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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 11 32
Rank change year-on-year -60 +21 +3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 20 69 31
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.93% 12.30% 4.18%
As % of the System Software category 18.52% 66.99% 34.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 41 24
10th Percentile £192 £185 £167
25th Percentile £280 £235 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -27.27% +32.93%
75th Percentile £598 £575 £581
90th Percentile £652 £588 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £355 £400 £475
% change year-on-year -11.25% -15.79% +40.74%

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 108 103 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 10.40% 18.36% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 58 67
10th Percentile £413 £200 £288
25th Percentile £475 £276 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £416 £463
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% -10.00% -11.90%
75th Percentile £600 £547 £575
90th Percentile £638 £588 £618
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £420 £469
% change year-on-year +25.00% -10.40% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.06
Median hourly rate - - £14.63
75th Percentile - - £15.19
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 - £14.63

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 30 July 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 7 (35.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.00%) Tomcat
3 1 (5.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (5.00%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) Azure
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (55.00%) Entra ID
4 10 (50.00%) AWS
5 9 (45.00%) GCP
6 6 (30.00%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (30.00%) Power Automate
6 6 (30.00%) Power Platform
6 6 (30.00%) PowerApps
7 5 (25.00%) GitHub
7 5 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
8 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (5.00%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (5.00%) Nutanix
8 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
8 1 (5.00%) SaaS
8 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DHCP
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
1 1 (5.00%) Network Security
1 1 (5.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Architect
2 6 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) CyberArk Specialist
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) IT Support
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) YAML
2 4 (20.00%) LDAP
3 2 (10.00%) OAuth
3 2 (10.00%) OpenID
3 2 (10.00%) REST
3 2 (10.00%) SAML
4 1 (5.00%) Jakarta EE
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (5.00%) OAuth2
4 1 (5.00%) React
4 1 (5.00%) SailPoint
4 1 (5.00%) SPFx
4 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) BYOD
2 1 (5.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (5.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (5.00%) Mac OS X
4 1 (5.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Identity Access Management
2 6 (30.00%) AI
2 6 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (30.00%) DevOps
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 5 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (25.00%) Observability
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (20.00%) RBAC
4 4 (20.00%) SIEM
5 3 (15.00%) Information Security
5 3 (15.00%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) ITIL
6 2 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (5.00%) Data Governance
7 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.00%) Bash
2 3 (15.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) Java
3 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.00%) HIPAA
2 3 (15.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.00%) NIST
3 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (30.00%) Terraform
2 2 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Google
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco
3 3 (15.00%) CyberArk
4 2 (10.00%) Okta
5 1 (5.00%) Centrify
5 1 (5.00%) Citrix
5 1 (5.00%) Nexthink
5 1 (5.00%) Rapid7
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.00%) VMware