Active Directory Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Microsoft Active Directory
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 1 0 23
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 3.33% - 15.13%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 14
10th Percentile - - £370
25th Percentile - - £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.99%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £325 £439 £450
% change year-on-year -25.88% -2.56% +47.54%

All System Software Skills
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1 0 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 3.33% - 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 14
10th Percentile - - £370
25th Percentile - - £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.99%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £402 £450 £465
% change year-on-year -10.61% -3.17% +0.16%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
East Kilbride - 1 - -
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware