Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Swansea

Microsoft Active Directory
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring Active Directory skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 2 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swansea 8.00% 15.79% 36.67%
As % of the System Software category 20.00% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £160 -
25th Percentile £185 £205 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £291 £180
Median % change year-on-year -34.60% +61.39% +5.88%
75th Percentile £195 £389 £185
90th Percentile - £441 £353
West Wales median daily rate £190 £291 £180
% change year-on-year -34.60% +61.39% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.75 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £18.50 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% - -
75th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median hourly rate £18.50 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year -17.78% - -

All System Software Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea 40.00% 21.05% 36.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 6
10th Percentile £407 £190 -
25th Percentile £463 £278 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £180
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +150.00% +5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £185
90th Percentile - £495 £353
West Wales median daily rate £475 £450 £180
% change year-on-year +5.56% +150.00% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.75 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £18.50 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% - -
75th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median hourly rate £18.50 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year -17.78% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Swansea

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Swansea

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Active Directory

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Hourly Rate Trend in Swansea

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Autotask
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ConnectWise
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds