Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Contracts

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.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services in the UK

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services in the UK

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services in the UK