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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 31 59
Rank change year-on-year -14 +28 -11
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 20 43 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.92% 4.67% 2.30%
As % of the System Software category 33.90% 44.79% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 38 15
10th Percentile £214 £256 £153
25th Percentile - £425 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £521 £213
Median % change year-on-year -54.92% +145.29% -39.29%
75th Percentile £581 £650 £356
90th Percentile £667 £729 £584
South West median daily rate £275 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -42.11% -2.56% +39.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.34
25th Percentile - £77.50 £16.99
Median hourly rate - £85.00 £19.20
Median % change year-on-year - +342.71% -56.76%
75th Percentile - £92.50 £22.54
90th Percentile - - £23.87
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £16.00 £16.95
% change year-on-year +306.25% -5.60% -46.22%

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 59 96 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 8.60% 10.42% 6.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 78 44
10th Percentile £235 £375 £192
25th Percentile £288 £463 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £529 £438
Median % change year-on-year -13.37% +20.91% -12.50%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £600
90th Percentile £738 £699 £643
South West median daily rate £500 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £79.09 £62.60 £17.21
25th Percentile £79.68 £67.13 £19.16
Median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +68.42% -4.43%
75th Percentile £95.00 £85.00 £77.19
90th Percentile - £90.50 £78.88
South West median hourly rate £80.00 £73.75 £52.09
% change year-on-year +8.47% +41.60% +7.44%

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
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 August 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 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 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure AKS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.00%) GCP
3 1 (5.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) VPN
2 3 (15.00%) DNS
2 3 (15.00%) NetScaler
3 2 (10.00%) DHCP
3 2 (10.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) Skype
3 2 (10.00%) VoIP
4 1 (5.00%) LAN
4 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.00%) WAN
4 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Italian Language
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Support Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Desktop Support
2 7 (35.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Service Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Express.js
1 1 (5.00%) Next.js
1 1 (5.00%) Node.js
1 1 (5.00%) React
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) PKI
2 1 (5.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (10.00%) Linux
5 1 (5.00%) Android
5 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) ITIL
2 10 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (45.00%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (40.00%) ITSM
5 7 (35.00%) Case Management
5 7 (35.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (20.00%) Agile
7 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (15.00%) Scrum
7 3 (15.00%) Technical Debt
7 3 (15.00%) User Experience
8 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
8 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
8 2 (10.00%) Time Management
9 1 (5.00%) Computer Science
9 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (5.00%) Software Engineering
9 1 (5.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Bicep
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 7 (35.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) A+ Certification
5 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) CCNA
6 1 (5.00%) CCNP
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (5.00%) MCSE
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (15.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (15.00%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (15.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (5.00%) Docker
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (20.00%) SCCM
3 1 (5.00%) Kibana
3 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.00%) SCOM
3 1 (5.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (50.00%) Citrix
3 9 (45.00%) ServiceNow
4 6 (30.00%) VMware
5 3 (15.00%) Ivanti
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco
6 1 (5.00%) SAP
6 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.00%) Splunk
6 1 (5.00%) Veeam