Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Norwich

Microsoft Active Directory
Norfolk > Norwich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Norwich requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 3 12
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 21 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in Norwich 15.56% 17.65% 2.56%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 85.71% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile - £135 -
25th Percentile £213 £164 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £220 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - -
75th Percentile £519 £282 -
90th Percentile £550 £315 -
Norfolk median daily rate £203 £220 -
% change year-on-year -7.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £6.00 - -
25th Percentile £7.69 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £12.86
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile £21.60 - -
Norfolk median hourly rate £16.00 £15.33 £12.86
% change year-on-year +4.37% +19.21% -2.87%

All System Software Skills
Norwich

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 Norwich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 21 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Norwich 15.56% 20.59% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile - £132 -
25th Percentile £213 £158 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £519 £269 -
90th Percentile £550 £310 -
Norfolk median daily rate £203 £200 -
% change year-on-year +1.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £6.00 - -
25th Percentile £7.69 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £12.86
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.87%
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile £21.60 - -
Norfolk median hourly rate £16.00 £15.33 £12.86
% change year-on-year +4.37% +19.21% -2.87%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Norwich

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Norwich

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Norwich

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

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Norwich

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Norwich over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Norwich

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Norwich

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

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

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in Norwich

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in Norwich over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in Norwich

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norwich 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:

Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Route 53
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon S3
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Fargate
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (4.76%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) WAN
2 7 (33.33%) DNS
2 7 (33.33%) LAN
3 6 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
3 6 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 6 (28.57%) Wireless
4 4 (19.05%) DHCP
4 4 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (9.52%) Firewall
6 1 (4.76%) Kerberos
6 1 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
1 1 (4.76%) GitLab
1 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.76%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Analyst
1 11 (52.38%) Support Analyst
2 9 (42.86%) IT Support
2 9 (42.86%) Technical Analyst
2 9 (42.86%) Technical Support
2 9 (42.86%) Technical Support Analyst
3 7 (33.33%) Asset Management Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Technical Support
4 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) IT Engineer
4 6 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (28.57%) Support Engineer
5 4 (19.05%) Senior
5 4 (19.05%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (19.05%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (19.05%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) AWS Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (4.76%) LDAP
1 1 (4.76%) RESTful
1 1 (4.76%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) NHS
2 7 (33.33%) CMDB
2 7 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 6 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (4.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Windows Server
3 4 (19.05%) Android
3 4 (19.05%) Apple iOS
3 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 7 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 6 (28.57%) ITIL
2 6 (28.57%) Network Management
2 6 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (23.81%) ITSM
4 4 (19.05%) Information Governance
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Service Management
4 4 (19.05%) Software Deployment
5 2 (9.52%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (9.52%) Configuration Management
5 2 (9.52%) Network Architecture
5 2 (9.52%) Open Source
5 2 (9.52%) Service Catalogue
6 1 (4.76%) DevOps
6 1 (4.76%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.76%) Migration
6 1 (4.76%) User Experience
6 1 (4.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) ECDL
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) HNC
2 4 (19.05%) HND
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (19.05%) MCSE
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (14.29%) AWS Certification
3 3 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) SCCM
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.76%) Ansible
3 1 (4.76%) Nagios
3 1 (4.76%) Progress Chef
3 1 (4.76%) Puppet
3 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Dell
2 1 (4.76%) SaltStack
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow