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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 19 19
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 -10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 82 87 126
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.11% 7.68% 7.38%
As % of the System Software category 44.32% 63.04% 50.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 37 91
10th Percentile £185 £181 £150
25th Percentile £211 £220 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £226 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year -35.36% -36.36% +69.23%
75th Percentile £450 £531 £713
90th Percentile £549 £605 £813
England median daily rate £450 £413 £390
% change year-on-year +9.09% +5.77% +1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 16
10th Percentile £6.00 - -
25th Percentile £12.86 £21.46 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £25.73 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year -37.82% +80.56% -1.72%
75th Percentile £16.50 £64.50 £19.06
90th Percentile £18.06 £66.00 £27.42
England median hourly rate £22.29 £22.09 £19.00
% change year-on-year +0.91% +16.26% +2.70%

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 185 138 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 11.53% 12.18% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 53 154
10th Percentile £189 £188 £172
25th Percentile £220 £231 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £566 £575 £684
90th Percentile £638 £623 £775
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 20 33
10th Percentile £12.79 - £14.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £14.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £54.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -1.82% +223.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £84.36
90th Percentile £87.00 £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £29.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +63.79% -36.79% +83.52%

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 28 December 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 28 December 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 28 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
Hertfordshire -24 25 £485 -5.37% 38
Norfolk -4 21 £225 -30.77% 4
Suffolk +1 11 £220 - 9
Cambridgeshire -2 11 £363 -3.33% 16
Bedfordshire -11 8 £220 -32.31% 8
Essex -9 6 £190 -36.13% 9
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 13 (15.85%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.66%) Apache
3 3 (3.66%) IIS
4 1 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 33 (40.24%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (24.39%) Azure
3 12 (14.63%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.10%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.66%) Google Workspace
5 3 (3.66%) Mimecast
5 3 (3.66%) Nutanix
6 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.44%) Serverless
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.22%) AWS
7 1 (1.22%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.22%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.22%) IaaS
7 1 (1.22%) PaaS
7 1 (1.22%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.73%) DNS
2 16 (19.51%) TCP/IP
3 15 (18.29%) DHCP
4 13 (15.85%) LAN
4 13 (15.85%) WAN
5 11 (13.41%) Firewall
5 11 (13.41%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (9.76%) VPN
6 8 (9.76%) Wireless
7 6 (7.32%) SAN
7 6 (7.32%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (3.66%) VLAN
9 2 (2.44%) NAS
10 1 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.22%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (1.22%) Internet
10 1 (1.22%) iSCSI
10 1 (1.22%) Kerberos
10 1 (1.22%) RTP
10 1 (1.22%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (6.10%) GitLab
2 3 (3.66%) Git
2 3 (3.66%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.22%) JIRA
3 1 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 27 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.85%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.88%) Aerospace
3 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.66%) Finance
4 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.66%) Polish Language
4 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.44%) Electronics
5 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (1.22%) Games
6 1 (1.22%) Legal
6 1 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (31.71%) Analyst
2 23 (28.05%) IT Support
3 21 (25.61%) Support Engineer
4 18 (21.95%) Support Analyst
5 15 (18.29%) Technical Analyst
6 14 (17.07%) IT Engineer
7 13 (15.85%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (13.41%) Senior
9 11 (13.41%) Technical Support
9 11 (13.41%) Technical Support Analyst
10 10 (12.20%) IT Analyst
11 9 (10.98%) Asset Management Analyst
11 9 (10.98%) Desktop Engineer
11 9 (10.98%) Desktop Support
12 8 (9.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 7 (8.54%) IT Support Analyst
14 6 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support
14 6 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 6 (7.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.88%) LDAP
2 2 (2.44%) Middleware
2 2 (2.44%) REST
3 1 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.22%) RESTful
3 1 (1.22%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.22%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.07%) Driving Licence
2 10 (12.20%) CMDB
2 10 (12.20%) NHS
3 8 (9.76%) Management Information System
4 5 (6.10%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.66%) iPad
5 3 (3.66%) iPhone
5 3 (3.66%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (3.66%) PKI
5 3 (3.66%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.44%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.22%) Replication
7 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 69 (84.15%) Windows
2 29 (35.37%) Windows Server
3 25 (30.49%) Windows 10
4 14 (17.07%) Apple iOS
5 12 (14.63%) Linux
6 6 (7.32%) Android
6 6 (7.32%) CentOS
7 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (3.66%) Mac OS
8 3 (3.66%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (3.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (2.44%) Mac OS X
9 2 (2.44%) VMS
10 1 (1.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) Customer Service
1 26 (31.71%) ITIL
2 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (12.20%) Asset Management
4 10 (12.20%) ITSM
5 8 (9.76%) Network Management
6 7 (8.54%) Agile
6 7 (8.54%) Antivirus Management
6 7 (8.54%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (7.32%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (7.32%) Time Management
8 5 (6.10%) Configuration Management
8 5 (6.10%) DevOps
8 5 (6.10%) Incident Management
8 5 (6.10%) Logistics
8 5 (6.10%) Migration
8 5 (6.10%) Process Improvement
8 5 (6.10%) Software Deployment
9 4 (4.88%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.29%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.88%) Python
2 4 (4.88%) Shell Script
3 3 (3.66%) SQL
4 2 (2.44%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.22%) Bash
5 1 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 18 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (8.54%) Degree
4 7 (8.54%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (7.32%) ECDL
6 5 (6.10%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.88%) HNC
7 4 (4.88%) HND
7 4 (4.88%) MCP
7 4 (4.88%) MCSE
8 3 (3.66%) A+ Certification
8 3 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (3.66%) MCSA
9 2 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.22%) CEH
10 1 (1.22%) CISSP
10 1 (1.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) GxP
2 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.22%) NIST
2 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.54%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.22%) Docker
4 1 (1.22%) Firmware
4 1 (1.22%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 23 (28.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (15.85%) SCCM
3 6 (7.32%) Ansible
4 4 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.66%) PingFederate
5 3 (3.66%) Terraform
6 2 (2.44%) Check_MK
6 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (2.44%) Podman
6 2 (2.44%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (2.44%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.22%) HAProxy
7 1 (1.22%) Nagios
7 1 (1.22%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.22%) Puppet
7 1 (1.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 41 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.07%) VMware
3 8 (9.76%) ServiceNow
4 7 (8.54%) Cisco
4 7 (8.54%) Citrix
5 5 (6.10%) Dell
5 5 (6.10%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.88%) Red Hat
6 4 (4.88%) Veeam
7 3 (3.66%) Google
7 3 (3.66%) HP
7 3 (3.66%) McAfee
7 3 (3.66%) Oracle
7 3 (3.66%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.66%) Starlink
8 2 (2.44%) Apple
8 2 (2.44%) Intel
8 2 (2.44%) SAP
8 2 (2.44%) Wyse
9 1 (1.22%) Progress