Microsoft Active Directory
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | 34 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | -2 | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing Active Directory | 1,559 | 2,224 | 3,185 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 5.06% | 5.15% | 5.71% |
| As % of the System Software category | 41.68% | 46.75% | 43.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,012 | 1,539 | 2,293 |
| 10th Percentile | £186 | £165 | £163 |
| 25th Percentile | £248 | £234 | £213 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.88% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £424 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +21.14% | +22.81% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 54 | 106 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £14.00 | £13.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.99 | £14.48 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | £17.69 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.19% | -19.59% | +25.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £27.57 | £24.09 | £53.07 |
| 90th Percentile | £41.39 | £40.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £15.44 | £17.14 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.93% | -7.34% | +5.71% |
All System Software Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 3,740 | 4,757 | 7,240 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.14% | 11.02% | 12.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,437 | 3,284 | 5,066 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £205 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £363 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £692 | £688 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £479 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -0.84% | +6.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 88 | 220 | 255 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.62 | £14.06 | £15.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.86 | £15.50 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.00 | £23.99 | £53.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.72% | -55.03% | +166.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.00 | £59.20 | £66.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £89.58 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £48.16 | £24.34 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +97.87% | -21.48% | +67.57% |
Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory.
Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.
Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory.
Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.
Active Directory
Top 18 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 1 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -1 | 1,382 | £450 | - | 2,998 |
| UK excluding London | -2 | 910 | £400 | -5.66% | 2,012 |
| London | -17 | 521 | £500 | +11.11% | 1,192 |
| Work from Home | -27 | 343 | £500 | +5.26% | 1,099 |
| South East | -5 | 247 | £525 | - | 609 |
| North of England | +6 | 242 | £388 | +10.71% | 527 |
| Midlands | -5 | 129 | £400 | +14.29% | 321 |
| East of England | +28 | 124 | £467 | +86.60% | 175 |
| Yorkshire | +10 | 113 | £400 | +33.33% | 192 |
| North West | -5 | 110 | £350 | -11.39% | 286 |
| South West | +4 | 106 | £275 | -41.80% | 219 |
| West Midlands | +2 | 97 | £400 | +18.52% | 166 |
| Scotland | -39 | 55 | £448 | +37.85% | 96 |
| East Midlands | -18 | 32 | £375 | +6.23% | 154 |
| North East | +5 | 19 | £333 | -16.88% | 55 |
| Northern Ireland | +3 | 13 | £160 | -55.86% | 30 |
| Wales | -4 | 12 | £200 | +42.86% | 58 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | - | - |
Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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