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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 20 40
Rank change year-on-year -47 +20 -8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 21 60 25
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.93% 9.80% 3.54%
As % of the System Software category 20.19% 52.17% 29.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 43 20
10th Percentile £181 £188 £155
25th Percentile £213 £235 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £540 £500 £569
90th Percentile £636 £585 £654
West Yorkshire median daily rate £440 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.88% +13.33%

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 104 115 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 9.55% 18.79% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 68 67
10th Percentile £303 £204 £288
25th Percentile £426 £285 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.18% - -17.48%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £556
90th Percentile £650 £577 £596
West Yorkshire median daily rate £515 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +28.75% -5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
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
% change year-on-year - - -6.02%

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 24 September 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.76%) Tomcat
3 1 (4.76%) WebLogic
3 1 (4.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Azure
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (52.38%) Entra ID
3 10 (47.62%) AWS
4 9 (42.86%) GCP
5 8 (38.10%) Power Platform
6 6 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (28.57%) GitHub
6 6 (28.57%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (28.57%) Power Automate
6 6 (28.57%) PowerApps
7 3 (14.29%) SaaS
8 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (4.76%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (4.76%) Nutanix
9 1 (4.76%) OCI
9 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DHCP
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Architect
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 5 (23.81%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) CyberArk Specialist
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Support
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) SailPoint Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) Terraform
2 5 (23.81%) YAML
3 4 (19.05%) LDAP
4 2 (9.52%) REST
5 1 (4.76%) Jakarta EE
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (4.76%) OAuth
5 1 (4.76%) OpenID
5 1 (4.76%) React
5 1 (4.76%) SailPoint
5 1 (4.76%) SAML
5 1 (4.76%) SPFx
5 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) BYOD
2 1 (4.76%) Fat Client
2 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (4.76%) Thin Client
2 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.76%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) AI
2 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 6 (28.57%) DevOps
3 5 (23.81%) Agile
3 5 (23.81%) Continuous Delivery
3 5 (23.81%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (23.81%) Observability
3 5 (23.81%) Zero Trust
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) ITIL
4 4 (19.05%) RBAC
4 4 (19.05%) SIEM
5 3 (14.29%) Information Security
5 3 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
5 3 (14.29%) Service Management
6 2 (9.52%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) PowerShell
2 4 (19.05%) Python
3 3 (14.29%) Bash
4 1 (4.76%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (14.29%) HIPAA
4 2 (9.52%) NIST
4 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.76%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (23.81%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.76%) SCCM
3 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Google
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco
3 3 (14.29%) CyberArk
4 2 (9.52%) Okta
5 1 (4.76%) Centrify
5 1 (4.76%) Citrix
5 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.76%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.76%) VMware