Active Directory Analyst Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Active Directory Analyst
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Analyst daily rate in the UK is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 540 602
Rank change year-on-year -39 +62 +192
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Analyst 3 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.008% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.009% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £344 £336 £208
25th Percentile £372 £352 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £406 £431
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -5.74% +60.37%
75th Percentile £497 £464 £469
90th Percentile £521 £482 £475
UK excluding London median daily rate - £463 £450
% change year-on-year - +2.78% +44.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Active Directory Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Active Directory Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Active Directory Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Active Directory Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Active Directory Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Analyst over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory Analyst in the UK

Active Directory Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Active Directory Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Active Directory Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Work from Home -1 3 £438 +25.00%
England -35 3 £438 +25.00% 1
London -3 2 £438 +25.00% 1
UK excluding London -39 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

Active Directory Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, Active Directory Analyst 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 featuring Active Directory Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint

Active Directory Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) BYOD
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) VMware