Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Microsoft Active Directory
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 1 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 1.61% 13.04% 11.39%
As % of the System Software category 33.33% 75.00% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £178 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £185 £198
Median % change year-on-year +75.68% -6.33% -24.76%
75th Percentile - £193 £230
90th Percentile - - £330
West Yorkshire median daily rate £325 £325 £325
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

All System Software Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 4.84% 17.39% 15.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile £354 £158 -
25th Percentile £397 £171 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £185 £225
Median % change year-on-year +163.51% -17.78% -33.33%
75th Percentile £516 £193 £431
90th Percentile £521 - £488
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +21.21% -8.33% -10.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Bradford

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering