Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Microsoft Active Directory
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lincolnshire requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in Lincolnshire 4.55% 12.77% 12.00%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 100.00% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £167 - -
25th Percentile £188 £153 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £155 £350
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -55.71% -36.36%
75th Percentile £234 £158 £388
90th Percentile £296 - £575
East Midlands median daily rate £220 £375 £225
% change year-on-year -41.33% +66.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.32 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £16.50 £21.26 £17.72
% change year-on-year -22.39% +19.98% +14.32%

All System Software Skills
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 4.55% 12.77% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £167 - £218
25th Percentile £188 £153 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £155 £350
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -55.71% -36.36%
75th Percentile £234 £158 £438
90th Percentile £296 - £573
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +9.33% - +2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.32 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.71 £21.26 £19.36
% change year-on-year +11.51% +9.81% +24.90%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincolnshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Lincolnshire

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

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

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Spalding - 2 £200 -
Lincoln -10 1 £338 +117.74%
Active Directory
East Midlands

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google