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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 29 27
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 5 6 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 3.13% 2.83% 5.64%
As % of the System Software category 29.41% 24.00% 61.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 16
10th Percentile £218 - £125
25th Percentile £335 - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £220 £388
Median % change year-on-year +93.18% -43.23% -6.63%
75th Percentile £453 £285 £438
90th Percentile £458 £324 £493
South Wales median daily rate £400 £210 £210
% change year-on-year +90.48% - -47.50%
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 £37.50 £12.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year +200.00% -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 17 25 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 10.63% 11.79% 9.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 26
10th Percentile - £350 £143
25th Percentile £213 £413 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% -0.12%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £533
90th Percentile £525 £646 £641
South Wales median daily rate £406 £463 £479
% change year-on-year -12.16% -3.39% +6.39%
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 £37.50 £12.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year +200.00% -27.55% +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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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft