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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 31 47
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 -4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 28 43 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 5.21% 4.07% 4.46%
As % of the System Software category 44.44% 41.35% 51.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 37 47
10th Percentile £156 £214 £141
25th Percentile £200 £300 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £543 £213
Median % change year-on-year -58.53% +155.29% -29.17%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £531
90th Percentile £685 £743 £583
South West median daily rate £450 £300 £475
% change year-on-year +50.00% -36.84% +58.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.62
25th Percentile £61.50 - £25.68
Median hourly rate £63.00 £46.39 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +35.81% +18.20% +124.27%
75th Percentile £64.50 - £52.69
90th Percentile - - £60.67
South West median hourly rate £18.25 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -54.38% +122.22% -59.55%

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 63 104 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 11.73% 9.84% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 71 80
10th Percentile £198 £225 £163
25th Percentile £213 £435 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +31.25% -14.89%
75th Percentile £600 £647 £566
90th Percentile £674 £725 £641
South West median daily rate £550 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +8.37% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 7
10th Percentile £63.22 £66.11 £43.90
25th Percentile £65.80 £69.09 -
Median hourly rate £70.85 £80.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% +23.08% +271.43%
75th Percentile £75.15 £90.00 -
90th Percentile £77.28 - £65.40
South West median hourly rate £40.63 £68.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -40.91% +14.58% +21.24%

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

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Bristol

Active Directory
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 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) DHCP
2 1 (3.57%) DNS
2 1 (3.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) DB2
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Legal
3 5 (17.86%) Law
4 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Electronics
6 1 (3.57%) Finance
6 1 (3.57%) Italian Language
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Analyst
2 9 (32.14%) Service Analyst
2 9 (32.14%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (28.57%) Architect
3 8 (28.57%) Support Engineer
4 6 (21.43%) Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (17.86%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (17.86%) Desktop Support
5 5 (17.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) IT Support
7 3 (10.71%) IT Analyst
7 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
7 3 (10.71%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (10.71%) Service Desk Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) Service Desk Support
8 2 (7.14%) Service Desk Support Analyst
8 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (3.57%) Android Engineer
9 1 (3.57%) CRM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Next.js
1 1 (3.57%) Node.js
1 1 (3.57%) OAuth
1 1 (3.57%) OpenID
1 1 (3.57%) React
1 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Clustering
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) PKI
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (75.00%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 6 (21.43%) Linux
4 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.57%) Android
5 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Customer Service
1 12 (42.86%) ITIL
2 11 (39.29%) ITSM
3 6 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
3 6 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 5 (17.86%) Case Management
4 5 (17.86%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.29%) Ticket Management
6 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (10.71%) User Experience
7 2 (7.14%) Process Improvement
7 2 (7.14%) Roadmaps
7 2 (7.14%) Time Management
8 1 (3.57%) API Management
8 1 (3.57%) Business Case
8 1 (3.57%) Cost Reduction
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
1 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (17.86%) Degree
3 5 (17.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (7.14%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) VMware
3 8 (28.57%) ServiceNow
4 5 (17.86%) Citrix
4 5 (17.86%) iManage
5 1 (3.57%) Apple
5 1 (3.57%) SAP
5 1 (3.57%) Veritas