Active Directory Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 27 39
Rank change year-on-year -36 +12 +10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 55 138 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.38% 6.22% 6.01%
As % of the System Software category 29.89% 44.81% 39.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 90 133
10th Percentile £182 £177 £156
25th Percentile £240 £202 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £395 £300
Median % change year-on-year +10.76% +31.67% +2.13%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £508
90th Percentile £615 £705 £600
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.88% - +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £20.00
% change year-on-year +21.31% -11.55% +14.29%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 184 308 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.32% 13.89% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 190 326
10th Percentile £221 £192 £194
25th Percentile £410 £324 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £579 £538
90th Percentile £589 £650 £629
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 2
10th Percentile - - £24.34
25th Percentile - £60.00 £29.66
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.50 £40.68
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% +48.72% -8.58%
75th Percentile - £60.75 £50.80
90th Percentile - - £55.57
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Glasgow -20 28 £453 +39.23% 11
Edinburgh -20 17 £400 -15.79% 11
Dundee +3 4 £195 +17.47%
Renfrewshire +3 1 £500 -6.98% 6
Lanarkshire +1 1 £130 -29.73% 5
Perthshire - 1 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 - -
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (14.55%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.45%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Acrobat
2 1 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 29 (52.73%) Azure
2 25 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (25.45%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.27%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.45%) AWS
7 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) Firewall
2 5 (9.09%) DNS
3 4 (7.27%) DHCP
4 3 (5.45%) SSL
4 3 (5.45%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.45%) VPN
5 2 (3.64%) HTTP
5 2 (3.64%) HTTPS
5 2 (3.64%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.82%) Internet
6 1 (1.82%) Network Security
6 1 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.82%) WAN
6 1 (1.82%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Git
General
1 24 (43.64%) Public Sector
2 23 (41.82%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.73%) Finance
4 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (27.27%) Analyst
2 5 (9.09%) Support Analyst
3 4 (7.27%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (7.27%) Architect
3 4 (7.27%) Designer
3 4 (7.27%) Developer
3 4 (7.27%) IT Analyst
3 4 (7.27%) Security Specialist
3 4 (7.27%) Service Analyst
3 4 (7.27%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (5.45%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (5.45%) Administrator
4 3 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (5.45%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (3.64%) .NET Developer
5 2 (3.64%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (3.64%) Support Engineer
5 2 (3.64%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (3.64%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.09%) .NET
2 3 (5.45%) .NET Framework
2 3 (5.45%) AngularJS
2 3 (5.45%) ASP.NET
2 3 (5.45%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (5.45%) ASP.NET MVC 5
2 3 (5.45%) ASP.NET Web API
2 3 (5.45%) Blazor
2 3 (5.45%) LDAP
2 3 (5.45%) React
2 3 (5.45%) REST
2 3 (5.45%) X-Windows
3 2 (3.64%) CSS
4 1 (1.82%) HTML
4 1 (1.82%) JSON
4 1 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) PKI
2 5 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (5.45%) Blackberry
3 3 (5.45%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.64%) CMDB
4 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.64%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.64%) iPad
4 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.82%) EPoS
5 1 (1.82%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) Insider Threat
5 1 (1.82%) PDA
5 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.82%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (58.18%) Windows
2 21 (38.18%) Windows Server
3 14 (25.45%) Windows 10
4 12 (21.82%) Linux
5 7 (12.73%) Unix
6 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (7.27%) Apple iOS
7 4 (7.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (7.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (7.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (5.45%) Mac OS
8 3 (5.45%) Windows 7
9 2 (3.64%) Android
10 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.82%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.09%) ITIL
2 13 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (16.36%) Customer Service
4 6 (10.91%) Agile
4 6 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (10.91%) ITSM
4 6 (10.91%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (9.09%) Email Filtering
5 5 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 5 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (7.27%) DevOps
6 4 (7.27%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (7.27%) Risk Management
6 4 (7.27%) Service Management
6 4 (7.27%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (5.45%) Business Continuity
7 3 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (5.45%) Information Security
7 3 (5.45%) MVC
7 3 (5.45%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.91%) SQL
3 5 (9.09%) C#
4 4 (7.27%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.45%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.82%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.64%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.64%) HNC
4 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.82%) MCP
5 1 (1.82%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (7.27%) SLA
2 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.82%) GRC
3 1 (1.82%) PMO
3 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Hyper-V
2 4 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.45%) Docker
3 3 (5.45%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (3.64%) BitLocker
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.82%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.82%) Xen
Systems Management
1 11 (20.00%) SCCM
2 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.64%) Ansible
3 2 (3.64%) Progress Chef
3 2 (3.64%) Puppet
3 2 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.64%) WSUS
4 1 (1.82%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (1.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 29 (52.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.55%) CyberArk
3 6 (10.91%) Cisco
3 6 (10.91%) VMware
4 3 (5.45%) Oracle
4 3 (5.45%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.64%) Adobe
5 2 (3.64%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (3.64%) Equitrac
5 2 (3.64%) HP
5 2 (3.64%) Thycotic
6 1 (1.82%) Aruba
6 1 (1.82%) Bomgar
6 1 (1.82%) Citrix
6 1 (1.82%) Commvault
6 1 (1.82%) Dell
6 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.82%) Peregrine
6 1 (1.82%) Remedy
6 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow