Active Directory Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 30 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 254 245 396
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.60% 5.21% 7.15%
As % of the System Software category 52.37% 45.29% 49.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 183 282
10th Percentile £172 £150 £150
25th Percentile £204 £185 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £305 £310
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -1.61% +30.53%
75th Percentile £459 £500 £500
90th Percentile £575 £650 £575
England median daily rate £450 £430 £435
% change year-on-year +4.65% -1.15% +9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 21 27
10th Percentile - - £13.98
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.22
Median hourly rate - £17.29 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.58% +13.83%
75th Percentile - £18.00 £42.05
90th Percentile - £22.00 £52.13
England median hourly rate £19.62 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +12.11% -12.50% +14.29%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 485 541 807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.50% 11.50% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 384 583
10th Percentile £188 £178 £178
25th Percentile £313 £285 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £579 £575
90th Percentile £606 £650 £671
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 48 33
10th Percentile - - £14.05
25th Percentile £76.25 £14.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £16.00 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year +415.63% -28.60% +28.06%
75th Percentile £88.75 £18.19 £52.13
90th Percentile - £43.87 £64.75
England median hourly rate £28.21 £22.15 £52.13
% change year-on-year +27.34% -57.51% +178.03%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
North West +6 132 £350 -3.45% 131
Yorkshire +10 102 £400 +42.10% 82
North East +6 20 £325 -35.00% 45
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 76 (29.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (16.14%) SharePoint
3 16 (6.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 9 (3.54%) Skype for Business
5 8 (3.15%) Mattermost
6 6 (2.36%) IIS
6 6 (2.36%) JBoss
7 3 (1.18%) Confluence
8 1 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.39%) nginx
8 1 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.39%) Traefik
Applications
1 52 (20.47%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.94%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 122 (48.03%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (38.58%) Entra ID
3 83 (32.68%) Azure
4 18 (7.09%) IaaS
5 14 (5.51%) AWS
6 9 (3.54%) OneDrive
6 9 (3.54%) SaaS
7 8 (3.15%) PaaS
8 6 (2.36%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.97%) GitHub
10 4 (1.57%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (1.18%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.18%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.79%) Amazon S3
13 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (23.62%) DNS
2 31 (12.20%) DHCP
3 26 (10.24%) Firewall
4 19 (7.48%) VPN
5 18 (7.09%) Network Security
6 12 (4.72%) LAN
7 11 (4.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 11 (4.33%) SAN
8 10 (3.94%) Skype
8 10 (3.94%) WebEx
9 9 (3.54%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (3.15%) Softphone
10 8 (3.15%) Unified Communications
11 6 (2.36%) WAN
12 5 (1.97%) SMTP
12 5 (1.97%) TCP/IP
12 5 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.57%) Internet
13 4 (1.57%) NAS
13 4 (1.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.48%) Oracle Database
2 16 (6.30%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (2.36%) RDBMS
3 6 (2.36%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.79%) Power BI
5 1 (0.39%) DTS
5 1 (0.39%) GIS
5 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.39%) MSDE
5 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.72%) JIRA
2 10 (3.94%) Git
2 10 (3.94%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.54%) GitLab
4 6 (2.36%) Bitbucket Server
4 6 (2.36%) CA Release Automation
4 6 (2.36%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (2.36%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.39%) MSI
General
1 108 (42.52%) Social Skills
2 21 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (7.87%) Public Sector
4 19 (7.48%) Retail
5 14 (5.51%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.76%) Legal
8 6 (2.36%) Finance
9 5 (1.97%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.57%) Military
11 3 (1.18%) Banking
11 3 (1.18%) Local Government
12 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.39%) Law
13 1 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (18.50%) Support Engineer
2 36 (14.17%) Analyst
3 35 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (9.84%) Support Manager
5 24 (9.45%) IT Support
6 20 (7.87%) 1st Line Support
7 19 (7.48%) IT Engineer
8 18 (7.09%) Desktop Engineer
8 18 (7.09%) Desktop Support
9 17 (6.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 16 (6.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 15 (5.91%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (5.91%) Service Analyst
11 15 (5.91%) Service Desk Analyst
12 14 (5.51%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 14 (5.51%) Support Analyst
12 14 (5.51%) Windows Engineer
13 13 (5.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 13 (5.12%) IT Manager
14 12 (4.72%) IT Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.15%) XMPP
2 6 (2.36%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.36%) Spring Boot
3 5 (1.97%) LDAP
3 5 (1.97%) REST
4 4 (1.57%) Middleware
5 3 (1.18%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.79%) OAuth
6 2 (0.79%) OpenID
7 1 (0.39%) .NET
7 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.39%) cloud-init
7 1 (0.39%) Kafka
7 1 (0.39%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.39%) Next.js
7 1 (0.39%) Node.js
7 1 (0.39%) React
7 1 (0.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.66%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.48%) iPhone
2 19 (7.48%) Smartphone
3 18 (7.09%) Linux Command Line
4 12 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.36%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.18%) Clustering
8 3 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.18%) IVR
8 3 (1.18%) NHS
9 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.79%) PKI
10 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.39%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.39%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 168 (66.14%) Windows
2 91 (35.83%) Windows Server
3 62 (24.41%) Linux
4 39 (15.35%) Windows 10
5 28 (11.02%) Mac OS
6 23 (9.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (6.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (6.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (4.72%) VMS
9 10 (3.94%) Unix
10 9 (3.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (3.54%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (3.15%) Android
12 5 (1.97%) Apple iOS
12 5 (1.97%) Windows 8
12 5 (1.97%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (1.97%) Windows XP
13 3 (1.18%) CentOS
14 1 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (33.46%) ITIL
2 67 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (23.62%) Customer Service
3 60 (23.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 49 (19.29%) ITSM
5 34 (13.39%) Agile
6 33 (12.99%) Migration
7 27 (10.63%) Incident Management
8 23 (9.06%) Service Management
9 22 (8.66%) Microservices
10 21 (8.27%) DevOps
10 21 (8.27%) Mobile Device Management
10 21 (8.27%) Service Delivery
11 18 (7.09%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (6.69%) High Availability
12 17 (6.69%) Security Management
13 16 (6.30%) Business Continuity
13 16 (6.30%) Change Management
13 16 (6.30%) Server Management
13 16 (6.30%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 68 (26.77%) PowerShell
2 28 (11.02%) SQL
3 23 (9.06%) Bash
4 22 (8.66%) Perl
5 18 (7.09%) PL/SQL
6 14 (5.51%) Python
7 4 (1.57%) Java
7 4 (1.57%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.18%) VBA
9 1 (0.39%) Go
9 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.39%) VB
9 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 52 (20.47%) Security Cleared
2 48 (18.90%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (8.66%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (6.69%) Degree
6 11 (4.33%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.15%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (3.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.76%) ACSP
8 7 (2.76%) ACTC
9 5 (1.97%) MCSE
10 4 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.18%) CCNA
11 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.18%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.79%) CISSP
13 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.39%) MCSA
13 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.51%) SLA
2 8 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.18%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.18%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.79%) NCSC
5 2 (0.79%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 36 (14.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (7.09%) vSphere
3 15 (5.91%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (5.12%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.15%) Hyper-V
5 8 (3.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (3.15%) VMware NSX
6 6 (2.36%) Docker
7 5 (1.97%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 56 (22.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (10.63%) Jamf Pro
3 25 (9.84%) SCCM
4 20 (7.87%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (7.48%) vCenter Server
5 19 (7.48%) WSUS
6 13 (5.12%) Ansible
7 9 (3.54%) Kubernetes
8 8 (3.15%) SCOM
9 6 (2.36%) Kibana
9 6 (2.36%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.97%) vRealize
10 5 (1.97%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.57%) Dell DRAC
11 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (1.57%) NetApp OnCommand
11 4 (1.57%) Terraform
11 4 (1.57%) vMotion
12 3 (1.18%) Grafana
Vendors
1 172 (67.72%) Microsoft
2 54 (21.26%) VMware
3 48 (18.90%) ServiceNow
4 36 (14.17%) Cisco
5 31 (12.20%) Apple
6 20 (7.87%) Oracle
7 16 (6.30%) Red Hat
8 15 (5.91%) Citrix
8 15 (5.91%) Splunk
9 9 (3.54%) CyberArk
9 9 (3.54%) Dell
10 8 (3.15%) Veeam
11 6 (2.36%) AppDynamics
11 6 (2.36%) HP
11 6 (2.36%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.97%) Bomgar
12 5 (1.97%) Canon
12 5 (1.97%) Meraki
13 4 (1.57%) Cloudera
13 4 (1.57%) Google