Active Directory Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer daily rate in the South East is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 150 190
Rank change year-on-year -56 +40 -
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Support Engineer 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.017% 0.034% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.037% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £225
25th Percentile £219 £603 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £605 £605
Median % change year-on-year -60.74% - -
75th Percentile £256 £608 £608
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £238 £225 £218
% change year-on-year +5.56% +3.45% -11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
England median hourly rate - - £50.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,470 2,675 5,045
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 91.27% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,394 1,791 3,031
10th Percentile £300 £220 £215
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £660 £688
England median daily rate £514 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.15% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 518 159 488
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £24.30 £19.24 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.43 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.31% -31.58% -2.46%
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.14
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.65
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.14% -18.13%

Active Directory Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Active Directory Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Active Directory Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Active Directory Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Thames Valley -39 1 £238 -60.74%
Oxfordshire - 1 £238 -
Active Directory Support Engineer
England

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Active Directory Support 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 South East region featuring Active Directory Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory