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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 39 34
Rank change year-on-year +21 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 62 28 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 10.44% 3.88% 5.17%
As % of the System Software category 53.45% 31.11% 40.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 22 40
10th Percentile £190 £177 £154
25th Percentile £235 £400 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +31.25% +45.45%
75th Percentile £500 £592 £536
90th Percentile £583 £650 £635
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £525 £375
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% +66.67%

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 116 90 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 19.53% 12.48% 12.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 69 95
10th Percentile £204 £288 £202
25th Percentile £285 £381 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -17.48% +11.35%
75th Percentile £500 £569 £609
90th Percentile £576 £609 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £410 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -3.53% -15.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £14.63 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £14.63 £15.56
% change year-on-year - -6.02% -27.62%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory 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 17 September 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 and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (46.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (72.58%) Entra ID
2 33 (53.23%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.84%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) VPN
2 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.61%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
General
1 54 (87.10%) Social Skills
2 21 (33.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (30.65%) Retail
4 12 (19.35%) Finance
5 3 (4.84%) Legal
6 2 (3.23%) Electronics
6 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.23%) Marketing
6 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (56.45%) Support Manager
2 15 (24.19%) IT Support
3 14 (22.58%) IT Manager
3 14 (22.58%) IT Support Manager
4 12 (19.35%) 1st Line Support
4 12 (19.35%) 1st Line Support Manager
5 8 (12.90%) Desktop Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) Support Engineer
6 6 (9.68%) Desktop Support
6 6 (9.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 6 (9.68%) Support Assistant
7 5 (8.06%) Deployment Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Mac Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Analyst
9 2 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) IT Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Service Analyst
9 2 (3.23%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (3.23%) Windows Engineer
10 1 (1.61%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 21 (33.87%) iPhone
1 21 (33.87%) Smartphone
2 3 (4.84%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.61%) CCTV
4 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (64.52%) Mac OS
2 21 (33.87%) Windows
3 5 (8.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.45%) Linux
5 3 (4.84%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (62.90%) Customer Service
2 27 (43.55%) ITIL
2 27 (43.55%) ITSM
3 21 (33.87%) Incident Management
3 21 (33.87%) Mobile Device Management
3 21 (33.87%) Service Management
4 17 (27.42%) Service Delivery
5 12 (19.35%) Security Patching
6 9 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (14.52%) Service Desk Management
7 6 (9.68%) Case Management
7 6 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (3.23%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (3.23%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (3.23%) Programme Management
9 2 (3.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 1 (1.61%) Agile
10 1 (1.61%) Security Management
10 1 (1.61%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.61%) Bash
2 1 (1.61%) Perl
2 1 (1.61%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (33.87%) ACSP
1 21 (33.87%) ACTC
2 6 (9.68%) Degree
2 6 (9.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.61%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 40 (64.52%) Jamf Pro
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (87.10%) Microsoft
2 45 (72.58%) ServiceNow
3 42 (67.74%) Apple
4 6 (9.68%) Citrix
5 3 (4.84%) Computacenter
6 2 (3.23%) SAP
7 1 (1.61%) Cisco
7 1 (1.61%) Google
7 1 (1.61%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.61%) Oracle