Active Directory Contracts in Glasgow

Microsoft Active Directory
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 31 36
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 -7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 28 56 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.51% 6.39% 5.69%
As % of the System Software category 26.42% 47.86% 35.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 41 44
10th Percentile £192 £176 £178
25th Percentile £378 £200 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +39.23% -13.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £472
90th Percentile £600 £650 £635
Scotland median daily rate £438 £395 £300
% change year-on-year +10.76% +31.67% +2.13%

All System Software Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 106 117 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 13.28% 13.34% 16.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 82 98
10th Percentile £358 £200 £250
25th Percentile £410 £313 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £428 £470
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.99% +8.93%
75th Percentile £541 £566 £610
90th Percentile £588 £650 £738
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.00% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £70.00 £60.50 £40.68
% change year-on-year +15.70% +48.72% -8.58%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Glasgow

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Glasgow

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Glasgow

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Glasgow

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.57%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 16 (57.14%) Azure
2 11 (39.29%) Entra ID
3 9 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (10.71%) AWS
5 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) DHCP
1 2 (7.14%) DNS
1 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 2 (7.14%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.57%) HTTP
2 1 (3.57%) HTTPS
2 1 (3.57%) SSL
2 1 (3.57%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Git
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 13 (46.43%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Analyst
2 3 (10.71%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (10.71%) Administrator
2 3 (10.71%) Designer
2 3 (10.71%) Support Analyst
2 3 (10.71%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Architect
3 2 (7.14%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Developer
3 2 (7.14%) Help Desk Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Designer
3 2 (7.14%) IT Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Security Architect
3 2 (7.14%) Service Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) Software Developer
4 1 (3.57%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) .NET
1 3 (10.71%) LDAP
1 3 (10.71%) X-Windows
2 1 (3.57%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.57%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET MVC 5
2 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (3.57%) Blazor
2 1 (3.57%) CSS
2 1 (3.57%) HTML
2 1 (3.57%) JSON
2 1 (3.57%) React
2 1 (3.57%) REST
2 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.57%) CMDB
1 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (3.57%) Insider Threat
1 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
1 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) Windows
2 9 (32.14%) Windows Server
3 8 (28.57%) Linux
4 7 (25.00%) Unix
5 3 (10.71%) Mac OS
5 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
6 2 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (3.57%) Android
7 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
7 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
7 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (28.57%) ITIL
3 6 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
4 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
5 4 (14.29%) ITSM
6 3 (10.71%) Business Continuity
6 3 (10.71%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (10.71%) Information Security
6 3 (10.71%) Line Management
6 3 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (10.71%) Storage Management
6 3 (10.71%) Task Automation
7 2 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (7.14%) RBAC
7 2 (7.14%) Roadmaps
7 2 (7.14%) Runbook
7 2 (7.14%) Secrets Management
7 2 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.71%) C#
2 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
3 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.14%) SQL
4 1 (3.57%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.57%) HNC
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (7.14%) SLA
3 1 (3.57%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Docker
1 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
1 3 (10.71%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.57%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.14%) Ansible
2 2 (7.14%) Progress Chef
2 2 (7.14%) Puppet
2 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.57%) SCCM
3 1 (3.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (21.43%) CyberArk
3 3 (10.71%) VMware
4 2 (7.14%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (7.14%) Oracle
4 2 (7.14%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.57%) Adobe
5 1 (3.57%) Equitrac
5 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow