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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 5.06% - 4.41%
As % of the System Software category 28.57% - 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £494 - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £190
Median % change year-on-year - - -66.96%
75th Percentile £544 - £284
90th Percentile £548 - £337
South Wales median daily rate £468 £200 £140
% change year-on-year +133.75% +42.86% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.26 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 - -

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 14 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 17.72% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £481 - -
25th Percentile £499 - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £190
Median % change year-on-year - - -68.33%
75th Percentile £594 - £284
90th Percentile £658 - £337
South Wales median daily rate £500 £263 £220
% change year-on-year +90.48% +19.32% -57.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £22.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.82 - -
Median hourly rate £23.63 - -
75th Percentile £24.45 - -
90th Percentile £24.93 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.13 - £50.00

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 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
General
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
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Presales
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (25.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) NetApp
2 3 (75.00%) VMware