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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 14 8 18
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 11.57% 13.79% 11.61%
As % of the System Software category 82.35% 57.14% 58.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 12
10th Percentile £185 £234 £125
25th Percentile £189 £276 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £300 £160
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +87.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £199 £325 £253
90th Percentile £208 £370 £388
Yorkshire median daily rate £225 £400 £265
% change year-on-year -43.75% +50.94% -9.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 - £19.53
% change year-on-year - - -5.89%

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 17 14 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 14.05% 24.14% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 22
10th Percentile £185 £205 £129
25th Percentile £193 £275 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £299 £275
Median % change year-on-year -33.89% +8.64% +29.41%
75th Percentile £336 £338 £397
90th Percentile £375 £414 £526
Yorkshire median daily rate £473 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +5.00% +12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.15%
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 - £14.63
% change year-on-year - - -46.33%

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
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 March 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 -4 5 £195 -36.07% 2
Redcar - 3 - -
Harrogate - 2 £213 - 2
Middlesbrough - 1 - - 1
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 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (35.71%) Azure
3 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 3 (21.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) VPN
2 3 (21.43%) LAN
2 3 (21.43%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (14.29%) DHCP
3 2 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (7.14%) IPv4
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.14%) Local Government
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) IT Support
2 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (21.43%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (21.43%) IT Technician
2 3 (21.43%) Support Technician
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) CMDB
1 3 (21.43%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 3 (21.43%) Apple iOS
3 3 (21.43%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Service Management
2 3 (21.43%) Asset Management
2 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Software Deployment
2 3 (21.43%) Time Management
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architecture
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.14%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (21.43%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (21.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft