Active Directory Contracts in London

Microsoft Active Directory
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 63 39 49
Rank change year-on-year -24 +10 +14
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 490 846 1,227
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.91% 4.74% 4.54%
As % of the System Software category 35.40% 47.61% 39.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 586 909
10th Percentile £207 £183 £170
25th Percentile £289 £250 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £473
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.05% -5.50%
75th Percentile £613 £556 £597
90th Percentile £700 £699 £688
England median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 21 29
10th Percentile £22.00 £16.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £23.70 £17.78 £21.00
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.56% -10.00% +10.40%
75th Percentile £28.71 £25.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £34.00 £40.00 £64.50
England median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £19.00
% change year-on-year +21.31% -6.89% +8.57%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,384 1,777 3,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.03% 9.97% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 1,262 2,297
10th Percentile £300 £213 £250
25th Percentile £438 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +2.22%
75th Percentile £671 £615 £688
90th Percentile £800 £719 £775
England median daily rate £525 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 42
10th Percentile £22.64 £17.23 £15.73
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.50 £22.85
Median hourly rate £28.41 £22.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.27% -50.00% +83.67%
75th Percentile £35.75 £25.00 £73.63
90th Percentile £91.50 £48.89 £85.00
England median hourly rate £27.94 £21.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +33.05% -58.00% +163.16%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London -2 115 £525 +23.53% 36
West London +13 16 £400 -23.81% 59
South London 0 11 £251 +17.88% 12
East London +8 9 £415 -7.78% 9
North London -4 2 £613 +145.00% 2
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
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:

Application Platforms
1 93 (18.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (18.37%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.04%) Confluence
4 6 (1.22%) IIS
5 5 (1.02%) Apache
5 5 (1.02%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.82%) JBoss
6 4 (0.82%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.61%) CMS
7 3 (0.61%) nginx
8 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.20%) Traefik
9 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 50 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.27%) MS Visio
3 15 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Alphatax
2 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 266 (54.29%) Azure
2 219 (44.69%) Microsoft 365
3 207 (42.24%) Entra ID
4 59 (12.04%) OneDrive
5 57 (11.63%) AWS
6 34 (6.94%) IaaS
7 23 (4.69%) GCP
7 23 (4.69%) SaaS
8 20 (4.08%) Power Platform
9 17 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (3.27%) PaaS
10 16 (3.27%) Power Automate
10 16 (3.27%) Serverless
11 14 (2.86%) GitHub
11 14 (2.86%) Mimecast
12 11 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (2.04%) Nutanix
13 10 (2.04%) Slack
14 9 (1.84%) Asana
14 9 (1.84%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 79 (16.12%) DNS
2 74 (15.10%) Firewall
3 50 (10.20%) DHCP
4 44 (8.98%) VPN
4 44 (8.98%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (5.10%) TCP/IP
6 23 (4.69%) WAN
7 21 (4.29%) Network Security
8 15 (3.06%) Remote Desktop
9 14 (2.86%) LAN
10 13 (2.65%) MPLS
11 11 (2.24%) NAS
11 11 (2.24%) VLAN
12 10 (2.04%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.63%) SMTP
14 7 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
14 7 (1.43%) Kerberos
14 7 (1.43%) SAN
15 6 (1.22%) VoIP
16 5 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.35%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.43%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.22%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.02%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.02%) MySQL
5 4 (0.82%) Big Data
6 3 (0.61%) Neo4j
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.41%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.41%) Power BI
7 2 (0.41%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.20%) Metadata
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 23 (4.69%) JIRA
2 12 (2.45%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.24%) Git
4 6 (1.22%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.82%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.82%) MSI
5 4 (0.82%) Selenium
6 3 (0.61%) JUnit
6 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.41%) GitLab
7 2 (0.41%) Subversion
8 1 (0.20%) Serena SBM
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 142 (28.98%) Social Skills
2 122 (24.90%) Finance
3 32 (6.53%) Public Sector
4 28 (5.71%) Banking
5 27 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.86%) Legal
9 10 (2.04%) Local Government
10 8 (1.63%) Law
10 8 (1.63%) Retail
11 7 (1.43%) Marketing
11 7 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.22%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.02%) French Language
13 5 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.82%) Electronics
14 4 (0.82%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.61%) Billing
15 3 (0.61%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (14.49%) Support Engineer
2 64 (13.06%) Analyst
3 63 (12.86%) Architect
4 57 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 40 (8.16%) Senior
6 38 (7.76%) IT Support
7 31 (6.33%) IT Engineer
8 29 (5.92%) Desktop Support
9 28 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
9 28 (5.71%) Support Analyst
10 26 (5.31%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (4.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 22 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (4.49%) Desktop Engineer
13 20 (4.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 20 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (3.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 19 (3.88%) Lead
15 18 (3.67%) Developer
16 17 (3.47%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.12%) LDAP
2 27 (5.51%) SailPoint
3 25 (5.10%) OAuth
4 20 (4.08%) SAML
5 19 (3.88%) .NET
6 17 (3.47%) REST
7 14 (2.86%) OpenID
8 9 (1.84%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.84%) ASP.NET
8 9 (1.84%) CSS
9 8 (1.63%) HTML
10 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (1.43%) React
11 6 (1.22%) Web Services
12 5 (1.02%) .NET Core
12 5 (1.02%) ASP.NET Core
12 5 (1.02%) JSON
12 5 (1.02%) RESTful
12 5 (1.02%) SOAP
12 5 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.31%) Onboarding
2 24 (4.90%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (3.88%) PKI
4 18 (3.67%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.86%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.45%) Smartphone
7 9 (1.84%) Clustering
7 9 (1.84%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.43%) Replication
10 5 (1.02%) BYOD
10 5 (1.02%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.02%) iPhone
10 5 (1.02%) Life Science
10 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 272 (55.51%) Windows
2 102 (20.82%) Windows Server
3 88 (17.96%) Windows 10
4 48 (9.80%) Linux
5 36 (7.35%) Apple iOS
6 24 (4.90%) Android
7 13 (2.65%) Mac OS
8 12 (2.45%) Unix
9 9 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.63%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.22%) CentOS
12 5 (1.02%) VMS
12 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.82%) Solaris
14 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (15.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 77 (15.71%) ITIL
4 73 (14.90%) Migration
5 66 (13.47%) Identity Access Management
6 51 (10.41%) Customer Service
7 47 (9.59%) Agile
7 47 (9.59%) DevOps
7 47 (9.59%) ITSM
8 44 (8.98%) Identity Management
9 35 (7.14%) Cloud Security
9 35 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (7.14%) RBAC
10 33 (6.73%) High Availability
11 31 (6.33%) Asset Management
12 30 (6.12%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 30 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (6.12%) User Experience
13 29 (5.92%) Project Management
14 28 (5.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 126 (25.71%) PowerShell
2 39 (7.96%) Python
3 27 (5.51%) SQL
4 22 (4.49%) C#
4 22 (4.49%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.86%) Java
6 8 (1.63%) Bicep
7 7 (1.43%) Bash
8 5 (1.02%) BeanShell
9 4 (0.82%) Perl
9 4 (0.82%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.61%) Ruby
10 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.61%) VBScript
11 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.41%) VB
12 1 (0.20%) C
12 1 (0.20%) Go
12 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 52 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 40 (8.16%) Degree
3 31 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.47%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.04%) CISSP
6 10 (2.04%) PMP
7 9 (1.84%) CISM
8 8 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.43%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.22%) CISA
11 4 (0.82%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.61%) CRISC
12 3 (0.61%) VCAP
12 3 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.41%) MCP
13 2 (0.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.49%) GDPR
2 12 (2.45%) SLA
3 11 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.63%) HIPAA
5 8 (1.63%) NIST
6 6 (1.22%) QA
7 5 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.82%) NCSC
9 3 (0.61%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.41%) PMO
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.20%) GRC
11 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 59 (12.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (3.67%) Hyper-V
3 16 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (2.65%) Docker
4 13 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (2.65%) vSphere
5 11 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.04%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (1.43%) BitLocker
8 5 (1.02%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (0.82%) OpenAM
10 3 (0.61%) Firmware
10 3 (0.61%) NFS
10 3 (0.61%) vCloud
10 3 (0.61%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.41%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.41%) XenApp
12 1 (0.20%) Veritas File System
12 1 (0.20%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 116 (23.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 62 (12.65%) SCCM
3 33 (6.73%) Single Sign-On
4 30 (6.12%) Terraform
5 21 (4.29%) Ansible
5 21 (4.29%) Kubernetes
6 9 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.82%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.82%) Puppet
8 4 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.82%) WSUS
9 3 (0.61%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 3 (0.61%) Kibana
9 3 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.61%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.61%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.61%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 313 (63.88%) Microsoft
2 76 (15.51%) VMware
3 44 (8.98%) ServiceNow
4 42 (8.57%) Cisco
5 30 (6.12%) Citrix
6 23 (4.69%) Google
7 17 (3.47%) CyberArk
8 15 (3.06%) Zscaler
9 14 (2.86%) BeyondTrust
10 13 (2.65%) Okta
11 12 (2.45%) Apple
11 12 (2.45%) Meraki
11 12 (2.45%) Oracle
11 12 (2.45%) Palo Alto
12 11 (2.24%) SAP
13 8 (1.63%) HP
13 8 (1.63%) Veritas
14 7 (1.43%) Commvault
15 6 (1.22%) Dell
15 6 (1.22%) EMC