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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 26 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 104 81 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 7.99% 5.26% 8.51%
As % of the System Software category 58.76% 60.45% 50.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 39 123
10th Percentile £198 £177 £155
25th Percentile £225 £220 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £250 £420
Median % change year-on-year +85.00% -40.48% +29.23%
75th Percentile £575 £369 £675
90th Percentile - £500 £738
England median daily rate £428 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -5.00% +12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 12
10th Percentile £12.97 - -
25th Percentile £14.99 - £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.16 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% -7.15% +11.64%
75th Percentile £16.50 - £19.82
90th Percentile £21.21 - £23.53
England median hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +15.00% +2.56% +9.86%

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 177 134 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.59% 8.70% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 62 197
10th Percentile £198 £182 £163
25th Percentile £231 £220 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £343 £465
Median % change year-on-year +38.69% -26.34% +9.41%
75th Percentile £575 £497 £675
90th Percentile £605 £598 £738
England median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 19 38
10th Percentile £14.99 - £14.25
25th Percentile £15.37 - £18.65
Median hourly rate £64.75 £14.16 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +357.27% -79.02% +365.52%
75th Percentile £88.19 £63.75 £74.69
90th Percentile £91.50 £74.60 £84.36
England median hourly rate £34.50 £24.50 £47.86
% change year-on-year +40.82% -48.81% +117.56%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +23 36 £550 +61.76% 25
Bedfordshire +4 29 £413 +10.00% 6
Cambridgeshire +3 17 £445 +97.78% 13
Suffolk 0 9 £220 - 1
Essex 0 7 £225 -50.00% 14
Norfolk -8 6 - - 6
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (14.42%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.81%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.96%) Apache
4 1 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (10.58%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 43 (41.35%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (25.00%) Azure
3 21 (20.19%) Cohesity
4 16 (15.38%) Entra ID
5 7 (6.73%) AWS
6 6 (5.77%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.81%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.92%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (1.92%) AWS KMS
8 2 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.96%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.96%) IaaS
9 1 (0.96%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.96%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (31.73%) DNS
2 29 (27.88%) SAN
3 16 (15.38%) Firewall
4 8 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
4 8 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (6.73%) LAN
5 7 (6.73%) WAN
6 6 (5.77%) DHCP
6 6 (5.77%) TCP/IP
7 5 (4.81%) iSCSI
8 4 (3.85%) VLAN
8 4 (3.85%) VPN
9 3 (2.88%) Wireless
10 2 (1.92%) NAS
10 2 (1.92%) SSL
10 2 (1.92%) X.509
11 1 (0.96%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.96%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.96%) Skype
11 1 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 8 (7.69%) JIRA
2 5 (4.81%) GitLab
2 5 (4.81%) TeamCity
General
1 35 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.69%) Games
4 4 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.85%) Finance
5 3 (2.88%) Legal
5 3 (2.88%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.92%) Electronics
6 2 (1.92%) Local Government
6 2 (1.92%) Marketing
6 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.96%) French Language
7 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (21.15%) Analyst
2 13 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 13 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 11 (10.58%) IT Support
3 11 (10.58%) Support Engineer
3 11 (10.58%) Technical Analyst
4 9 (8.65%) Platform Engineer
5 7 (6.73%) Administrator
5 7 (6.73%) Desktop Engineer
5 7 (6.73%) Desktop Support
5 7 (6.73%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 6 (5.77%) Security Engineer
6 6 (5.77%) Support Analyst
6 6 (5.77%) Support Officer
6 6 (5.77%) Technical Services Analyst
7 5 (4.81%) Design Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.81%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) FIDO
1 1 (0.96%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.62%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.77%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (4.81%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.85%) CMDB
4 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.85%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.88%) iPad
5 3 (2.88%) iPhone
5 3 (2.88%) PKI
6 2 (1.92%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.92%) NHS
6 2 (1.92%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.96%) EPoS
7 1 (0.96%) LIMS
7 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.96%) Replication
7 1 (0.96%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 72 (69.23%) Windows
2 33 (31.73%) Windows Server
3 21 (20.19%) Windows Server 2019
4 20 (19.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (14.42%) Windows 10
6 11 (10.58%) Linux
7 10 (9.62%) Mac OS
8 9 (8.65%) Android
9 7 (6.73%) CentOS
10 5 (4.81%) Ubuntu
11 4 (3.85%) Apple iOS
12 2 (1.92%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (1.92%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.96%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (20.19%) SIEM
3 20 (19.23%) Build Automation
3 20 (19.23%) Deployment Automation
3 20 (19.23%) Operations Management
4 19 (18.27%) ITIL
5 18 (17.31%) Customer Service
6 11 (10.58%) ITSM
6 11 (10.58%) Service Delivery
7 9 (8.65%) Identity Access Management
8 8 (7.69%) Containerisation
8 8 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (7.69%) E-Commerce
8 8 (7.69%) Incident Management
9 7 (6.73%) Agile
10 6 (5.77%) Antivirus Management
10 6 (5.77%) Identity Management
10 6 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (5.77%) Mathematics
10 6 (5.77%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 41 (39.42%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.73%) Shell Script
3 6 (5.77%) Python
4 4 (3.85%) SQL
5 1 (0.96%) Bash
Qualifications
1 41 (39.42%) Security Cleared
2 23 (22.12%) DV Cleared
3 18 (17.31%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (10.58%) Degree
6 9 (8.65%) A+ Certification
7 6 (5.77%) MCSA
8 3 (2.88%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.88%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.88%) VCAP
9 2 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.96%) CEH
10 1 (0.96%) CISSP
10 1 (0.96%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.96%) ECDL
10 1 (0.96%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (8.65%) NIST
2 8 (7.69%) GDPR
3 6 (5.77%) HIPAA
3 6 (5.77%) PCI DSS
4 5 (4.81%) Accessibility
4 5 (4.81%) GxP
5 4 (3.85%) SLA
6 2 (1.92%) FIPS 140-2
6 2 (1.92%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.92%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.96%) GMP
System Software
1 29 (27.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (19.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 20 (19.23%) Virtual Servers
3 10 (9.62%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (31.73%) SCCM
2 26 (25.00%) Ansible
3 21 (20.19%) WSUS
4 19 (18.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.85%) Terraform
6 3 (2.88%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.96%) AppManager
7 1 (0.96%) Nessus
7 1 (0.96%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.96%) Puppet
7 1 (0.96%) Salt
7 1 (0.96%) SCOM
7 1 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 80 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 35 (33.65%) VMware
3 28 (26.92%) Splunk
4 20 (19.23%) NetApp
5 15 (14.42%) ServiceNow
6 11 (10.58%) Cisco
6 11 (10.58%) Citrix
7 8 (7.69%) Meraki
8 4 (3.85%) Dell
8 4 (3.85%) LabWare
9 3 (2.88%) McAfee
9 3 (2.88%) Oracle
9 3 (2.88%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.88%) SAP
9 3 (2.88%) Starlink
10 2 (1.92%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (1.92%) Intel
10 2 (1.92%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.92%) Tenable
11 1 (0.96%) Veeam