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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 25 34
Rank change year-on-year -29 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 25 31 45
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.21% 5.98% 4.31%
As % of the System Software category 33.78% 42.47% 43.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 36
10th Percentile £205 £156 £213
25th Percentile £220 £200 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £225 £439
Median % change year-on-year +124.78% -48.77% +95.21%
75th Percentile £532 £600 £650
90th Percentile £562 £685 £744
South West median daily rate £500 £450 £325
% change year-on-year +11.11% +38.46% -27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.65 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.05 £63.00 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year -72.94% +35.81% -31.78%
75th Percentile £20.74 £64.50 -
90th Percentile £22.52 - -
South West median hourly rate £17.05 £18.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -6.58% -54.38% -2.51%

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 74 73 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 6.53% 14.09% 9.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 57 71
10th Percentile £291 £196 £215
25th Percentile £423 £213 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £605 £650
90th Percentile £688 £695 £738
South West median daily rate £536 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% +10.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 14
10th Percentile £19.25 £63.22 £64.76
25th Percentile £61.25 £65.80 £67.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.85 £84.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -15.65% +29.23%
75th Percentile £67.25 £75.15 £90.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.28 -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £40.63 £67.25
% change year-on-year +53.85% -39.59% +12.08%

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 28 March 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 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (28.00%) Azure
3 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.00%) AWS
5 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.00%) GCP
6 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
6 1 (4.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DHCP
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) Metadata
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (4.00%) Power Query
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.00%) Back Office
3 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Electronics
3 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Active Directory Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Security Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) IT Support
4 3 (12.00%) Service Desk Support
5 2 (8.00%) Developer
5 2 (8.00%) ForgeRock Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Administrator
6 1 (4.00%) Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Field Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) OAuth
1 2 (8.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (8.00%) OpenID
1 2 (8.00%) RESTful
1 2 (8.00%) SAML
2 1 (4.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (56.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (20.00%) AI
2 5 (20.00%) Change Management
2 5 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (16.00%) ITIL
3 4 (16.00%) RBAC
3 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) Migration
5 2 (8.00%) Analytics
5 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.00%) Digital Identity
5 2 (8.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.00%) Architecture Governance
6 1 (4.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (4.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.00%) Python
3 1 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) GDPR
1 2 (8.00%) PSD2
1 2 (8.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.00%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.00%) SCOM
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.00%) ForgeRock
3 2 (8.00%) Ping Identity
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) Databricks
4 1 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) NetApp
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) Remedy
4 1 (4.00%) SAP