Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 583 | 671 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +88 | +165 |
| Contract jobs citing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.005% | 0.021% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 0.041% | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £491 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £551 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £558 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £543 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -13.20% |
All System Software Skills
UK
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 3,827 | 4,838 | 7,388 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.02% | 11.17% | 13.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,489 | 3,334 | 5,159 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £210 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £370 | £382 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £688 | £730 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £482 | £479 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.45% | +0.63% | +6.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 91 | 216 | 257 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £14.06 | £15.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.39 | £15.50 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.00 | £23.80 | £54.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -55.93% | +170.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.00 | £58.69 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.75 | £70.00 | £76.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £54.88 | £23.34 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +135.11% | -15.13% | +48.65% |
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.