Active Directory Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer daily rate in Reading is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
30 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 68 85
Rank change year-on-year -1 +17 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 3 24 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.47% 2.23% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 2.50% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 £603 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £419 £608 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £413 £605 £550
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% +358.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 585 960 1,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 89.14% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 532 682
10th Percentile £325 £330 £250
25th Percentile £443 £450 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £572 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% +8.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £605 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £699
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.05% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 12
10th Percentile £14.60 £48.18 £58.98
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.56 £61.04
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.38 £64.31
Median % change year-on-year -55.91% -3.01% +21.34%
75th Percentile £65.00 £99.38 £69.56
90th Percentile £70.70 £100.00 £75.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £61.28 £61.52
% change year-on-year -55.12% -0.39% +26.19%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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 Reading.

Active Directory Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Active Directory Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Active Directory Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, 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 Reading region featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) B2C
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) API Management
2 2 (66.67%) ARM Templates
2 2 (66.67%) Azure API Management
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Functions
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (66.67%) GraphQL
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (66.67%) Log Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) MLOps

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Azure API Management
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Functions
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (66.67%) Serverless
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (100.00%) Billing
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
1 2 (66.67%) ARM Templates
1 2 (66.67%) GraphQL
1 2 (66.67%) OAuth
1 2 (66.67%) OAuth2
1 2 (66.67%) OpenID
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) SAML
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Command Line
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) B2C
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) API Management
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Log Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) MLOps
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) RBAC
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft