Active Directory Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 24 55
Rank change year-on-year -43 +31 +16
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 60 242 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.64% 7.50% 5.48%
As % of the System Software category 32.97% 43.84% 33.00%
Number of salaries quoted 43 219 143
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +51.52% -17.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,500 £59,000 £74,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 182 552 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 11.04% 17.11% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 120 472 306
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,175 £24,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £36,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% +7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,350 £92,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -3.00%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -15 28 £46,250 -11.99% 8
Bracknell +28 12 £50,000 +53.85% 4
Windsor - 8 £29,500 -
Wokingham +7 5 £50,000 +66.67% 4
Maidenhead -32 4 £30,000 +25.00% 4
Slough -37 3 £35,000 +14.75% 5
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 24 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.67%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (53.33%) Azure
2 31 (51.67%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (21.67%) Entra ID
4 10 (16.67%) AWS
5 8 (13.33%) Serverless
6 5 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (8.33%) IaaS
7 4 (6.67%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (6.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (6.67%) Amazon S3
7 4 (6.67%) AWS KMS
7 4 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (6.67%) Azure Functions
7 4 (6.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (3.33%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 33 (55.00%) DNS
2 31 (51.67%) DHCP
3 22 (36.67%) Firewall
4 13 (21.67%) VLAN
5 9 (15.00%) TCP/IP
5 9 (15.00%) VPN
6 8 (13.33%) VoIP
7 5 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (8.33%) SAN
7 5 (8.33%) SMTP
7 5 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (6.67%) LAN
8 4 (6.67%) SSL
8 4 (6.67%) WAN
9 1 (1.67%) Internet
9 1 (1.67%) Network Security
9 1 (1.67%) VSAN
9 1 (1.67%) Wireless
9 1 (1.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.00%) Git
3 1 (1.67%) Selenium
3 1 (1.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (38.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (28.33%) Support Engineer
2 11 (18.33%) Senior
3 10 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 8 (13.33%) IT Support
5 7 (11.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (11.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (8.33%) Azure Developer
7 5 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) Desktop Support
7 5 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) Developer
7 5 (8.33%) Help Desk Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (8.33%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) IT Manager
7 5 (8.33%) Technical Support
7 5 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.33%) SAML
2 3 (5.00%) React
3 2 (3.33%) Node.js
4 1 (1.67%) .NET
4 1 (1.67%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.67%) CSS
4 1 (1.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.67%) PKI
2 6 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.67%) CCTV
3 4 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.33%) NHS
6 1 (1.67%) Clustering
6 1 (1.67%) Life Science
6 1 (1.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 41 (68.33%) Windows
2 26 (43.33%) Windows Server
3 16 (26.67%) Mac OS
4 10 (16.67%) Windows 10
5 4 (6.67%) Linux
5 4 (6.67%) Ubuntu
6 3 (5.00%) Android
6 3 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.33%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.67%) VMS
8 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (36.67%) Customer Service
3 14 (23.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (15.00%) DevOps
5 8 (13.33%) Agile
5 8 (13.33%) Project Delivery
6 6 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 5 (8.33%) CRM
7 5 (8.33%) Innovative Thinking
7 5 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 5 (8.33%) Presales
7 5 (8.33%) Problem Management
7 5 (8.33%) Project Management
8 4 (6.67%) Capacity Management
8 4 (6.67%) Coaching
8 4 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (6.67%) Line Management
8 4 (6.67%) Microservices
8 4 (6.67%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (11.67%) Python
3 4 (6.67%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.67%) PHP
4 1 (1.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (18.33%) Degree
1 11 (18.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.67%) Azure Certification
3 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (8.33%) CCNA
5 5 (8.33%) CCNP
5 5 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (8.33%) DBS Check
6 4 (6.67%) MCSA
7 3 (5.00%) A+ Certification
7 3 (5.00%) MCP
8 1 (1.67%) CISSP
8 1 (1.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) SLA
2 4 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (1.67%) HIPAA
System Software
1 30 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 20 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (15.00%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (10.00%) Docker
6 5 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (3.33%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.67%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (13.33%) vCenter Server
1 8 (13.33%) WSUS
2 6 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (10.00%) Terraform
3 4 (6.67%) Ansible
3 4 (6.67%) Nessus
3 4 (6.67%) Proxmox
4 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.67%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.67%) vRealize
5 1 (1.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 40 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 30 (50.00%) VMware
3 6 (10.00%) Cisco
3 6 (10.00%) Sophos
4 5 (8.33%) Apple
4 5 (8.33%) Citrix
4 5 (8.33%) Juniper
4 5 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
4 5 (8.33%) Veeam
5 3 (5.00%) Google
5 3 (5.00%) SonicWALL
6 1 (1.67%) Dell
6 1 (1.67%) Draytek
6 1 (1.67%) HP
6 1 (1.67%) Meraki