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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 49 63
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 +8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 855 1,224 1,568
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.80% 4.56% 4.02%
As % of the System Software category 47.53% 39.21% 30.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 908 1,172
10th Percentile £183 £170 £170
25th Percentile £250 £256 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% -5.50% +16.28%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £696 £663
England median daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -2.35% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 31
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.25 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.13 £16.75
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £22.65
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +10.40% +13.23%
75th Percentile £25.00 £60.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £64.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £17.60 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -7.39% +8.57% +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 1,799 3,122 5,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.11% 11.62% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 2,287 3,823
10th Percentile £213 £250 £325
25th Percentile £363 £442 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £615 £688 £675
90th Percentile £719 £775 £743
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 41 46
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.00 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £50.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% +96.08% -45.74%
75th Percentile £25.00 £75.00 £45.93
90th Percentile £48.89 £85.00 £73.13
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +150.00% +5.26%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +8 151 £425 -2.86% 27
South London +15 17 £225 -0.55% 10
East London -6 16 £450 +20.00% 8
West London -2 15 £525 +50.00% 18
North London -2 2 £250 +78.57%
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
1 201 (23.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (8.89%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.51%) Exchange Server 2010
4 28 (3.27%) Exchange Server 2013
5 25 (2.92%) IIS
5 25 (2.92%) Skype for Business
6 18 (2.11%) CMS
6 18 (2.11%) Confluence
7 13 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2007
8 9 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2003
9 6 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.23%) Apache
10 2 (0.23%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.23%) nginx
10 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.12%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 92 (10.76%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.23%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 432 (50.53%) Azure
2 357 (41.75%) Microsoft 365
3 268 (31.35%) Entra ID
4 117 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
5 81 (9.47%) AWS
6 64 (7.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 59 (6.90%) Azure Service Bus
8 49 (5.73%) PaaS
9 45 (5.26%) OneDrive
10 37 (4.33%) Azure Monitor
11 36 (4.21%) IaaS
12 30 (3.51%) SaaS
12 30 (3.51%) WhatsApp
13 29 (3.39%) GCP
14 28 (3.27%) Power Platform
15 27 (3.16%) GitHub
16 23 (2.69%) Mimecast
17 19 (2.22%) Azure Key Vault
17 19 (2.22%) Azure Storage
18 16 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 134 (15.67%) DNS
2 100 (11.70%) Firewall
3 66 (7.72%) DHCP
4 44 (5.15%) VPN
5 40 (4.68%) SAN
6 32 (3.74%) TCP/IP
7 30 (3.51%) LAN
8 29 (3.39%) WAN
9 27 (3.16%) Skype
10 22 (2.57%) NAS
11 18 (2.11%) Wireless
12 16 (1.87%) MPLS
12 16 (1.87%) Network Security
13 15 (1.75%) FTP
13 15 (1.75%) VLAN
13 15 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (1.64%) Kerberos
15 13 (1.52%) VoIP
16 10 (1.17%) Internet
17 8 (0.94%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (20.35%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.22%) MySQL
3 16 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
4 14 (1.64%) Redis
5 12 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.40%) Hadoop
5 12 (1.40%) Power BI
6 10 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.23%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.12%) HDInsight
12 1 (0.12%) InterSystems Cache
12 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 50 (5.85%) Git
2 29 (3.39%) JIRA
3 16 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.75%) Selenium
4 15 (1.75%) TeamCity
5 12 (1.40%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.29%) SpecFlow
6 11 (1.29%) WebDriver
7 9 (1.05%) Postman
8 5 (0.58%) Hudson
9 3 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.35%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.23%) GitLab
10 2 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.12%) ERwin
11 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 205 (23.98%) Finance
2 186 (21.75%) Social Skills
3 101 (11.81%) Public Sector
4 61 (7.13%) Banking
5 50 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.04%) Financial Institution
6 26 (3.04%) Legal
7 23 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 22 (2.57%) Back Office
8 22 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.22%) Marketing
10 16 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.64%) French Language
12 13 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.29%) Electronics
13 11 (1.29%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.29%) Retail
14 10 (1.17%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.17%) Law
14 10 (1.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 125 (14.62%) Senior
2 103 (12.05%) Support Engineer
3 95 (11.11%) Analyst
4 93 (10.88%) Developer
5 86 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 64 (7.49%) Senior Developer
7 61 (7.13%) IT Support
8 51 (5.96%) Architect
9 48 (5.61%) Desktop Support
10 43 (5.03%) Azure Engineer
10 43 (5.03%) IT Engineer
11 39 (4.56%) Backend Developer
12 36 (4.21%) 2nd Line Support
12 36 (4.21%) Desktop Engineer
13 31 (3.63%) Service Analyst
13 31 (3.63%) Support Analyst
14 30 (3.51%) IT Analyst
15 29 (3.39%) Consultant
16 28 (3.27%) Administrator
16 28 (3.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (14.04%) .NET
2 92 (10.76%) XML
3 69 (8.07%) .NET Core
4 65 (7.60%) LDAP
5 56 (6.55%) HTML
6 48 (5.61%) SailPoint
7 35 (4.09%) React
8 34 (3.98%) ASP.NET
8 34 (3.98%) CSS
9 33 (3.86%) Web Services
10 29 (3.39%) .NET Framework
10 29 (3.39%) AngularJS
11 23 (2.69%) JSP
11 23 (2.69%) Servlets
11 23 (2.69%) SOAP
11 23 (2.69%) SPML
12 22 (2.57%) SAML
13 18 (2.11%) REST
14 17 (1.99%) JDBC
15 16 (1.87%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.38%) Replication
2 43 (5.03%) Product Ownership
3 42 (4.91%) Onboarding
4 36 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 36 (4.21%) Video Conferencing
5 35 (4.09%) Data Centre
6 28 (3.27%) PKI
7 17 (1.99%) Clustering
8 15 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.75%) iPhone
8 15 (1.75%) Smartphone
9 14 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.52%) Blackberry
11 12 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 12 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.17%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.17%) Mainframe
12 10 (1.17%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.05%) Hedge funds
14 8 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 485 (56.73%) Windows
2 196 (22.92%) Windows Server
3 145 (16.96%) Windows 10
4 67 (7.84%) Linux
5 62 (7.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 49 (5.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (5.15%) Windows 7
8 38 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 34 (3.98%) Windows Server 2008
10 31 (3.63%) Android
11 27 (3.16%) Mac OS
11 27 (3.16%) Unix
12 24 (2.81%) Apple iOS
13 15 (1.75%) Mac OS X
14 13 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 12 (1.40%) VMS
16 10 (1.17%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (1.05%) Oracle Linux
18 8 (0.94%) Solaris
19 6 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (18.60%) DevOps
2 145 (16.96%) Agile
3 136 (15.91%) Migration
4 108 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 108 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (11.81%) CI/CD
5 101 (11.81%) Customer Service
6 96 (11.23%) ITIL
7 72 (8.42%) Scrum
8 62 (7.25%) B2C
9 51 (5.96%) Disaster Recovery
10 50 (5.85%) RBAC
11 49 (5.73%) TDD
12 46 (5.38%) API Management
13 41 (4.80%) Project Delivery
14 40 (4.68%) Information Security
15 38 (4.44%) Identity Access Management
16 37 (4.33%) Cybersecurity
17 36 (4.21%) OO
17 36 (4.21%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 219 (25.61%) PowerShell
2 109 (12.75%) C#
3 88 (10.29%) SQL
4 65 (7.60%) Bicep
5 61 (7.13%) JavaScript
6 42 (4.91%) Python
7 41 (4.80%) Java
8 34 (3.98%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.52%) Bash
10 7 (0.82%) VB
11 5 (0.58%) VBA
12 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.23%) C
13 2 (0.23%) Go
14 1 (0.12%) C++
14 1 (0.12%) DataFlex
14 1 (0.12%) Perl
14 1 (0.12%) R
14 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 102 (11.93%) Security Cleared
2 68 (7.95%) Degree
3 46 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 42 (4.91%) DV Cleared
5 33 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.57%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (1.29%) CISSP
8 11 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.58%) A+ Certification
9 5 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.58%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.58%) MCITP
9 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.47%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.47%) CCNP
10 4 (0.47%) MCSA
10 4 (0.47%) MCSE
10 4 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.74%) SLA
2 14 (1.64%) Accessibility
2 14 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (1.64%) WCAG
3 13 (1.52%) QA
4 10 (1.17%) NIST
5 9 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (0.94%) GDPR
7 6 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.47%) GRC
8 4 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.23%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.23%) PMO
10 1 (0.12%) GLBA
10 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 80 (9.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (3.51%) Hyper-V
3 23 (2.69%) IAG
4 22 (2.57%) ACF2
4 22 (2.57%) RACF
4 22 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (2.57%) vSphere
5 19 (2.22%) Docker
6 15 (1.75%) NFS
7 12 (1.40%) HDFS
7 12 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.82%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.70%) Firmware
10 4 (0.47%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.35%) XenApp
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.23%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 114 (13.33%) SCCM
2 97 (11.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (5.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 38 (4.44%) Terraform
5 34 (3.98%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (3.39%) Jamf Pro
7 28 (3.27%) Ansible
7 28 (3.27%) Kubernetes
8 16 (1.87%) SCOM
9 11 (1.29%) Netcool
10 9 (1.05%) FortiGate
10 9 (1.05%) WSUS
11 8 (0.94%) EMC NetWorker
11 8 (0.94%) Puppet
11 8 (0.94%) Tivoli
11 8 (0.94%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 6 (0.70%) Packer
13 4 (0.47%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (0.35%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 473 (55.32%) Microsoft
2 125 (14.62%) VMware
3 93 (10.88%) ServiceNow
4 74 (8.65%) Citrix
5 52 (6.08%) Cisco
6 46 (5.38%) Apple
7 39 (4.56%) Oracle
8 34 (3.98%) HP
8 34 (3.98%) Veeam
9 32 (3.74%) CyberArk
10 30 (3.51%) Dell
11 25 (2.92%) Okta
12 24 (2.81%) EMC
13 20 (2.34%) Isilon
14 18 (2.11%) Avaya
14 18 (2.11%) SAP
15 16 (1.87%) Google
15 16 (1.87%) Sybase
16 15 (1.75%) Qualys
17 12 (1.40%) Splunk