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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 15 23
Rank change year-on-year -45 +8 +13
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 23 48 44
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.73% 11.11% 5.39%
As % of the System Software category 21.50% 66.67% 49.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 32 37
10th Percentile £154 £220 £178
25th Percentile £213 £243 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £413 £488
Median % change year-on-year -29.70% -15.38% +2.63%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £575
90th Percentile £575 - £713
West Yorkshire median daily rate £290 £400 £340
% change year-on-year -27.50% +17.65% -18.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 - £17.06
% change year-on-year - - -47.52%

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 107 72 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 12.72% 16.67% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 40 70
10th Percentile £224 £222 £258
25th Percentile £430 £270 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £584
90th Percentile £588 £600 £654
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - £14.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.92%
75th Percentile £28.75 - £15.19
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.63
% change year-on-year - - -76.60%

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 9 April 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 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Tomcat
2 1 (4.35%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 16 (69.57%) Azure
2 15 (65.22%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (47.83%) Entra ID
4 5 (21.74%) AWS
5 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (8.70%) GCP
5 2 (8.70%) GitHub
5 2 (8.70%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) DHCP
1 5 (21.74%) DNS
2 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
3 3 (13.04%) LAN
3 3 (13.04%) VoIP
3 3 (13.04%) WAN
3 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (4.35%) Internet
4 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) MSI
General
1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Analyst
1 5 (21.74%) Support Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (17.39%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) IT Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) IT Support
2 4 (17.39%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Service Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) CyberArk Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Support Assistant
4 2 (8.70%) Support Manager
5 1 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Technician
5 1 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) LDAP
2 2 (8.70%) OAuth
2 2 (8.70%) OpenID
2 2 (8.70%) React
2 2 (8.70%) SailPoint
2 2 (8.70%) SAML
3 1 (4.35%) J2EE
3 1 (4.35%) OAuth2
3 1 (4.35%) REST
3 1 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) iPhone
1 3 (13.04%) NHS
2 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Smartcard
3 1 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (69.57%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) Windows 10
3 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
4 3 (13.04%) Android
4 3 (13.04%) Linux
5 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
6 1 (4.35%) Mac OS X
6 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
2 6 (26.09%) ITIL
3 5 (21.74%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (17.39%) RBAC
5 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
5 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 2 (8.70%) Agile
6 2 (8.70%) AI
6 2 (8.70%) Configuration Management
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Deployment
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (8.70%) DevOps
6 2 (8.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (8.70%) Identity Management
6 2 (8.70%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (8.70%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 4 (17.39%) Python
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.70%) Bash
4 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.35%) Java
5 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (8.70%) HIPAA
2 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (17.39%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (13.04%) Terraform
4 2 (8.70%) Grafana
4 2 (8.70%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Identity Manager
5 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) CyberArk
2 3 (13.04%) Okta
3 2 (8.70%) Apple
3 2 (8.70%) Cribl.io
3 2 (8.70%) HP
3 2 (8.70%) MobileIron
3 2 (8.70%) Nexthink
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.70%) Splunk
4 1 (4.35%) Centrify
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) VMware