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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 20 39
Rank change year-on-year -32 +19 -4
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 20 54 39
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.36% 7.98% 4.05%
As % of the System Software category 31.25% 60.00% 44.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 43 30
10th Percentile £209 £140 £177
25th Percentile £456 £206 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +12.50% +1.59%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £581
90th Percentile £647 £705 £704
South West median daily rate £500 £450 £300
% change year-on-year +11.11% +50.00% -32.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £63.10 £22.86
25th Percentile £20.82 £65.50 £26.79
Median hourly rate £22.27 £74.00 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -69.91% +114.84% -42.59%
75th Percentile £23.71 £85.50 £40.98
90th Percentile - £89.70 £44.23
South West median hourly rate £195.00 £16.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +1118.75% -17.95% -52.47%

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 90 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 7.54% 13.29% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 72 64
10th Percentile £419 £150 £215
25th Percentile £463 £213 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £531
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -10.59% +15.02%
75th Percentile £650 £581 £678
90th Percentile £714 £725 £750
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 8
10th Percentile - £58.70 £38.55
25th Percentile £61.25 £59.75 £63.16
Median hourly rate £66.50 £63.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -13.10% +11.54%
75th Percentile £67.25 £78.50 £90.00
90th Percentile £87.00 £86.90 -
South West median hourly rate £66.50 £37.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +79.73% -43.92% +14.75%

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 31 December 2025.

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 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (30.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (25.00%) AWS
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (15.00%) GCP
5 2 (10.00%) Azure AKS
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) DHCP
1 6 (30.00%) Skype
2 5 (25.00%) DNS
2 5 (25.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (5.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Finance
5 3 (15.00%) Aerospace
6 2 (10.00%) Law
7 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Electronics
7 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.00%) Marketing
7 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) ForgeRock Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.00%) Administrator
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Security Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Express.js
1 2 (10.00%) Next.js
1 2 (10.00%) Node.js
1 2 (10.00%) OAuth
1 2 (10.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (10.00%) OpenID
1 2 (10.00%) React
1 2 (10.00%) RESTful
1 2 (10.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) PKI
2 3 (15.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (15.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (35.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 5 (25.00%) DevOps
2 5 (25.00%) Service Management
2 5 (25.00%) System Testing
3 4 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (15.00%) Change Management
4 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.00%) Digital Identity
5 2 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (10.00%) RBAC
5 2 (10.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) Bicep
3 2 (10.00%) Python
3 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) CCNA
3 5 (25.00%) CCNP
3 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (25.00%) Degree
3 5 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 5 (25.00%) MCSE
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
1 2 (10.00%) PSD2
1 2 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (10.00%) Docker
3 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) SCCM
2 5 (25.00%) WSUS
3 2 (10.00%) Kibana
3 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (5.00%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (5.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) VMware
3 8 (40.00%) Cisco
4 5 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 5 (25.00%) Splunk
4 5 (25.00%) Veeam
5 2 (10.00%) ForgeRock
5 2 (10.00%) Ping Identity
6 1 (5.00%) Google
6 1 (5.00%) NetApp
6 1 (5.00%) SAP
6 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow