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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	32	27	17
Rank change year-on-year	-5	-10	+11
Contract jobs citing Active Directory	8	7	17
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff	2.46%	3.29%	7.39%
As % of the System Software category	26.67%	46.67%	54.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	8	7	14
10^th Percentile	£400	-	£120
25^th Percentile	£413	£290	£124
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£446	£295	£138
Median % change year-on-year	+51.27%	+114.51%	-14.71%
75^th Percentile	£476	£299	£140
90^th Percentile	£495	£310	£320
South Wales median daily rate	£468	£290	£140
% change year-on-year	+61.21%	+107.14%	-12.50%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	30	15	31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff	9.23%	7.04%	13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	25	13	24
10^th Percentile	£325	£290	£121
25^th Percentile	£331	£293	£135
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£468	£300	£215
Median % change year-on-year	+55.83%	+39.53%	-33.85%
75^th Percentile	£550	£325	£514
90^th Percentile	£675	£521	£584
South Wales median daily rate	£500	£290	£215
% change year-on-year	+72.41%	+34.88%	-59.05%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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 17 October 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.

Active Directory Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Active Directory also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region with a requirement for Active Directory.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows	100.0%	8
2	Linux	62.5%	5
3	Cisco	50.0%	4
3	Cybersecurity	50.0%	4
3	SQL	50.0%	4
3	SQL Server	50.0%	4
3	WAN	50.0%	4
3	Windows Server	50.0%	4
9	Identity Access Management	37.5%	3
9	Infrastructure Engineering	37.5%	3
9	Intrusion Detection	37.5%	3
9	ITIL	37.5%	3
9	Microsoft	37.5%	3
9	Microsoft Certification	37.5%	3
9	Migration	37.5%	3
9	Problem-Solving	37.5%	3
9	User Acceptance Testing	37.5%	3
9	Vulnerability Management	37.5%	3
9	Windows Server 2016	37.5%	3
20	GSM	12.5%	1
20	Kerberos	12.5%	1
20	Privileged Access Management	12.5%	1
20	Service Delivery	12.5%	1
20	TCP/IP	12.5%	1

Active Directory Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows	100.0%	8
2	Linux	62.5%	5
3	Windows Server	50.0%	4
4	Windows Server 2016	37.5%	3