Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft Active Directory
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 19 51
Rank change year-on-year -51 +32 -19
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 18 63 19
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.72% 9.36% 2.74%
As % of the System Software category 18.75% 49.22% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 44 14
10th Percentile £267 £200 £147
25th Percentile £348 £235 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -3.03% +6.45%
75th Percentile - £500 £497
90th Percentile £636 £583 £563
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +31.25% - +8.47%

All System Software Skills
Leeds

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 96 128 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 9.15% 19.02% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 74 66
10th Percentile £332 £225 £288
25th Percentile £413 £341 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.98% +4.71% -17.48%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £518
90th Percentile £650 £573 £585
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +23.53% - -15.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Leeds

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Leeds over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Leeds

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (55.56%) Azure
3 9 (50.00%) AWS
4 8 (44.44%) GCP
4 8 (44.44%) Power Platform
5 6 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (33.33%) GitHub
5 6 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 6 (33.33%) Power Automate
5 6 (33.33%) PowerApps
6 3 (16.67%) SaaS
7 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (11.11%) OCI
8 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
8 1 (5.56%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
8 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) DHCP
2 1 (5.56%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Architect
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 5 (27.78%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) SIEM Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) Terraform
1 5 (27.78%) YAML
2 1 (5.56%) LDAP
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (5.56%) OAuth
2 1 (5.56%) OpenID
2 1 (5.56%) React
2 1 (5.56%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) SailPoint
2 1 (5.56%) SAML
2 1 (5.56%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.56%) BYOD
2 1 (5.56%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Thin Client
2 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (5.56%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) AI
1 6 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 6 (33.33%) DevOps
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Continuous Delivery
2 5 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (27.78%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (27.78%) Observability
2 5 (27.78%) Zero Trust
3 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (22.22%) ITIL
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Information Security
4 3 (16.67%) Service Management
4 3 (16.67%) SIEM
5 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Management
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) Bash
3 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (16.67%) NIST
2 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.56%) GRC
4 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (27.78%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (5.56%) SCCM
3 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Google
3 4 (22.22%) Cisco
4 2 (11.11%) Rapid7
5 1 (5.56%) ArcSight
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix
5 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
5 1 (5.56%) LogRhythm
5 1 (5.56%) Okta
5 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.56%) Splunk
5 1 (5.56%) VMware