Active Directory Technician Contracts

Microsoft Active Directory Technician
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Technician daily rate in the UK is £145 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 562 671 833
Rank change year-on-year +109 +162 -110
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Technician 13 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.020% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.021% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 5
10th Percentile - £118 £116
25th Percentile £128 £129 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £165 £140
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +17.86% -15.15%
75th Percentile £193 £181 £173
90th Percentile - £188 £212
UK excluding London median daily rate £145 £165 £140
% change year-on-year -12.12% +17.86% -15.15%

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 Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Technician in the UK

Active Directory Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Technician in the UK

Active Directory Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory Technician in the UK

Active Directory Technician
Top 8 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 Technician 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
England +88 13 £145 -12.12%
UK excluding London +42 13 £145 -12.12%
South East +16 7 £135 -26.03%
North of England +25 5 £185 +12.12%
Yorkshire +21 4 £185 +12.12%
Midlands +23 1 £185 +5.71%
North West +20 1 £180 +10.77%
West Midlands +14 1 £185 +5.71%

Active Directory Technician Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) DBS Check

Active Directory Technician 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft