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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 36 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +11
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 40 27 38
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.10% 4.68% 3.56%
As % of the System Software category 41.24% 42.19% 35.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 34
10th Percentile £225 £152 £213
25th Percentile £234 £200 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £235 £546
Median % change year-on-year +80.85% -56.98% +136.22%
75th Percentile £548 £356 £650
90th Percentile £588 £619 £743
South West median daily rate £400 £413 £439
% change year-on-year -3.03% -6.09% -12.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.65 - -
Median hourly rate £17.05 - £46.39
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile £23.94 - -
South West median hourly rate £19.50 £16.78 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.21% -58.05% +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 97 64 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 7.53% 11.09% 9.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 46 74
10th Percentile £263 £190 £240
25th Percentile £413 £218 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -16.19% +23.53%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £597
90th Percentile £613 £625 £714
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 2 18
10th Percentile £13.65 £78.83 £66.11
25th Percentile £19.25 £79.03 £69.09
Median hourly rate £65.00 £79.35 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.08% -0.81% +23.08%
75th Percentile - £79.68 £90.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.87 -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £48.48 £68.75
% change year-on-year +18.62% -29.49% +13.92%

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 29 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in Bristol

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 (27.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (22.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.50%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (22.50%) Azure
3 8 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (17.50%) SaaS
5 6 (15.00%) Google Workspace
6 5 (12.50%) Google Drive
7 4 (10.00%) GCP
7 4 (10.00%) Power Platform
8 3 (7.50%) Asana
9 1 (2.50%) AWS
9 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (2.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) DNS
2 3 (7.50%) DHCP
2 3 (7.50%) DKIM
2 3 (7.50%) DMARC
3 2 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.50%) Firewall
4 1 (2.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.50%) Metadata
3 1 (2.50%) Power Query
3 1 (2.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (27.50%) JIRA
General
1 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.00%) Finance
4 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Advertising
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Back Office
5 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Electronics
5 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Marketing
5 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Administrator
2 7 (17.50%) IT Support
2 7 (17.50%) Service Desk Support
3 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) Active Directory Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) Active Directory Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) IT Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) IT Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Service Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (5.00%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) OAuth
2 1 (2.50%) LDAP
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.50%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.50%) PKI
5 1 (2.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (52.50%) Windows
2 6 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 11 (27.50%) Change Management
3 8 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (20.00%) Migration
4 7 (17.50%) AI
4 7 (17.50%) Generative AI
4 7 (17.50%) ITIL
4 7 (17.50%) Project Delivery
5 6 (15.00%) Document Management
5 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (15.00%) Records Management
6 5 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (12.50%) Cloud Operations
6 5 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (10.00%) Analytics
7 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (10.00%) Identity Management
7 4 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) BeanShell
2 1 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.50%) Java
2 1 (2.50%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.50%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (5.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) SCCM
2 3 (7.50%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.50%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.50%) SCOM
3 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Google
3 6 (15.00%) VMware
4 3 (7.50%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.50%) Databricks
5 1 (2.50%) NetApp
5 1 (2.50%) Remedy
5 1 (2.50%) SAP