Active Directory Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 40 54
Rank change year-on-year +13 +14 -22
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 135 165 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 6.23% 6.02% 4.49%
As % of the System Software category 44.26% 39.01% 38.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 126 113
10th Percentile £176 £155 £135
25th Percentile £200 £191 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £300 £300
Median % change year-on-year +13.52% -0.17% -28.57%
75th Percentile £575 £485 £475
90th Percentile £691 £600 £585
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £18.50
25th Percentile - - £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £47.25
90th Percentile - - £49.36
UK median hourly rate £17.60 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.03% +14.29% +8.95%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 305 423 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 14.07% 15.44% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 306 279
10th Percentile £188 £188 £158
25th Percentile £313 £375 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £516 £538 £538
90th Percentile £646 £626 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 16
10th Percentile - £24.34 £17.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £29.66 £19.38
Median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -31.01%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.80 £49.26
90th Percentile - £55.57 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -6.98%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 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
Glasgow +15 54 £325 -18.75% 14
Edinburgh +10 47 £355 +31.48% 29
South Lanarkshire +14 14 £460 +55.83%
Renfrewshire +1 9 £538 +2.87%
Stirling 0 4 £420 +158.86%
Lanarkshire -3 2 £158 -4.55%
Dundee -2 1 £166 -66.80%
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 32 (23.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (7.41%) Confluence
3 8 (5.93%) IIS
4 6 (4.44%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.22%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.74%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (15.56%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.22%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.74%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 48 (35.56%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (32.59%) Entra ID
3 41 (30.37%) Azure
4 7 (5.19%) AWS
4 7 (5.19%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 5 (3.70%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.96%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.22%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.48%) IaaS
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (20.74%) DNS
2 22 (16.30%) DHCP
3 16 (11.85%) VPN
4 14 (10.37%) Firewall
5 7 (5.19%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (4.44%) Kerberos
7 5 (3.70%) SAN
7 5 (3.70%) SMTP
8 4 (2.96%) TCP/IP
9 3 (2.22%) LAN
9 3 (2.22%) NAS
9 3 (2.22%) Skype
9 3 (2.22%) SSL
9 3 (2.22%) WAN
10 2 (1.48%) VLAN
11 1 (0.74%) VoIP
11 1 (0.74%) VSAN
11 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.41%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (8.15%) JIRA
2 6 (4.44%) Bitbucket
2 6 (4.44%) Git
2 6 (4.44%) Jenkins
General
1 39 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 35 (25.93%) Public Sector
3 4 (2.96%) Banking
3 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.22%) Finance
4 3 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.74%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (16.30%) Analyst
2 13 (9.63%) IT Support
2 13 (9.63%) Support Engineer
3 12 (8.89%) Exchange Engineer
3 12 (8.89%) IT Analyst
3 12 (8.89%) Support Analyst
4 9 (6.67%) Architect
4 9 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
5 8 (5.93%) 3rd Line Support
5 8 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (5.93%) IT Support Analyst
6 7 (5.19%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (5.19%) Consultant
6 7 (5.19%) Developer
7 6 (4.44%) Desktop Support
7 6 (4.44%) Infrastructure Support
7 6 (4.44%) Service Analyst
7 6 (4.44%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (3.70%) Active Directory Engineer
8 5 (3.70%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.63%) OpenID
2 11 (8.15%) LDAP
3 7 (5.19%) SAML
4 6 (4.44%) JSON
4 6 (4.44%) RESTful
4 6 (4.44%) Web Services
4 6 (4.44%) XML
5 4 (2.96%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.41%) Data Centre
1 10 (7.41%) PKI
2 7 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.44%) Clustering
3 6 (4.44%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.96%) iPhone
4 4 (2.96%) Smartphone
5 3 (2.22%) CMDB
5 3 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.22%) iPad
6 1 (0.74%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.74%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 72 (53.33%) Windows
2 39 (28.89%) Windows 10
3 29 (21.48%) Windows Server
4 14 (10.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (8.15%) Apple iOS
6 10 (7.41%) Windows 7
7 8 (5.93%) Linux
7 8 (5.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (4.44%) CentOS
8 6 (4.44%) Debian
8 6 (4.44%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (2.96%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (2.22%) Android
10 3 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (24.44%) ITIL
2 24 (17.78%) Customer Service
3 13 (9.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (8.89%) Problem Management
4 12 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (8.89%) Service Delivery
5 11 (8.15%) Agile
5 11 (8.15%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (8.15%) High Availability
6 10 (7.41%) Break/Fix
6 10 (7.41%) Identity Access Management
6 10 (7.41%) Identity Management
6 10 (7.41%) Roadmaps
7 8 (5.93%) ITSM
8 7 (5.19%) Capacity Management
8 7 (5.19%) Stakeholder Identification
9 6 (4.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 6 (4.44%) Network Management
9 6 (4.44%) Project Delivery
9 6 (4.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (28.15%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.44%) C
2 6 (4.44%) Go
3 2 (1.48%) Bash
3 2 (1.48%) Python
4 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (36.30%) Security Cleared
2 43 (31.85%) SC Cleared
3 21 (15.56%) Degree
4 14 (10.37%) DV Cleared
5 13 (9.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (8.89%) MCSE
7 9 (6.67%) A+ Certification
8 6 (4.44%) MCSA
8 6 (4.44%) RHCT
9 5 (3.70%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (3.70%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.22%) MCP
11 2 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.48%) CCNA
11 2 (1.48%) CCNP
11 2 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.15%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (2.96%) QA
2 4 (2.96%) SLA
3 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (11.85%) Hyper-V
2 10 (7.41%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.93%) BitLocker
5 6 (4.44%) KVM
6 5 (3.70%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (3.70%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (24.44%) SCCM
2 13 (9.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.44%) vCenter Server
4 6 (4.44%) WSUS
5 5 (3.70%) vMotion
6 4 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.74%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.74%) vRealize
Vendors
1 68 (50.37%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.04%) VMware
3 22 (16.30%) Citrix
4 14 (10.37%) Cisco
5 10 (7.41%) Atlassian
6 8 (5.93%) Apple
7 7 (5.19%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (5.19%) Okta
7 7 (5.19%) Zscaler
8 6 (4.44%) Cadence
8 6 (4.44%) Red Hat
9 5 (3.70%) Infoblox
9 5 (3.70%) Oracle
9 5 (3.70%) ServiceNow
10 4 (2.96%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.96%) HP
11 2 (1.48%) F5
11 2 (1.48%) Mitel
12 1 (0.74%) Equitrac
12 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds