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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 53 67
Rank change year-on-year +30 +14 -17
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 136 79 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 7.95% 5.02% 3.92%
As % of the System Software category 48.75% 28.94% 28.28%
Number of salaries quoted 132 66 60
10th Percentile £29,175 £23,500 £24,813
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,000 £25,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £30,125 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +74.44% -24.69% -15.79%
75th Percentile £56,275 £65,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £74,625 £75,000
Berkshire median annual salary £44,400 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +36.62% -18.75% -5.88%

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 279 273 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.31% 17.33% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 219 124 187
10th Percentile £27,750 £23,500 £26,150
25th Percentile £34,000 £25,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £49,591 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.97% -0.82% -16.67%
75th Percentile £59,000 £72,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £83,750 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £49,182 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.83% -1.64% -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 9 May 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 25 (18.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (13.24%) IIS
3 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (9.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 67 (49.26%) Azure
2 29 (21.32%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (18.38%) Entra ID
4 22 (16.18%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (10.29%) Azure Storage
6 12 (8.82%) OCI
7 5 (3.68%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.68%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (38.24%) DNS
2 50 (36.76%) DHCP
3 48 (35.29%) Firewall
4 16 (11.76%) SAN
5 13 (9.56%) SNMP
6 6 (4.41%) VPN
7 5 (3.68%) LAN
7 5 (3.68%) Network Security
7 5 (3.68%) WAN
8 4 (2.94%) NAS
8 4 (2.94%) VoIP
8 4 (2.94%) Wireshark
9 3 (2.21%) VLAN
9 3 (2.21%) Wireless
10 2 (1.47%) BGP
10 2 (1.47%) IPsec
10 2 (1.47%) OSPF
11 1 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.68%) Oracle Database
1 5 (3.68%) Power BI
1 5 (3.68%) SQL Server
1 5 (3.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.94%) AdminStudio
1 4 (2.94%) InstallShield
1 4 (2.94%) MSI
General
1 65 (47.79%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (2.94%) Marketing
5 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.21%) Retail
6 2 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (23.53%) Support Specialist
2 29 (21.32%) Active Directory Specialist
2 29 (21.32%) Azure Specialist
3 28 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
5 23 (16.91%) Active Directory Support
6 17 (12.50%) Senior
7 15 (11.03%) Hardware Engineer
8 14 (10.29%) Technical Engineer
9 13 (9.56%) Windows Engineer
9 13 (9.56%) Windows Systems Engineer
10 11 (8.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (8.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 10 (7.35%) Infrastructure Support
12 9 (6.62%) Analyst
12 9 (6.62%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 9 (6.62%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
12 9 (6.62%) IT Support
13 8 (5.88%) PowerShell Engineer
13 8 (5.88%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.29%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.18%) PKI
2 21 (15.44%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (12.50%) CMDB
4 14 (10.29%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.94%) Educational Technology
5 4 (2.94%) Shadow IT
6 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.74%) iPad
7 1 (0.74%) iPhone
7 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 103 (75.74%) Windows
2 68 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 55 (40.44%) Windows Server 2016
3 55 (40.44%) Windows Server 2019
4 49 (36.03%) Windows 10
5 47 (34.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 45 (33.09%) Linux
7 21 (15.44%) Windows 7
8 12 (8.82%) Windows NT
8 12 (8.82%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.47%) VMS
10 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (47.79%) ITIL
2 45 (33.09%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (27.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (26.47%) Customer Service
5 31 (22.79%) Agile
6 30 (22.06%) Service Management
7 27 (19.85%) Break/Fix
8 24 (17.65%) Release Management
9 20 (14.71%) Analytics
9 20 (14.71%) Log Analytics
10 18 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (13.24%) Problem Management
11 17 (12.50%) Change Management
11 17 (12.50%) Configuration Management
11 17 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 17 (12.50%) Decision-Making
11 17 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
11 17 (12.50%) Roadmaps
11 17 (12.50%) Waterfall
12 16 (11.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (43.38%) PowerShell
2 24 (17.65%) C#
2 24 (17.65%) VB
3 20 (14.71%) VBScript
4 18 (13.24%) SQL
5 14 (10.29%) Bicep
6 5 (3.68%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.68%) PL/SQL
6 5 (3.68%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.94%) Bash
7 4 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 104 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 83 (61.03%) DV Cleared
3 65 (47.79%) SC Cleared
4 59 (43.38%) Degree
5 19 (13.97%) A+ Certification
6 18 (13.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (12.50%) HNC
8 16 (11.76%) CCNA
8 16 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (10.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 14 (10.29%) MCP
10 12 (8.82%) CCNP
11 5 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.94%) MCSE
13 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (16.18%) SLA
2 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (10.29%) Hyper-V
2 14 (10.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (10.29%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (10.29%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (8.82%) Firmware
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (1.47%) Docker
6 1 (0.74%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 72 (52.94%) SCCM
2 47 (34.56%) WSUS
3 43 (31.62%) SCOM
4 20 (14.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (11.76%) Kubernetes
6 15 (11.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (8.82%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (8.82%) NetBackup
7 12 (8.82%) Sysprep
7 12 (8.82%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.21%) Nessus
9 2 (1.47%) Grafana
9 2 (1.47%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.74%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 117 (86.03%) Microsoft
2 40 (29.41%) VMware
3 17 (12.50%) HP
3 17 (12.50%) Oracle
4 16 (11.76%) Cisco
5 14 (10.29%) Dell
5 14 (10.29%) Juniper
6 13 (9.56%) Dynatrace
7 12 (8.82%) 3PAR
7 12 (8.82%) EMC
7 12 (8.82%) Extreme Networks
7 12 (8.82%) Palo Alto
7 12 (8.82%) ServiceNow
7 12 (8.82%) Symantec
7 12 (8.82%) Veeam
8 5 (3.68%) Adaptive Insights
8 5 (3.68%) Anaplan
8 5 (3.68%) Jedox
8 5 (3.68%) Tagetik
9 4 (2.94%) Autodesk