Active Directory Contracts in Cardiff

Microsoft Active Directory
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2 14 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.14% 6.01% 7.08%
As % of the System Software category 16.67% 36.84% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 15
10th Percentile £303 £121 £125
25th Percentile £306 £127 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £139 £190
Median % change year-on-year +124.74% -26.82% -53.09%
75th Percentile £319 £140 £388
90th Percentile £323 £220 £438
South Wales median daily rate £200 £140 £180
% change year-on-year +42.86% -22.22% -53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.40
25th Percentile - £12.25 £16.67
Median hourly rate - £12.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - -27.55% +38.08%
75th Percentile - £12.75 £17.73
90th Percentile - - £17.95
South Wales median hourly rate - £12.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year - -27.55% +38.08%

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 12 38 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.82% 16.31% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 35 26
10th Percentile £274 £128 £133
25th Percentile - £140 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +3.03% -8.33%
75th Percentile £363 £531 £534
90th Percentile £477 £590 £628
South Wales median daily rate £295 £425 £513
% change year-on-year -30.59% -17.07% +5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.40
25th Percentile - £12.25 £16.67
Median hourly rate - £12.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - -27.55% +38.08%
75th Percentile - £12.75 £17.73
90th Percentile - - £17.95
South Wales median hourly rate - £50.00 £17.25
% change year-on-year - +189.81% +38.08%

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Cardiff

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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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow