Active Directory Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 22 44
Rank change year-on-year -2 +22 -14
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 87 139 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.42% 7.01% 4.48%
As % of the System Software category 53.05% 54.30% 41.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 117 54
10th Percentile £204 £279 £186
25th Percentile £350 £475 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £605 £573
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +5.68% +43.13%
75th Percentile £700 £608 £688
90th Percentile - £655 £725
South East median daily rate £525 £480 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% +12.94% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £19.09
25th Percentile - - £36.25
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% +260.00%
75th Percentile - - £78.19
90th Percentile - - £83.82
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £17.69 £18.50
% change year-on-year +58.28% -4.38% +19.35%

All System Software Skills
Berkshire

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 164 256 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.98% 12.90% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 180 136
10th Percentile £275 £205 £320
25th Percentile £400 £345 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £534
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +7.73% +12.37%
75th Percentile £661 £608 £638
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 15
10th Percentile - - £18.63
25th Percentile - - £47.95
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% +33.33%
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile - - £79.12
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £50.75 £54.03
% change year-on-year +13.30% -6.07% +170.15%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in Berkshire

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Berkshire

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in Berkshire

Active Directory
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 within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 0 42 £650 +7.44% 33
Wokingham -1 21 £450 +42.86% 7
Maidenhead - 10 - - 8
Slough - 4 £194 - 20
Bracknell +1 2 £115 -68.28% 5
Windsor - 2 £575 - 2
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 5 (5.75%) IIS
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.30%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.15%) Apache
4 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.15%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 35 (40.23%) Azure
2 22 (25.29%) Entra ID
3 11 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (11.49%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (10.34%) Serverless
6 7 (8.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (8.05%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (8.05%) Azure Functions
6 7 (8.05%) SaaS
7 5 (5.75%) AWS
8 4 (4.60%) Azure AKS
8 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.45%) Azure API Management
9 3 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (3.45%) GCP
9 3 (3.45%) IaaS
9 3 (3.45%) PaaS
10 2 (2.30%) Azure Event Grid
10 2 (2.30%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (2.30%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.79%) DNS
2 9 (10.34%) SMTP
3 7 (8.05%) DHCP
4 5 (5.75%) NetScaler
5 4 (4.60%) FTP
5 4 (4.60%) Network Security
5 4 (4.60%) NGFW
5 4 (4.60%) Telnet
6 3 (3.45%) Firewall
6 3 (3.45%) SSL
7 2 (2.30%) VPN
7 2 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.15%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.90%) NoSQL
2 4 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.15%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Git
2 3 (3.45%) Selenium
3 1 (1.15%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.15%) JIRA
3 1 (1.15%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.15%) MSI
General
1 24 (27.59%) Finance
2 21 (24.14%) Electronics
2 21 (24.14%) Manufacturing
2 21 (24.14%) Marketing
2 21 (24.14%) Public Sector
2 21 (24.14%) Telecoms
3 9 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.30%) Legal
6 1 (1.15%) Automotive
6 1 (1.15%) Banking
6 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (37.93%) Architect
2 21 (24.14%) Active Directory Architect
3 11 (12.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (11.49%) Support Engineer
5 8 (9.20%) Azure Developer
5 8 (9.20%) Developer
6 7 (8.05%) Security Architect
7 6 (6.90%) Analyst
7 6 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (6.90%) Python Developer
7 6 (6.90%) React Developer
8 5 (5.75%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 4 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (3.45%) Desktop Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) Desktop Support
10 3 (3.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) IT Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Service Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Service Desk Analyst
11 2 (2.30%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) React
2 7 (8.05%) SAML
3 5 (5.75%) OAuth
4 4 (4.60%) OpenID
5 2 (2.30%) .NET
5 2 (2.30%) .NET Core
5 2 (2.30%) Apache Axis
5 2 (2.30%) ARM Templates
5 2 (2.30%) LDAP
5 2 (2.30%) REST
6 1 (1.15%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.15%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.15%) JSON
6 1 (1.15%) RESTful
6 1 (1.15%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.15%) SPML
6 1 (1.15%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.94%) Onboarding
2 7 (8.05%) PKI
3 6 (6.90%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.75%) Clustering
5 3 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.15%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.15%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 56 (64.37%) Windows
2 24 (27.59%) Windows Server
3 15 (17.24%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.75%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (4.60%) Linux
6 3 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.15%) Android
7 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.15%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.74%) Agile
1 25 (28.74%) Identity Access Management
2 23 (26.44%) Test Automation
3 21 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (24.14%) Digital Marketing
3 21 (24.14%) Programme Management
4 17 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (13.79%) DevOps
5 12 (13.79%) Microservices
6 11 (12.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (10.34%) CI/CD
8 8 (9.20%) ITIL
8 8 (9.20%) RBAC
9 6 (6.90%) Full-Stack Development
9 6 (6.90%) Migration
9 6 (6.90%) Privileged Access Management
9 6 (6.90%) Product Backlog
9 6 (6.90%) SDLC
9 6 (6.90%) SIEM
10 5 (5.75%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 45 (51.72%) PowerShell
2 13 (14.94%) Python
3 8 (9.20%) Java
4 7 (8.05%) C#
4 7 (8.05%) SQL
5 5 (5.75%) Shell Script
6 3 (3.45%) Bicep
6 3 (3.45%) Ruby
7 2 (2.30%) Bash
7 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.15%) C
8 1 (1.15%) C++
8 1 (1.15%) VB
8 1 (1.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (50.57%) Security Cleared
2 32 (36.78%) DV Cleared
3 12 (13.79%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.75%) CISSP
5 3 (3.45%) CISM
5 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.30%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.30%) Degree
6 2 (2.30%) MCSA
7 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.15%) GPEN
7 1 (1.15%) GWAPT
7 1 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.15%) MCSE
7 1 (1.15%) OSCE
7 1 (1.15%) OSCP
7 1 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.30%) SLA
2 1 (1.15%) GDPR
2 1 (1.15%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (13.79%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (5.75%) vSphere
2 5 (5.75%) XenApp
2 5 (5.75%) XenDesktop
3 4 (4.60%) NFS
3 4 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.15%) Docker
5 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.15%) Samba
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (6.90%) WSUS
3 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (4.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (3.45%) Terraform
6 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.30%) SCCM
7 1 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.15%) SCOM
7 1 (1.15%) yum
Vendors
1 25 (28.74%) Microsoft
2 21 (24.14%) SAP
2 21 (24.14%) VMware
3 15 (17.24%) Dell
4 9 (10.34%) Wyse
5 7 (8.05%) Citrix
6 6 (6.90%) HP
7 5 (5.75%) CyberArk
7 5 (5.75%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.15%) Intel
8 1 (1.15%) Nexthink
8 1 (1.15%) Okta
8 1 (1.15%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.15%) Splunk
8 1 (1.15%) Zscaler