Active Directory Contracts in Bristol

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 48 60
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 -13
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 23 33 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.56% 2.96% 2.40%
As % of the System Software category 35.94% 32.67% 39.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 31 19
10th Percentile £168 £215 £181
25th Percentile £203 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £583 £200
Median % change year-on-year -59.66% +191.25% -33.33%
75th Percentile £303 £688 £338
90th Percentile £612 £750 £538
South West median daily rate £275 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -42.86% -3.75% +53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.91
25th Percentile - - £28.43
Median hourly rate - - £40.95
75th Percentile - - £53.48
90th Percentile - - £60.99
South West median hourly rate £18.25 £40.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -54.38% +128.57% -20.45%

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 64 101 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 9.91% 9.06% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 74 48
10th Percentile £200 £336 £199
25th Percentile £235 £460 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £383
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +37.25% -23.50%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £523
90th Percentile £650 £714 £624
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £513
% change year-on-year +2.33% +4.88% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 3
10th Percentile £78.83 £67.13 £25.92
25th Percentile £79.03 £69.09 £40.95
Median hourly rate £79.35 £80.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% +21.21% +69.45%
75th Percentile £79.68 £90.00 £73.00
90th Percentile £79.87 - £77.20
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.35% +12.08% +24.30%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Bristol over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Bristol

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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 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) VPN
2 3 (13.04%) DNS
2 3 (13.04%) NetScaler
3 2 (8.70%) DHCP
3 2 (8.70%) Firewall
4 1 (4.35%) LAN
4 1 (4.35%) VoIP
4 1 (4.35%) WAN
4 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
General
1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Legal
3 2 (8.70%) Law
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Electronics
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Support Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Analyst
2 7 (30.43%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Desktop Support
2 7 (30.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Service Analyst
3 6 (26.09%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) IT Support
5 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) IT Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Citrix Specialist
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Clustering
2 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.35%) PKI
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (69.57%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Windows 10
3 4 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (8.70%) Linux
4 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.35%) Android
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Customer Service
1 13 (56.52%) ITIL
2 10 (43.48%) ITSM
3 9 (39.13%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (30.43%) Case Management
4 7 (30.43%) Service Delivery
5 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (17.39%) Incident Management
6 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
6 4 (17.39%) User Experience
7 3 (13.04%) Agile
7 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.04%) Scrum
7 3 (13.04%) Technical Debt
7 3 (13.04%) Time Management
8 2 (8.70%) Cost Reduction
8 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (8.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (8.70%) Ticket Management
9 1 (4.35%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
1 7 (30.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (13.04%) A+ Certification
2 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (17.39%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (13.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (13.04%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (17.39%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (4.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 10 (43.48%) Citrix
2 10 (43.48%) ServiceNow
3 7 (30.43%) VMware
4 3 (13.04%) Ivanti
5 2 (8.70%) iManage
6 1 (4.35%) Apple
6 1 (4.35%) SAP
6 1 (4.35%) Veritas