Active Directory Contracts in Somerset

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 20 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 +5
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 17 9 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 7.98% 4.71% 13.93%
As % of the System Software category 89.47% 36.00% 68.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 16
10th Percentile £143 £138 £183
25th Percentile £150 £147 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £173 £164 £225
Median % change year-on-year +5.34% -27.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £193 £182 £452
90th Percentile £199 £190 £500
South West median daily rate £439 £500 £300
% change year-on-year -12.15% +66.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile - £16.48 £16.26
25th Percentile - £16.81 £17.01
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.25 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year +119.18% -2.04% +18.66%
75th Percentile - £19.31 £20.63
90th Percentile - £19.43 £21.60
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -11.63% +36.94%

All System Software Skills
Somerset

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 25 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 8.92% 13.09% 20.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 28
10th Percentile £148 £278 £200
25th Percentile £163 £430 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £450 £361
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +24.57% +14.68%
75th Percentile £345 £738 £495
90th Percentile £431 £748 £527
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £486
% change year-on-year +2.44% +5.40% +11.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile - £16.48 £16.26
25th Percentile - £16.81 £17.01
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.25 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year +119.18% -2.04% +18.66%
75th Percentile - £19.31 £20.63
90th Percentile - £19.43 £21.60
South West median hourly rate £68.75 £60.35 £48.27
% change year-on-year +13.92% +25.03% +21.69%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Somerset

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Somerset

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Somerset

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Yeovil - 8 - - 6
Bath -1 4 - - 3
Bridgwater -5 2 - - 2
Taunton +5 1 £150 -
Street - 1 £195 - 5
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (17.65%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) DHCP
1 9 (52.94%) DNS
2 8 (47.06%) LAN
2 8 (47.06%) MPLS
2 8 (47.06%) SAN
2 8 (47.06%) WAN
2 8 (47.06%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (17.65%) Internet
4 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.88%) VLAN
4 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Aerospace
2 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
2 8 (47.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 8 (47.06%) IT Analyst
2 8 (47.06%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support
3 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Security Specialist
4 3 (17.65%) Support Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (5.88%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 11 (64.71%) Data Centre
2 8 (47.06%) Client/Server
2 8 (47.06%) Clustering
3 3 (17.65%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Application Packaging
1 11 (64.71%) Decision-Making
1 11 (64.71%) Network Management
1 11 (64.71%) Server Management
2 8 (47.06%) Asset Management
2 8 (47.06%) Business Transformation
2 8 (47.06%) Capacity Management
2 8 (47.06%) Capacity Planning
2 8 (47.06%) Data Migration
2 8 (47.06%) Data Protection
2 8 (47.06%) Migration
3 4 (23.53%) Customer Experience
3 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
4 3 (17.65%) Break/Fix
4 3 (17.65%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) SIEM
4 3 (17.65%) Software Deployment
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.88%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Degree
2 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Virtual Servers
1 8 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (47.06%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (47.06%) Nagios
1 8 (47.06%) NetBackup
1 8 (47.06%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Hitachi
1 8 (47.06%) NetApp
1 8 (47.06%) VMware
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft