Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Bridgwater

Microsoft Active Directory
Somerset > Bridgwater

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bridgwater requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 5 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Bridgwater 12.82% 20.00% 44.44%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile £206 - £126
25th Percentile £213 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 - £145
75th Percentile - - £148
90th Percentile £231 - £185
Somerset median daily rate £475 £250 £170
% change year-on-year +90.00% +47.06% -35.24%

All System Software Skills
Bridgwater

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 Bridgwater.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgwater 12.82% 20.00% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile £206 - £126
25th Percentile £213 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 - £145
75th Percentile - - £148
90th Percentile £231 - £185
Somerset median daily rate £475 £520 £190
% change year-on-year -8.65% +173.68% -66.73%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgwater

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Bridgwater

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Bridgwater

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

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

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgwater 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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 5 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) iPad
1 1 (20.00%) iPhone
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Antivirus Management
3 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
5 1 (20.00%) Logistics
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) McAfee
2 1 (20.00%) Starlink