Active Directory Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 41 69
Rank change year-on-year -1 +28 -15
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 651 1,296 1,703
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.30% 5.07% 3.82%
As % of the System Software category 44.80% 40.92% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 958 1,247
10th Percentile £178 £200 £181
25th Percentile £319 £306 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.25%
75th Percentile £608 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £696 £645
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £406
% change year-on-year - +4.62% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 36 69
10th Percentile - £14.62 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.76 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £54.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.37% +151.16% -
75th Percentile £18.91 £66.00 £24.75
90th Percentile £21.85 £80.00 £54.75
UK median hourly rate £17.69 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.55% +14.29% +8.53%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,453 3,167 5,503
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.59% 12.40% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 2,266 4,085
10th Percentile £263 £300 £325
25th Percentile £403 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £631 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 103 105
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.20 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.88 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -38.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.90 £65.82
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -

Active Directory
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory.

Active Directory daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Active Directory daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory.

Active Directory hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Active Directory hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
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
1 151 (23.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (4.61%) SharePoint
3 26 (3.99%) IIS
4 21 (3.23%) Confluence
5 12 (1.84%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (1.84%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2003
6 11 (1.69%) Skype for Business
7 10 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2013
8 8 (1.23%) CMS
9 3 (0.46%) Apache
9 3 (0.46%) JBoss
10 2 (0.31%) nginx
10 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.15%) SAS
11 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 42 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.31%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.08%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.31%) assyst
3 1 (0.15%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 327 (50.23%) Azure
2 229 (35.18%) Microsoft 365
3 190 (29.19%) Entra ID
4 107 (16.44%) AWS
5 43 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (6.30%) Azure Monitor
7 28 (4.30%) PaaS
8 27 (4.15%) OneDrive
9 26 (3.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 26 (3.99%) IaaS
10 20 (3.07%) Azure Storage
11 19 (2.92%) GitHub
11 19 (2.92%) Power Platform
12 18 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (2.61%) GCP
14 16 (2.46%) SaaS
15 15 (2.30%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
17 11 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
18 10 (1.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 110 (16.90%) DNS
2 101 (15.51%) Firewall
3 73 (11.21%) DHCP
4 44 (6.76%) SSL
5 41 (6.30%) SAN
6 38 (5.84%) VPN
7 25 (3.84%) Network Security
8 21 (3.23%) LAN
9 19 (2.92%) WAN
10 18 (2.76%) TCP/IP
11 17 (2.61%) NAS
12 11 (1.69%) Skype
12 11 (1.69%) VLAN
13 10 (1.54%) Wireless
14 8 (1.23%) Kerberos
15 7 (1.08%) FTP
15 7 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (0.92%) NetScaler
16 6 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
17 4 (0.61%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (11.98%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.76%) MySQL
3 16 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (1.38%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.08%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.08%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.61%) Big Data
7 4 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.61%) Power BI
7 4 (0.61%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.46%) Redis
9 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.31%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.31%) Metadata
9 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (5.53%) Git
2 32 (4.92%) JIRA
3 15 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.00%) TeamCity
5 6 (0.92%) Selenium
6 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.61%) SpecFlow
7 4 (0.61%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.46%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.46%) CA Release Automation
8 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.31%) GitLab
9 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.15%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.15%) MSI
10 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 143 (21.97%) Social Skills
2 111 (17.05%) Finance
3 81 (12.44%) Public Sector
4 29 (4.45%) Banking
5 26 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (1.84%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.84%) Manufacturing
9 12 (1.84%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.38%) Legal
10 9 (1.38%) Marketing
11 8 (1.23%) Back Office
12 7 (1.08%) Retail
13 6 (0.92%) Law
14 5 (0.77%) Electronics
14 5 (0.77%) French Language
14 5 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.61%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 87 (13.36%) Architect
2 66 (10.14%) Senior
3 65 (9.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 64 (9.83%) Analyst
5 45 (6.91%) Developer
6 43 (6.61%) Consultant
7 41 (6.30%) Support Engineer
8 40 (6.14%) Service Analyst
9 39 (5.99%) Service Desk Analyst
10 25 (3.84%) Azure Engineer
10 25 (3.84%) Senior Developer
11 24 (3.69%) IT Engineer
11 24 (3.69%) Support Specialist
12 23 (3.53%) Security Engineer
13 22 (3.38%) IT Support
14 19 (2.92%) Active Directory Engineer
14 19 (2.92%) Azure Specialist
14 19 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 19 (2.92%) Support Analyst
15 18 (2.76%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (8.60%) Web Services
2 53 (8.14%) LDAP
3 44 (6.76%) .NET
4 38 (5.84%) XML
5 28 (4.30%) SailPoint
6 26 (3.99%) HTML
7 25 (3.84%) ARM Templates
8 23 (3.53%) .NET Core
9 18 (2.76%) React
10 17 (2.61%) SOAP
11 16 (2.46%) JSP
11 16 (2.46%) Servlets
11 16 (2.46%) SPML
12 15 (2.30%) ASP.NET
12 15 (2.30%) JDBC
13 13 (2.00%) SAML
14 12 (1.84%) REST
15 11 (1.69%) CSS
16 9 (1.38%) ADO
16 9 (1.38%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 67 (10.29%) PKI
2 35 (5.38%) Data Centre
3 31 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 26 (3.99%) Product Ownership
5 24 (3.69%) Replication
6 22 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
8 17 (2.61%) Clustering
9 12 (1.84%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 9 (1.38%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.08%) Blog
12 7 (1.08%) NHS
12 7 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.92%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.77%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.77%) Smartphone
15 4 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (0.61%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 351 (53.92%) Windows
2 142 (21.81%) Windows Server
3 105 (16.13%) Windows 10
4 96 (14.75%) Linux
5 54 (8.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 39 (5.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 32 (4.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (2.61%) Windows 7
8 17 (2.61%) Windows Server 2003
9 16 (2.46%) Windows Server 2008
10 15 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (2.30%) Ubuntu
11 14 (2.15%) Apple iOS
12 13 (2.00%) VMS
13 12 (1.84%) Unix
14 9 (1.38%) Android
15 8 (1.23%) Oracle Linux
16 7 (1.08%) Solaris
17 4 (0.61%) CentOS
17 4 (0.61%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (16.59%) Migration
2 107 (16.44%) DevOps
3 87 (13.36%) Agile
4 85 (13.06%) ITIL
5 78 (11.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 69 (10.60%) CI/CD
7 66 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (8.91%) Customer Service
9 50 (7.68%) RBAC
10 47 (7.22%) Infrastructure as Code
11 45 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
12 41 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
13 37 (5.68%) Cryptography
14 35 (5.38%) Identity Management
14 35 (5.38%) Key Management
15 34 (5.22%) Identity Access Management
16 33 (5.07%) High Availability
17 32 (4.92%) Roadmaps
18 29 (4.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
19 28 (4.30%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 171 (26.27%) PowerShell
2 75 (11.52%) SQL
3 53 (8.14%) C#
4 40 (6.14%) Bicep
4 40 (6.14%) Python
5 33 (5.07%) JavaScript
6 28 (4.30%) Java
7 22 (3.38%) VB
8 21 (3.23%) VBScript
9 16 (2.46%) Bash
10 11 (1.69%) TypeScript
11 7 (1.08%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.77%) C++
13 4 (0.61%) Perl
14 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.31%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.31%) Ruby
14 2 (0.31%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.31%) XPath
15 1 (0.15%) DataFlex
Qualifications
1 145 (22.27%) Security Cleared
2 122 (18.74%) SC Cleared
3 105 (16.13%) Degree
4 53 (8.14%) DV Cleared
5 35 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.92%) Azure Certification
7 18 (2.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 16 (2.46%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.08%) CCNA
11 7 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.08%) MCSA
12 6 (0.92%) MCSE
13 5 (0.77%) CEH
13 5 (0.77%) CISSP
13 5 (0.77%) MCITP
13 5 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.99%) SLA
2 11 (1.69%) GDPR
3 9 (1.38%) Disclosure Scotland
3 9 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.23%) NIST
4 8 (1.23%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.23%) WCAG
5 7 (1.08%) QA
6 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.15%) GLBA
7 1 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 63 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (5.99%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (4.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 26 (3.99%) Hyper-V
5 21 (3.23%) vSphere
6 20 (3.07%) Docker
7 16 (2.46%) ACF2
7 16 (2.46%) IAG
7 16 (2.46%) RACF
7 16 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (2.46%) XenApp
8 10 (1.54%) XenDesktop
9 7 (1.08%) HDFS
9 7 (1.08%) NFS
10 6 (0.92%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.46%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.46%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.46%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 103 (15.82%) SCCM
2 76 (11.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (6.30%) Kubernetes
4 30 (4.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (3.99%) WSUS
6 25 (3.84%) Terraform
7 24 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (3.53%) Ansible
9 20 (3.07%) SCOM
10 9 (1.38%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (1.08%) EMC NetWorker
12 7 (1.08%) Netcool
12 7 (1.08%) Tivoli
12 7 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 6 (0.92%) Kibana
13 6 (0.92%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.77%) Nessus
14 5 (0.77%) Puppet
15 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 305 (46.85%) Microsoft
2 97 (14.90%) VMware
3 59 (9.06%) ServiceNow
4 55 (8.45%) Citrix
5 45 (6.91%) Oracle
6 35 (5.38%) Cisco
7 30 (4.61%) HP
8 22 (3.38%) CyberArk
8 22 (3.38%) SAP
9 20 (3.07%) Qualys
10 19 (2.92%) Dell
11 16 (2.46%) Isilon
12 15 (2.30%) EMC
12 15 (2.30%) Sybase
12 15 (2.30%) Zscaler
13 12 (1.84%) Okta
13 12 (1.84%) Splunk
14 11 (1.69%) Avaya
14 11 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
14 11 (1.69%) IBM