The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 23 42 49
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 433 295 229
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 8.103% 4.757% 4.261%
As % of the System Software category 61.59% 57.17% 53.01%
Number of salaries quoted 348 252 177
Average salary £37,250 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.24% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.49% +3.07%
All System Software
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
703 516 432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 13.15% 8.321% 8.039%
Number of salaries quoted 564 413 336
Average salary £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Berkshire Active Directory Jobs Demand Trend

Active Directory
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +34 241 £37,500 - 17
Bracknell +8 70 £27,500 -15.38% 4
Newbury +8 35 £32,500 -18.75% 3
Slough +5 24 £30,500 -18.66% 3
Maidenhead +5 18 £55,000 +69.23%
Wokingham +16 5 £57,500 +64.28% 1
Thatcham - 4 £32,500 -
Windsor +3 2 £33,250 -21.76%
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Active Directory also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory.

1 739 (91.12%) Windows
2 465 (57.34%) Microsoft
3 349 (43.03%) Windows Server 2008
4 341 (42.05%) VMware
5 330 (40.69%) MS Exchange
6 304 (37.48%) Windows Server 2003
7 274 (33.79%) VMware Infrastructure
8 239 (29.47%) MS Excel
9 232 (28.61%) SQL
10 204 (25.15%) Security Cleared
10 204 (25.15%) Exchange Server 2010
11 199 (24.54%) Windows XP
12 190 (23.43%) TCP/IP
13 187 (23.06%) SC Cleared
14 177 (21.82%) SAN
15 174 (21.45%) Finance
16 169 (20.84%) Clustering
16 169 (20.84%) SharePoint
17 167 (20.59%) Citrix
18 156 (19.24%) DNS
19 154 (18.99%) ITIL
20 152 (18.74%) Retail
21 148 (18.25%) Telecoms
22 144 (17.76%) Cisco
23 143 (17.63%) HP
24 141 (17.39%) Fujitsu
25 136 (16.77%) Exchange Server 2003
25 136 (16.77%) DHCP
25 136 (16.77%) SQL Server
26 133 (16.40%) Microsoft Certification

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Active Directory also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 64 (7.891%) .NET
2 35 (4.316%) ASP.NET
3 22 (2.713%) Web Services
4 16 (1.973%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 16 (1.973%) WCF
5 14 (1.726%) Application Packaging
5 14 (1.726%) HTML
5 14 (1.726%) XML
6 11 (1.356%) XSLT
7 10 (1.233%) LAMP
8 9 (1.110%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.986%) Middleware
10 5 (0.617%) MSMQ
11 4 (0.493%) COM
11 4 (0.493%) CSS
11 4 (0.493%) Regular Expression
12 3 (0.370%) Software Packaging
12 3 (0.370%) ODBC
13 2 (0.247%) SAML
13 2 (0.247%) CAML
Application Platforms
1 330 (40.69%) MS Exchange
2 204 (25.15%) Exchange Server 2010
3 169 (20.84%) SharePoint
4 136 (16.77%) Exchange Server 2003
5 132 (16.28%) IIS
6 93 (11.47%) Exchange Server 2007
7 69 (8.508%) Lync
8 58 (7.152%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 44 (5.425%) Lotus Domino
10 40 (4.932%) Live Communications Server
11 28 (3.453%) SharePoint Server
12 27 (3.329%) Exchange Server 2013
13 24 (2.959%) Apache
14 23 (2.836%) Tomcat
14 23 (2.836%) Documentum
14 23 (2.836%) Office Communications Server
15 16 (1.973%) IBM Notes
16 15 (1.850%) SharePoint 2010
17 10 (1.233%) Exchange Server 2000
18 6 (0.740%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 239 (29.47%) MS Excel
2 111 (13.69%) MS Office
3 46 (5.672%) Office 365
4 5 (0.617%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.247%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (1.356%) Oracle BPM
2 9 (1.110%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.493%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.247%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.123%) SyteLine
5 1 (0.123%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 190 (23.43%) TCP/IP
2 177 (21.82%) SAN
3 156 (19.24%) DNS
4 136 (16.77%) DHCP
5 120 (14.80%) Firewall
6 118 (14.55%) WAN
7 103 (12.70%) LAN
8 80 (9.864%) Internet
9 63 (7.768%) VPN
10 61 (7.522%) LDAP
11 50 (6.165%) NAS
12 41 (5.055%) SMTP
13 39 (4.809%) VoIP
14 34 (4.192%) Unified Communications
15 29 (3.576%) Intranet
16 26 (3.206%) ADSL
17 24 (2.959%) SSL
18 22 (2.713%) Wireless
19 17 (2.096%) iSCSI
20 15 (1.850%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (16.77%) SQL Server
2 38 (4.686%) SQL Server 2005
3 24 (2.959%) SQL Server 2008
4 20 (2.466%) SQL Server 2000
5 17 (2.096%) Oracle 8/8i
6 13 (1.603%) MySQL
7 11 (1.356%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.493%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (0.370%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.247%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.247%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.247%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.247%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.247%) GIS
10 2 (0.247%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.123%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.123%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 17 (2.096%) LoadRunner
2 11 (1.356%) QuickTest Pro
3 10 (1.233%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.740%) WinRunner
4 6 (0.740%) TestDirector
5 5 (0.617%) SilkTest
6 4 (0.493%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.493%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 1 (0.123%) StarTeam
General
1 174 (21.45%) Finance
2 152 (18.74%) Retail
3 148 (18.25%) Telecoms
4 35 (4.316%) German Language
5 16 (1.973%) Back Office
6 10 (1.233%) French Language
6 10 (1.233%) Spanish Language
7 9 (1.110%) Russian Language
7 9 (1.110%) Military
8 4 (0.493%) Banking
8 4 (0.493%) Advertising
8 4 (0.493%) Law
9 3 (0.370%) Italian Language
10 2 (0.247%) Electronics
10 2 (0.247%) Local Government
11 1 (0.123%) Marketing
11 1 (0.123%) Billing
11 1 (0.123%) Games
11 1 (0.123%) Legal
11 1 (0.123%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 244 (30.09%) Support Engineer
2 111 (13.69%) Consultant
3 88 (10.85%) Analyst
4 82 (10.11%) Administrator
5 77 (9.494%) Technical Support
6 68 (8.385%) Technical Engineer
7 67 (8.261%) Technical Support Engineer
8 62 (7.645%) Systems Administrator
9 56 (6.905%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 51 (6.289%) 3rd Line Support
11 48 (5.919%) Security Engineer
12 44 (5.425%) Support Analyst
13 42 (5.179%) Architect
14 39 (4.809%) Technical Consultant
15 34 (4.192%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 33 (4.069%) Technical Administrator
17 32 (3.946%) IT Support
18 30 (3.699%) Security Support Engineer
18 30 (3.699%) Senior Consultant
19 28 (3.453%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 169 (20.84%) Clustering
2 84 (10.36%) Blackberry
3 71 (8.755%) Replication
4 55 (6.782%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (4.686%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.836%) CLARiiON
7 21 (2.589%) Symmetrix
8 14 (1.726%) N-Tier
8 14 (1.726%) EqualLogic
9 12 (1.480%) SaaS
10 11 (1.356%) Computer Science
11 10 (1.233%) Statistics
11 10 (1.233%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.986%) Social Media
13 7 (0.863%) CCTV
14 5 (0.617%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (0.617%) iPhone
15 4 (0.493%) FMCG
15 4 (0.493%) PKI
16 3 (0.370%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 739 (91.12%) Windows
2 349 (43.03%) Windows Server 2008
3 304 (37.48%) Windows Server 2003
4 199 (24.54%) Windows XP
5 125 (15.41%) Windows 7
6 73 (9.001%) Linux
7 69 (8.508%) UNIX
8 60 (7.398%) Windows Vista
9 52 (6.412%) Windows 2000
10 47 (5.795%) Windows Server 2012
11 29 (3.576%) Solaris
12 24 (2.959%) Windows 8
13 12 (1.480%) Windows 2000 Server
14 9 (1.110%) CentOS
14 9 (1.110%) Windows NT
15 8 (0.986%) SUSE
16 6 (0.740%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.740%) Mac OS
17 5 (0.617%) Debian
18 4 (0.493%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (18.99%) ITIL
2 72 (8.878%) High Availability
3 71 (8.755%) Incident Management
4 66 (8.138%) Migration
5 65 (8.015%) Service Delivery
6 40 (4.932%) Time Management
7 27 (3.329%) Project Management
8 24 (2.959%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (2.959%) Test Scripting
8 24 (2.959%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (2.836%) Test Automation
9 23 (2.836%) Change Management
10 21 (2.589%) Validation
11 18 (2.219%) Agile Software Development
11 18 (2.219%) Regression Testing
11 18 (2.219%) Service Management
11 18 (2.219%) PRINCE2
12 17 (2.096%) Identity Management
12 17 (2.096%) Data Protection
13 16 (1.973%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 232 (28.61%) SQL
2 33 (4.069%) C#
2 33 (4.069%) PowerShell
3 28 (3.453%) C++
4 17 (2.096%) VB
5 16 (1.973%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.850%) PHP
6 15 (1.850%) VBScript
7 12 (1.480%) Java
8 5 (0.617%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.493%) C
10 3 (0.370%) Python
10 3 (0.370%) Ruby
10 3 (0.370%) Perl
11 1 (0.123%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 204 (25.15%) Security Cleared
2 187 (23.06%) SC Cleared
3 133 (16.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 103 (12.70%) MCSE
5 74 (9.125%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (9.125%) MCITP
6 65 (8.015%) CCNA
7 64 (7.891%) DV Cleared
8 46 (5.672%) Degree
9 44 (5.425%) MCTS
10 42 (5.179%) MCSA
11 32 (3.946%) ITIL Certification
12 29 (3.576%) CCNP
13 25 (3.083%) ISEB
14 22 (2.713%) MCP
14 22 (2.713%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 15 (1.850%) Citrix Certification
16 9 (1.110%) CCIA
17 8 (0.986%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.863%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.946%) SLA
2 25 (3.083%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (0.986%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (0.863%) QA
5 5 (0.617%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.247%) WAI
System Software
1 274 (33.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 122 (15.04%) Hyper-V
3 80 (9.864%) vSphere
4 59 (7.275%) VMware ESX
5 51 (6.289%) ISA Server
6 47 (5.795%) XenApp
7 43 (5.302%) XenDesktop
8 39 (4.809%) XenServer
9 34 (4.192%) Forefront TMG
10 25 (3.083%) UAG
11 20 (2.466%) SRDF
11 20 (2.466%) VMware Workstation
12 18 (2.219%) VMware ESXi
13 16 (1.973%) Xen
14 12 (1.480%) Novell eDirectory
15 10 (1.233%) Microsoft App-V
16 8 (0.986%) Terminal Services
17 7 (0.863%) Terminal Server
17 7 (0.863%) Citrix Presentation Server
18 5 (0.617%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 92 (11.34%) SCCM
2 65 (8.015%) SCOM
3 38 (4.686%) NetBackup
4 34 (4.192%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 24 (2.959%) Backup Exec
5 24 (2.959%) HP Quality Center
6 21 (2.589%) SCVMM
7 20 (2.466%) EMC TimeFinder
8 17 (2.096%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 13 (1.603%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 12 (1.480%) ZENworks
11 11 (1.356%) MOM
12 9 (1.110%) WSUS
13 8 (0.986%) Netcool
14 6 (0.740%) Norton AntiVirus
14 6 (0.740%) Nagios
15 5 (0.617%) McAfee ePO
16 4 (0.493%) ARCserve
16 4 (0.493%) EMC NetWorker
16 4 (0.493%) MIIS
Vendors
1 465 (57.34%) Microsoft
2 341 (42.05%) VMware
3 167 (20.59%) Citrix
4 144 (17.76%) Cisco
5 143 (17.63%) HP
6 141 (17.39%) Fujitsu
7 59 (7.275%) Oracle
8 55 (6.782%) Veritas
9 54 (6.658%) Dell
10 53 (6.535%) EMC
11 51 (6.289%) Symantec
12 28 (3.453%) Lotus
13 25 (3.083%) McAfee
14 22 (2.713%) Red Hat
15 20 (2.466%) StorageTek
16 19 (2.343%) Apple
17 15 (1.850%) NetApp
18 14 (1.726%) Juniper
19 11 (1.356%) LANDesk
20 10 (1.233%) IBM
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Ensure all customer enquiries are handled effectively. Provide solutions to customer issues. Strong customer focus and skills. Server & desktop support. Troubleshoot networking issues. Assist ind riving the development...
ITHR
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
The successful candidate will support Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and 7, Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010 and Adobe applications. Microsoft Active Directory: Creating, modifying and deleting accounts, computers,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £18000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 6 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Install, configure and maintain windows server 2003/2008R2... * VM Ware -Vsphere... * VM WARE. * Active Directory. * Knowledge of SAN... * Blackberry Enterprise experience. Desirable skills * MCSE or MCSA * IT related...
Roc Search
Posted: 17 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Skills- *Windows 2003, 2008, 2012 *Active Directory *Exchange 2007 onwards *IIS *Strong communication skills both written and oral Company - A fast growing UK technology company filled with passion,...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
SC or DV Security Cleared Senior Service Desk Technical Remote Specialist III... Overview: This is a senior role within a Service Desk team; There will be a requirement...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £0000 - £9999 per annum + Excellent benefits Package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 30 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum + 10-15% bonus + mileage + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Central London, London, Hounslow, Slough,...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £23-25,000 + Bens
Posted: 12 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £25607.00 - £27115.00 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £36000 - £37000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wokingham, Berkshire
Xeretec
Salary: From £23,000 to £25,000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £0000 - £9999 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Berkshire
Roc Search
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Negotiable plus benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Crimson Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Specialist Software Services
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Salary: £18000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Salary: £18000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
IT Connections
Salary: £35.000-£45,000 dependant on experience.
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, South East
eChoice Consulting
Salary: £55k - 65k per year + Bonus, Car allowance and bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Verizon
Posted: 24 May 2013