Active Directory Support Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Active Directory Support
England > South East

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support daily rate in the South East is £605, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 147 208
Rank change year-on-year -12 +61 +58
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Support 1 33 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.029% 0.72% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.78% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 23 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £603 £603 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £605 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +101.67% -33.33%
75th Percentile £608 £608 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £536 £605 £215
% change year-on-year -11.40% +181.40% +22.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,103 4,219 5,333
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 92.38% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,003 2,517 3,616
10th Percentile £204 £250 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 318 252
10th Percentile £13.38 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.47 £31.44 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.20% +14.85% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £71.50 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.75
% change year-on-year -46.77% +5.58% +69.89%

Active Directory Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Active Directory Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Support in the South East

Active Directory Support
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Active Directory Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Active Directory Support
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Berkshire -14 1 £605 -
Thames Valley -19 1 £605 -
Active Directory Support
England

Active Directory Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Active Directory Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Active Directory Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps

Active Directory Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft