Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Active Directory
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 14 9
Rank change year-on-year -15 -5 +12
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 13 15 17
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 4.98% 9.43% 10.69%
As % of the System Software category 68.42% 60.00% 85.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 12
10th Percentile £340 £303 £165
25th Percentile £425 £392 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £225
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +77.78% +38.46%
75th Percentile £488 £413 £485
90th Percentile £521 £445 £499
East Midlands median daily rate £220 £375 £225
% change year-on-year -41.33% +66.67% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £23.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +38.29% -1.24%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £16.50 £21.26 £17.72
% change year-on-year -22.39% +19.98% +14.32%

All System Software Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 25 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 7.28% 15.72% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 13
10th Percentile £390 £308 £167
25th Percentile £409 £396 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £435 £225
Median % change year-on-year +2.85% +93.17% -10.00%
75th Percentile £481 £499 £488
90th Percentile £491 £531 £552
East Midlands median daily rate £395 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +5.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.71
25th Percentile - £23.10 £17.39
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £19.89
Median % change year-on-year - +21.68% +12.23%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £22.48
90th Percentile - - £23.23
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.71 £21.26 £19.36
% change year-on-year +11.51% +9.81% +24.90%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Northamptonshire

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
Northampton -11 11 £450 +12.50% 9
Active Directory
East Midlands

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
1 8 (61.54%) Entra ID
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (53.85%) AWS
2 7 (53.85%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Programme Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Director
3 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Mac OS
3 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (61.54%) Zero Trust
2 7 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (53.85%) Data Protection
2 7 (53.85%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (53.85%) Roadmaps
2 7 (53.85%) Thought Leadership
2 7 (53.85%) User Experience
3 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
3 4 (30.77%) Business Transformation
3 4 (30.77%) Programme Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (23.08%) Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Application Packaging
4 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (23.08%) IT Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) PowerShell
2 7 (53.85%) Bash
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) GDPR
1 7 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (69.23%) SCCM
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (61.54%) VMware
3 7 (53.85%) Citrix
4 2 (15.38%) Google
4 2 (15.38%) Sophos