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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 26 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +6
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 10 4 18
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 3.03% 2.14% 7.96%
As % of the System Software category 40.00% 26.67% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 14
10th Percentile £400 - £120
25th Percentile £413 £293 £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £298 £138
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +116.32% -14.05%
75th Percentile £476 £306 £140
90th Percentile £495 £318 £220
South Wales median daily rate £468 £200 £140
% change year-on-year +133.75% +42.86% -12.50%
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 - £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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 25 15 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 7.58% 8.02% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 22
10th Percentile £329 £285 £120
25th Percentile £413 £294 £132
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £300 £180
Median % change year-on-year +55.83% +66.67% -57.65%
75th Percentile £538 £319 £530
90th Percentile £698 £487 £642
South Wales median daily rate £525 £279 £205
% change year-on-year +88.34% +35.98% -60.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 - £12.50
75th Percentile £21.00 - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.13 - £50.00

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 18 August 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Administrator
1 4 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) SCADA
2 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (40.00%) Operational Technology
3 3 (30.00%) PKI
4 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco