Active Directory Developer Contracts

Microsoft Active Directory Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Developer daily rate in the UK is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 680 829
Rank change year-on-year +106 +149 -103
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Developer 1 2 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.004% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.004% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £494 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £570 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% - -
75th Percentile £531 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £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 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Developer in the UK

Active Directory Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Developer in the UK

Active Directory Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory Developer in the UK

Active Directory Developer
Top 2 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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +93 1 £513 -10.09%
England +85 1 £513 -10.09%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Active Directory Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB

Active Directory Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft