Active Directory Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer daily rate in Oxfordshire is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 22 26
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.92% 1.71% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.85% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £220 - -
25th Percentile £222 £263 £134
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £275 £138
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +100.00% -38.89%
75th Percentile £275 £288 £141
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £413 £605
% change year-on-year +21.21% -31.82% +80.60%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 271 108 193
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.13% 92.31% 85.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 63 120
10th Percentile £225 £180 £131
25th Percentile £323 £250 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.03% -8.33%
75th Percentile £569 £500 £500
90th Percentile £650 £653 £561
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 28
10th Percentile £13.32 £24.29 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.15 £13.35
Median hourly rate £19.34 £27.76 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.33% +42.36% -25.00%
75th Percentile £45.78 £46.30 £24.88
90th Percentile £53.75 £52.54 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £52.00 £33.05 £48.00
% change year-on-year +57.34% -31.15% -4.00%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Active Directory Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Active Directory Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Active Directory Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Active Directory Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Active Directory Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Wantage -4 3 £250 -9.09% 1
Active Directory Engineer
South East

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 2 June 2026, Active Directory Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxfordshire region featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft