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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 28 62
Rank change year-on-year -5 +34 -5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 444 430 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.23% 7.54% 4.66%
As % of the System Software category 45.49% 45.03% 32.41%
Number of salaries quoted 395 369 277
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £23,350
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 £48,084 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £59,000 £61,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,400
% change year-on-year +7.14% -1.13% -11.50%

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 976 955 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.70% 16.74% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 771 627 674
10th Percentile £29,000 £24,800 £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 £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £48,850 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.76% -2.30% -

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +26 240 £50,000 +51.52% 30
Oxfordshire +9 115 £40,000 +23.08% 15
Buckinghamshire -36 89 £38,000 +16.92% 18
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
1 111 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (21.40%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.28%) IIS
4 7 (1.58%) WordPress
5 5 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 69 (15.54%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 275 (61.94%) Microsoft 365
2 219 (49.32%) Azure
3 96 (21.62%) Entra ID
4 63 (14.19%) OneDrive
5 27 (6.08%) Azure Monitor
6 25 (5.63%) Azure Storage
6 25 (5.63%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.60%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.93%) Google Workspace
8 13 (2.93%) OCI
8 13 (2.93%) PowerApps
8 13 (2.93%) WhatsApp
9 12 (2.70%) iTunes
10 11 (2.48%) ShareGate
11 10 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.13%) PaaS
14 4 (0.90%) SaaS
15 3 (0.68%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 137 (30.86%) Firewall
2 122 (27.48%) DNS
3 82 (18.47%) DHCP
4 40 (9.01%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (7.21%) Wireless
6 29 (6.53%) SAN
6 29 (6.53%) WAN
7 25 (5.63%) VoIP
8 23 (5.18%) Network Security
9 22 (4.95%) LAN
9 22 (4.95%) VPN
10 20 (4.50%) TCP/IP
11 14 (3.15%) SSL
11 14 (3.15%) VLAN
12 12 (2.70%) NAS
13 10 (2.25%) SNMP
14 8 (1.80%) SD-WAN
15 7 (1.58%) 4G
15 7 (1.58%) DSL
15 7 (1.58%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 25 (5.63%) Power BI
3 15 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.03%) MySQL
5 5 (1.13%) InfluxDB
5 5 (1.13%) MariaDB
5 5 (1.13%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.80%) MSI
2 6 (1.35%) AdminStudio
2 6 (1.35%) InstallShield
3 5 (1.13%) Git
3 5 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.23%) JIRA
General
1 157 (35.36%) Social Skills
2 27 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
3 23 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (4.73%) Finance
5 19 (4.28%) Law
6 18 (4.05%) Legal
6 18 (4.05%) Manufacturing
7 16 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (2.93%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.13%) Marketing
11 5 (1.13%) Retail
12 3 (0.68%) Banking
12 3 (0.68%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.45%) Games
14 1 (0.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (17.57%) IT Support
2 66 (14.86%) Support Engineer
3 63 (14.19%) IT Engineer
4 61 (13.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 57 (12.84%) Analyst
6 46 (10.36%) IT Support Engineer
7 42 (9.46%) IT Analyst
8 36 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
8 36 (8.11%) Support Specialist
9 35 (7.88%) Senior
10 34 (7.66%) Active Directory Specialist
10 34 (7.66%) Azure Specialist
11 32 (7.21%) IT Technician
12 31 (6.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 31 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
13 28 (6.31%) 3rd Line Support
13 28 (6.31%) Active Directory Support
14 25 (5.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 24 (5.41%) Support Analyst
16 22 (4.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.83%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.13%) .NET
3 4 (0.90%) LAMP
3 4 (0.90%) LDAP
4 3 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
4 3 (0.68%) FIDO
4 3 (0.68%) OAuth
4 3 (0.68%) OpenID
4 3 (0.68%) SailPoint
4 3 (0.68%) SAML
4 3 (0.68%) WebAuthn
5 1 (0.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.23%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (7.21%) PKI
3 31 (6.98%) Data Centre
4 21 (4.73%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.83%) Driving Licence
6 15 (3.38%) Smartphone
7 14 (3.15%) CMDB
8 9 (2.03%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.35%) Replication
9 6 (1.35%) Shadow IT
10 5 (1.13%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.13%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.90%) EMC VNX
11 4 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.68%) iPhone
12 3 (0.68%) Social Media
12 3 (0.68%) Wiki
13 2 (0.45%) Online Games
13 2 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 325 (73.20%) Windows
2 181 (40.77%) Windows Server
3 144 (32.43%) Windows 10
4 84 (18.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 82 (18.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 79 (17.79%) Linux
7 60 (13.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 29 (6.53%) Apple iOS
9 24 (5.41%) Windows 7
10 23 (5.18%) Android
11 17 (3.83%) Mac OS
11 17 (3.83%) Windows XP
12 12 (2.70%) Windows NT
13 9 (2.03%) CentOS
13 9 (2.03%) Ubuntu
14 7 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 7 (1.58%) Windows 8
15 5 (1.13%) VMS
16 4 (0.90%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.90%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (24.77%) ITIL
2 100 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (19.59%) Customer Service
4 84 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
5 72 (16.22%) Service Management
6 70 (15.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 46 (10.36%) Agile
8 41 (9.23%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 39 (8.78%) Change Management
9 39 (8.78%) ITSM
9 39 (8.78%) Release Management
10 36 (8.11%) Change Control
11 33 (7.43%) Analytics
11 33 (7.43%) DevOps
12 31 (6.98%) Project Management
13 28 (6.31%) Roadmaps
14 27 (6.08%) Break/Fix
14 27 (6.08%) Mentoring
15 26 (5.86%) Log Analytics
16 25 (5.63%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (19.59%) PowerShell
2 62 (13.96%) SQL
3 34 (7.66%) C#
4 29 (6.53%) VB
5 24 (5.41%) VBScript
6 17 (3.83%) Bicep
7 15 (3.38%) Bash
8 12 (2.70%) Python
9 5 (1.13%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.13%) Perl
9 5 (1.13%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.13%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 121 (27.25%) Security Cleared
2 96 (21.62%) Degree
3 87 (19.59%) DV Cleared
4 85 (19.14%) SC Cleared
5 35 (7.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (6.76%) MCP
8 27 (6.08%) CCNA
9 24 (5.41%) A+ Certification
10 17 (3.83%) HNC
10 17 (3.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 12 (2.70%) CCNP
12 11 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (2.48%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.35%) MCSE
15 4 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
16 2 (0.45%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.36%) SLA
2 8 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (0.68%) GDPR
3 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.68%) QA
4 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 103 (23.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 72 (16.22%) Hyper-V
3 25 (5.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (4.28%) Firmware
6 17 (3.83%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (2.93%) vSphere
8 8 (1.80%) Docker
9 7 (1.58%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.90%) XenApp
12 3 (0.68%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.23%) NFS
Systems Management
1 116 (26.13%) SCCM
2 97 (21.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 53 (11.94%) WSUS
4 50 (11.26%) SCOM
5 30 (6.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 22 (4.95%) Kubernetes
7 19 (4.28%) NetBackup
8 18 (4.05%) 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 (1.13%) Puppet
12 5 (1.13%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 4 (0.90%) PaperCut
14 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.68%) Nagios
14 3 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.45%) Nessus
16 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 351 (79.05%) Microsoft
2 154 (34.68%) VMware
3 47 (10.59%) Cisco
3 47 (10.59%) Citrix
4 42 (9.46%) Veeam
5 22 (4.95%) Apple
5 22 (4.95%) Oracle
5 22 (4.95%) ServiceNow
6 21 (4.73%) Google
6 21 (4.73%) HP
7 20 (4.50%) Dell
8 19 (4.28%) Palo Alto
9 18 (4.05%) Juniper
10 16 (3.60%) Adobe
10 16 (3.60%) EMC
11 12 (2.70%) 3PAR
11 12 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
11 12 (2.70%) Symantec
12 11 (2.48%) Nintex
13 10 (2.25%) Dynatrace