Active Directory Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Active Directory
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 32 65
Rank change year-on-year +6 +33 -16
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 53 82 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.42% 6.87% 3.36%
As % of the System Software category 43.09% 43.62% 26.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 61 45
10th Percentile £200 £131 £131
25th Percentile £240 £188 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £270 £250
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% +8.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £575
90th Percentile £750 £600 £628
Scotland median daily rate £325 £294 £325
% change year-on-year +10.54% -9.54% -21.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - - £23.13
Median hourly rate - - £28.75
75th Percentile - - £34.38
90th Percentile - - £37.75
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -39.39%

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 123 188 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.89% 15.76% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 143 164
10th Percentile £228 £183 £158
25th Percentile £340 £301 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £500 £529 £575
90th Percentile £646 £576 £650
Scotland median daily rate £426 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -10.32% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 6
10th Percentile £50.57 - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - £17.50
Median hourly rate £60.50 - £28.75
75th Percentile £60.75 - £46.56
90th Percentile - - £48.75
Scotland median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
% change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -32.58%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (33.96%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.42%) Entra ID
2 12 (22.64%) Azure
3 9 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.77%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.96%) DHCP
1 18 (33.96%) DNS
2 16 (30.19%) VPN
3 7 (13.21%) Firewall
4 4 (7.55%) SSL
5 1 (1.89%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
General
1 19 (35.85%) Public Sector
2 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Banking
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Desktop Engineer
2 8 (15.09%) Analyst
2 8 (15.09%) Infrastructure Support
3 7 (13.21%) Architect
3 7 (13.21%) Desktop Support
4 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 6 (11.32%) Support Specialist
5 5 (9.43%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 5 (9.43%) Network Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Security Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Security Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) Active Directory Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) IT Analyst
8 2 (3.77%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) OpenID
1 7 (13.21%) SAML
2 4 (7.55%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) PKI
2 4 (7.55%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (7.55%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 33 (62.26%) Windows
2 18 (33.96%) Windows 10
3 15 (28.30%) Windows Server
4 13 (24.53%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.89%) Android
6 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (47.17%) ITIL
2 14 (26.42%) Break/Fix
2 14 (26.42%) Customer Service
2 14 (26.42%) Service Delivery
3 10 (18.87%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (15.09%) Network Management
5 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Identification
6 6 (11.32%) Email Filtering
6 6 (11.32%) Kalman Filter
6 6 (11.32%) Security Operations
7 5 (9.43%) Agile
7 5 (9.43%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 5 (9.43%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (9.43%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (9.43%) Risk Assessment
7 5 (9.43%) Security Testing
7 5 (9.43%) Static Application Security Testing
7 5 (9.43%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.89%) Python
2 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (47.17%) SC Cleared
1 25 (47.17%) Security Cleared
2 13 (24.53%) A+ Certification
3 9 (16.98%) Degree
3 9 (16.98%) MCSE
3 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (9.43%) MCP
5 4 (7.55%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (7.55%) QA
3 2 (3.77%) SLA
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.89%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (60.38%) SCCM
2 8 (15.09%) WSUS
3 4 (7.55%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.89%) Kibana
4 1 (1.89%) logstash
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.89%) Puppet
4 1 (1.89%) SCOM
4 1 (1.89%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (60.38%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.19%) Cisco
3 7 (13.21%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (13.21%) Okta
3 7 (13.21%) Zscaler
4 5 (9.43%) Citrix
5 4 (7.55%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.89%) Mitel
6 1 (1.89%) VMware