Active Directory Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London 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 439 329 381
Rank change year-on-year -110 +52 +51
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Support Engineer 1 2 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% 0.016% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.017% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 13
10th Percentile - £218 £163
25th Percentile £219 £282 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £393 £225
Median % change year-on-year -39.49% +74.44% -34.78%
75th Percentile £256 £502 £608
90th Percentile - £565 -
UK 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
UK median hourly rate - - £50.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 22,657 11,703 18,731
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 91.90% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,109 7,489 11,452
10th Percentile £300 £213 £213
25th Percentile £402 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £594
90th Percentile £684 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 825 2,272
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.30 £15.74
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.90% -32.19% -5.88%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.63% -22.88% -18.89%

Active Directory Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Active Directory Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Active Directory Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Active Directory Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East -56 1 £238 -60.74% 1
Active Directory Support Engineer
UK

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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 UK excluding London 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