Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Microsoft Active Directory
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 22 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 10 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 3.46% 2.40% 4.78%
As % of the System Software category 52.63% 28.57% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 10
10th Percentile £238 £308 £120
25th Percentile £346 £319 £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £363 £133
Median % change year-on-year +28.97% +172.56% -52.07%
75th Percentile £492 £413 £140
90th Percentile £548 £435 £220
South Wales median daily rate £468 £200 £138
% change year-on-year +133.75% +45.43% -24.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £12.50
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £37.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year -43.33% +200.00% -27.55%

All System Software Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 14 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.57% 8.38% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 31
10th Percentile £285 £291 £127
25th Percentile £370 £300 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.97% -27.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £546 £455 £534
90th Percentile £665 £476 £600
South Wales median daily rate £525 £300 £425
% change year-on-year +75.00% -29.41% -16.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 - £12.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.55%
75th Percentile £21.00 - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £37.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -44.00% -25.00% +189.81%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Cardiff over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Cardiff

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) WAN
2 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (10.00%) GSM
3 1 (10.00%) Kerberos
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP
3 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (30.00%) Service Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) SCADA
2 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (40.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) ITSM
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Apple
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) McAfee
3 1 (10.00%) MobileIron