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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 8 9 17
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 7.62% 10.84% 11.49%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 45.00% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 11
10th Percentile - £157 £126
25th Percentile £185 £205 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £225 £170
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +32.35% -15.00%
75th Percentile £216 £300 £388
90th Percentile £246 - £400
Yorkshire median daily rate £290 £245 £300
% change year-on-year +18.37% -18.33% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 - £18.82
% change year-on-year - - -12.47%

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 12 20 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 11.43% 24.10% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 21
10th Percentile £185 £200 £150
25th Percentile £193 £209 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £275 £300
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £375 £300 £400
90th Percentile - £350 £538
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £425 £430
% change year-on-year +11.76% -1.16% +1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

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
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 12 January 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 -1 3 £190 -9.52% 8
Harrogate - 1 - - 1
Middlesbrough - 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 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (37.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Fat Client
1 1 (12.50%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft