Active Directory Contracts in Cardiff

Microsoft Active Directory
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 27 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -3
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 6 19 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.82% 5.65% 6.98%
As % of the System Software category 24.00% 61.29% 46.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 30
10th Percentile - £125 £130
25th Percentile - £175 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £388 £415
Median % change year-on-year -43.23% -6.63% +66.00%
75th Percentile £285 £438 £442
90th Percentile £324 £493 £490
South Wales median daily rate £210 £210 £400
% change year-on-year - -47.50% +105.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £16.40 -
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.67 £12.24
Median hourly rate £12.50 £17.25 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.55% +38.08% -19.39%
75th Percentile £12.75 £17.73 £12.75
90th Percentile - £17.95 -
South Wales median hourly rate £12.50 £17.25 £12.50
% change year-on-year -27.55% +38.08% -21.29%

All System Software Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 25 31 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 11.74% 9.23% 14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 26 60
10th Percentile £350 £143 £219
25th Percentile £413 £238 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £426
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -0.12% +21.57%
75th Percentile £538 £533 £504
90th Percentile £646 £641 £656
South Wales median daily rate £463 £479 £450
% change year-on-year -3.39% +6.39% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £16.40 -
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.67 £12.24
Median hourly rate £12.50 £17.25 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.55% +38.08% -19.39%
75th Percentile £12.75 £17.73 £12.75
90th Percentile - £17.95 -
South Wales median hourly rate £12.50 £17.25 £12.50
% change year-on-year -27.55% +38.08% -35.73%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Cardiff over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Database Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) Dell
3 2 (33.33%) SonicWALL
3 2 (33.33%) WatchGuard
4 1 (16.67%) New Relic
4 1 (16.67%) PagerDuty
4 1 (16.67%) Rackspace