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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 3 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 4.11% 12.20% 6.10%
As % of the System Software category 27.27% 41.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £154
25th Percentile - £394 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £413 £190
Median % change year-on-year - +117.11% -65.45%
75th Percentile - £431 £373
90th Percentile - - £412
South Wales median daily rate £468 £313 £136
% change year-on-year +49.60% +129.78% -40.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £30.98 £28.50 -
25th Percentile £39.57 £31.88 -
Median hourly rate £55.13 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.01% - -
75th Percentile £71.94 £41.25 -
90th Percentile £81.28 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £37.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year -43.33% +200.00% -27.55%

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 11 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 15.07% 29.27% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile £399 £218 £154
25th Percentile £454 £312 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £414 £190
Median % change year-on-year +31.72% +117.76% -65.45%
75th Percentile £641 £511 £373
90th Percentile £691 £569 £412
South Wales median daily rate £508 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +26.88% -5.88% -16.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £30.98 £28.50 -
25th Percentile £39.57 £31.88 -
Median hourly rate £55.13 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.01% - -
75th Percentile £71.94 £41.25 -
90th Percentile £81.28 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.13 £37.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.67% -25.00% +189.81%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Newport

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in Newport over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in Newport

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) VSAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Build Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Release Management
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM
1 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Check_MK
2 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (33.33%) Nessus
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) Tenable
2 1 (33.33%) VMware