Active Directory Administrator Contracts

Microsoft Active Directory Administrator
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Administrator daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 686 838
Rank change year-on-year +106 +152 -112
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Administrator 4 11 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.020% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.021% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 8
10th Percentile - £280 £163
25th Percentile - £284 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £265
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +88.68% -29.33%
75th Percentile - £556 £363
90th Percentile - £563 £450
UK excluding London median daily rate - £280 £300
% change year-on-year - -6.67% -4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Active Directory Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Administrator in the UK

Active Directory Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Administrator in the UK

Active Directory Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory Administrator in the UK

Active Directory Administrator
Top 4 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 Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +78 3 - - 2
UK excluding London +29 3 - - 2
South West +4 3 - -
Work from Home +116 1 £450 -15.49%

Active Directory Administrator Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Active Directory Administrator 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 Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) Replication
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) PKI
4 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) DNS

Active Directory Administrator 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services