Active Directory Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Active Directory Consultant
England > London

The median Microsoft Active Directory Consultant daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 382 434
Rank change year-on-year +24 +52 +165
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Consultant 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.012% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.013% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile - - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile - - £581
90th Percentile - - £593
England median daily rate £550 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +6.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,462 15,317 20,545
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.03% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,353 10,248 14,977
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 181 229
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.29
Median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% -6.27% +14.89%
75th Percentile £51.13 £56.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £76.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Active Directory Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Active Directory Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Consultant in London

Active Directory Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Consultant job vacancies in London

Active Directory Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Consultant job vacancies in London

Active Directory Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Active Directory Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Active Directory Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (50.00%) Replication
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
3 2 (50.00%) NCSC
3 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) RBAC
4 1 (25.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan

Active Directory Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
2 1 (25.00%) RBAC
2 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft