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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 47 69
Rank change year-on-year +7 +22 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 836 1,181 1,465
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.77% 4.64% 3.79%
As % of the System Software category 46.34% 40.16% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 879 1,128
10th Percentile £190 £170 £175
25th Percentile £263 £258 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.15% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £575
90th Percentile £699 £700 £650
England median daily rate £425 £430 £400
% change year-on-year -1.16% +7.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 20 20
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.94 £14.14
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.19 £14.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £33.00 £22.11
Median % change year-on-year -27.88% +49.24% +22.42%
75th Percentile £25.00 £61.13 £30.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £66.35 £35.50
England median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% +6.25%

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 1,804 2,941 4,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.30% 11.56% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,307 2,153 3,692
10th Percentile £237 £243 £310
25th Percentile £379 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.50% +4.81%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £775 £744
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 34 31
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.98 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.06 £18.11
Median hourly rate £22.50 £60.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% +118.18% -45.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £73.63 £46.62
90th Percentile £48.89 £84.40 £63.00
England median hourly rate £22.23 £52.50 £18.55
% change year-on-year -57.67% +183.02% -2.37%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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
Central London +3 149 £450 -2.44% 29
East London -6 17 £415 +18.57% 8
South London +8 16 £213 +6.25% 7
West London +2 14 £463 +26.71% 20
North London -2 2 £250 +85.19% 2
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
1 183 (21.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (8.01%) SharePoint
3 26 (3.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 24 (2.87%) Exchange Server 2013
4 24 (2.87%) IIS
5 23 (2.75%) Skype for Business
6 18 (2.15%) CMS
7 15 (1.79%) Confluence
8 13 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2007
9 9 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2003
10 4 (0.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.36%) nginx
12 2 (0.24%) Apache
13 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 82 (9.81%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) 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
1 429 (51.32%) Azure
2 317 (37.92%) Microsoft 365
3 281 (33.61%) Entra ID
4 117 (14.00%) Azure DevOps
5 88 (10.53%) AWS
6 64 (7.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 61 (7.30%) Azure Service Bus
8 47 (5.62%) PaaS
9 39 (4.67%) OneDrive
10 38 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
11 35 (4.19%) GCP
12 30 (3.59%) SaaS
13 29 (3.47%) IaaS
14 28 (3.35%) GitHub
14 28 (3.35%) Power Platform
15 25 (2.99%) WhatsApp
16 23 (2.75%) Mimecast
17 22 (2.63%) Azure Storage
18 21 (2.51%) Azure Key Vault
19 17 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 120 (14.35%) DNS
2 91 (10.89%) Firewall
3 58 (6.94%) DHCP
4 45 (5.38%) VPN
5 37 (4.43%) SAN
6 30 (3.59%) LAN
7 29 (3.47%) TCP/IP
7 29 (3.47%) WAN
8 25 (2.99%) Skype
9 17 (2.03%) NAS
9 17 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.91%) Network Security
10 16 (1.91%) Wireless
11 15 (1.79%) VoIP
12 14 (1.67%) FTP
12 14 (1.67%) Kerberos
13 13 (1.56%) MPLS
14 12 (1.44%) Internet
14 12 (1.44%) VLAN
15 11 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (22.49%) SQL Server
2 25 (2.99%) MySQL
3 16 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (1.79%) Redis
4 15 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (1.56%) Power BI
6 12 (1.44%) Hadoop
7 11 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.84%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.12%) HDInsight
12 1 (0.12%) InterSystems Cache
12 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 52 (6.22%) Git
2 30 (3.59%) JIRA
3 18 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.79%) Selenium
5 12 (1.44%) TeamCity
5 12 (1.44%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.32%) SpecFlow
6 11 (1.32%) WebDriver
7 10 (1.20%) Postman
8 4 (0.48%) Hudson
9 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.36%) GitLab
9 3 (0.36%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
General
1 210 (25.12%) Finance
2 177 (21.17%) Social Skills
3 97 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.25%) Banking
5 53 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (3.59%) Financial Institution
7 22 (2.63%) Back Office
7 22 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.15%) Legal
9 17 (2.03%) Marketing
10 14 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.44%) Investment Banking
12 11 (1.32%) Advertising
12 11 (1.32%) Law
12 11 (1.32%) Retail
13 10 (1.20%) Local Government
13 10 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.08%) French Language
14 9 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 133 (15.91%) Senior
2 100 (11.96%) Developer
3 98 (11.72%) Support Engineer
4 83 (9.93%) Analyst
4 83 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 69 (8.25%) Senior Developer
6 63 (7.54%) IT Support
7 53 (6.34%) Architect
8 45 (5.38%) IT Engineer
9 44 (5.26%) Desktop Support
10 41 (4.90%) Azure Engineer
11 40 (4.78%) Backend Developer
12 36 (4.31%) Consultant
13 34 (4.07%) Desktop Engineer
14 30 (3.59%) 2nd Line Support
15 29 (3.47%) IT Support Engineer
15 29 (3.47%) Senior Backend Developer
16 28 (3.35%) Service Analyst
17 27 (3.23%) IT Analyst
18 26 (3.11%) Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (14.35%) .NET
2 96 (11.48%) XML
3 69 (8.25%) .NET Core
4 64 (7.66%) HTML
5 60 (7.18%) LDAP
6 53 (6.34%) SailPoint
7 39 (4.67%) React
8 38 (4.55%) CSS
9 35 (4.19%) ASP.NET
10 30 (3.59%) AngularJS
10 30 (3.59%) Web Services
11 29 (3.47%) .NET Framework
12 26 (3.11%) SAML
13 24 (2.87%) JSP
13 24 (2.87%) SOAP
14 23 (2.75%) Servlets
14 23 (2.75%) SPML
15 19 (2.27%) REST
16 18 (2.15%) JDBC
17 17 (2.03%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.38%) Onboarding
2 44 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 41 (4.90%) Replication
4 38 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 36 (4.31%) Data Centre
6 33 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
7 29 (3.47%) PKI
8 17 (2.03%) Clustering
8 17 (2.03%) Smartphone
9 15 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 14 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.56%) iPhone
12 12 (1.44%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.32%) Blackberry
13 11 (1.32%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.32%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (1.08%) iPad
14 9 (1.08%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 453 (54.19%) Windows
2 184 (22.01%) Windows Server
3 134 (16.03%) Windows 10
4 72 (8.61%) Linux
5 51 (6.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 41 (4.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 39 (4.67%) Windows 7
8 38 (4.55%) Unix
9 29 (3.47%) Windows Server 2008
10 28 (3.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (2.99%) Android
12 24 (2.87%) Mac OS
13 19 (2.27%) Apple iOS
13 19 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 13 (1.56%) Mac OS X
15 11 (1.32%) VMS
16 10 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
18 5 (0.60%) Solaris
19 4 (0.48%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (19.62%) DevOps
2 147 (17.58%) Agile
3 132 (15.79%) Migration
4 108 (12.92%) CI/CD
5 104 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
6 102 (12.20%) Customer Service
7 100 (11.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 96 (11.48%) ITIL
9 75 (8.97%) Scrum
10 65 (7.78%) B2C
11 53 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 52 (6.22%) Identity Access Management
13 49 (5.86%) TDD
14 47 (5.62%) Information Security
15 46 (5.50%) API Management
15 46 (5.50%) RBAC
16 36 (4.31%) Infrastructure as Code
17 35 (4.19%) Clean Code
17 35 (4.19%) OOD
17 35 (4.19%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 220 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 110 (13.16%) C#
3 95 (11.36%) SQL
4 68 (8.13%) Bicep
5 66 (7.89%) JavaScript
6 48 (5.74%) Python
7 43 (5.14%) Java
8 37 (4.43%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.20%) Bash
10 8 (0.96%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.84%) VB
12 5 (0.60%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.48%) VBA
14 3 (0.36%) Perl
15 2 (0.24%) C
15 2 (0.24%) Go
15 2 (0.24%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.12%) Rust
16 1 (0.12%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 96 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 63 (7.54%) Degree
3 48 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (4.19%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.75%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.56%) CISSP
8 12 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.96%) MCSA
12 7 (0.84%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.72%) MCSE
14 5 (0.60%) CCNP
14 5 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.60%) MCITP
15 4 (0.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.48%) CISM
15 4 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.07%) SLA
2 16 (1.91%) WCAG
3 15 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.67%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.67%) QA
5 13 (1.56%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.20%) NIST
7 9 (1.08%) GDPR
8 6 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.24%) COBIT
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.24%) NCSC
9 2 (0.24%) PMO
10 1 (0.12%) GLBA
10 1 (0.12%) GRC
10 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (9.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (4.07%) Hyper-V
3 25 (2.99%) vSphere
4 23 (2.75%) IAG
4 23 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (2.63%) ACF2
5 22 (2.63%) Docker
5 22 (2.63%) RACF
6 13 (1.56%) NFS
6 13 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.44%) HDFS
8 6 (0.72%) Firmware
9 5 (0.60%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.60%) XenApp
9 5 (0.60%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 113 (13.52%) SCCM
2 81 (9.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (5.38%) Terraform
4 37 (4.43%) Single Sign-On
5 35 (4.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 31 (3.71%) Kubernetes
7 28 (3.35%) Ansible
8 21 (2.51%) Jamf Pro
9 17 (2.03%) SCOM
10 9 (1.08%) Packer
11 8 (0.96%) Netcool
11 8 (0.96%) Puppet
11 8 (0.96%) WSUS
12 7 (0.84%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.72%) Grafana
13 6 (0.72%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.60%) CASB
14 5 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.60%) Tivoli
14 5 (0.60%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 473 (56.58%) Microsoft
2 118 (14.11%) VMware
3 94 (11.24%) ServiceNow
4 73 (8.73%) Citrix
5 50 (5.98%) Cisco
6 49 (5.86%) Oracle
7 44 (5.26%) Apple
8 40 (4.78%) CyberArk
9 31 (3.71%) HP
9 31 (3.71%) Veeam
10 28 (3.35%) Dell
11 25 (2.99%) Okta
12 20 (2.39%) EMC
13 18 (2.15%) Avaya
14 17 (2.03%) Isilon
15 16 (1.91%) Google
15 16 (1.91%) Sybase
16 15 (1.79%) SAP
17 14 (1.67%) CA
18 13 (1.56%) CheckPoint