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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 22 41
Rank change year-on-year -28 +19 -2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 30 39 38
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.74% 7.10% 3.70%
As % of the System Software category 42.86% 51.32% 39.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 33 29
10th Percentile £209 £140 £213
25th Percentile £481 £190 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £225 £439
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -48.77% +46.41%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £581
90th Percentile £583 £625 £750
South West median daily rate £512 £425 £350
% change year-on-year +20.35% +21.43% -25.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £19.41 - -
25th Percentile £19.64 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £20.88 £63.00 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year -66.85% +35.81% -31.78%
75th Percentile £22.72 £64.50 -
90th Percentile £23.31 - -
South West median hourly rate £22.27 £16.78 £40.00
% change year-on-year +32.69% -58.05% -25.02%

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 70 76 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 6.39% 13.84% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 62 64
10th Percentile £385 £141 £218
25th Percentile £463 £213 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +15.64%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £656
90th Percentile £703 £674 £750
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 13
10th Percentile £36.99 - £67.13
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.50 £68.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -30.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £16.78 £65.98
% change year-on-year +287.37% -74.57% +9.97%

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 6 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 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (13.33%) Skype for Business
4 1 (3.33%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (30.00%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) Entra ID
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (13.33%) AWS
5 2 (6.67%) GCP
5 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.33%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) DHCP
2 4 (13.33%) DNS
2 4 (13.33%) Skype
2 4 (13.33%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (3.33%) Metadata
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (3.33%) Power Query
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.33%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Finance
3 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.33%) Back Office
6 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Electronics
6 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Law
6 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.33%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Active Directory Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) IT Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Security Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Wintel Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Developer
5 2 (6.67%) ForgeRock Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V Administrator
6 1 (3.33%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Support Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) SharePoint Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) OAuth
1 2 (6.67%) OAuth2
1 2 (6.67%) OpenID
1 2 (6.67%) RESTful
1 2 (6.67%) SAML
2 1 (3.33%) Express.js
2 1 (3.33%) Next.js
2 1 (3.33%) Node.js
2 1 (3.33%) React
2 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 5 (16.67%) PKI
2 4 (13.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (10.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) ITIL
2 6 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (16.67%) AI
3 5 (16.67%) Change Management
3 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 5 (16.67%) Generative AI
3 5 (16.67%) Migration
3 5 (16.67%) Service Management
4 4 (13.33%) Agile
4 4 (13.33%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (13.33%) DevOps
4 4 (13.33%) RBAC
4 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (13.33%) System Testing
5 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (6.67%) Analytics
6 2 (6.67%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (10.00%) Python
4 1 (3.33%) Bicep
4 1 (3.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) Security Cleared
2 11 (36.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (16.67%) Degree
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (13.33%) CCNA
4 4 (13.33%) CCNP
4 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (13.33%) Master's Degree
4 4 (13.33%) MCSE
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) GDPR
1 2 (6.67%) PSD2
1 2 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (13.33%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (33.33%) SCCM
2 4 (13.33%) WSUS
3 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.33%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (3.33%) Kibana
4 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.33%) SCOM
4 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) VMware
3 7 (23.33%) Cisco
4 4 (13.33%) SolarWinds
4 4 (13.33%) Splunk
4 4 (13.33%) Veeam
5 2 (6.67%) ForgeRock
5 2 (6.67%) Ping Identity
6 1 (3.33%) Databricks
6 1 (3.33%) Google
6 1 (3.33%) NetApp
6 1 (3.33%) Oracle
6 1 (3.33%) Remedy
6 1 (3.33%) SAP