Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microsoft Active Directory
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +36
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 15 13 13
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 6.70% 7.65% 8.61%
As % of the System Software category 45.45% 54.17% 59.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 7
10th Percentile £197 £135 £231
25th Percentile £200 £179 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £325 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -18.75% +47.06%
75th Percentile £380 £497 £483
90th Percentile £500 £584 £594
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £333 £325 £400
% change year-on-year +2.31% -18.75% +41.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - - £16.00

All System Software Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 33 24 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 14.73% 14.12% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 12
10th Percentile £245 £135 £288
25th Percentile £350 £255 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £520 £498 £591
90th Percentile £575 £619 £668
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £463 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.88%
75th Percentile - - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - - £16.00
% change year-on-year - - +0.88%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Newcastle upon Tyne

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (40.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (13.33%) IaaS
4 2 (13.33%) PaaS
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Specialist
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support Specialist
1 6 (40.00%) Support Specialist
2 4 (26.67%) Active Directory Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Service Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Inventory Management
1 6 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 6 (40.00%) Patch Management
1 6 (40.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds