Active Directory Contracts in the North East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 22 18 41
Rank change year-on-year -4 +23 -30
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 16 20 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 5.00% 5.92% 4.26%
As % of the System Software category 40.00% 50.00% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 14
10th Percentile £165 £156 £140
25th Percentile £188 £189 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £220 £280
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -21.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £358 £619 £585
90th Percentile £570 £650 £700
England median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% +6.25%

All System Software Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 40 40 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 12.50% 11.83% 20.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 31 61
10th Percentile £188 £180 £259
25th Percentile £300 £190 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% -29.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £574 £544 £700
90th Percentile £623 £650 £836
England median daily rate £525 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
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 the North East

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the North East

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear -7 14 £325 -40.91% 18
Durham 0 2 £300 +57.89% 7
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 3 (18.75%) IaaS
3 3 (18.75%) PaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) DNS
2 2 (12.50%) DHCP
2 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 2 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (6.25%) WebEx
General
1 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Support Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Wintel Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (6.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) Android
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (6.25%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) ITIL
1 3 (18.75%) Patch Management
1 3 (18.75%) Service Management
2 2 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (12.50%) Web Filtering
3 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
3 1 (6.25%) ITSM
3 1 (6.25%) Migration
3 1 (6.25%) Server Management
3 1 (6.25%) Server Migrations
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) SCCM
1 1 (6.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) ServiceNow
3 3 (18.75%) SolarWinds
4 1 (6.25%) Bomgar
4 1 (6.25%) VMware