Active Directory Contracts in London

Microsoft Active Directory
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 46 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 +4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 845 1,186 1,479
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.79% 4.68% 3.79%
As % of the System Software category 46.35% 40.45% 30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 886 1,145
10th Percentile £190 £170 £175
25th Percentile £264 £259 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £489 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +2.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £575
90th Percentile £699 £700 £650
England median daily rate £428 £430 £398
% change year-on-year -0.58% +8.18% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 20
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.63 £14.14
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £26.00 £22.11
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +17.58% +22.42%
75th Percentile £25.00 £60.00 £30.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £64.50 £35.50
England median hourly rate £17.60 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.03% +17.65% +7.05%

All System Software Skills
London

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 advertised in London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,823 2,932 4,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.33% 11.57% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,315 2,149 3,713
10th Percentile £250 £245 £305
25th Percentile £380 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £775 £744
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 33 31
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.40 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.00 £18.11
Median hourly rate £22.50 £60.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% +118.18% -45.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £69.50 £46.62
90th Percentile £48.89 £82.40 £63.00
England median hourly rate £22.15 £52.13 £18.60
% change year-on-year -57.51% +180.27% -2.11%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Central London +4 155 £450 -2.44% 31
East London -5 17 £415 +18.57% 10
South London +9 15 £225 +12.50% 6
West London +7 14 £463 +37.04% 18
North London -2 2 £250 +85.19% 3
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 184 (21.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (8.05%) SharePoint
3 26 (3.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 24 (2.84%) Exchange Server 2013
4 24 (2.84%) IIS
5 21 (2.49%) Skype for Business
6 17 (2.01%) CMS
7 15 (1.78%) Confluence
8 13 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2007
9 9 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2003
10 4 (0.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.47%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.36%) nginx
12 2 (0.24%) Apache
13 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (9.23%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.24%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 436 (51.60%) Azure
2 321 (37.99%) Microsoft 365
3 288 (34.08%) Entra ID
4 116 (13.73%) Azure DevOps
5 87 (10.30%) AWS
6 64 (7.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 61 (7.22%) Azure Service Bus
8 48 (5.68%) PaaS
9 40 (4.73%) OneDrive
10 38 (4.50%) Azure Monitor
11 35 (4.14%) GCP
12 31 (3.67%) IaaS
12 31 (3.67%) SaaS
13 29 (3.43%) GitHub
14 28 (3.31%) Power Platform
15 25 (2.96%) WhatsApp
16 23 (2.72%) Azure Storage
16 23 (2.72%) Mimecast
17 21 (2.49%) Azure Key Vault
18 18 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 121 (14.32%) DNS
2 90 (10.65%) Firewall
3 58 (6.86%) DHCP
4 44 (5.21%) VPN
5 37 (4.38%) SAN
6 27 (3.20%) LAN
6 27 (3.20%) TCP/IP
6 27 (3.20%) WAN
7 23 (2.72%) Skype
8 16 (1.89%) NAS
8 16 (1.89%) VoIP
8 16 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (1.89%) Wireless
9 15 (1.78%) Kerberos
9 15 (1.78%) Network Security
10 13 (1.54%) FTP
10 13 (1.54%) MPLS
11 12 (1.42%) Internet
12 11 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
12 11 (1.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (22.25%) SQL Server
2 25 (2.96%) MySQL
3 16 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
3 16 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 15 (1.78%) Redis
5 13 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (1.54%) Power BI
6 12 (1.42%) Hadoop
7 11 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.83%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.12%) HDInsight
12 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 55 (6.51%) Git
2 30 (3.55%) JIRA
3 19 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.78%) Selenium
5 12 (1.42%) TeamCity
5 12 (1.42%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.30%) SpecFlow
6 11 (1.30%) WebDriver
7 10 (1.18%) Postman
8 4 (0.47%) Hudson
9 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.36%) GitLab
9 3 (0.36%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
General
1 210 (24.85%) Finance
2 176 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 97 (11.48%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.17%) Banking
5 54 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (3.55%) Financial Institution
7 22 (2.60%) Back Office
7 22 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.13%) Legal
10 16 (1.89%) Marketing
11 14 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.42%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.30%) Advertising
13 11 (1.30%) Law
13 11 (1.30%) Local Government
14 10 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.18%) Retail
15 9 (1.07%) French Language
15 9 (1.07%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 131 (15.50%) Senior
2 101 (11.95%) Developer
3 96 (11.36%) Support Engineer
4 84 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 83 (9.82%) Analyst
6 69 (8.17%) Senior Developer
7 61 (7.22%) IT Support
8 55 (6.51%) Architect
9 44 (5.21%) IT Engineer
10 43 (5.09%) Desktop Support
11 42 (4.97%) Azure Engineer
12 40 (4.73%) Backend Developer
13 36 (4.26%) Consultant
14 33 (3.91%) Desktop Engineer
15 29 (3.43%) 2nd Line Support
15 29 (3.43%) Senior Backend Developer
16 28 (3.31%) IT Support Engineer
16 28 (3.31%) Service Analyst
17 26 (3.08%) Active Directory Engineer
17 26 (3.08%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (14.20%) .NET
2 97 (11.48%) XML
3 69 (8.17%) .NET Core
4 65 (7.69%) HTML
5 60 (7.10%) LDAP
6 53 (6.27%) SailPoint
7 39 (4.62%) CSS
7 39 (4.62%) React
8 35 (4.14%) ASP.NET
9 31 (3.67%) AngularJS
10 30 (3.55%) Web Services
11 29 (3.43%) .NET Framework
12 28 (3.31%) SAML
13 25 (2.96%) JSP
13 25 (2.96%) SOAP
14 23 (2.72%) Servlets
14 23 (2.72%) SPML
15 20 (2.37%) REST
16 18 (2.13%) JDBC
16 18 (2.13%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.33%) Onboarding
2 44 (5.21%) Product Ownership
3 41 (4.85%) Replication
4 37 (4.38%) Management Information System
5 35 (4.14%) Data Centre
6 33 (3.91%) Video Conferencing
7 29 (3.43%) PKI
8 17 (2.01%) Clustering
9 15 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.66%) Smartphone
11 13 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 12 (1.42%) iPhone
12 12 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.42%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.30%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.18%) Blackberry
15 9 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 9 (1.07%) iPad
15 9 (1.07%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 456 (53.96%) Windows
2 186 (22.01%) Windows Server
3 134 (15.86%) Windows 10
4 73 (8.64%) Linux
5 54 (6.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 42 (4.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 40 (4.73%) Windows 7
8 39 (4.62%) Unix
9 29 (3.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 28 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (2.96%) Android
11 25 (2.96%) Mac OS
12 20 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (2.13%) Apple iOS
14 13 (1.54%) Mac OS X
15 11 (1.30%) VMS
16 10 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
18 5 (0.59%) Solaris
19 4 (0.47%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (19.64%) DevOps
2 151 (17.87%) Agile
3 133 (15.74%) Migration
4 109 (12.90%) CI/CD
5 105 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
6 102 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 98 (11.60%) Customer Service
7 98 (11.60%) ITIL
8 76 (8.99%) Scrum
9 65 (7.69%) B2C
10 55 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
11 54 (6.39%) Identity Access Management
12 49 (5.80%) TDD
13 48 (5.68%) Information Security
14 47 (5.56%) RBAC
15 46 (5.44%) API Management
16 37 (4.38%) Infrastructure as Code
17 36 (4.26%) Cybersecurity
18 35 (4.14%) Identity Management
18 35 (4.14%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 226 (26.75%) PowerShell
2 110 (13.02%) C#
3 97 (11.48%) SQL
4 68 (8.05%) Bicep
4 68 (8.05%) JavaScript
5 49 (5.80%) Python
6 44 (5.21%) Java
7 37 (4.38%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.18%) Bash
9 9 (1.07%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.83%) VB
11 6 (0.71%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.47%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.47%) VBA
13 3 (0.36%) Perl
13 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.24%) C
14 2 (0.24%) Go
15 1 (0.12%) R
15 1 (0.12%) Rust
Qualifications
1 95 (11.24%) Security Cleared
2 64 (7.57%) Degree
3 47 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (4.14%) DV Cleared
6 24 (2.84%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.54%) CISSP
8 12 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.30%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.95%) MCSA
12 7 (0.83%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.83%) MCSE
13 6 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.59%) CCNP
15 4 (0.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.47%) CISM
15 4 (0.47%) MCITP
15 4 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.14%) SLA
2 16 (1.89%) WCAG
3 15 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.66%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.66%) PCI DSS
4 14 (1.66%) QA
5 10 (1.18%) NIST
6 9 (1.07%) GDPR
7 6 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.24%) COBIT
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.24%) NCSC
8 2 (0.24%) PMO
8 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.12%) GLBA
9 1 (0.12%) GRC
9 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 82 (9.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (4.26%) Hyper-V
3 25 (2.96%) vSphere
4 24 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (2.72%) Docker
5 23 (2.72%) IAG
6 22 (2.60%) ACF2
6 22 (2.60%) RACF
7 14 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (1.54%) NFS
9 12 (1.42%) HDFS
10 7 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (0.83%) XenApp
10 7 (0.83%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.71%) Firmware
12 5 (0.59%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 113 (13.37%) SCCM
2 84 (9.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 47 (5.56%) Terraform
4 42 (4.97%) Single Sign-On
5 34 (4.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 32 (3.79%) Kubernetes
7 30 (3.55%) Ansible
8 20 (2.37%) Jamf Pro
9 17 (2.01%) SCOM
10 10 (1.18%) Packer
11 8 (0.95%) Netcool
11 8 (0.95%) Puppet
12 7 (0.83%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.83%) Grafana
12 7 (0.83%) Prometheus
12 7 (0.83%) WSUS
13 5 (0.59%) CASB
13 5 (0.59%) EMC NetWorker
13 5 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.59%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 478 (56.57%) Microsoft
2 121 (14.32%) VMware
3 95 (11.24%) ServiceNow
4 73 (8.64%) Citrix
5 50 (5.92%) Cisco
5 50 (5.92%) Oracle
6 42 (4.97%) CyberArk
7 41 (4.85%) Apple
8 32 (3.79%) HP
9 28 (3.31%) Dell
9 28 (3.31%) Veeam
10 26 (3.08%) Okta
11 21 (2.49%) EMC
12 20 (2.37%) Avaya
13 17 (2.01%) Isilon
14 16 (1.89%) Sybase
15 15 (1.78%) CA
15 15 (1.78%) SAP
16 14 (1.66%) CheckPoint
17 13 (1.54%) Qualys