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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 16 25
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 +6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 17 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.98% 7.62% 4.42%
As % of the System Software category 26.67% 65.38% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 9
10th Percentile - £120 £137
25th Percentile £293 £124 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 £138 £325
Median % change year-on-year +116.32% -57.68% -16.13%
75th Percentile £306 £140 £438
90th Percentile £318 £220 £440
South Wales median daily rate £200 £140 £160
% change year-on-year +42.86% -12.50% -58.71%

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 15 26 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 7.43% 11.66% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 27
10th Percentile £285 £120 £140
25th Percentile £294 £130 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £140 £425
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -67.06% -8.11%
75th Percentile £319 £400 £578
90th Percentile £487 £575 £638
South Wales median daily rate £263 £205 £525
% change year-on-year +28.05% -60.95% +5.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory 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
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 and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Android
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) BitLocker
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Apple
1 2 (50.00%) HP
1 2 (50.00%) McAfee
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) MobileIron
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow