Active Directory Contracts in Leicester

Microsoft Active Directory
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 13 12 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 6 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 7.79% 7.08% 6.25%
As % of the System Software category 54.55% 40.00% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile £515 £319 £187
25th Percentile £518 £416 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £560 £296
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +89.03% +7.73%
75th Percentile £537 £625 £388
90th Percentile £537 - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £530 £431 £250
% change year-on-year +22.96% +72.50% +26.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.70
Median hourly rate - - £13.40
75th Percentile - - £14.10
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate - - £13.40
% change year-on-year - - -61.71%

All System Software Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11 20 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 14.29% 17.70% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 7
10th Percentile - £319 £191
25th Percentile - £487 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +40.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £464 £600 £388
90th Percentile £537 £625 £423
Leicestershire median daily rate £250 £500 £250
% change year-on-year -50.00% +100.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.70
Median hourly rate - - £13.40
75th Percentile - - £14.10
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate - - £13.40
% change year-on-year - - -61.71%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Leicester

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Leicester

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Leicester

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 3 (50.00%) VLAN
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Field Support Technician
1 3 (50.00%) IT Support
1 3 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (50.00%) IT Technician
1 3 (50.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Build Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Build Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Biometrics
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCENT
1 3 (50.00%) CCNA
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware