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 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +16
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 3 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 6.82% 8.00% 12.90%
As % of the System Software category 37.50% 85.71% 52.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile - £174 £138
25th Percentile £525 £185 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £190 £200
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% -5.00% -62.79%
75th Percentile £575 £328 £575
90th Percentile - £373 £600
South Wales median daily rate £290 £200 £173
% change year-on-year +45.00% +15.61% -7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.66
25th Percentile - - £12.77
Median hourly rate - - £13.08
75th Percentile - - £13.27
90th Percentile - - £13.31
South Wales median hourly rate £80.00 - £13.33
% change year-on-year - - +6.00%

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 8 7 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 18.18% 9.33% 24.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 17
10th Percentile £442 £174 £177
25th Percentile £495 £185 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £190 £550
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% -65.45% -9.28%
75th Percentile £616 £328 £600
90th Percentile £689 £373 £638
South Wales median daily rate £290 £238 £300
% change year-on-year +22.11% -20.83% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.66
25th Percentile - - £12.77
Median hourly rate - - £13.08
75th Percentile - - £13.27
90th Percentile - - £13.31
South Wales median hourly rate £80.00 - £13.33
% change year-on-year - - +6.00%

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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam