Active Directory Specialist Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Active Directory Specialist
South East > Berkshire

The median Microsoft Active Directory Specialist daily rate in Berkshire is £605 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 - 134
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Active Directory Specialist 25 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.29% - 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% - 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 0 2
10th Percentile - - £529
25th Percentile £603 - £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - £558
75th Percentile £608 - £573
90th Percentile - - £574
South East median daily rate £605 - £513
% change year-on-year - - +10.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,810 1,677 2,225
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.18% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 1,076 1,424
10th Percentile £213 £325 £214
25th Percentile £381 £425 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £489
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.42% +8.61%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 55 38
10th Percentile £18.65 £17.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.15 £56.89 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.98% +195.51% -8.55%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.80 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.59 £79.83 £71.89
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +140.40% -17.13%

Active Directory Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Active Directory Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Specialist in Berkshire

Active Directory Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory Specialist in Berkshire

Active Directory Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory Specialist in Berkshire

Active Directory Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Reading - 24 £605 -
Active Directory Specialist
South East

Active Directory Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Active Directory Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Active Directory Specialist in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 25 (100.00%) Azure
1 25 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 25 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 25 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (56.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (56.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 14 (56.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 14 (56.00%) Azure Storage
2 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (56.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 14 (56.00%) Bicep
2 14 (56.00%) ARM Templates
2 14 (56.00%) Log Analytics
2 14 (56.00%) Azure Monitor
2 14 (56.00%) RBAC
2 14 (56.00%) CI/CD
2 14 (56.00%) Windows Server
2 14 (56.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 14 (56.00%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (56.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (56.00%) Privileged Identity Management
2 14 (56.00%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (56.00%) PowerShell
2 14 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (56.00%) Analytics
2 14 (56.00%) DevOps
2 14 (56.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 14 (56.00%) Kubernetes

Active Directory Specialist Skill Set
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 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 25 (100.00%) Azure
2 14 (56.00%) Azure Monitor
2 14 (56.00%) Azure Storage
2 14 (56.00%) Entra ID
2 14 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (56.00%) DHCP
1 14 (56.00%) DNS
1 14 (56.00%) Firewall
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (56.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 14 (56.00%) PKI
1 14 (56.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (56.00%) Linux
1 14 (56.00%) Windows
1 14 (56.00%) Windows Server
1 14 (56.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 14 (56.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Agile
1 14 (56.00%) Analytics
1 14 (56.00%) CI/CD
1 14 (56.00%) DevOps
1 14 (56.00%) Identity Management
1 14 (56.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 14 (56.00%) ITIL
1 14 (56.00%) Log Analytics
1 14 (56.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 14 (56.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 14 (56.00%) RBAC
1 14 (56.00%) Release Management
1 14 (56.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) Bicep
1 14 (56.00%) C#
1 14 (56.00%) PowerShell
1 14 (56.00%) VB
1 14 (56.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 25 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 25 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (56.00%) Degree
2 14 (56.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 25 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (56.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (56.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (56.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 14 (56.00%) Kubernetes
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (56.00%) SCCM
1 14 (56.00%) SCOM
1 14 (56.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft