Active Directory Contracts

Microsoft Active Directory
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 31 49
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 -3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2,262 3,380 4,342
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 5.26% 5.84% 4.97%
As % of the System Software category 48.82% 44.52% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,575 2,460 3,099
10th Percentile £163 £163 £150
25th Percentile £213 £225 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £540
90th Percentile £675 £675 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £283
% change year-on-year +6.67% +32.74% -13.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 143 237
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.60 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +14.29% +8.95%
75th Percentile £23.75 £54.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £66.00 £40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £18.00 £17.38
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.60% +13.93%

All System Software Skills
UK

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,633 7,592 11,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.77% 13.11% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,189 5,406 8,421
10th Percentile £200 £204 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.97%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £485 £450
% change year-on-year -4.64% +7.78% +6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 269 311
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.24 £13.35
25th Percentile £14.74 £18.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.56 £66.00 £45.13
90th Percentile £77.10 £75.55 £60.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.95 £44.93 £18.12
% change year-on-year -55.60% +148.01% +2.06%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -2 2,023 £418 -1.76% 1,025
UK excluding London -2 1,287 £400 +6.67% 837
London +10 850 £425 -10.53% 233
Work from Home -1 644 £475 - 334
South East +17 445 £500 +17.65% 214
North of England -8 265 £325 - 189
South West -14 162 £409 -18.13% 108
Midlands -1 159 £331 -10.47% 157
North West -13 139 £350 - 103
Scotland +13 135 £340 +13.52% 49
Yorkshire -6 107 £300 +3.45% 66
East of England -13 105 £258 -26.43% 117
West Midlands -7 97 £350 -10.26% 102
East Midlands -1 59 £275 +15.79% 55
North East +16 17 £500 +78.57% 22
Wales -8 16 £220 +17.02% 18
Northern Ireland -11 3 £525 +191.67% 8

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 486 (21.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 197 (8.71%) SharePoint
3 54 (2.39%) IIS
4 49 (2.17%) Confluence
5 39 (1.72%) Skype for Business
6 31 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 28 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 18 (0.80%) CMS
9 15 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2007
10 11 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2003
11 10 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 8 (0.35%) Apache
13 7 (0.31%) nginx
14 6 (0.27%) Tomcat
15 5 (0.22%) JBoss
16 3 (0.13%) OpenStack
16 3 (0.13%) Oracle Self-Service HR
16 3 (0.13%) WordPress
17 1 (0.044%) Oracle SOA Suite
17 1 (0.044%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 236 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.44%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.13%) Acrobat
5 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.088%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.044%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.044%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.044%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.49%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.13%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.088%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.088%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.044%) assyst
5 1 (0.044%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.044%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.044%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.044%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 908 (40.14%) Azure
2 901 (39.83%) Microsoft 365
3 530 (23.43%) Entra ID
4 217 (9.59%) AWS
5 131 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (4.24%) OneDrive
7 91 (4.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 88 (3.89%) Azure Monitor
9 71 (3.14%) PaaS
10 63 (2.79%) Power Platform
11 62 (2.74%) Azure Service Bus
12 61 (2.70%) IaaS
13 46 (2.03%) GCP
14 45 (1.99%) SaaS
15 42 (1.86%) GitHub
16 41 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
17 38 (1.68%) Azure Storage
18 34 (1.50%) WhatsApp
19 31 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
19 31 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 385 (17.02%) DNS
2 261 (11.54%) Firewall
3 258 (11.41%) DHCP
4 139 (6.15%) VPN
5 115 (5.08%) SAN
6 105 (4.64%) LAN
7 102 (4.51%) WAN
8 77 (3.40%) TCP/IP
9 73 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
10 60 (2.65%) Wireless
11 56 (2.48%) SSL
12 49 (2.17%) Skype
13 41 (1.81%) Remote Desktop
14 40 (1.77%) NAS
15 38 (1.68%) Network Security
16 36 (1.59%) VLAN
17 27 (1.19%) VoIP
18 26 (1.15%) MPLS
19 22 (0.97%) Kerberos
20 20 (0.88%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 272 (12.02%) SQL Server
2 47 (2.08%) MySQL
3 33 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (1.37%) Power BI
5 29 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
6 24 (1.06%) Relational Database
7 23 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (0.97%) NoSQL
9 20 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (0.71%) Hadoop
12 15 (0.66%) Oracle Database
12 15 (0.66%) Redis
13 13 (0.57%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.22%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.18%) Big Data
16 4 (0.18%) Metadata
17 2 (0.088%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 93 (4.11%) Git
2 80 (3.54%) JIRA
3 32 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.06%) Selenium
5 22 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
6 21 (0.93%) TeamCity
7 17 (0.75%) Robot Framework
8 15 (0.66%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.49%) SpecFlow
9 11 (0.49%) WebDriver
10 10 (0.44%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.40%) GitLab
11 9 (0.40%) Postman
12 6 (0.27%) Hudson
13 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (0.22%) CA Release Automation
14 4 (0.18%) Fiddler
14 4 (0.18%) MSI
15 3 (0.13%) Cucumber
General
1 611 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 270 (11.94%) Finance
3 231 (10.21%) Public Sector
4 150 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
5 94 (4.16%) Banking
6 54 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
7 51 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (2.12%) Manufacturing
9 41 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 40 (1.77%) Financial Institution
11 38 (1.68%) Legal
12 34 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (1.41%) Marketing
14 28 (1.24%) Retail
15 22 (0.97%) Back Office
16 21 (0.93%) Electronics
17 20 (0.88%) Law
17 20 (0.88%) Military
18 19 (0.84%) French Language
19 15 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 288 (12.73%) Analyst
2 273 (12.07%) Support Engineer
3 248 (10.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 209 (9.24%) Senior
5 195 (8.62%) Architect
6 184 (8.13%) IT Support
7 134 (5.92%) Developer
8 132 (5.84%) Service Analyst
9 129 (5.70%) Service Desk Analyst
10 125 (5.53%) IT Engineer
11 103 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
12 102 (4.51%) Desktop Support
13 84 (3.71%) Desktop Engineer
14 83 (3.67%) Consultant
15 79 (3.49%) Support Analyst
16 73 (3.23%) IT Analyst
16 73 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
16 73 (3.23%) Windows Engineer
17 72 (3.18%) Senior Developer
18 70 (3.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (6.19%) .NET
2 120 (5.31%) XML
3 116 (5.13%) LDAP
4 99 (4.38%) Web Services
5 93 (4.11%) SailPoint
6 82 (3.63%) HTML
7 74 (3.27%) .NET Core
8 58 (2.56%) React
9 46 (2.03%) SAML
10 43 (1.90%) CSS
11 41 (1.81%) SOAP
12 39 (1.72%) JSP
12 39 (1.72%) Servlets
12 39 (1.72%) SPML
13 35 (1.55%) ASP.NET
14 32 (1.41%) .NET Framework
15 31 (1.37%) AngularJS
16 29 (1.28%) OpenID
17 27 (1.19%) JDBC
18 25 (1.11%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 185 (8.18%) PKI
2 100 (4.42%) Data Centre
3 83 (3.67%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.18%) Replication
5 69 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 61 (2.70%) Clustering
7 49 (2.17%) Management Information System
8 48 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 46 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
10 35 (1.55%) iPhone
11 28 (1.24%) Driving Licence
12 24 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
12 24 (1.06%) Smartphone
13 23 (1.02%) iPad
14 22 (0.97%) Public Cloud
15 21 (0.93%) CMDB
16 18 (0.80%) Mobile App
17 17 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
17 17 (0.75%) NHS
18 16 (0.71%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1,409 (62.29%) Windows
2 595 (26.30%) Windows Server
3 507 (22.41%) Windows 10
4 259 (11.45%) Linux
5 197 (8.71%) Windows Server 2012
6 177 (7.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 166 (7.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 99 (4.38%) Windows 7
9 92 (4.07%) Apple iOS
10 62 (2.74%) Android
11 60 (2.65%) Windows Server 2008
12 59 (2.61%) Mac OS
12 59 (2.61%) Unix
13 46 (2.03%) Ubuntu
14 42 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 35 (1.55%) VMS
16 27 (1.19%) Windows Server 2003
17 20 (0.88%) Windows NT
18 18 (0.80%) Mac OS X
18 18 (0.80%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (15.78%) Customer Service
2 340 (15.03%) ITIL
3 298 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
4 297 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 274 (12.11%) Migration
6 254 (11.23%) Agile
7 249 (11.01%) DevOps
8 174 (7.69%) CI/CD
9 118 (5.22%) Identity Access Management
10 114 (5.04%) RBAC
11 108 (4.77%) Cybersecurity
12 107 (4.73%) Disaster Recovery
13 105 (4.64%) Service Management
14 100 (4.42%) Mobile Device Management
15 93 (4.11%) Scrum
16 86 (3.80%) Service Delivery
17 84 (3.71%) Change Management
18 79 (3.49%) Identity Management
19 78 (3.45%) Project Delivery
20 77 (3.40%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 467 (20.65%) PowerShell
2 222 (9.81%) SQL
3 132 (5.84%) C#
4 117 (5.17%) Python
5 91 (4.02%) JavaScript
6 88 (3.89%) Bicep
7 73 (3.23%) Java
8 37 (1.64%) TypeScript
9 27 (1.19%) Bash
10 24 (1.06%) VB
10 24 (1.06%) VBScript
11 11 (0.49%) C
11 11 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.44%) C++
13 9 (0.40%) R
14 8 (0.35%) Go
14 8 (0.35%) PHP
15 7 (0.31%) Perl
16 6 (0.27%) Ruby
17 5 (0.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 528 (23.34%) Security Cleared
2 325 (14.37%) SC Cleared
3 287 (12.69%) Degree
4 218 (9.64%) DV Cleared
5 149 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 55 (2.43%) MCSE
7 49 (2.17%) MCSA
8 45 (1.99%) Azure Certification
9 44 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
10 41 (1.81%) CCNA
11 37 (1.64%) A+ Certification
11 37 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
12 33 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 28 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 26 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
15 23 (1.02%) DBS Check
16 21 (0.93%) CCNP
16 21 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 20 (0.88%) AWS Certification
18 19 (0.84%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (4.73%) SLA
2 60 (2.65%) QA
3 21 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (0.88%) NIST
5 17 (0.75%) GDPR
6 15 (0.66%) WCAG
7 14 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
8 12 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.31%) RMADS
12 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.13%) GRC
16 2 (0.088%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.088%) PMO
17 1 (0.044%) COBIT
17 1 (0.044%) JSP 440
System Software
1 316 (13.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 131 (5.79%) Hyper-V
3 85 (3.76%) Virtual Machines
4 74 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
5 60 (2.65%) vSphere
6 52 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 42 (1.86%) Docker
8 39 (1.72%) IAG
9 38 (1.68%) ACF2
9 38 (1.68%) RACF
9 38 (1.68%) XenApp
10 32 (1.41%) Firmware
11 27 (1.19%) VMware NSX
12 22 (0.97%) NFS
13 21 (0.93%) BitLocker
13 21 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
14 20 (0.88%) XenDesktop
15 18 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
16 16 (0.71%) HDFS
17 13 (0.57%) KVM
Systems Management
1 396 (17.51%) SCCM
2 256 (11.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 109 (4.82%) WSUS
4 94 (4.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 83 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
6 74 (3.27%) Terraform
7 71 (3.14%) Kubernetes
8 66 (2.92%) SCOM
9 61 (2.70%) vCenter Server
10 58 (2.56%) Ansible
11 46 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
12 26 (1.15%) NetBackup
13 24 (1.06%) EMC NetWorker
14 20 (0.88%) Sysprep
15 18 (0.80%) Kibana
16 16 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
17 15 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
18 13 (0.57%) Tivoli
19 12 (0.53%) FortiGate
19 12 (0.53%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1,180 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 451 (19.94%) VMware
3 200 (8.84%) Citrix
4 195 (8.62%) ServiceNow
5 122 (5.39%) Cisco
6 121 (5.35%) Oracle
7 113 (5.00%) Apple
8 78 (3.45%) CyberArk
9 73 (3.23%) HP
10 69 (3.05%) Veeam
11 67 (2.96%) Dell
12 51 (2.25%) SAP
13 47 (2.08%) Okta
14 45 (1.99%) Red Hat
15 43 (1.90%) EMC
16 30 (1.33%) Palo Alto
17 29 (1.28%) Isilon
18 27 (1.19%) Ivanti
19 26 (1.15%) CA
19 26 (1.15%) Sybase