Active Directory Architect Contracts

Microsoft Active Directory Architect
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Architect daily rate in the UK is £673 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 674 824
Rank change year-on-year +110 +150 -172
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Architect 12 10 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.018% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.019% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 14
10th Percentile £614 £536 £549
25th Percentile £624 £561 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £673 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year +12.08% -2.04% +11.36%
75th Percentile £688 £703 £654
90th Percentile £693 £750 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £660 £700 £613
% change year-on-year -5.68% +14.29% +11.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Active Directory Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Active Directory Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Architect in the UK

Active Directory Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Architect in the UK

Active Directory Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory Architect in the UK

Active Directory Architect
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +116 9 £660 +5.64%
UK excluding London +62 8 £660 -5.68%
Work from Home +120 5 £675 +13.92%
South West - 5 £660 -
North West - 3 - -
North of England - 3 - -

Active Directory Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Active Directory Architect 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 job ads featuring Active Directory Architect in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (58.33%) Migration
3 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (50.00%) Identity Management
4 5 (41.67%) Windows
5 4 (33.33%) SQL
5 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 4 (33.33%) Data Migration
5 4 (33.33%) Database Optimisation
5 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (25.00%) Data Management
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (16.67%) CMDB
7 2 (16.67%) Password Management
7 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
7 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (16.67%) CyberArk
7 2 (16.67%) Server Building
7 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
8 1 (8.33%) Digital Identity
8 1 (8.33%) RBAC
8 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps

Active Directory Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) CMDB
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Migration
2 6 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 4 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 4 (33.33%) Database Optimisation
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (16.67%) Password Management
5 2 (16.67%) Server Building
6 1 (8.33%) Digital Identity
6 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (8.33%) RBAC
6 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) CyberArk
3 1 (8.33%) Ariba
3 1 (8.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) VMware