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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | 21 | 42 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +21 | -8 |
| Contract jobs citing Active Directory | 85 | 134 | 82 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 7.24% | 7.02% | 4.74% |
| As % of the System Software category | 53.80% | 54.92% | 39.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 57 | 116 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £173 | £305 | £186 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £495 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £605 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.96% | +9.95% | +37.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £608 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £656 | £725 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +17.65% | +13.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £36.60 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £61.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.14% | +300.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £81.37 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £85.05 |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.00 | £17.69 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +58.28% | -4.38% | +21.31% |
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 | 158 | 244 | 206 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 13.46% | 12.79% | 11.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 98 | 172 | 142 |
| 10th Percentile | £206 | £205 | £316 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £382 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £575 | £534 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.00% | +7.73% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £672 | £608 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £675 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £507 | £501 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.10% | +0.20% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £28.25 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £48.40 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £56.66 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +14.73% | +37.35% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £73.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £79.68 |
| South East median hourly rate | £56.25 | £54.88 | £54.56 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.51% | +0.58% | +172.80% |
Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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 17 May 2025.
Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 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 17 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 | -6 | 39 | £650 | +7.44% | 11 |
| Wokingham | -3 | 20 | £425 | +31.78% | 5 |
| Maidenhead | - | 11 | - | - | 8 |
| Slough | - | 3 | £213 | - | 4 |
| Bracknell | +3 | 2 | £115 | -68.81% | 2 |
| Windsor | - | 2 | £575 | - | 1 |
| Active Directory South East |
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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:
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