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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 22 16
Rank change year-on-year -6 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 12 23 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 3.97% 5.41% 9.38%
As % of the System Software category 31.58% 42.59% 47.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 43
10th Percentile £185 £122 £133
25th Percentile £188 £131 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £140 £180
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -22.22% -44.62%
75th Percentile £243 £285 £338
90th Percentile £300 £386 £515
UK median daily rate £450 £443 £425
% change year-on-year +1.69% +4.12% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.40
25th Percentile £33.75 £12.25 £16.67
Median hourly rate £37.50 £12.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -27.55% +15.02%
75th Percentile £41.25 £12.75 £17.73
90th Percentile - - £17.95
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £17.69 £22.00
% change year-on-year +24.36% -19.59% +25.71%

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 38 54 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 12.58% 12.71% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 43 90
10th Percentile £190 £131 £152
25th Percentile £201 £185 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £425 £494
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% -13.92% +9.72%
75th Percentile £447 £531 £588
90th Percentile £488 £595 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £15.02 £16.40
25th Percentile £33.75 £19.17 £16.67
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +189.81% +15.02%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.50 £17.73
90th Percentile - - £17.95
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £24.18 £54.00
% change year-on-year +15.80% -55.22% +170.00%

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 25 June 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
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 25 June 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 +1 8 £200 +42.86% 15
West Wales - 3 £190 -
North Wales -1 1 £275 - 6
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 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (83.33%) Azure
3 8 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) LAN
2 6 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) VoIP
3 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Support
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) IT Support
3 4 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (8.33%) Application Packaging
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (8.33%) ITSM
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (25.00%) Autotask
3 1 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) Sophos
3 3 (25.00%) ConnectWise
3 3 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow