92%) Azure
3 16 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.62%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.88%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.92%) AWS
7 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.92%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.92%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.92%) Serverless
8 1 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.96%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.96%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.96%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.96%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (18.27%) Firewall
2 17 (16.35%) DNS
2 17 (16.35%) TCP/IP
3 14 (13.46%) DHCP
4 12 (11.54%) LAN
4 12 (11.54%) WAN
4 12 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
5 8 (7.69%) SAN
5 8 (7.69%) Wireless
6 6 (5.77%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (5.77%) VPN
7 3 (2.88%) VLAN
8 2 (1.92%) iSCSI
8 2 (1.92%) NAS
9 1 (0.96%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.96%) Internet
9 1 (0.96%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.96%) RTP
9 1 (0.96%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.81%) JIRA
2 4 (3.85%) GitLab
3 1 (0.96%) Git
3 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.96%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.69%) Games
4 5 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.85%) Legal
6 3 (2.88%) Finance
6 3 (2.88%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.88%) Polish Language
6 3 (2.88%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.92%) Electronics
7 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.92%) Local Government
7 2 (1.92%) Marketing
8 1 (0.96%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.96%) French Language
8 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (28.85%) Analyst
2 23 (22.12%) Support Engineer
3 20 (19.23%) IT Support
4 16 (15.38%) Support Analyst
5 15 (14.42%) Technical Analyst
6 14 (13.46%) IT Engineer
7 13 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 11 (10.58%) Service Analyst
8 11 (10.58%) Service Desk Analyst
8 11 (10.58%) Technical Support
8 11 (10.58%) Technical Support Analyst
9 10 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (9.62%) Senior
10 9 (8.65%) Asset Management Analyst
10 9 (8.65%) Desktop Engineer
10 9 (8.65%) IT Analyst
10 9 (8.65%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (7.69%) Desktop Support
11 8 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 7 (6.73%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) LDAP
1 2 (1.92%) REST
2 1 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.96%) FIDO
2 1 (0.96%) J2EE
2 1 (0.96%) RESTful
2 1 (0.96%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.96%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.46%) Driving Licence
2 11 (10.58%) NHS
3 10 (9.62%) CMDB
4 6 (5.77%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.85%) iPad
6 4 (3.85%) iPhone
6 4 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.85%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.88%) PKI
7 3 (2.88%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.96%) Replication
9 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 85 (81.73%) Windows
2 28 (26.92%) Windows Server
3 26 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 14 (13.46%) Apple iOS
5 13 (12.50%) Android
6 11 (10.58%) Linux
6 11 (10.58%) Mac OS
7 5 (4.81%) CentOS
7 5 (4.81%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (4.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.88%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (1.92%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.92%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.92%) VMS
9 2 (1.92%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.96%) Customer Service
2 26 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (24.04%) ITIL
4 13 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 13 (12.50%) ITSM
5 12 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (9.62%) Asset Management
7 8 (7.69%) Agile
7 8 (7.69%) E-Commerce
7 8 (7.69%) Network Management
7 8 (7.69%) Service Management
7 8 (7.69%) Zero Trust
8 7 (6.73%) Antivirus Management
8 7 (6.73%) Identity Management
8 7 (6.73%) Service Delivery
9 6 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (5.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (5.77%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (5.77%) Performance Optimisation
9 6 (5.77%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 29 (27.88%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.81%) Python
3 4 (3.85%) SQL
4 3 (2.88%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.96%) Bash
5 1 (0.96%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (22.12%) Security Cleared
2 17 (16.35%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (10.58%) Degree
5 8 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (5.77%) A+ Certification
6 6 (5.77%) ECDL
7 5 (4.81%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.85%) HNC
8 4 (3.85%) HND
8 4 (3.85%) MCP
8 4 (3.85%) MCSE
9 3 (2.88%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.88%) MCSA
9 3 (2.88%) VCAP
10 2 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.96%) CEH
11 1 (0.96%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (6.73%) NIST
2 6 (5.77%) GDPR
2 6 (5.77%) HIPAA
3 5 (4.81%) GxP
4 4 (3.85%) SLA
5 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.96%) GMP
System Software
1 14 (13.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (6.73%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.96%) Docker
5 1 (0.96%) Firmware
5 1 (0.96%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 30 (28.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (20.19%) SCCM
3 6 (5.77%) Terraform
4 4 (3.85%) Ansible
4 4 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.88%) PingFederate
6 2 (1.92%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.96%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.96%) Nagios
7 1 (0.96%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.96%) Puppet
7 1 (0.96%) SCOM
7 1 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (58.65%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.38%) VMware
3 13 (12.50%) Cisco
4 10 (9.62%) Citrix
4 10 (9.62%) ServiceNow
5 8 (7.69%) Meraki
5 8 (7.69%) Splunk
6 5 (4.81%) Dell
7 4 (3.85%) LabWare
7 4 (3.85%) Oracle
7 4 (3.85%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.85%) Starlink
8 3 (2.88%) Google
8 3 (2.88%) HP
8 3 (2.88%) McAfee
8 3 (2.88%) SAP
8 3 (2.88%) Veeam
9 2 (1.92%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (1.92%) Intel
9 2 (1.92%) SolarWinds