Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 35 37
Rank change year-on-year -11 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 35 30 39
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.76% 5.22% 3.69%
As % of the System Software category 37.63% 44.78% 37.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 27 35
10th Percentile £225 £164 £214
25th Percentile £238 £200 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £235 £543
Median % change year-on-year +64.89% -56.68% +155.29%
75th Percentile £543 £525 £650
90th Percentile £568 £665 £740
South West median daily rate £423 £425 £413
% change year-on-year -0.59% +3.03% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.65 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £14.60 £63.00 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year -76.83% +35.81% -29.71%
75th Percentile £19.75 £64.50 -
90th Percentile £20.54 - -
South West median hourly rate £14.60 £18.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -54.38% +116.22%

All System Software Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 93 67 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 7.32% 11.65% 9.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 51 73
10th Percentile £323 £200 £233
25th Percentile £425 £224 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -16.19% +27.27%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £599
90th Percentile £643 £625 £718
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 2 18
10th Percentile £13.65 £63.22 £66.11
25th Percentile £19.64 £65.80 £69.09
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.85 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -11.44% +23.08%
75th Percentile £67.25 £75.15 £90.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.28 -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £40.63 £68.75
% change year-on-year +53.85% -40.91% +14.58%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Bristol

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Bristol over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Bristol

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.57%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (17.14%) Google Workspace
2 6 (17.14%) SaaS
3 5 (14.29%) Azure
3 5 (14.29%) Google Drive
4 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
4 4 (11.43%) GCP
4 4 (11.43%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.57%) Asana
6 1 (2.86%) AWS
6 1 (2.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) DNS
2 3 (8.57%) DKIM
2 3 (8.57%) DMARC
3 2 (5.71%) DHCP
3 2 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.86%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) Power BI
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.86%) Metadata
3 1 (2.86%) Power Query
3 1 (2.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (31.43%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Finance
2 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.86%) Back Office
3 1 (2.86%) Electronics
3 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.86%) Marketing
3 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) IT Support
2 7 (20.00%) Service Desk Support
3 6 (17.14%) Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Active Directory Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Security Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) IT Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) IT Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) OAuth
2 1 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.57%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (54.29%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Change Management
1 11 (31.43%) Customer Service
2 8 (22.86%) Migration
3 7 (20.00%) AI
3 7 (20.00%) Generative AI
4 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (17.14%) Document Management
4 6 (17.14%) Project Delivery
4 6 (17.14%) Records Management
5 5 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (14.29%) Cloud Operations
5 5 (14.29%) ITIL
5 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.43%) Analytics
6 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (11.43%) Project Management
7 3 (8.57%) Data Governance
7 3 (8.57%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (8.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.86%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) Degree
4 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) SCCM
2 3 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.86%) SCOM
3 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.00%) Google
3 6 (17.14%) VMware
4 3 (8.57%) Oracle
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) Databricks
5 1 (2.86%) NetApp
5 1 (2.86%) Remedy
5 1 (2.86%) SAP