Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Slough

Microsoft Active Directory
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +19
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 6.56% 2.78% 8.33%
As % of the System Software category 80.00% 22.22% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile - - £295
25th Percentile £463 £163 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £175 £425
Median % change year-on-year +171.43% -58.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £498 £188 -
90th Percentile £517 - £455
Berkshire median daily rate £478 £625 £472
% change year-on-year -23.60% +32.56% +25.73%

All System Software Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5 9 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 8.20% 12.50% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 11
10th Percentile £350 £163 £308
25th Percentile £463 £200 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £404 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.57% -4.94% -
75th Percentile £488 £450 £447
90th Percentile £513 £468 £500
Berkshire median daily rate £478 £543 £478
% change year-on-year -11.98% +13.61% -0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.34
Median hourly rate - - £25.12
75th Percentile - - £25.89
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £90.00 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +58.60% -12.70% +18.18%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Slough

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

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

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

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

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (75.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) B2C
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware