Active Directory Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Active Directory Consultant
UK > England

The median Microsoft Active Directory Consultant daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 529 594
Rank change year-on-year +16 +65 +193
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Consultant 7 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.018% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.020% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £384 - £430
25th Percentile £491 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +6.80%
75th Percentile £563 £560 £600
90th Percentile £585 - £615
UK median daily rate £550 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £69.38 -
UK median hourly rate - £69.38 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,187 30,511 40,033
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 92.98% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,216 19,002 27,957
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,371 1,457 1,375
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.56 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £53.99 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £77.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Active Directory Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Active Directory Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Consultant in England

Active Directory Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Consultant job vacancies in England

Active Directory Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Consultant in England over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory Consultant in England

Active Directory Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Consultant job vacancies in England

Active Directory Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
London +24 5 £550 -1.79%
North of England -25 1 £325 -35.00%
Midlands - 1 £600 -
North East - 1 £325 -
West Midlands - 1 £600 -
Active Directory Consultant
UK

Active Directory Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Active Directory Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Active Directory Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
4 3 (42.86%) DNS
4 3 (42.86%) Replication
4 3 (42.86%) Identity Management
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (28.57%) Zero Trust
5 2 (28.57%) Privileged Identity Management
5 2 (28.57%) NCSC
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
6 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (14.29%) Ansible
6 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
6 1 (14.29%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
6 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (14.29%) RBAC
6 1 (14.29%) Nutanix
6 1 (14.29%) Runbook
6 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On

Active Directory Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Replication
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Identity Management
2 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (28.57%) Privileged Identity Management
2 2 (28.57%) Zero Trust
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Principle of Least Privilege
3 1 (14.29%) RBAC
3 1 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Runbook
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) HP ASE
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
2 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) 3PAR
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Nimble Storage
2 1 (14.29%) ProCurve
2 1 (14.29%) VMware