Active Directory Jobs in Reading

Microsoft Active Directory
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 67 58
Rank change year-on-year +42 -9 -9
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 137 73 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 8.02% 4.51% 4.19%
As % of the System Software category 48.24% 27.55% 29.80%
Number of salaries quoted 134 63 65
10th Percentile £29,175 £23,500 £23,875
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £31,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +69.52% -22.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £56,275 £62,625 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £74,850 £75,000
Berkshire median annual salary £44,400 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +36.62% -18.75% +4.58%

All System Software Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 284 265 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.62% 16.39% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 224 123 190
10th Percentile £27,750 £23,800 £26,225
25th Percentile £34,000 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,275 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.55% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £59,000 £74,625 £77,188
90th Percentile £80,500 £83,750 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £48,850 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.59% -2.30% -13.04%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Reading

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Reading.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Reading

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Reading

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 23 (16.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (14.60%) IIS
3 3 (2.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 67 (48.91%) Azure
2 27 (19.71%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (16.79%) Entra ID
4 22 (16.06%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (10.22%) Azure Storage
6 12 (8.76%) OCI
7 5 (3.65%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.19%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.46%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (39.42%) DNS
2 52 (37.96%) DHCP
3 50 (36.50%) Firewall
4 16 (11.68%) SAN
5 15 (10.95%) SNMP
6 6 (4.38%) VPN
7 5 (3.65%) LAN
7 5 (3.65%) Network Security
7 5 (3.65%) WAN
8 4 (2.92%) NAS
8 4 (2.92%) VoIP
8 4 (2.92%) Wireshark
9 3 (2.19%) VLAN
9 3 (2.19%) Wireless
10 2 (1.46%) BGP
10 2 (1.46%) IPsec
10 2 (1.46%) OSPF
11 1 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.65%) Oracle Database
1 5 (3.65%) Power BI
1 5 (3.65%) SQL Server
1 5 (3.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.92%) AdminStudio
1 4 (2.92%) InstallShield
1 4 (2.92%) MSI
General
1 65 (47.45%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.41%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (2.92%) Marketing
5 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.19%) Retail
6 2 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (24.82%) Support Specialist
2 29 (21.17%) Active Directory Specialist
2 29 (21.17%) Azure Specialist
3 28 (20.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 26 (18.98%) Systems Engineer
5 23 (16.79%) Active Directory Support
6 16 (11.68%) Senior
7 15 (10.95%) Hardware Engineer
7 15 (10.95%) Windows Engineer
7 15 (10.95%) Windows Systems Engineer
8 14 (10.22%) Technical Engineer
9 12 (8.76%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (8.03%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 11 (8.03%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
10 11 (8.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (8.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 9 (6.57%) Analyst
11 9 (6.57%) IT Support
12 8 (5.84%) PowerShell Engineer
12 8 (5.84%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.22%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.06%) PKI
2 21 (15.33%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (13.87%) CMDB
4 14 (10.22%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.92%) Educational Technology
5 4 (2.92%) Shadow IT
6 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.73%) iPad
7 1 (0.73%) iPhone
7 1 (0.73%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 106 (77.37%) Windows
2 72 (52.55%) Windows Server
3 56 (40.88%) Windows Server 2016
3 56 (40.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 50 (36.50%) Windows 10
5 48 (35.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 47 (34.31%) Linux
7 20 (14.60%) Windows 7
8 14 (10.22%) Windows NT
9 12 (8.76%) Windows XP
10 2 (1.46%) VMS
11 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (48.18%) ITIL
2 44 (32.12%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (28.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (27.74%) Customer Service
5 33 (24.09%) Agile
6 32 (23.36%) Service Management
7 27 (19.71%) Break/Fix
8 24 (17.52%) Release Management
9 20 (14.60%) Analytics
9 20 (14.60%) Log Analytics
10 19 (13.87%) Configuration Management
10 19 (13.87%) Waterfall
11 17 (12.41%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (12.41%) Performance Tuning
11 17 (12.41%) Problem Management
12 16 (11.68%) Change Management
12 16 (11.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 16 (11.68%) Decision-Making
12 16 (11.68%) Project Management
12 16 (11.68%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 58 (42.34%) PowerShell
2 24 (17.52%) C#
2 24 (17.52%) VB
3 20 (14.60%) SQL
3 20 (14.60%) VBScript
4 14 (10.22%) Bicep
5 5 (3.65%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.65%) PL/SQL
5 5 (3.65%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.92%) Bash
6 4 (2.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 107 (78.10%) Security Cleared
2 87 (63.50%) DV Cleared
3 67 (48.91%) SC Cleared
4 58 (42.34%) Degree
5 19 (13.87%) A+ Certification
6 18 (13.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (11.68%) CCNA
7 16 (11.68%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (11.68%) HNC
8 14 (10.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 14 (10.22%) MCP
9 12 (8.76%) CCNP
10 5 (3.65%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.92%) MCSE
12 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.06%) SLA
2 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (28.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (10.22%) Firmware
2 14 (10.22%) Hyper-V
2 14 (10.22%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (10.22%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (10.22%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.92%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (1.46%) Docker
5 1 (0.73%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 73 (53.28%) SCCM
2 49 (35.77%) WSUS
3 45 (32.85%) SCOM
4 20 (14.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (11.68%) Kubernetes
6 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (10.22%) Sysprep
8 12 (8.76%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (8.76%) NetBackup
8 12 (8.76%) vCenter Server
9 3 (2.19%) Nessus
10 2 (1.46%) Grafana
10 2 (1.46%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.73%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 118 (86.13%) Microsoft
2 39 (28.47%) VMware
3 17 (12.41%) HP
3 17 (12.41%) Oracle
4 16 (11.68%) Cisco
5 15 (10.95%) Dynatrace
6 14 (10.22%) Dell
6 14 (10.22%) Juniper
7 12 (8.76%) 3PAR
7 12 (8.76%) EMC
7 12 (8.76%) Extreme Networks
7 12 (8.76%) Palo Alto
7 12 (8.76%) ServiceNow
7 12 (8.76%) Symantec
7 12 (8.76%) Veeam
8 5 (3.65%) Adaptive Insights
8 5 (3.65%) Anaplan
8 5 (3.65%) Jedox
8 5 (3.65%) Tagetik
9 4 (2.92%) Autodesk