Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Northumberland

Microsoft Active Directory
North East > Northumberland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northumberland requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 60.00% - 14.29%
As % of the System Software category 75.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £200 £325 £183
% change year-on-year -38.46% +78.08% -18.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.75
% change year-on-year - - -62.15%

All System Software Skills
Northumberland

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 Northumberland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland 80.00% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.22%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £22.50 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -60.45%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Northumberland

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Northumberland

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Northumberland

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

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

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Northumberland

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

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

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) WebEx
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Control
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 3 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Product Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Perl
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCDP
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft