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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 16 8 19
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 9.52% 10.53% 12.34%
As % of the System Software category 84.21% 72.73% 67.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 13
10th Percentile £193 £173 £125
25th Percentile £196 £182 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £294 £175
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +67.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £209 £400 £193
90th Percentile £510 - £205
Yorkshire median daily rate £253 £400 £300
% change year-on-year -36.88% +33.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate - - £14.50
75th Percentile - - £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 - £21.50
% change year-on-year - - -2.27%

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 19 11 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 11.31% 14.47% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 15
10th Percentile £193 £177 £125
25th Percentile - £229 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £381 £180
Median % change year-on-year -47.54% +111.81% -8.86%
75th Percentile £375 £400 £200
90th Percentile £547 £469 £306
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £461
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.44% +8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate - - £14.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.09%
75th Percentile - - £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 - £14.63
% change year-on-year - - -55.00%

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 28 June 2026.

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 28 June 2026. 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 -10 8 £200 -31.91% 3
Redcar - 3 - -
Scarborough - 3 £645 - 1
Harrogate - 1 £213 -
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 8 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (56.25%) Azure
2 9 (56.25%) Entra ID
3 5 (31.25%) OneDrive
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) LAN
1 3 (18.75%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (18.75%) VPN
1 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.25%) DHCP
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) IPv4
2 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) IT Support
2 3 (18.75%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (18.75%) IT Technician
2 3 (18.75%) Support Technician
3 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support
3 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Senior
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) CMDB
1 3 (18.75%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
2 3 (18.75%) Mac OS
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Service Management
2 5 (31.25%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
3 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Virtualisation
3 3 (18.75%) Presales
3 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
3 3 (18.75%) Software Deployment
3 3 (18.75%) Time Management
3 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
4 1 (6.25%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.25%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (6.25%) Identity Management
4 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Migration
4 1 (6.25%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Bash
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Desktop
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (37.50%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Apple
2 3 (18.75%) BeyondTrust
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix
2 3 (18.75%) CyberArk
3 1 (6.25%) Computacenter