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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 42 34
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 0
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 44 20 49
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 6.09% 3.05% 4.88%
As % of the System Software category 34.11% 23.53% 33.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 15 37
10th Percentile £203 £201 £173
25th Percentile £235 £268 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% +67.44%
75th Percentile £526 £469 £575
90th Percentile £588 £530 £665
West Yorkshire median daily rate £350 £400 £408
% change year-on-year -12.50% -1.84% +81.11%
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 - - -20.67%

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 129 85 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 17.87% 12.98% 14.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 63 100
10th Percentile £217 £288 £352
25th Percentile £363 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £514
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -22.14% +2.75%
75th Percentile £513 £491 £619
90th Percentile £559 £548 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £400 £488
% change year-on-year +21.88% -17.95% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +188.37%
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 - £17.35
% change year-on-year - - -19.31%

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 November 2025.

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 12 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 28 (63.64%) Entra ID
2 24 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (31.82%) Azure
4 3 (6.82%) AWS
5 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.55%) GitHub
5 2 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (4.55%) PaaS
6 1 (2.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.45%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (11.36%) DHCP
2 5 (11.36%) DNS
3 4 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.82%) LAN
4 3 (6.82%) VoIP
4 3 (6.82%) VPN
4 3 (6.82%) WAN
5 1 (2.27%) Firewall
5 1 (2.27%) Internet
5 1 (2.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) MSI
General
1 31 (70.45%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.27%) Finance
3 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.82%) Retail
5 2 (4.55%) Electronics
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
5 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.55%) Marketing
5 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Local Government
6 1 (2.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Support Manager
2 9 (20.45%) IT Support
3 8 (18.18%) Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) IT Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Support Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (11.36%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Support Analyst
6 4 (9.09%) IT Manager
6 4 (9.09%) IT Support Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Mac Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Service Analyst
7 3 (6.82%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (4.55%) 1st Line Support Manager
8 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) React
2 1 (2.27%) LDAP
2 1 (2.27%) OAuth
2 1 (2.27%) OpenID
2 1 (2.27%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) iPhone
2 5 (11.36%) Smartphone
3 3 (6.82%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.82%) NHS
4 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.55%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 27 (61.36%) Windows
2 17 (38.64%) Mac OS
3 7 (15.91%) Windows 10
3 7 (15.91%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.82%) Android
5 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Customer Service
2 12 (27.27%) ITIL
3 10 (22.73%) Mobile Device Management
4 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (15.91%) ITSM
6 6 (13.64%) Service Delivery
6 6 (13.64%) Service Management
7 5 (11.36%) Incident Management
7 5 (11.36%) Security Patching
8 4 (9.09%) Migration
9 3 (6.82%) Cloud Security
9 3 (6.82%) DevOps
9 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (6.82%) Platform Engineering
10 2 (4.55%) Deployment Automation
10 2 (4.55%) Digital Identity
10 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Automation
10 2 (4.55%) Observability
10 2 (4.55%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.55%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) ACSP
1 14 (31.82%) ACTC
2 2 (4.55%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) CCNA
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) GDPR
1 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (38.64%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.36%) SCCM
3 3 (6.82%) Grafana
3 3 (6.82%) Terraform
4 2 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.27%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 37 (84.09%) Microsoft
2 23 (52.27%) Apple
3 18 (40.91%) ServiceNow
4 5 (11.36%) HP
4 5 (11.36%) MobileIron
5 3 (6.82%) Computacenter
5 3 (6.82%) VMware
6 2 (4.55%) Cribl.io
6 2 (4.55%) SAP
6 2 (4.55%) Splunk
7 1 (2.27%) Cisco
7 1 (2.27%) Citrix
7 1 (2.27%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.27%) Google
7 1 (2.27%) Meraki
7 1 (2.27%) Oracle
7 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.27%) Veeam