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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 41 46
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +22
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 493 832 1,191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.99% 4.76% 4.58%
As % of the System Software category 36.49% 46.77% 40.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 586 890
10th Percentile £207 £188 £170
25th Percentile £271 £255 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £625 £556 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
England median daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.88% - +6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 23
10th Percentile £21.93 £16.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £23.85 £17.78 £21.13
Median hourly rate £26.45 £23.15 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.25% -10.96% +13.04%
75th Percentile £28.85 £25.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £49.35 £40.00 £64.50
England median hourly rate £19.97 £17.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +14.11% -10.26% +11.43%

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 1,351 1,779 2,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.93% 10.18% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 1,279 2,180
10th Percentile £273 £225 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -13.04% +2.68%
75th Percentile £654 £619 £676
90th Percentile £775 £725 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 34 37
10th Percentile £23.08 £17.14 £18.10
25th Percentile £26.45 £20.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £22.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.11% -62.50% +122.22%
75th Percentile £35.75 £25.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £58.50 £49.23 £87.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £21.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -58.00% +167.74%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -3 109 £536 +26.12% 69
West London +20 18 £375 -24.05% 16
South London +1 14 £251 +17.88% 10
East London +7 9 £415 -7.78% 12
North London -2 2 £613 +145.00% 4
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 89 (18.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (16.84%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.03%) Confluence
4 6 (1.22%) IIS
5 5 (1.01%) Apache
5 5 (1.01%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.81%) JBoss
7 3 (0.61%) nginx
8 2 (0.41%) CMS
8 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.20%) Traefik
9 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (10.55%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.04%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) 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
1 269 (54.56%) Azure
2 214 (43.41%) Microsoft 365
3 202 (40.97%) Entra ID
4 60 (12.17%) AWS
5 52 (10.55%) OneDrive
6 36 (7.30%) IaaS
7 26 (5.27%) GCP
7 26 (5.27%) SaaS
8 23 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (4.26%) Power Platform
10 18 (3.65%) PaaS
11 17 (3.45%) GitHub
11 17 (3.45%) Serverless
12 14 (2.84%) Mimecast
12 14 (2.84%) Power Automate
13 11 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (2.23%) Google Workspace
14 9 (1.83%) Azure Functions
14 9 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.83%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 80 (16.23%) DNS
2 76 (15.42%) Firewall
3 49 (9.94%) DHCP
4 46 (9.33%) VPN
5 42 (8.52%) Wi-Fi
6 28 (5.68%) TCP/IP
7 27 (5.48%) WAN
8 18 (3.65%) LAN
8 18 (3.65%) Network Security
9 17 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
10 14 (2.84%) MPLS
11 11 (2.23%) SD-WAN
11 11 (2.23%) VLAN
12 10 (2.03%) NAS
13 8 (1.62%) SAN
13 8 (1.62%) SMTP
13 8 (1.62%) VoIP
14 7 (1.42%) Kerberos
15 5 (1.01%) WebEx
16 4 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.71%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.42%) NoSQL
2 7 (1.42%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.01%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.81%) Big Data
5 4 (0.81%) MySQL
5 4 (0.81%) Redis
6 3 (0.61%) Neo4j
6 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.41%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.41%) Power BI
7 2 (0.41%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.20%) Metadata
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 21 (4.26%) JIRA
2 15 (3.04%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.23%) Git
4 6 (1.22%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.81%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.81%) MSI
5 4 (0.81%) 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
1 143 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 116 (23.53%) Finance
3 35 (7.10%) Public Sector
4 28 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.48%) Banking
6 26 (5.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.04%) Legal
9 10 (2.03%) Local Government
10 9 (1.83%) Law
10 9 (1.83%) Marketing
11 8 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.22%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.22%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.01%) Electronics
13 5 (1.01%) French Language
13 5 (1.01%) Games
13 5 (1.01%) Retail
14 4 (0.81%) Front Office
14 4 (0.81%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (15.42%) Support Engineer
2 68 (13.79%) Analyst
3 67 (13.59%) Architect
4 57 (11.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 41 (8.32%) IT Support
6 35 (7.10%) Senior
7 33 (6.69%) IT Engineer
8 29 (5.88%) Support Analyst
9 28 (5.68%) IT Support Engineer
10 27 (5.48%) Azure Engineer
10 27 (5.48%) Desktop Support
11 25 (5.07%) 2nd Line Support
12 23 (4.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 22 (4.46%) Desktop Engineer
13 22 (4.46%) Developer
13 22 (4.46%) Lead
14 20 (4.06%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 19 (3.85%) Service Analyst
16 18 (3.65%) Consultant
16 18 (3.65%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.48%) SailPoint
2 23 (4.67%) .NET
3 21 (4.26%) LDAP
4 19 (3.85%) OAuth
5 18 (3.65%) REST
6 13 (2.64%) ASP.NET
6 13 (2.64%) CSS
6 13 (2.64%) OpenID
6 13 (2.64%) SAML
7 12 (2.43%) HTML
8 11 (2.23%) React
9 9 (1.83%) .NET Core
9 9 (1.83%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.62%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (1.62%) XML
11 7 (1.42%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (1.22%) Web Services
13 5 (1.01%) JSON
13 5 (1.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.26%) Onboarding
1 21 (4.26%) Video Conferencing
2 18 (3.65%) PKI
3 16 (3.25%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.84%) Smartphone
5 13 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.83%) Clustering
8 8 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.22%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.22%) Replication
11 5 (1.01%) iPhone
11 5 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.01%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.81%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 273 (55.38%) Windows
2 94 (19.07%) Windows Server
3 82 (16.63%) Windows 10
4 51 (10.34%) Linux
5 38 (7.71%) Apple iOS
6 27 (5.48%) Android
7 12 (2.43%) Mac OS
7 12 (2.43%) Unix
8 9 (1.83%) Windows 7
8 9 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.22%) CentOS
10 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (1.01%) VMS
12 4 (0.81%) Solaris
12 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.61%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.61%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (15.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 77 (15.62%) ITIL
4 73 (14.81%) Migration
5 63 (12.78%) Identity Access Management
6 55 (11.16%) Customer Service
7 53 (10.75%) DevOps
8 44 (8.92%) Agile
8 44 (8.92%) Identity Management
9 43 (8.72%) ITSM
10 36 (7.30%) Cloud Security
10 36 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (6.90%) High Availability
12 33 (6.69%) Asset Management
12 33 (6.69%) RBAC
13 31 (6.29%) User Experience
14 30 (6.09%) Infrastructure as Code
14 30 (6.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 30 (6.09%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 117 (23.73%) PowerShell
2 40 (8.11%) Python
3 31 (6.29%) SQL
4 26 (5.27%) C#
4 26 (5.27%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.84%) Bicep
5 14 (2.84%) Java
6 8 (1.62%) Bash
7 7 (1.42%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.01%) BeanShell
9 4 (0.81%) Perl
9 4 (0.81%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.61%) Ruby
11 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.41%) VB
11 2 (0.41%) VBScript
12 1 (0.20%) C
12 1 (0.20%) Go
12 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 61 (12.37%) Security Cleared
2 42 (8.52%) Degree
3 39 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 30 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (4.06%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.65%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.23%) CISSP
7 11 (2.23%) PMP
8 10 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.83%) CISM
9 9 (1.83%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.62%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.22%) CISA
12 4 (0.81%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.61%) CRISC
13 3 (0.61%) VCAP
13 3 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.41%) GIAC
14 2 (0.41%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.46%) GDPR
2 14 (2.84%) SLA
3 12 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.43%) NIST
4 10 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (1.83%) HIPAA
6 8 (1.62%) NCSC
7 6 (1.22%) QA
8 5 (1.01%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.81%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.61%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.61%) PMO
11 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.20%) GRC
12 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (10.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (3.45%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (3.04%) vSphere
5 13 (2.64%) Docker
6 12 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (2.03%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (1.62%) BitLocker
9 5 (1.01%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (0.81%) OpenAM
10 4 (0.81%) XenApp
11 3 (0.61%) Firmware
11 3 (0.61%) NFS
11 3 (0.61%) vCloud
12 2 (0.41%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.20%) Veritas File System
13 1 (0.20%) Veritas Volume Manager
13 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 113 (22.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 57 (11.56%) SCCM
3 33 (6.69%) Terraform
4 28 (5.68%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (3.85%) Ansible
5 19 (3.85%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.01%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.81%) Puppet
8 4 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.81%) WSUS
9 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.61%) Kibana
9 3 (0.61%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.61%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.61%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.41%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.41%) Packer
Vendors
1 311 (63.08%) Microsoft
2 72 (14.60%) VMware
3 46 (9.33%) ServiceNow
4 41 (8.32%) Cisco
5 33 (6.69%) Citrix
6 24 (4.87%) Google
7 19 (3.85%) CyberArk
8 16 (3.25%) Okta
9 14 (2.84%) BeyondTrust
10 13 (2.64%) Zscaler
11 12 (2.43%) Apple
11 12 (2.43%) Palo Alto
11 12 (2.43%) SAP
12 11 (2.23%) Meraki
12 11 (2.23%) Oracle
13 10 (2.03%) HP
14 8 (1.62%) Dell
14 8 (1.62%) Veritas
15 7 (1.42%) Remedy
15 7 (1.42%) Symantec