Active Directory Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Microsoft Active Directory
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Yorkshire requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 13 12 15
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 13.83% 10.81% 9.38%
As % of the System Software category 86.67% 41.38% 46.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 5
10th Percentile £140 £125 £161
25th Percentile £154 £140 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £185 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -50.67% +76.47%
75th Percentile £201 £220 £388
90th Percentile £228 £250 £410
Yorkshire median daily rate £290 £281 £300
% change year-on-year +3.11% -6.25% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £22.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £35.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +41.33% - -2.33%

All System Software Skills
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 15 29 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 15.96% 26.13% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 19
10th Percentile £140 £130 £253
25th Percentile £154 £178 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £210 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -47.50% +45.45%
75th Percentile £201 £275 £425
90th Percentile £228 £300 £569
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +12.94% -10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £22.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £35.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 £21.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +41.33% -4.55% +2.33%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in North Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in North Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in North Yorkshire

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 November 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
York +4 6 £188 +4.17% 2
Harrogate - 3 £140 - 3
Middlesbrough -1 1 - - 1
Pickering - 1 £260 -
Active Directory
Yorkshire

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (53.85%) Azure
3 6 (46.15%) Entra ID
4 3 (23.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
3 1 (7.69%) DHCP
3 1 (7.69%) DNS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Local Government
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
1 6 (46.15%) Service Analyst
1 6 (46.15%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (23.08%) IT Support
3 2 (15.38%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) NHS
1 2 (15.38%) Smartcard
2 1 (7.69%) Fat Client
2 1 (7.69%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Service Management
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.69%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (7.69%) Chat Support
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security
4 1 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (7.69%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft