Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Newport

Microsoft Active Directory
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +17
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 9.09% 18.03% 14.47%
As % of the System Software category 44.44% 84.62% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile - £176 £137
25th Percentile £525 £185 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £190 £200
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% -5.00% -61.90%
75th Percentile £575 £373 £481
90th Percentile - £396 £575
South Wales median daily rate £290 £308 £183
% change year-on-year -5.69% +68.49% -45.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £28.50 £12.66
25th Percentile £82.50 £31.88 £12.77
Median hourly rate £85.00 £37.50 £13.08
Median % change year-on-year +126.67% +186.70% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £41.25 £13.27
90th Percentile - - £13.31
South Wales median hourly rate £82.50 £37.50 £13.33
% change year-on-year +120.00% +181.32% -8.13%

All System Software Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 9 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 20.45% 21.31% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 9
10th Percentile £442 £160 £140
25th Percentile £495 £185 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £190 £525
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% -63.81% -13.40%
75th Percentile £616 £373 £575
90th Percentile £689 £424 £600
South Wales median daily rate £290 £365 £300
% change year-on-year -20.55% +21.67% -36.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £28.50 £12.66
25th Percentile £82.50 £31.88 £12.77
Median hourly rate £85.00 £37.50 £13.08
Median % change year-on-year +126.67% +186.70% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £41.25 £13.27
90th Percentile - - £13.31
South Wales median hourly rate £82.50 £37.50 £13.33
% change year-on-year +120.00% +181.32% -8.13%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Newport

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) VSAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) Sendmail
2 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Check_MK
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (25.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Splunk
3 1 (25.00%) Tenable
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam