Active Directory Contracts in London

Microsoft Active Directory
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 47 68
Rank change year-on-year +6 +21 +4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 834 1,175 1,499
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.77% 4.55% 3.89%
As % of the System Software category 46.93% 39.91% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 587 877 1,139
10th Percentile £187 £170 £175
25th Percentile £255 £256 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -1.04% +7.87%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £650
England median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 26
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.25 £14.56
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.13 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.15 £26.00 £22.11
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% +17.58% +22.42%
75th Percentile £25.00 £60.00 £29.50
90th Percentile £40.00 £64.50 £37.50
England median hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.26% +11.43% +9.38%

All System Software Skills
London

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,777 2,944 4,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.17% 11.40% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 2,157 3,759
10th Percentile £223 £247 £313
25th Percentile £375 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £619 £680 £675
90th Percentile £725 £775 £743
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 37 38
10th Percentile £17.14 £18.10 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.00 £19.80
Median hourly rate £22.50 £60.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% +122.22% -42.55%
75th Percentile £25.00 £75.00 £45.93
90th Percentile £49.23 £87.00 £53.79
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -58.00% +166.67% -6.25%

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024. 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 +7 149 £425 -2.86% 35
South London +7 18 £213 -1.16% 8
East London -5 16 £450 +20.00% 40
West London 0 12 £494 +41.07% 16
North London -2 2 £250 +78.57% 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
1 191 (22.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (8.39%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.24%) Exchange Server 2010
4 25 (3.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 25 (3.00%) Skype for Business
5 22 (2.64%) IIS
6 18 (2.16%) CMS
7 16 (1.92%) Confluence
8 13 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2007
9 9 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2003
10 5 (0.60%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.48%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 2 (0.24%) nginx
13 1 (0.12%) Apache
13 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 84 (10.07%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.24%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 428 (51.32%) Azure
2 332 (39.81%) Microsoft 365
3 274 (32.85%) Entra ID
4 115 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (10.31%) AWS
6 66 (7.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 62 (7.43%) Azure Service Bus
8 47 (5.64%) PaaS
9 44 (5.28%) OneDrive
10 37 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
11 34 (4.08%) GCP
12 30 (3.60%) IaaS
12 30 (3.60%) SaaS
13 28 (3.36%) Power Platform
14 27 (3.24%) GitHub
14 27 (3.24%) WhatsApp
15 23 (2.76%) Mimecast
16 20 (2.40%) Azure Key Vault
16 20 (2.40%) Azure Storage
17 16 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 119 (14.27%) DNS
2 93 (11.15%) Firewall
3 57 (6.83%) DHCP
4 44 (5.28%) VPN
5 35 (4.20%) SAN
6 29 (3.48%) WAN
7 28 (3.36%) LAN
8 27 (3.24%) Skype
8 27 (3.24%) TCP/IP
9 18 (2.16%) NAS
9 18 (2.16%) Wireless
10 16 (1.92%) MPLS
10 16 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (1.80%) FTP
11 15 (1.80%) Network Security
12 14 (1.68%) VoIP
13 13 (1.56%) VLAN
14 11 (1.32%) Internet
14 11 (1.32%) Kerberos
15 10 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (22.42%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.76%) MySQL
3 16 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (1.80%) Redis
5 13 (1.56%) Relational Database
6 12 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (1.44%) Hadoop
6 12 (1.44%) Power BI
7 7 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.72%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.12%) HDInsight
11 1 (0.12%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 53 (6.35%) Git
2 29 (3.48%) JIRA
3 15 (1.80%) Selenium
4 14 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.56%) TeamCity
6 12 (1.44%) Visual Studio
7 11 (1.32%) SpecFlow
7 11 (1.32%) WebDriver
8 10 (1.20%) Postman
9 5 (0.60%) Hudson
10 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.36%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.24%) GitLab
11 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
12 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
General
1 208 (24.94%) Finance
2 174 (20.86%) Social Skills
3 98 (11.75%) Public Sector
4 67 (8.03%) Banking
5 50 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (3.60%) Financial Institution
7 22 (2.64%) Back Office
7 22 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.40%) Legal
10 17 (2.04%) Marketing
11 14 (1.68%) French Language
11 14 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.44%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.32%) Retail
14 10 (1.20%) Advertising
14 10 (1.20%) Law
15 9 (1.08%) Electronics
15 9 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 132 (15.83%) Senior
2 98 (11.75%) Developer
3 97 (11.63%) Support Engineer
4 90 (10.79%) Analyst
5 85 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 68 (8.15%) Senior Developer
7 59 (7.07%) IT Support
8 51 (6.12%) Architect
9 44 (5.28%) Desktop Support
10 43 (5.16%) IT Engineer
11 41 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
12 40 (4.80%) Backend Developer
13 35 (4.20%) Consultant
13 35 (4.20%) Desktop Engineer
14 32 (3.84%) 2nd Line Support
15 30 (3.60%) Service Analyst
16 29 (3.48%) IT Analyst
16 29 (3.48%) Senior Backend Developer
17 27 (3.24%) Support Analyst
18 26 (3.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (14.51%) .NET
2 95 (11.39%) XML
3 71 (8.51%) .NET Core
4 62 (7.43%) HTML
5 61 (7.31%) LDAP
6 52 (6.24%) SailPoint
7 38 (4.56%) React
8 37 (4.44%) CSS
9 35 (4.20%) ASP.NET
10 32 (3.84%) Web Services
11 29 (3.48%) .NET Framework
11 29 (3.48%) AngularJS
12 23 (2.76%) JSP
12 23 (2.76%) SAML
12 23 (2.76%) Servlets
12 23 (2.76%) SOAP
12 23 (2.76%) SPML
13 19 (2.28%) REST
14 18 (2.16%) JDBC
15 16 (1.92%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.40%) Onboarding
2 44 (5.28%) Product Ownership
3 41 (4.92%) Replication
4 38 (4.56%) Management Information System
5 34 (4.08%) Data Centre
6 33 (3.96%) Video Conferencing
7 25 (3.00%) PKI
8 18 (2.16%) Clustering
9 16 (1.92%) Smartphone
10 15 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (1.80%) iPhone
11 14 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 12 (1.44%) Blackberry
14 11 (1.32%) Mobile App
15 10 (1.20%) Hedge funds
15 10 (1.20%) Mainframe
16 9 (1.08%) Cloud Native
16 9 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 8 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 464 (55.64%) Windows
2 183 (21.94%) Windows Server
3 139 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 70 (8.39%) Linux
5 55 (6.59%) Windows Server 2012
6 46 (5.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 40 (4.80%) Windows 7
8 34 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 33 (3.96%) Unix
10 30 (3.60%) Windows Server 2008
11 28 (3.36%) Android
11 28 (3.36%) Mac OS
12 22 (2.64%) Apple iOS
13 15 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 14 (1.68%) Mac OS X
15 11 (1.32%) VMS
16 10 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
18 6 (0.72%) Solaris
19 5 (0.60%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (19.30%) DevOps
2 144 (17.27%) Agile
3 132 (15.83%) Migration
4 106 (12.71%) CI/CD
5 104 (12.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 103 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (12.23%) Customer Service
8 92 (11.03%) ITIL
9 74 (8.87%) Scrum
10 65 (7.79%) B2C
11 51 (6.12%) TDD
12 48 (5.76%) API Management
12 48 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
13 45 (5.40%) Information Security
13 45 (5.40%) RBAC
14 41 (4.92%) Identity Access Management
15 40 (4.80%) Project Delivery
16 37 (4.44%) Clean Code
16 37 (4.44%) OO
16 37 (4.44%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 211 (25.30%) PowerShell
2 111 (13.31%) C#
3 98 (11.75%) SQL
4 67 (8.03%) Bicep
5 64 (7.67%) JavaScript
6 45 (5.40%) Python
7 44 (5.28%) Java
8 37 (4.44%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.20%) Bash
10 7 (0.84%) VB
11 4 (0.48%) VBA
12 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.36%) Perl
12 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.24%) C
13 2 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.12%) C++
14 1 (0.12%) Groovy
14 1 (0.12%) XPath
Qualifications
1 97 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 64 (7.67%) Degree
3 46 (5.52%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.56%) DV Cleared
5 35 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (2.40%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.56%) CISSP
8 12 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.84%) MCSA
12 5 (0.60%) CCNP
12 5 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.60%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.60%) MCITP
12 5 (0.60%) MCSE
13 4 (0.48%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.48%) CISM
13 4 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.84%) SLA
2 16 (1.92%) QA
2 16 (1.92%) WCAG
3 15 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.20%) NIST
6 8 (0.96%) GDPR
6 8 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.36%) GRC
8 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.24%) COBIT
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.24%) NCSC
9 2 (0.24%) PMO
10 1 (0.12%) GLBA
10 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 74 (8.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (3.24%) Hyper-V
3 23 (2.76%) IAG
4 22 (2.64%) ACF2
4 22 (2.64%) RACF
4 22 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (2.52%) vSphere
6 17 (2.04%) Docker
7 13 (1.56%) NFS
7 13 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (1.44%) HDFS
9 6 (0.72%) Firmware
10 4 (0.48%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.36%) XenApp
12 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 113 (13.55%) SCCM
2 86 (10.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (4.92%) Single Sign-On
4 37 (4.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 36 (4.32%) Terraform
6 28 (3.36%) Jamf Pro
6 28 (3.36%) Kubernetes
7 24 (2.88%) Ansible
8 14 (1.68%) SCOM
9 9 (1.08%) Netcool
9 9 (1.08%) WSUS
10 7 (0.84%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (0.72%) Puppet
11 6 (0.72%) Tivoli
11 6 (0.72%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 5 (0.60%) CASB
12 5 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (0.60%) Packer
13 4 (0.48%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 468 (56.12%) Microsoft
2 114 (13.67%) VMware
3 93 (11.15%) ServiceNow
4 71 (8.51%) Citrix
5 49 (5.88%) Apple
6 48 (5.76%) Cisco
7 47 (5.64%) Oracle
8 39 (4.68%) CyberArk
9 33 (3.96%) Veeam
10 31 (3.72%) HP
11 27 (3.24%) Dell
11 27 (3.24%) Okta
12 20 (2.40%) EMC
13 18 (2.16%) Isilon
14 17 (2.04%) Avaya
14 17 (2.04%) Google
15 16 (1.92%) SAP
15 16 (1.92%) Sybase
16 14 (1.68%) Qualys
17 13 (1.56%) CA