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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 6 25
Rank change year-on-year -61 +19 +7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 14 73 44
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.59% 15.47% 5.59%
As % of the System Software category 14.58% 75.26% 48.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 45 37
10th Percentile £267 £186 £161
25th Percentile £313 £235 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.13% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £586 £538 £575
90th Percentile £644 £575 £713
West Yorkshire median daily rate £325 £400 £366
% change year-on-year -18.75% +9.22% -12.54%

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 97 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 10.88% 20.55% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 54 71
10th Percentile £337 £191 £258
25th Percentile £450 £237 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% -13.44%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £587
90th Percentile £597 £600 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +21.88% -11.11% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.06
Median hourly rate - - £14.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.92%
75th Percentile - - £15.19
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £28.00 - £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 7 May 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 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.14%) Tomcat
2 1 (7.14%) WebLogic
2 1 (7.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (42.86%) AWS
5 5 (35.71%) GCP
6 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (14.29%) GitHub
6 2 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (14.29%) Power Automate
6 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
6 2 (14.29%) PowerApps
7 1 (7.14%) Nutanix
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (21.43%) CyberArk Specialist
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Support Assistant
4 2 (14.29%) Support Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) SailPoint Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) LDAP
2 2 (14.29%) YAML
3 1 (7.14%) J2EE
3 1 (7.14%) OAuth
3 1 (7.14%) OAuth2
3 1 (7.14%) OpenID
3 1 (7.14%) REST
3 1 (7.14%) SailPoint
3 1 (7.14%) SAML
3 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS X
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (28.57%) AI
4 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
4 3 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (21.43%) RBAC
4 3 (21.43%) SIEM
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (14.29%) Generative AI
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security
5 2 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (14.29%) Observability
5 2 (14.29%) Zero Trust
6 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) Bash
2 3 (21.43%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) HIPAA
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (28.57%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (21.43%) Terraform
4 2 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) CyberArk
2 3 (21.43%) Okta
3 2 (14.29%) Google
3 2 (14.29%) Nexthink
4 1 (7.14%) Centrify
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow