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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 22 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 5 21 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.46% 6.75% 7.87%
As % of the System Software category 20.83% 65.63% 51.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 18 34
10th Percentile - £125 £136
25th Percentile - £181 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £338 £403
Median % change year-on-year -34.81% -16.15% +61.00%
75th Percentile - £438 £442
90th Percentile - £490 £514
South Wales median daily rate £220 £250 £400
% change year-on-year -12.00% -37.50% +60.00%
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% -32.91%

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 24 32 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 11.82% 10.29% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 60
10th Percentile £393 £146 £162
25th Percentile £413 £246 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £425 £427
Median % change year-on-year +19.12% -0.35% +13.73%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £528
90th Percentile £651 £634 £646
South Wales median daily rate £500 £506 £450
% change year-on-year -1.23% +12.50% +20.00%
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% -41.88%

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

Active Directory
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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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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Database Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Dell
2 2 (40.00%) SonicWALL
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) WatchGuard