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 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 10 13 19
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 10.42% 10.24% 11.38%
As % of the System Software category 83.33% 44.83% 76.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 9
10th Percentile £140 £125 £120
25th Percentile £154 £133 £126
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £185 £195
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -5.13% -15.22%
75th Percentile £234 £195 £295
90th Percentile £319 £220 £349
Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £400 £225
% change year-on-year - +77.78% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £35.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £21.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +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 12 29 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 12.50% 22.83% 14.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 15
10th Percentile £140 £125 £123
25th Percentile £154 £159 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £185 £320
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -42.19% +18.52%
75th Percentile £234 £229 £413
90th Percentile £319 £275 £511
Yorkshire median daily rate £472 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -0.63% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £35.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £21.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - -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 3 October 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 3 October 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% 6
Harrogate - 2 £140 -
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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (30.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) IT Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) IT Support
5 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
5 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
1 2 (20.00%) Smartcard
2 1 (10.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (10.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Service Management
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) BPMN
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Chat Support
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Kanban
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (10.00%) UML
3 1 (10.00%) Use Case
3 1 (10.00%) User Stories
3 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Apple