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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 44 35
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 -4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 38 21 39
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 5.14% 3.77% 4.48%
As % of the System Software category 30.16% 32.31% 33.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 16 34
10th Percentile £207 £188 £263
25th Percentile £285 £222 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £245 £463
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -47.03% +36.94%
75th Percentile £500 £413 £569
90th Percentile £544 £538 £688
West Yorkshire median daily rate £325 £243 £400
% change year-on-year +34.02% -39.38% +45.45%
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 - - -26.65%

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 126 65 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 17.05% 11.67% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 41 98
10th Percentile £266 £223 £313
25th Percentile £378 £263 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £522 £500 £600
90th Percentile £550 £575 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +21.88% -15.79% +2.70%
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 - - +24.00%
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 - £17.35
% change year-on-year - - -46.62%

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 January 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 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 24 (63.16%) Entra ID
2 22 (57.89%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (42.11%) Azure
4 3 (7.89%) AWS
5 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.26%) GitHub
5 2 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (5.26%) PaaS
6 1 (2.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (13.16%) DHCP
2 5 (13.16%) DNS
3 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.89%) LAN
4 3 (7.89%) VoIP
4 3 (7.89%) WAN
5 2 (5.26%) VPN
6 1 (2.63%) Firewall
6 1 (2.63%) Internet
6 1 (2.63%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) MSI
General
1 25 (65.79%) Social Skills
2 14 (36.84%) Finance
3 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.26%) Electronics
4 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.26%) Marketing
4 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Support Manager
2 8 (21.05%) Analyst
3 7 (18.42%) IT Engineer
3 7 (18.42%) IT Support
4 6 (15.79%) Support Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) Support Analyst
6 4 (10.53%) Mac Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Service Analyst
7 3 (7.89%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) IT Manager
8 2 (5.26%) IT Support Manager
8 2 (5.26%) Platform Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Support Assistant
8 2 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) React
2 1 (2.63%) LDAP
2 1 (2.63%) OAuth
2 1 (2.63%) OpenID
2 1 (2.63%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.63%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) iPhone
2 3 (7.89%) NHS
3 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.26%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.26%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 28 (73.68%) Windows
2 13 (34.21%) Mac OS
3 7 (18.42%) Windows 10
3 7 (18.42%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.89%) Android
5 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.05%) Customer Service
2 8 (21.05%) ITIL
3 7 (18.42%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (10.53%) Migration
5 3 (7.89%) Cloud Security
5 3 (7.89%) DevOps
5 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (7.89%) ITSM
5 3 (7.89%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (7.89%) Service Management
6 2 (5.26%) Continuous Deployment
6 2 (5.26%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (5.26%) Digital Identity
6 2 (5.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (5.26%) Generative AI
6 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (5.26%) Observability
6 2 (5.26%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.26%) Python
2 2 (5.26%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (26.32%) ACSP
1 10 (26.32%) ACTC
2 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) CCNA
3 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.63%) Degree
3 1 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
1 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (28.95%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.53%) SCCM
4 3 (7.89%) Grafana
4 3 (7.89%) Terraform
5 2 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.63%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 32 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 17 (44.74%) Apple
3 11 (28.95%) ServiceNow
4 5 (13.16%) HP
4 5 (13.16%) MobileIron
5 3 (7.89%) Computacenter
5 3 (7.89%) VMware
6 2 (5.26%) Cribl.io
6 2 (5.26%) SAP
6 2 (5.26%) Splunk
7 1 (2.63%) Cisco
7 1 (2.63%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.63%) Google
7 1 (2.63%) Meraki
7 1 (2.63%) Oracle
7 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.63%) Veeam