Senior Active Directory Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Senior Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Microsoft Active Directory Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 126 139
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Active Directory Engineer 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.17% 0.19% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £410 £415
25th Percentile £406 £411 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £426 £436
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.18% -0.40%
75th Percentile £419 £473 £446
90th Percentile - £542 £448
South East median daily rate £413 £426 £436
% change year-on-year -3.23% -2.18% -0.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,630 1,961 2,483
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 91.59% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 1,119 1,651
10th Percentile £255 £266 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £613 £615
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 81 102
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.70 £16.03
25th Percentile £15.91 £26.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £49.87
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +15.31% +186.17%
75th Percentile £44.08 £64.73 £66.33
90th Percentile £79.50 £97.50 £75.63
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.79 £50.00
% change year-on-year -64.16% +15.59% +53.85%

Senior Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Active Directory Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Senior Active Directory Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Senior Active Directory Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Active Directory Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Senior Active Directory Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Active Directory Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 October 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 +17 3 £413 -28.26%
Senior Active Directory Engineer
South East

Senior Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, Senior Active Directory 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) B2C
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) API Management
2 2 (66.67%) ARM Templates
2 2 (66.67%) Azure API Management
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Functions
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (66.67%) GraphQL
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (66.67%) Log Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) MLOps

Senior Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Azure API Management
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Functions
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (66.67%) Serverless
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (100.00%) Billing
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
1 2 (66.67%) ARM Templates
1 2 (66.67%) GraphQL
1 2 (66.67%) OAuth
1 2 (66.67%) OAuth2
1 2 (66.67%) OpenID
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) SAML
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Command Line
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) B2C
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) API Management
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Log Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) MLOps
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) RBAC
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft