Active Directory Contracts in Reading

Microsoft Active Directory
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 47 28
Rank change year-on-year +25 -19 0
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 90 40 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 7.58% 3.86% 6.39%
As % of the System Software category 51.43% 33.33% 49.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 28 63
10th Percentile - £235 £127
25th Percentile £575 £544 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £675 £350
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% +92.86% -20.00%
75th Percentile £608 £725 £600
90th Percentile £675 £773 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £605 £588 £418
% change year-on-year +2.98% +40.72% +1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £14.53 -
25th Percentile - £16.58 £9.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £36.36 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.77% +263.60% -34.43%
75th Percentile - £63.47 £10.25
90th Percentile - £74.21 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £59.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +10.17% +237.14% -71.07%

All System Software Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 175 120 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.73% 11.58% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 89 132
10th Percentile £205 £385 £133
25th Percentile £525 £481 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% +15.00% +12.04%
75th Percentile £611 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £703 £698
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £525 £463
% change year-on-year +9.52% +13.51% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £15.90 -
25th Percentile - £32.61 £9.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +400.00% -83.33%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £10.25
90th Percentile - £74.55 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £54.78 £41.25
% change year-on-year +18.66% +32.80% -31.54%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Reading

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Reading

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Reading over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Reading

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Reading

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 19 (21.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.22%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 62 (68.89%) Azure
2 38 (42.22%) Entra ID
3 32 (35.56%) Azure Monitor
4 18 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (17.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (17.78%) Azure Storage
6 15 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 13 (14.44%) OCI
8 10 (11.11%) Azure Functions
8 10 (11.11%) Serverless
9 2 (2.22%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.11%) AWS
10 1 (1.11%) Azure API Management
10 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.11%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 34 (37.78%) Firewall
2 30 (33.33%) DNS
3 29 (32.22%) DHCP
4 13 (14.44%) SAN
5 2 (2.22%) LAN
5 2 (2.22%) Skype
5 2 (2.22%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.22%) WAN
6 1 (1.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (17.78%) Git
2 2 (2.22%) Selenium
3 1 (1.11%) Axure RP
General
1 52 (57.78%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.56%) Finance
3 5 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (27.78%) Active Directory Support
1 25 (27.78%) Azure Specialist
2 24 (26.67%) Active Directory Specialist
2 24 (26.67%) Support Specialist
3 21 (23.33%) Build Engineer
3 21 (23.33%) Windows Build Engineer
3 21 (23.33%) Windows Engineer
4 15 (16.67%) Developer
4 15 (16.67%) Full Stack Developer
5 14 (15.56%) Azure Developer
6 13 (14.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (10.00%) Storage Engineer
8 6 (6.67%) Full Stack Python Developer
8 6 (6.67%) Python Developer
9 5 (5.56%) Active Directory Engineer
10 4 (4.44%) Support Engineer
11 3 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
11 3 (3.33%) PowerShell Engineer
11 3 (3.33%) Server Engineer
11 3 (3.33%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (17.78%) ARM Templates
2 15 (16.67%) React
3 1 (1.11%) CSS
3 1 (1.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.78%) PKI
1 16 (17.78%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (14.44%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.44%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.11%) BYOD
3 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (65.56%) Windows
2 54 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 49 (54.44%) Windows Server 2016
3 49 (54.44%) Windows Server 2019
4 34 (37.78%) Windows 10
4 34 (37.78%) Windows Server 2012
5 30 (33.33%) Linux
6 21 (23.33%) Windows NT
7 13 (14.44%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (55.56%) ITIL
2 38 (42.22%) Release Management
2 38 (42.22%) Service Management
3 31 (34.44%) DevOps
4 30 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 25 (27.78%) Agile
6 22 (24.44%) Customer Service
6 22 (24.44%) Deployment Automation
7 21 (23.33%) User Acceptance Testing
8 18 (20.00%) Analytics
9 17 (18.89%) Identity Management
9 17 (18.89%) Log Analytics
10 16 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (17.78%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 16 (17.78%) Privileged Identity Management
10 16 (17.78%) RBAC
11 15 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
11 15 (16.67%) Microservices
12 14 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (15.56%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 31 (34.44%) PowerShell
2 16 (17.78%) Bicep
2 16 (17.78%) C#
2 16 (17.78%) Python
2 16 (17.78%) VB
2 16 (17.78%) VBScript
3 3 (3.33%) Java
4 2 (2.22%) C
Qualifications
1 62 (68.89%) DV Cleared
1 62 (68.89%) Security Cleared
2 39 (43.33%) SC Cleared
3 30 (33.33%) Degree
4 16 (17.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 13 (14.44%) CCNA
5 13 (14.44%) CCNP
5 13 (14.44%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.11%) CEH
6 1 (1.11%) CISSP
6 1 (1.11%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (23.33%) QA
2 2 (2.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (23.33%) Firmware
2 16 (17.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 16 (17.78%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (14.44%) Hyper-V
4 13 (14.44%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.22%) Docker
5 2 (2.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 54 (60.00%) SCCM
2 50 (55.56%) WSUS
3 31 (34.44%) SCOM
4 21 (23.33%) Sysprep
5 17 (18.89%) Kubernetes
5 17 (18.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (17.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (16.67%) EMC NetWorker
8 13 (14.44%) NetBackup
8 13 (14.44%) vCenter Server
9 2 (2.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (2.22%) Nessus
9 2 (2.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (1.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (62.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.89%) VMware
3 16 (17.78%) Cisco
4 15 (16.67%) EMC
5 13 (14.44%) 3PAR
5 13 (14.44%) Dell
5 13 (14.44%) Extreme Networks
5 13 (14.44%) HP
5 13 (14.44%) Juniper
5 13 (14.44%) Oracle
5 13 (14.44%) Palo Alto
5 13 (14.44%) Symantec
5 13 (14.44%) Veeam
6 4 (4.44%) Citrix
6 4 (4.44%) CyberArk
6 4 (4.44%) Okta
7 3 (3.33%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.22%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.22%) Splunk
9 1 (1.11%) Remedy