Active Directory Contracts in Leeds

Microsoft Active Directory
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 32 30
Rank change year-on-year +23 -2 +16
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 71 37 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 13.95% 4.64% 5.25%
As % of the System Software category 68.93% 38.95% 48.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 30 47
10th Percentile £187 £155 £153
25th Percentile £235 £367 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £430
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +27.91% +49.57%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £575
90th Percentile £588 £688 £621
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £425 £363
% change year-on-year -5.88% +17.24% +81.25%

All System Software Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 103 95 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 20.24% 11.90% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 71 85
10th Percentile £200 £288 £156
25th Percentile £279 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £475 £548
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -13.24% +21.67%
75th Percentile £556 £576 £588
90th Percentile £588 £644 £645
West Yorkshire median daily rate £420 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -11.58% -9.52% +25.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.06 £61.25
Median hourly rate - £14.63 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -76.60% +190.70%
75th Percentile - £15.19 £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £14.63 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -76.60% +212.50%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Leeds

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Leeds

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Leeds

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 14 (19.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (19.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (42.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 37 (52.11%) Entra ID
2 35 (49.30%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.27%) Azure
4 3 (4.23%) IaaS
4 3 (4.23%) PaaS
5 2 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (2.82%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (22.54%) DNS
2 6 (8.45%) VPN
3 3 (4.23%) Firewall
3 3 (4.23%) Network Security
4 1 (1.41%) Internet
4 1 (1.41%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (23.94%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
General
1 55 (77.46%) Social Skills
2 20 (28.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (26.76%) Retail
4 3 (4.23%) Local Government
5 2 (2.82%) Legal
5 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.41%) Banking
6 1 (1.41%) Finance
6 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (39.44%) Support Manager
2 14 (19.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (16.90%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (16.90%) 1st Line Support Manager
3 12 (16.90%) IT Manager
3 12 (16.90%) IT Support
3 12 (16.90%) IT Support Manager
4 8 (11.27%) Desktop Engineer
5 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 7 (9.86%) IT Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) Desktop Support
6 6 (8.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) Engineering Specialist
6 6 (8.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) Support Assistant
6 6 (8.45%) Support Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Deployment Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Linux Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) LDAP
2 1 (1.41%) OAuth
2 1 (1.41%) OpenID
2 1 (1.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.76%) iPhone
1 19 (26.76%) Smartphone
2 15 (21.13%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.41%) CCTV
4 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.41%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.41%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (40.85%) Mac OS
2 28 (39.44%) Windows
3 21 (29.58%) Linux
3 21 (29.58%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.82%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (1.41%) VMS
5 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (50.70%) Customer Service
2 25 (35.21%) ITIL
2 25 (35.21%) ITSM
3 21 (29.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 20 (28.17%) Incident Management
5 19 (26.76%) Mobile Device Management
5 19 (26.76%) Service Management
6 17 (23.94%) Service Delivery
7 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (19.72%) Agile
8 14 (19.72%) Microservices
8 14 (19.72%) Security Management
8 14 (19.72%) SOA
9 12 (16.90%) Server Management
10 10 (14.08%) Security Patching
11 9 (12.68%) Service Desk Management
12 8 (11.27%) Migration
13 6 (8.45%) Case Management
13 6 (8.45%) Collaborative Working
14 5 (7.04%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.35%) PowerShell
2 17 (23.94%) Bash
2 17 (23.94%) SQL
3 16 (22.54%) PL/SQL
4 14 (19.72%) Perl
5 3 (4.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (28.17%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (23.94%) Security Cleared
3 14 (19.72%) SC Cleared
4 11 (15.49%) ACSP
4 11 (15.49%) ACTC
5 6 (8.45%) Degree
5 6 (8.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (4.23%) CCNA
7 1 (1.41%) CISSP
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (4.23%) SOC 2
3 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.41%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) vSphere
2 2 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.82%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.41%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 29 (40.85%) Jamf Pro
2 12 (16.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (7.04%) SCCM
4 3 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.41%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 48 (67.61%) Microsoft
2 35 (49.30%) ServiceNow
3 30 (42.25%) Apple
4 20 (28.17%) Cisco
5 17 (23.94%) Oracle
6 7 (9.86%) Citrix
7 5 (7.04%) Veeam
7 5 (7.04%) VMware
8 3 (4.23%) Meraki
8 3 (4.23%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.82%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.41%) MobileIron