Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Microsoft Active Directory
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 6.74% - 2.88%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% - 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £137 - -
25th Percentile £167 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £216 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.78%
75th Percentile £266 - -
90th Percentile £295 - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £132 - £180
% change year-on-year - - +10.77%

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 6 11 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 6.74% 13.92% 20.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 23
10th Percentile £137 £289 £363
25th Percentile £167 £304 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £216 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year -51.89% -10.20% +52.67%
75th Percentile £266 £502 £530
90th Percentile £295 £530 £610
Leicestershire median daily rate £132 £378 £500
% change year-on-year -65.19% -24.35% +122.22%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Leicester

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Leicester over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Leicester

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

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

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) SSL
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) VSAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Deployment Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) CMDB
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
1 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Application Packaging
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) IT Audit
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCOM
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (16.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) MobileIron
2 1 (16.67%) Veeam
2 1 (16.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Zerto