Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Microsoft Active Directory
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 11.11% 4.17% 2.33%
As % of the System Software category 75.00% 33.33% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £250 £150
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +66.67% +11.53%
75th Percentile £210 - -
90th Percentile £216 - -
Surrey median daily rate £275 £325 £215
% change year-on-year -15.38% +51.16% -17.31%

All System Software Skills
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 14.81% 12.50% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £170 £183
25th Percentile £200 £200 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £250 £325
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -23.08% +96.97%
75th Percentile £265 £373 £413
90th Percentile £346 £446 £458
Surrey median daily rate £418 £350 £340
% change year-on-year +19.29% +2.94% -28.42%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Guildford

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Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Active Directory

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Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Active Directory

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 2 (66.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Progress