Active Directory Contracts in Leicestershire

Microsoft Active Directory
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 6 15 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 6.00% 9.43% 10.92%
As % of the System Software category 50.00% 53.57% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 16
10th Percentile £515 £122 £187
25th Percentile £518 £176 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £431 £250
Median % change year-on-year +22.96% +72.50% +26.58%
75th Percentile £537 £610 £388
90th Percentile £537 £625 -
East Midlands median daily rate £463 £233 £250
% change year-on-year +98.92% -7.00% +13.64%
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 - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £15.09 £48.56 £17.61
% change year-on-year -68.93% +175.75% +5.13%

All System Software Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12 28 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 12.00% 17.61% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 17
10th Percentile - £125 £191
25th Percentile - £319 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £500 £250
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +100.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £512 £570 £388
90th Percentile £536 £625 -
East Midlands median daily rate £459 £338 £375
% change year-on-year +36.00% -10.00% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.70
Median hourly rate - - £13.40
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.71%
75th Percentile - - £14.10
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £15.09 £48.56 £23.24
% change year-on-year -68.93% +108.95% +25.62%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Leicestershire

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Leicestershire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Leicestershire

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester -1 6 £530 -5.31% 24
Active Directory
East Midlands

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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