Microsoft Active Directory
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 26 | 22 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | -4 | +12 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Active Directory | 9 | 23 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales | 3.59% | 6.87% | 7.86% |
| As % of the System Software category | 33.33% | 62.16% | 38.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 19 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £120 | £133 |
| 25th Percentile | £190 | £128 | £140 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £140 | £160 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.86% | -12.50% | -62.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £298 | £220 | £338 |
| 90th Percentile | £305 | £353 | £500 |
| Wales median daily rate | £200 | £140 | £180 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.86% | -22.22% | -37.39% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £12.50 | - |
| Wales median hourly rate | £18.50 | £12.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +48.00% | - | - |
All System Software Skills
South 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 South Wales.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 27 | 37 | 83 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 10.76% | 11.04% | 20.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 27 | 69 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £122 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | £138 | £200 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £263 | £220 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.32% | -58.10% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £300 | £453 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £483 | £619 | £638 |
| Wales median daily rate | £300 | £220 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.36% | -51.11% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £50.00 | - |
| Wales median hourly rate | £18.50 | £50.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -63.00% | - | - |
Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Active Directory.
Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Active Directory.
Active Directory
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in South 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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 21 August 2025. 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glamorgan | - | 5 | £200 | - | 7 |
| Cardiff | -10 | 4 | £298 | +116.32% | 7 |
| Active Directory Wales |
|||||
Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: