Active Directory Contracts in London

Microsoft Active Directory
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 48 64
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 +7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 849 1,195 1,520
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.80% 4.55% 3.97%
As % of the System Software category 47.27% 39.73% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 587 890 1,147
10th Percentile £184 £170 £174
25th Percentile £250 £258 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £650
England median daily rate £418 £426 £400
% change year-on-year -1.88% +6.38% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 29
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.25 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £60.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £64.50 £36.00
England median hourly rate £17.50 £18.76 £17.50
% change year-on-year -6.73% +7.21% +9.38%

All System Software Skills
London

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 advertised in London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,796 3,008 5,006
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.16% 11.45% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 2,204 3,757
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £370 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £670
90th Percentile £721 £775 £743
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 39 45
10th Percentile £17.23 £19.05 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £55.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.09% +107.55% -45.36%
75th Percentile £25.00 £75.00 £46.50
90th Percentile £48.89 £86.00 £74.25
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +150.00% +2.56%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in London.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in London.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Central London +8 151 £425 -5.56% 25
South London +12 18 £213 -6.08% 9
East London -5 16 £450 +20.00% 11
West London 0 13 £463 +26.71% 18
North London -2 2 £250 +78.57%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 198 (23.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (8.72%) SharePoint
3 29 (3.42%) Exchange Server 2010
4 27 (3.18%) Exchange Server 2013
5 25 (2.94%) IIS
5 25 (2.94%) Skype for Business
6 18 (2.12%) CMS
6 18 (2.12%) Confluence
7 13 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2007
8 9 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2003
9 6 (0.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.35%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.24%) Apache
11 2 (0.24%) nginx
11 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
12 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 88 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.24%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 432 (50.88%) Azure
2 347 (40.87%) Microsoft 365
3 274 (32.27%) Entra ID
4 116 (13.66%) Azure DevOps
5 88 (10.37%) AWS
6 64 (7.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 60 (7.07%) Azure Service Bus
8 49 (5.77%) PaaS
9 44 (5.18%) OneDrive
10 37 (4.36%) Azure Monitor
11 35 (4.12%) IaaS
12 34 (4.00%) GCP
13 31 (3.65%) SaaS
14 30 (3.53%) WhatsApp
15 29 (3.42%) Power Platform
16 27 (3.18%) GitHub
17 23 (2.71%) Mimecast
18 19 (2.24%) Azure Key Vault
18 19 (2.24%) Azure Storage
19 16 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 126 (14.84%) DNS
2 101 (11.90%) Firewall
3 62 (7.30%) DHCP
4 46 (5.42%) VPN
5 39 (4.59%) SAN
6 31 (3.65%) LAN
7 30 (3.53%) WAN
8 29 (3.42%) TCP/IP
9 27 (3.18%) Skype
10 21 (2.47%) NAS
11 19 (2.24%) Wireless
12 16 (1.88%) MPLS
12 16 (1.88%) Network Security
12 16 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (1.77%) FTP
13 15 (1.77%) VLAN
14 14 (1.65%) VoIP
15 13 (1.53%) Kerberos
16 9 (1.06%) Internet
17 7 (0.82%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (21.32%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.59%) MySQL
3 16 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (1.77%) Redis
5 14 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (1.41%) Hadoop
6 12 (1.41%) Power BI
6 12 (1.41%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.59%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.12%) HDInsight
12 1 (0.12%) InterSystems Cache
12 1 (0.12%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 51 (6.01%) Git
2 29 (3.42%) JIRA
3 16 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.77%) Selenium
4 15 (1.77%) TeamCity
5 12 (1.41%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.30%) SpecFlow
6 11 (1.30%) WebDriver
7 9 (1.06%) Postman
8 5 (0.59%) Hudson
9 3 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.35%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.24%) GitLab
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 204 (24.03%) Finance
2 181 (21.32%) Social Skills
3 102 (12.01%) Public Sector
4 63 (7.42%) Banking
5 54 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.18%) Financial Institution
7 23 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (2.71%) Legal
8 22 (2.59%) Back Office
8 22 (2.59%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.24%) Marketing
10 15 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.53%) French Language
12 12 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.30%) Electronics
13 11 (1.30%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.30%) Retail
14 10 (1.18%) Advertising
14 10 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 127 (14.96%) Senior
2 101 (11.90%) Support Engineer
3 94 (11.07%) Developer
4 92 (10.84%) Analyst
5 86 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 66 (7.77%) Senior Developer
7 62 (7.30%) IT Support
8 52 (6.12%) Architect
9 45 (5.30%) Desktop Support
10 43 (5.06%) IT Engineer
11 42 (4.95%) Azure Engineer
12 40 (4.71%) Backend Developer
13 36 (4.24%) Desktop Engineer
14 33 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support
14 33 (3.89%) Consultant
15 30 (3.53%) IT Analyst
15 30 (3.53%) Service Analyst
16 29 (3.42%) Senior Backend Developer
17 28 (3.30%) Support Analyst
18 27 (3.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (14.25%) .NET
2 94 (11.07%) XML
3 70 (8.24%) .NET Core
4 64 (7.54%) LDAP
5 60 (7.07%) HTML
6 50 (5.89%) SailPoint
7 37 (4.36%) React
8 36 (4.24%) CSS
9 35 (4.12%) ASP.NET
10 33 (3.89%) Web Services
11 29 (3.42%) .NET Framework
11 29 (3.42%) AngularJS
12 23 (2.71%) JSP
12 23 (2.71%) SAML
12 23 (2.71%) Servlets
12 23 (2.71%) SOAP
12 23 (2.71%) SPML
13 18 (2.12%) REST
14 17 (2.00%) JDBC
15 16 (1.88%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.30%) Onboarding
1 45 (5.30%) Replication
2 43 (5.06%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.12%) Data Centre
4 34 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.89%) Video Conferencing
6 28 (3.30%) PKI
7 19 (2.24%) Clustering
8 16 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.88%) Smartphone
9 15 (1.77%) iPhone
10 13 (1.53%) Blackberry
10 13 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 11 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.18%) Mainframe
14 9 (1.06%) Cloud Native
14 9 (1.06%) Hedge funds
15 8 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
15 8 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 480 (56.54%) Windows
2 193 (22.73%) Windows Server
3 140 (16.49%) Windows 10
4 72 (8.48%) Linux
5 61 (7.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 48 (5.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (5.18%) Windows 7
8 36 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 33 (3.89%) Windows Server 2008
10 30 (3.53%) Android
10 30 (3.53%) Unix
11 27 (3.18%) Mac OS
12 23 (2.71%) Apple iOS
13 16 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 15 (1.77%) Mac OS X
15 12 (1.41%) VMS
16 10 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (1.06%) Oracle Linux
18 8 (0.94%) Solaris
19 6 (0.71%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (19.08%) DevOps
2 145 (17.08%) Agile
3 135 (15.90%) Migration
4 109 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 103 (12.13%) CI/CD
6 103 (12.13%) Customer Service
7 94 (11.07%) ITIL
8 73 (8.60%) Scrum
9 64 (7.54%) B2C
10 51 (6.01%) Disaster Recovery
11 49 (5.77%) TDD
12 48 (5.65%) RBAC
13 46 (5.42%) API Management
14 41 (4.83%) Information Security
15 40 (4.71%) Identity Access Management
15 40 (4.71%) Project Delivery
16 36 (4.24%) Clean Code
16 36 (4.24%) OO
16 36 (4.24%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 214 (25.21%) PowerShell
2 110 (12.96%) C#
3 92 (10.84%) SQL
4 66 (7.77%) Bicep
5 63 (7.42%) JavaScript
6 42 (4.95%) Python
7 41 (4.83%) Java
8 36 (4.24%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.41%) Bash
10 7 (0.82%) VB
11 4 (0.47%) VBA
12 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.24%) C
13 2 (0.24%) Go
13 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.12%) C++
14 1 (0.12%) Perl
14 1 (0.12%) R
14 1 (0.12%) Rust
14 1 (0.12%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 103 (12.13%) Security Cleared
2 64 (7.54%) Degree
3 49 (5.77%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.59%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.47%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.41%) CISSP
7 12 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.82%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.59%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.59%) MCITP
10 5 (0.59%) MCSA
10 5 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.47%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.47%) CCNP
11 4 (0.47%) MCSE
12 3 (0.35%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.89%) SLA
2 15 (1.77%) QA
2 15 (1.77%) WCAG
3 14 (1.65%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.18%) NIST
6 9 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.94%) GDPR
8 6 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.35%) GRC
9 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.24%) PMO
11 1 (0.12%) GLBA
11 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 82 (9.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (3.42%) Hyper-V
3 23 (2.71%) IAG
4 22 (2.59%) ACF2
4 22 (2.59%) RACF
4 22 (2.59%) vSphere
5 20 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (2.24%) Docker
7 15 (1.77%) NFS
8 13 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (1.41%) HDFS
10 7 (0.82%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.71%) Firmware
12 4 (0.47%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.35%) XenApp
14 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 112 (13.19%) SCCM
2 92 (10.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (4.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 39 (4.59%) Terraform
5 37 (4.36%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (3.42%) Kubernetes
7 28 (3.30%) Jamf Pro
8 27 (3.18%) Ansible
9 16 (1.88%) SCOM
10 11 (1.30%) Netcool
11 9 (1.06%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.94%) EMC NetWorker
12 8 (0.94%) Puppet
12 8 (0.94%) Tivoli
12 8 (0.94%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (0.94%) WSUS
13 5 (0.59%) Packer
14 4 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
14 4 (0.47%) NetBackup
14 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 469 (55.24%) Microsoft
2 123 (14.49%) VMware
3 93 (10.95%) ServiceNow
4 72 (8.48%) Citrix
5 53 (6.24%) Cisco
6 48 (5.65%) Apple
7 45 (5.30%) Oracle
8 37 (4.36%) CyberArk
9 34 (4.00%) HP
10 33 (3.89%) Veeam
11 30 (3.53%) Dell
12 26 (3.06%) Okta
13 23 (2.71%) EMC
14 20 (2.36%) Isilon
15 18 (2.12%) SAP
16 17 (2.00%) Avaya
17 16 (1.88%) Google
17 16 (1.88%) Sybase
18 15 (1.77%) Qualys
19 13 (1.53%) CheckPoint