Active Directory Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 31 15
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 117 96 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 12.09% 4.97% 8.86%
As % of the System Software category 71.34% 65.75% 52.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 58 134
10th Percentile £178 £164 £160
25th Percentile £231 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £250 £350
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £531 £597
90th Percentile - £675 £700
England median daily rate £450 £430 £435
% change year-on-year +4.65% -1.15% +9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 29 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.16 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% -16.71% +9.68%
75th Percentile £15.44 £15.12 £22.67
90th Percentile £42.56 - £60.67
England median hourly rate £19.62 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +12.11% -12.50% +14.29%

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 164 146 327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.94% 7.56% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 85 218
10th Percentile £180 £176 £170
25th Percentile £390 £225 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.43% -22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £600
90th Percentile £598 £675 £700
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 37 32
10th Percentile - £14.00 £14.38
25th Percentile £14.99 - £17.47
Median hourly rate £17.36 £14.16 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -75.37% +270.97%
75th Percentile £86.00 £15.76 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £80.50 £73.38
England median hourly rate £28.21 £22.15 £52.13
% change year-on-year +27.34% -57.51% +178.03%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the East of England

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 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the East of England

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the East of England

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +38 44 £550 +22.22% 37
Cambridgeshire +13 30 £467 +107.33% 14
Suffolk -4 17 £186 -6.29% 6
Bedfordshire +3 16 £475 +72.73% 19
Essex +8 6 £238 -5.00% 9
Norfolk +1 4 £158 - 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 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (8.55%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.27%) Skype for Business
4 4 (3.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (3.42%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (3.42%) OpenStack
5 3 (2.56%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.85%) Apache
6 1 (0.85%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (17.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.85%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 46 (39.32%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (23.93%) Cohesity
3 23 (19.66%) Azure
4 15 (12.82%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.98%) AWS
6 5 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.42%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.56%) IaaS
8 3 (2.56%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.71%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.71%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.85%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.85%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.85%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (28.21%) DNS
2 28 (23.93%) SAN
3 19 (16.24%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (11.11%) Firewall
5 9 (7.69%) VPN
6 8 (6.84%) Skype
6 8 (6.84%) VLAN
7 4 (3.42%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (3.42%) IMAP
7 4 (3.42%) SMTP
8 3 (2.56%) iSCSI
8 3 (2.56%) LAN
8 3 (2.56%) WAN
9 2 (1.71%) DHCP
9 2 (1.71%) SSL
9 2 (1.71%) Wireless
9 2 (1.71%) X.509
10 1 (0.85%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.85%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) DB2
2 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) GitLab
1 5 (4.27%) JIRA
2 4 (3.42%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.85%) CANoe
General
1 33 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.97%) Public Sector
3 7 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.27%) Finance
4 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.56%) Electronics
6 3 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.71%) Automotive
7 2 (1.71%) Marketing
7 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.85%) French Language
8 1 (0.85%) Games
8 1 (0.85%) Law
8 1 (0.85%) Legal
8 1 (0.85%) Military
8 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (21.37%) Analyst
2 20 (17.09%) Service Analyst
2 20 (17.09%) Service Desk Analyst
3 19 (16.24%) Technical Analyst
4 18 (15.38%) Technical Services Analyst
5 13 (11.11%) Support Engineer
6 12 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Desktop Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Desktop Support
7 8 (6.84%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) IT Support
8 7 (5.98%) Architect
9 6 (5.13%) Senior
10 5 (4.27%) Support Officer
11 4 (3.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 4 (3.42%) Administrator
11 4 (3.42%) IT Engineer
11 4 (3.42%) Messaging Engineer
11 4 (3.42%) Support Analyst
12 3 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
1 1 (0.85%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (0.85%) FIDO
1 1 (0.85%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.40%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.84%) Operational Technology
4 7 (5.98%) iPad
4 7 (5.98%) iPhone
5 5 (4.27%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.42%) Clustering
6 4 (3.42%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.42%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.42%) PKI
6 4 (3.42%) Replication
7 3 (2.56%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.56%) Smartcard
7 3 (2.56%) YubiKey
8 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.85%) CMDB
9 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (52.99%) Windows
2 36 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 21 (17.95%) Windows Server 2016
3 21 (17.95%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (12.82%) Windows 10
5 12 (10.26%) Linux
6 7 (5.98%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.56%) CentOS
7 3 (2.56%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.85%) Android
8 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.85%) Unix
8 1 (0.85%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (28.21%) Customer Service
3 30 (25.64%) ITIL
4 25 (21.37%) Incident Management
5 21 (17.95%) Service Delivery
5 21 (17.95%) SIEM
6 20 (17.09%) Build Automation
6 20 (17.09%) Deployment Automation
6 20 (17.09%) Operations Management
7 18 (15.38%) Mathematics
8 13 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (10.26%) Agile
10 8 (6.84%) Coaching
10 8 (6.84%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (6.84%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (6.84%) Time Management
10 8 (6.84%) Validation
11 7 (5.98%) Antivirus Management
11 7 (5.98%) Computer Security
11 7 (5.98%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (24.79%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.84%) Shell Script
3 5 (4.27%) SQL
4 4 (3.42%) Python
5 1 (0.85%) Bicep
5 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 53 (45.30%) Security Cleared
2 29 (24.79%) DV Cleared
3 25 (21.37%) SC Cleared
4 21 (17.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (15.38%) A+ Certification
5 18 (15.38%) MCSA
6 11 (9.40%) Degree
7 9 (7.69%) DBS Check
8 7 (5.98%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.71%) VCAP
11 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.85%) CISM
11 1 (0.85%) CISSP
11 1 (0.85%) ECDL
11 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.69%) GxP
2 6 (5.13%) GDPR
2 6 (5.13%) NIST
3 5 (4.27%) Accessibility
3 5 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.42%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.56%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.71%) FIPS 140-2
6 2 (1.71%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.71%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.85%) GMP
7 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (25.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (17.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 20 (17.09%) Virtual Servers
3 12 (10.26%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.98%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (4.27%) VMware NSX
6 4 (3.42%) Docker
7 2 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (27.35%) SCCM
2 28 (23.93%) Ansible
3 25 (21.37%) WSUS
4 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.42%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (3.42%) Podman
5 4 (3.42%) Terraform
6 3 (2.56%) Nessus
7 2 (1.71%) Avamar
7 2 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.71%) VxRail
8 1 (0.85%) AppManager
8 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.85%) Puppet
8 1 (0.85%) Salt
8 1 (0.85%) SCOM
8 1 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 89 (76.07%) Microsoft
2 40 (34.19%) VMware
3 31 (26.50%) ServiceNow
4 25 (21.37%) NetApp
5 22 (18.80%) Splunk
6 20 (17.09%) Citrix
7 7 (5.98%) McAfee
8 4 (3.42%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (3.42%) Tenable
9 3 (2.56%) Cisco
9 3 (2.56%) SAP
10 2 (1.71%) Apple
10 2 (1.71%) Dell
10 2 (1.71%) Oracle
10 2 (1.71%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.71%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.71%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.71%) ZyXEL
11 1 (0.85%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.85%) Meraki