Active Directory Contract Job Trends in York

Microsoft Active Directory
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in York requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 6 11 9
As % of all contract jobs in York 21.43% 16.18% 12.33%
As % of the System Software category 85.71% 42.31% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 6
10th Percentile £171 - £120
25th Percentile £177 £125 £126
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £180 £171
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.11% -51.31%
75th Percentile £301 £193 £271
90th Percentile £361 £224 £313
North Yorkshire median daily rate £188 £185 £195
% change year-on-year +1.35% -5.13% -15.22%

All System Software Skills
York

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 York.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 7 26 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 25.00% 38.24% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 8
10th Percentile £171 £125 £120
25th Percentile £177 £136 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £185 £243
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -23.71% -30.71%
75th Percentile £301 £247 £354
90th Percentile £361 £275 £493
North Yorkshire median daily rate £188 £185 £320
% change year-on-year +1.35% -42.19% +18.52%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in York

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in York.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in York

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in York

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in York citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in York

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in York over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in York

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in York

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in York citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) BPMN
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Chat Support
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Kanban
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Ticket Management
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Use Case
2 1 (16.67%) User Stories
2 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Apple