Active Directory Contracts in Wales

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 28 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 -1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 21 17 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 7.22% 4.33% 7.86%
As % of the System Software category 46.67% 43.59% 58.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 41
10th Percentile - £133 £135
25th Percentile £185 £176 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £220 £185
Median % change year-on-year +65.91% +18.92% -52.26%
75th Percentile £438 £361 £438
90th Percentile £457 £438 £519
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.88% - +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £22.50 - £15.24
25th Percentile £26.25 £12.25 £15.61
Median hourly rate £37.50 £12.50 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -23.99% +17.46%
75th Percentile £41.25 £12.75 £17.38
90th Percentile - - £17.81
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £20.00
% change year-on-year +21.31% -11.55% +14.29%

All System Software Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 45 39 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 15.46% 9.92% 13.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 31 71
10th Percentile £185 £185 £145
25th Percentile £213 £354 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £460 £531 £538
90th Percentile £539 £600 £631
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £22.50 £12.94 £15.24
25th Percentile £26.25 £13.98 £15.61
Median hourly rate £37.50 £15.84 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +136.82% -3.71% +17.46%
75th Percentile £41.25 £17.57 £17.38
90th Percentile - £18.53 £17.81
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year +22.22% -58.14% +168.75%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Wales over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Active Directory in Wales over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +12 18 £400 +90.48% 25
West Wales - 2 £190 -
North Wales +1 1 - - 1
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (71.43%) Azure
2 12 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Stack
4 1 (4.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) VPN
3 2 (9.52%) DHCP
3 2 (9.52%) DNS
3 2 (9.52%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (9.52%) SAN
3 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.76%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 6 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (23.81%) IT Support
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Support Specialist
4 3 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 7 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 7 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (19.05%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.76%) Linux
5 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.76%) Rocky
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Vista
5 1 (4.76%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) ITIL
2 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (19.05%) Application Packaging
5 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
6 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.76%) Agile
8 1 (4.76%) Change Management
8 1 (4.76%) Containerisation
8 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (4.76%) High Availability
8 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (4.76%) ITSM
8 1 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
8 1 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (4.76%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Network+ Certification
2 5 (23.81%) A+ Certification
2 5 (23.81%) Degree
3 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.76%) Terminal Services
1 1 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.76%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (23.81%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (9.52%) Autotask
4 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.76%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
1 5 (23.81%) ServiceNow
1 5 (23.81%) VMware
2 2 (9.52%) ConnectWise
2 2 (9.52%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Citrix
3 1 (4.76%) Dell