Active Directory Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 55 57
Rank change year-on-year +32 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 250 159 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.09% 4.98% 4.69%
As % of the System Software category 42.44% 31.36% 35.78%
Number of salaries quoted 235 136 136
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,500 £25,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,400 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.62% -18.75% -
75th Percentile £55,675 £57,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £59,000 £74,625 £75,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +10.29% -2.86% -12.50%

All System Software Skills
Berkshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 589 507 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.07% 15.89% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 516 302 351
10th Percentile £29,088 £24,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,850 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% -2.30% -13.04%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Berkshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Berkshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Berkshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +40 138 £52,550 +69.52% 22
Newbury +27 29 £50,000 +4.17% 3
Bracknell -15 20 £31,250 -10.71% 4
Slough +36 14 £52,500 +79.49%
Maidenhead +16 12 £52,500 +31.25% 2
Ascot +3 6 £42,500 -8.76%
Wokingham +5 3 £30,000 +33.33%
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 - 1
Windsor - 1 £32,500 -
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 49 (19.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (12.80%) SharePoint
3 24 (9.60%) IIS
4 4 (1.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (10.80%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (4.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 115 (46.00%) Azure
2 108 (43.20%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (10.80%) Entra ID
4 22 (8.80%) Azure Monitor
5 19 (7.60%) OneDrive
6 16 (6.40%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.60%) Azure Storage
8 12 (4.80%) iTunes
8 12 (4.80%) OCI
9 11 (4.40%) Power Automate
9 11 (4.40%) PowerApps
9 11 (4.40%) ShareGate
10 6 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.80%) IaaS
12 1 (0.40%) PaaS
12 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (35.20%) Firewall
2 76 (30.40%) DNS
3 57 (22.80%) DHCP
4 21 (8.40%) SAN
5 19 (7.60%) Network Security
6 15 (6.00%) SNMP
7 14 (5.60%) SSL
8 13 (5.20%) LAN
9 12 (4.80%) WAN
10 11 (4.40%) VPN
11 9 (3.60%) NAS
12 8 (3.20%) Wireless
13 5 (2.00%) VoIP
14 4 (1.60%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (1.60%) iSCSI
14 4 (1.60%) VLAN
14 4 (1.60%) Wireshark
15 2 (0.80%) Broadband
15 2 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
15 2 (0.80%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.40%) Power BI
2 13 (5.20%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.00%) Oracle Database
3 5 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.00%) MSI
2 4 (1.60%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.60%) InstallShield
General
1 80 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (4.40%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.60%) Marketing
6 3 (1.20%) Banking
6 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.20%) Finance
6 3 (1.20%) Retail
7 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (13.60%) Support Specialist
3 29 (11.60%) Active Directory Specialist
3 29 (11.60%) Analyst
3 29 (11.60%) Azure Specialist
4 27 (10.80%) Support Engineer
4 27 (10.80%) Systems Engineer
5 25 (10.00%) IT Engineer
6 23 (9.20%) Active Directory Support
7 22 (8.80%) 2nd Line Support
7 22 (8.80%) IT Analyst
7 22 (8.80%) IT Support
7 22 (8.80%) Senior
8 19 (7.60%) Infrastructure Support
9 17 (6.80%) Hardware Engineer
9 17 (6.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (6.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 16 (6.40%) Technical Engineer
11 15 (6.00%) Lead
11 15 (6.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.60%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.60%) LAMP
3 1 (0.40%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.00%) PKI
2 22 (8.80%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (7.60%) CMDB
4 14 (5.60%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.60%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.60%) Replication
5 4 (1.60%) Shadow IT
6 2 (0.80%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.80%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.40%) iPad
7 1 (0.40%) iPhone
7 1 (0.40%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 177 (70.80%) Windows
2 128 (51.20%) Windows Server
3 84 (33.60%) Windows 10
4 64 (25.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 63 (25.20%) Linux
6 62 (24.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 50 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (8.00%) Windows 7
9 14 (5.60%) Windows NT
10 13 (5.20%) Windows XP
11 6 (2.40%) VMS
12 4 (1.60%) Ubuntu
12 4 (1.60%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (33.60%) ITIL
2 52 (20.80%) Service Management
3 51 (20.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 49 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (17.60%) Agile
5 44 (17.60%) Change Management
5 44 (17.60%) Customer Service
6 35 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (12.40%) Release Management
8 28 (11.20%) Problem Management
8 28 (11.20%) Project Management
9 27 (10.80%) Break/Fix
9 27 (10.80%) Roadmaps
10 25 (10.00%) DevOps
11 21 (8.40%) Incident Management
12 20 (8.00%) Analytics
12 20 (8.00%) Log Analytics
13 19 (7.60%) Asset Management
13 19 (7.60%) Configuration Management
13 19 (7.60%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 70 (28.00%) PowerShell
2 33 (13.20%) SQL
3 24 (9.60%) C#
3 24 (9.60%) VB
4 21 (8.40%) VBScript
5 14 (5.60%) Bicep
6 10 (4.00%) Python
7 5 (2.00%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.00%) PL/SQL
7 5 (2.00%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.60%) Bash
Qualifications
1 132 (52.80%) Security Cleared
2 92 (36.80%) SC Cleared
3 89 (35.60%) DV Cleared
4 72 (28.80%) Degree
5 22 (8.80%) A+ Certification
6 21 (8.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (6.40%) CCNA
7 16 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (6.40%) HNC
8 15 (6.00%) MCP
9 14 (5.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 12 (4.80%) CCNP
11 11 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (4.40%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.60%) MCSE
14 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.80%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.00%) SLA
2 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (1.20%) GDPR
2 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (9.60%) VMware ESXi
3 23 (9.20%) Hyper-V
4 21 (8.40%) Firmware
5 14 (5.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (5.60%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.40%) vSphere
7 4 (1.60%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.80%) Docker
9 1 (0.40%) NFS
9 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 87 (34.80%) SCCM
2 52 (20.80%) SCOM
3 50 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 49 (19.60%) WSUS
5 24 (9.60%) vCenter Server
6 20 (8.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (7.60%) NetBackup
8 16 (6.40%) Kubernetes
9 14 (5.60%) Sysprep
10 12 (4.80%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (2.40%) Nessus
12 2 (0.80%) Grafana
12 2 (0.80%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.40%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 193 (77.20%) Microsoft
2 90 (36.00%) VMware
3 18 (7.20%) Cisco
4 17 (6.80%) HP
4 17 (6.80%) Oracle
5 16 (6.40%) Dell
5 16 (6.40%) Palo Alto
5 16 (6.40%) Veeam
6 15 (6.00%) Dynatrace
7 14 (5.60%) Juniper
8 12 (4.80%) 3PAR
8 12 (4.80%) EMC
8 12 (4.80%) Extreme Networks
8 12 (4.80%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.80%) Symantec
9 11 (4.40%) Nintex
10 8 (3.20%) McAfee
11 5 (2.00%) Adaptive Insights
11 5 (2.00%) Anaplan
11 5 (2.00%) Jedox