Active Directory Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 33 57
Rank change year-on-year 0 +24 -2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 445 426 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.39% 7.27% 4.81%
As % of the System Software category 45.22% 42.81% 33.40%
Number of salaries quoted 397 362 283
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,775 £23,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £59,875 £62,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,950
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.64% -10.13%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 984 995 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.12% 16.97% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 781 633 681
10th Percentile £29,175 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire +27 242 £49,750 +53.08% 31
Oxfordshire +14 116 £40,000 +23.08% 19
Buckinghamshire -42 87 £38,000 +16.92% 29
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 112 (25.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (21.12%) SharePoint
3 20 (4.49%) IIS
4 7 (1.57%) WordPress
5 5 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 70 (15.73%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 276 (62.02%) Microsoft 365
2 219 (49.21%) Azure
3 95 (21.35%) Entra ID
4 62 (13.93%) OneDrive
5 28 (6.29%) Azure Monitor
6 26 (5.84%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.62%) Azure Storage
8 16 (3.60%) Power Automate
9 13 (2.92%) Google Workspace
9 13 (2.92%) OCI
9 13 (2.92%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.92%) WhatsApp
10 12 (2.70%) iTunes
11 11 (2.47%) ShareGate
12 10 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.12%) PaaS
15 4 (0.90%) SaaS
16 3 (0.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 138 (31.01%) Firewall
2 124 (27.87%) DNS
3 84 (18.88%) DHCP
4 40 (8.99%) Wi-Fi
5 33 (7.42%) Wireless
6 29 (6.52%) SAN
6 29 (6.52%) WAN
7 25 (5.62%) VoIP
8 24 (5.39%) VPN
9 23 (5.17%) Network Security
10 22 (4.94%) LAN
11 19 (4.27%) TCP/IP
12 14 (3.15%) SSL
12 14 (3.15%) VLAN
13 12 (2.70%) NAS
14 11 (2.47%) SNMP
15 8 (1.80%) SD-WAN
16 7 (1.57%) 4G
16 7 (1.57%) DSL
16 7 (1.57%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.66%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.84%) Power BI
3 14 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.02%) MySQL
5 5 (1.12%) InfluxDB
5 5 (1.12%) MariaDB
5 5 (1.12%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.80%) MSI
2 6 (1.35%) AdminStudio
2 6 (1.35%) InstallShield
3 5 (1.12%) Git
3 5 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 160 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 27 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (5.39%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (4.72%) Finance
5 19 (4.27%) Law
6 17 (3.82%) Legal
6 17 (3.82%) Manufacturing
7 16 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.12%) Marketing
11 5 (1.12%) Retail
12 3 (0.67%) Banking
12 3 (0.67%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.45%) Games
14 1 (0.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (17.98%) IT Support
2 66 (14.83%) Support Engineer
3 63 (14.16%) IT Engineer
4 62 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 58 (13.03%) Analyst
6 46 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
7 44 (9.89%) IT Analyst
8 36 (8.09%) 2nd Line Support
9 35 (7.87%) Senior
9 35 (7.87%) Support Specialist
10 33 (7.42%) Active Directory Specialist
10 33 (7.42%) Azure Specialist
11 32 (7.19%) IT Technician
11 32 (7.19%) Systems Engineer
12 30 (6.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 28 (6.29%) 3rd Line Support
14 27 (6.07%) Active Directory Support
15 25 (5.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 25 (5.62%) Support Analyst
16 22 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.82%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.12%) .NET
3 4 (0.90%) LAMP
3 4 (0.90%) LDAP
4 3 (0.67%) Azure Blueprints
4 3 (0.67%) FIDO
4 3 (0.67%) OAuth
4 3 (0.67%) OpenID
4 3 (0.67%) SailPoint
4 3 (0.67%) SAML
4 3 (0.67%) WebAuthn
5 1 (0.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.44%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (7.42%) PKI
3 32 (7.19%) Data Centre
4 21 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.82%) Driving Licence
6 15 (3.37%) CMDB
7 14 (3.15%) Smartphone
8 9 (2.02%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.35%) Replication
9 6 (1.35%) Shadow IT
10 5 (1.12%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.12%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.90%) EMC VNX
11 4 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.67%) iPhone
12 3 (0.67%) Social Media
12 3 (0.67%) Wiki
13 2 (0.45%) Online Games
13 2 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 327 (73.48%) Windows
2 182 (40.90%) Windows Server
3 143 (32.13%) Windows 10
4 85 (19.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 83 (18.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 81 (18.20%) Linux
7 61 (13.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 28 (6.29%) Apple iOS
9 24 (5.39%) Windows 7
10 22 (4.94%) Android
11 17 (3.82%) Windows XP
12 16 (3.60%) Mac OS
13 12 (2.70%) Windows NT
14 9 (2.02%) CentOS
14 9 (2.02%) Ubuntu
15 7 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (1.57%) Windows 8
16 6 (1.35%) VMS
17 4 (0.90%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.90%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (24.72%) ITIL
2 100 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (19.33%) Customer Service
4 84 (18.88%) Cybersecurity
5 72 (16.18%) Service Management
6 71 (15.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 47 (10.56%) Agile
8 41 (9.21%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 39 (8.76%) Change Management
9 39 (8.76%) Release Management
10 38 (8.54%) ITSM
11 37 (8.31%) Change Control
12 33 (7.42%) Analytics
12 33 (7.42%) DevOps
13 31 (6.97%) Project Management
14 28 (6.29%) Roadmaps
15 27 (6.07%) Break/Fix
15 27 (6.07%) Mentoring
16 26 (5.84%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (5.84%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 88 (19.78%) PowerShell
2 64 (14.38%) SQL
3 34 (7.64%) C#
4 29 (6.52%) VB
5 24 (5.39%) VBScript
6 17 (3.82%) Bicep
7 15 (3.37%) Bash
8 12 (2.70%) Python
9 5 (1.12%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.12%) Perl
9 5 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.12%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 121 (27.19%) Security Cleared
2 97 (21.80%) Degree
3 88 (19.78%) DV Cleared
4 85 (19.10%) SC Cleared
5 35 (7.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (6.97%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (6.74%) MCP
8 27 (6.07%) CCNA
9 24 (5.39%) A+ Certification
10 17 (3.82%) HNC
10 17 (3.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 12 (2.70%) CCNP
12 11 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (2.47%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.35%) MCSE
15 4 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 2 (0.45%) CCENT
16 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
16 2 (0.45%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.34%) SLA
2 8 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (0.67%) GDPR
3 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.67%) QA
4 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 105 (23.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 72 (16.18%) Hyper-V
3 25 (5.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (4.27%) Firmware
6 18 (4.04%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (2.92%) vSphere
8 9 (2.02%) Docker
9 7 (1.57%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.90%) XenApp
12 3 (0.67%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.22%) NFS
Systems Management
1 116 (26.07%) SCCM
2 97 (21.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 54 (12.13%) WSUS
4 51 (11.46%) SCOM
5 30 (6.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 23 (5.17%) Kubernetes
7 19 (4.27%) NetBackup
8 18 (4.04%) vCenter Server
9 16 (3.60%) EMC NetWorker
10 12 (2.70%) Sysprep
11 6 (1.35%) Ansible
11 6 (1.35%) Terraform
12 5 (1.12%) Puppet
12 5 (1.12%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 4 (0.90%) PaperCut
14 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.67%) Nagios
14 3 (0.67%) Nessus
14 3 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.45%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 351 (78.88%) Microsoft
2 156 (35.06%) VMware
3 48 (10.79%) Cisco
4 46 (10.34%) Citrix
5 42 (9.44%) Veeam
6 22 (4.94%) Apple
6 22 (4.94%) Oracle
6 22 (4.94%) ServiceNow
7 21 (4.72%) Dell
7 21 (4.72%) Google
7 21 (4.72%) HP
8 19 (4.27%) Juniper
8 19 (4.27%) Palo Alto
9 16 (3.60%) Adobe
9 16 (3.60%) EMC
10 12 (2.70%) 3PAR
10 12 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (2.70%) Symantec
11 11 (2.47%) Dynatrace
11 11 (2.47%) Nintex