Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Paddington

Microsoft Active Directory
City of Westminster > Paddington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Paddington requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Paddington 25.00% 15.00% 5.56%
As % of the System Software category 75.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £594 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £450
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile - - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £725 £650 £450
% change year-on-year +11.54% +44.44% +21.62%

All System Software Skills
Paddington

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 Paddington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Paddington 33.33% 15.00% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £504 - £463
25th Percentile £509 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £513
75th Percentile £763 - £544
90th Percentile - - £563
City of Westminster median daily rate £600 £550 £513
% change year-on-year +9.09% +7.32% +32.26%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Paddington

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Paddington

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Daily Rate Trend in Paddington

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Paddington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Paddington over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Paddington

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Hourly Rate Trend in Paddington

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Paddington 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DKIM
1 1 (33.33%) DMARC
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) FMCG
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Zscaler
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft