Active Directory Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Active Directory
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 16 38
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 -19
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 14 16 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 5.74% 6.58% 4.31%
As % of the System Software category 38.89% 50.00% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 12
10th Percentile £158 £153 £136
25th Percentile £188 £188 £177
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £550 £253
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +117.82% -34.84%
75th Percentile £375 £644 £308
90th Percentile £598 £650 £639
North East median daily rate £300 £220 £280
% change year-on-year +36.36% -21.43% +12.00%

All System Software Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 36 32 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 14.75% 13.17% 24.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 59
10th Percentile £188 £162 £250
25th Percentile £313 £204 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £431 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.51% -28.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £579 £575 £700
90th Percentile £625 £650 £838
North East median daily rate £390 £425 £600
% change year-on-year -8.24% -29.17% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
North East median hourly rate - £60.00 -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -11 11 £340 -40.87% 28
Sunderland +3 3 £195 - 8
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) IaaS
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) PaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) DHCP
2 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (7.14%) WebEx
General
1 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
1 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Support Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Active Directory Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Desktop Support
2 4 (28.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Wintel Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 2 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) ITIL
1 3 (21.43%) Patch Management
1 3 (21.43%) Service Management
2 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
2 1 (7.14%) ITSM
2 1 (7.14%) Migration
2 1 (7.14%) Server Management
2 1 (7.14%) Server Migrations
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
1 1 (7.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (7.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 3 (21.43%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.14%) Bomgar
3 1 (7.14%) VMware