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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 31 55
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 -10
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 23 49 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.17% 5.32% 2.42%
As % of the System Software category 39.66% 50.00% 33.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 43 17
10th Percentile - £140 £177
25th Percentile £235 £350 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £300
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +58.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £581
90th Percentile £653 £725 £630
South West median daily rate £295 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -37.89% -2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.34
25th Percentile - £77.50 £16.99
Median hourly rate - £85.00 £19.20
Median % change year-on-year - +342.71% -56.76%
75th Percentile - £92.50 £22.54
90th Percentile - - £23.87
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £14.50 £18.56
% change year-on-year +348.28% -21.88% -15.64%

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 58 98 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 8.00% 10.64% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 80 50
10th Percentile £235 £173 £200
25th Percentile £363 £430 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £588 £599 £618
90th Percentile £728 £691 £648
South West median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 4
10th Percentile £81.00 £68.20 £17.21
25th Percentile £82.50 £75.00 £19.16
Median hourly rate £90.00 £80.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +68.42% -4.43%
75th Percentile £95.00 £87.50 £77.19
90th Percentile - £91.00 £78.88
South West median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +6.25% +30.08% +26.86%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory 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 20 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in Bristol 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 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (21.74%) Skype for Business
3 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (26.09%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.70%) AWS
4 2 (8.70%) Azure AKS
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) GCP
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) VPN
2 6 (26.09%) DNS
3 5 (21.74%) DHCP
3 5 (21.74%) Skype
4 4 (17.39%) Unified Communications
5 3 (13.04%) NetScaler
6 2 (8.70%) VoIP
7 1 (4.35%) Firewall
7 1 (4.35%) LAN
7 1 (4.35%) WAN
7 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.70%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Desktop Support
2 7 (30.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Wintel Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Desktop Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support
5 1 (4.35%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Systems Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Express.js
1 2 (8.70%) Next.js
1 2 (8.70%) Node.js
1 2 (8.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) PKI
2 2 (8.70%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.35%) Android
4 1 (4.35%) Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) ITIL
2 8 (34.78%) Collaborative Working
2 8 (34.78%) Customer Service
2 8 (34.78%) ITSM
3 7 (30.43%) Agile
3 7 (30.43%) Case Management
3 7 (30.43%) Service Delivery
4 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
4 4 (17.39%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (17.39%) DevOps
4 4 (17.39%) Service Management
4 4 (17.39%) System Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.04%) Scrum
5 3 (13.04%) Technical Debt
6 2 (8.70%) API Management
6 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (8.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 2 (8.70%) Bicep
3 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Degree
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (17.39%) CCNA
4 4 (17.39%) CCNP
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
4 4 (17.39%) MCSE
4 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (17.39%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (13.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (13.04%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (13.04%) XenDesktop
4 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (30.43%) SCCM
3 4 (17.39%) WSUS
4 2 (8.70%) Kibana
4 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
5 1 (4.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (43.48%) Citrix
3 9 (39.13%) ServiceNow
3 9 (39.13%) VMware
4 6 (26.09%) Cisco
5 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
5 4 (17.39%) Splunk
5 4 (17.39%) Veeam
6 3 (13.04%) Ivanti