Active Directory Contract Job Trends in North Wales

Microsoft Active Directory
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Wales requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 12 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in North Wales 20.69% 28.57% 13.33%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 100.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £155 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.38% - -
75th Percentile £179 - -
90th Percentile £200 - -
Wales median daily rate £200 £400 £201
% change year-on-year -50.00% +99.00% +6.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £37.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year -43.33% +200.00% -20.50%

All System Software Skills
North Wales

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 North Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales 20.69% 28.57% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £155 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.38% - -
75th Percentile £179 - -
90th Percentile £200 - -
Wales median daily rate £290 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -27.50% -5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year - +4.33% -
Wales median hourly rate £21.13 £37.50 £15.84
% change year-on-year -43.67% +136.82% +0.72%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in North Wales

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in North Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in North Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in North Wales over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in North Wales

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in North Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in North Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 5 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wrexham 0 9 £160 - 4
Conwy - 2 £200 - 3
Active Directory
Wales

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (66.67%) Skype
2 1 (8.33%) DHCP
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) HTTPS
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) NAS
2 1 (8.33%) SAN
2 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.33%) VLAN
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (66.67%) Electronics
2 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 8 (66.67%) Marketing
2 8 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 8 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Desktop Support
1 8 (66.67%) IT Support
2 2 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Deployment Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) CCTV
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Android
2 8 (66.67%) Mac OS
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 8 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (66.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 8 (66.67%) ITIL
2 8 (66.67%) Logistics
2 8 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 8 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 8 (66.67%) Software Licensing
3 1 (8.33%) High Availability
3 1 (8.33%) Product Management
3 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C++
1 1 (8.33%) Java
1 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
2 8 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) MCSE
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 8 (66.67%) SAP
3 2 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle
4 1 (8.33%) Veritas