Active Directory Support Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £288, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 343 471
Rank change year-on-year +43 +128 +154
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Support Engineer 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.013% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.014% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile - - £226
25th Percentile £163 £603 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £605 £475
Median % change year-on-year -52.48% +27.37% +11.76%
75th Percentile £452 £608 £488
90th Percentile £545 - -
UK median daily rate £225 £200 £475
% change year-on-year +12.50% -57.89% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Active Directory Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Active Directory Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory Support Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Active Directory Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Active Directory Support Engineer.

Active Directory Support Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Active Directory Support Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Active Directory Support Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Active Directory Support Engineer.

Active Directory Support Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Active Directory Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Active Directory Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (25.00%) Bicep
4 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
4 1 (25.00%) Log Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Log Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) RBAC
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bicep
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) VB
1 1 (25.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) SCOM
2 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft