Active Directory Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Microsoft Active Directory
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Active Directory skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian 8.70% - -
As % of the System Software category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £243 - -
25th Percentile £288 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile £508 - -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £340 £425
% change year-on-year +39.71% -20.00% +41.67%

All System Software Skills
West Lothian

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 in West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 13.04% 2.78% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £149 - -
25th Percentile £173 £61 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £63 -
Median % change year-on-year +260.00% - -
75th Percentile £388 £64 -
90th Percentile £478 - -
Scotland median daily rate £496 £425 £477
% change year-on-year +16.71% -10.90% +6.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in West Lothian

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in West Lothian

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in West Lothian over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in West Lothian

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

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 West Lothian region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Livingston - 2 £375 - 1
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (50.00%) VMware