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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 55 57
Rank change year-on-year +29 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 245 162 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.95% 5.07% 4.51%
As % of the System Software category 41.81% 31.52% 34.91%
Number of salaries quoted 230 138 130
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,438 £25,000 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,400 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.62% -18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £55,731 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £74,475 £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 586 514 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.03% 16.09% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 513 306 342
10th Percentile £29,175 £24,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,500 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,016 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.21% -1.97% -13.04%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £76,250
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 6 May 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 6 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +33 136 £52,550 +74.44% 19
Newbury +28 31 £49,500 +2.22% 2
Bracknell -18 18 £32,500 -7.14% 4
Slough +35 13 £52,500 +79.49%
Maidenhead +21 12 £52,500 +31.25% 3
Ascot +3 6 £42,500 -8.76%
Wokingham +4 3 £30,000 +33.33%
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 -
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 48 (19.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (13.06%) SharePoint
3 23 (9.39%) IIS
4 4 (1.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (11.02%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (4.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 115 (46.94%) Azure
2 109 (44.49%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (11.43%) Entra ID
4 22 (8.98%) Azure Monitor
5 19 (7.76%) OneDrive
6 16 (6.53%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.71%) Azure Storage
8 12 (4.90%) iTunes
8 12 (4.90%) OCI
9 11 (4.49%) Power Automate
9 11 (4.49%) PowerApps
9 11 (4.49%) ShareGate
10 6 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.82%) IaaS
12 1 (0.41%) PaaS
12 1 (0.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (35.51%) Firewall
2 75 (30.61%) DNS
3 55 (22.45%) DHCP
4 21 (8.57%) SAN
5 19 (7.76%) Network Security
6 14 (5.71%) SNMP
6 14 (5.71%) SSL
7 12 (4.90%) LAN
8 11 (4.49%) VPN
8 11 (4.49%) WAN
9 9 (3.67%) NAS
10 8 (3.27%) Wireless
11 5 (2.04%) VoIP
12 4 (1.63%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (1.63%) iSCSI
12 4 (1.63%) VLAN
12 4 (1.63%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.82%) Broadband
13 2 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.82%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.53%) Power BI
2 13 (5.31%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.04%) Oracle Database
3 5 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.04%) MSI
2 4 (1.63%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.63%) InstallShield
General
1 81 (33.06%) Social Skills
2 17 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (4.49%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (1.63%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.63%) Marketing
6 3 (1.22%) Banking
6 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.22%) Finance
6 3 (1.22%) Retail
7 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (15.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 33 (13.47%) Support Specialist
3 30 (12.24%) Analyst
4 29 (11.84%) Active Directory Specialist
4 29 (11.84%) Azure Specialist
5 26 (10.61%) Systems Engineer
6 25 (10.20%) IT Engineer
6 25 (10.20%) Support Engineer
7 23 (9.39%) Active Directory Support
7 23 (9.39%) IT Analyst
8 22 (8.98%) IT Support
9 21 (8.57%) Senior
10 20 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (7.35%) Infrastructure Support
12 17 (6.94%) Hardware Engineer
13 16 (6.53%) Lead
13 16 (6.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (6.53%) Technical Engineer
14 14 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 14 (5.71%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.71%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.63%) LAMP
3 1 (0.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.80%) PKI
2 22 (8.98%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (7.35%) CMDB
4 14 (5.71%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.63%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.63%) Replication
5 4 (1.63%) Shadow IT
6 2 (0.82%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.82%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.41%) iPad
7 1 (0.41%) iPhone
7 1 (0.41%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 172 (70.20%) Windows
2 123 (50.20%) Windows Server
3 85 (34.69%) Windows 10
4 62 (25.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 61 (24.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 60 (24.49%) Linux
7 49 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (8.16%) Windows 7
9 13 (5.31%) Windows NT
9 13 (5.31%) Windows XP
10 6 (2.45%) VMS
11 4 (1.63%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.22%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (34.29%) ITIL
2 51 (20.82%) Service Management
3 49 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 49 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (17.55%) Agile
4 43 (17.55%) Customer Service
5 42 (17.14%) Change Management
6 35 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (12.65%) Release Management
8 28 (11.43%) Project Management
9 27 (11.02%) Break/Fix
9 27 (11.02%) Roadmaps
10 26 (10.61%) Problem Management
11 25 (10.20%) DevOps
12 20 (8.16%) Analytics
12 20 (8.16%) Log Analytics
13 19 (7.76%) Asset Management
13 19 (7.76%) Incident Management
14 18 (7.35%) Configuration Management
14 18 (7.35%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 68 (27.76%) PowerShell
2 32 (13.06%) SQL
3 24 (9.80%) C#
3 24 (9.80%) VB
4 21 (8.57%) VBScript
5 14 (5.71%) Bicep
6 8 (3.27%) Python
7 5 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.04%) PL/SQL
7 5 (2.04%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 126 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 87 (35.51%) DV Cleared
2 87 (35.51%) SC Cleared
3 72 (29.39%) Degree
4 22 (8.98%) A+ Certification
5 21 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (6.53%) CCNA
6 16 (6.53%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (6.53%) HNC
7 15 (6.12%) MCP
8 14 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 12 (4.90%) CCNP
10 11 (4.49%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (4.49%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.63%) MCSE
13 2 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.61%) SLA
2 3 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (1.22%) GDPR
2 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 56 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (9.39%) Hyper-V
3 22 (8.98%) VMware ESXi
4 20 (8.16%) Firmware
5 15 (6.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.45%) vSphere
8 4 (1.63%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.82%) Docker
10 1 (0.41%) NFS
10 1 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 87 (35.51%) SCCM
2 52 (21.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (20.82%) SCOM
4 48 (19.59%) WSUS
5 22 (8.98%) vCenter Server
6 20 (8.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (7.76%) NetBackup
8 16 (6.53%) Kubernetes
9 13 (5.31%) Sysprep
10 12 (4.90%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (2.04%) Nessus
12 2 (0.82%) Grafana
12 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.41%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 189 (77.14%) Microsoft
2 87 (35.51%) VMware
3 18 (7.35%) Cisco
4 17 (6.94%) HP
4 17 (6.94%) Oracle
5 16 (6.53%) Dell
5 16 (6.53%) Palo Alto
5 16 (6.53%) Veeam
6 14 (5.71%) Dynatrace
6 14 (5.71%) Juniper
7 13 (5.31%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.90%) 3PAR
8 12 (4.90%) EMC
8 12 (4.90%) Extreme Networks
8 12 (4.90%) Symantec
9 11 (4.49%) Nintex
10 8 (3.27%) McAfee
11 5 (2.04%) Adaptive Insights
11 5 (2.04%) Anaplan
11 5 (2.04%) Jedox