Active Directory Engineer Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.42% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £468 -
% change year-on-year +17.65% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 233 78 88
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.90% 90.70% 56.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 62 60
10th Percentile £405 £378 £410
25th Percentile £475 £425 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £620
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -17.34% +28.17%
75th Percentile £609 £610 £667
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £545 £565
% change year-on-year -1.38% -3.54% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 3
10th Percentile £29.25 - £21.50
25th Percentile £40.00 - £23.75
Median hourly rate £42.79 £75.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.94% +172.73% -53.97%
75th Percentile £48.88 £76.88 £42.50
90th Percentile - £83.63 £51.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £54.94 £48.00
% change year-on-year -54.22% +14.45% -2.03%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Active Directory Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Active Directory Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Active Directory Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Active Directory Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Farnborough region featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On