Active Directory Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 40 49 51
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -19
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 514 477 600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.80% 6.47% 6.24%
As % of the System Software category 53.04% 40.49% 36.79%
Number of salaries quoted 448 402 516
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,500 £21,875
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +31.78% -22.29%
75th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,650 £59,425 £58,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 969 1,178 1,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.05% 15.98% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 820 791 1,067
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,420 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +7.37% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,625 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the North West.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the North West 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
Manchester +2 219 £40,000 -11.11% 49
Cheshire -4 141 £30,500 -18.67% 29
Merseyside +5 70 £30,000 -29.41% 14
Lancashire +14 64 £50,000 +25.00% 16
Cumbria -9 15 £36,500 -18.89% 7
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 113 (21.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (9.73%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.11%) IIS
4 4 (0.78%) CMS
4 4 (0.78%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.39%) Confluence
6 1 (0.19%) Site Server
Applications
1 64 (12.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.97%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.58%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 361 (70.23%) Microsoft 365
2 244 (47.47%) Azure
3 136 (26.46%) Entra ID
4 64 (12.45%) AWS
5 21 (4.09%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.50%) GCP
7 16 (3.11%) SaaS
8 14 (2.72%) OneDrive
9 13 (2.53%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.56%) IaaS
10 8 (1.56%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.36%) AWS KMS
11 7 (1.36%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (1.36%) PaaS
12 6 (1.17%) Google Workspace
13 5 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.58%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 130 (25.29%) DNS
2 106 (20.62%) DHCP
3 88 (17.12%) Firewall
4 70 (13.62%) WAN
5 61 (11.87%) LAN
6 39 (7.59%) TCP/IP
7 29 (5.64%) VPN
8 26 (5.06%) SAN
9 24 (4.67%) Internet
9 24 (4.67%) VoIP
9 24 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (4.28%) Wireless
11 15 (2.92%) SD-WAN
12 14 (2.72%) WLAN
13 13 (2.53%) SSL
14 12 (2.33%) iSCSI
14 12 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (2.14%) Broadband
16 10 (1.95%) Network Security
17 9 (1.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.17%) MySQL
4 5 (0.97%) MaxDB
4 5 (0.97%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.78%) Power BI
6 3 (0.58%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.39%) JIRA
1 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.19%) MSI
General
1 162 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 62 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (11.28%) Finance
4 57 (11.09%) Retail
5 28 (5.45%) Law
6 23 (4.47%) Legal
7 21 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.11%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.92%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.95%) Banking
12 6 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.97%) Local Government
14 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.78%) Military
15 3 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.39%) Billing
17 1 (0.19%) Advertising
17 1 (0.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (22.18%) Analyst
2 99 (19.26%) IT Support
3 87 (16.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 86 (16.73%) IT Engineer
5 73 (14.20%) Support Engineer
6 62 (12.06%) Senior
7 59 (11.48%) IT Support Engineer
8 53 (10.31%) Service Analyst
9 49 (9.53%) Service Desk Analyst
10 38 (7.39%) 2nd Line Support
11 35 (6.81%) IT Analyst
12 32 (6.23%) IT Technician
13 30 (5.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 29 (5.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 27 (5.25%) Cloud Engineer
15 27 (5.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (5.06%) IT Manager
16 26 (5.06%) Support Technician
17 23 (4.47%) IT Support Technician
18 22 (4.28%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.11%) OLE
2 6 (1.17%) LDAP
3 5 (0.97%) BREW
3 5 (0.97%) HTML
3 5 (0.97%) SAP Basis
3 5 (0.97%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.78%) CSS
5 3 (0.58%) .NET
6 2 (0.39%) Web Services
7 1 (0.19%) Ajax
7 1 (0.19%) Classic ASP
7 1 (0.19%) SAML
7 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.89%) Driving Licence
2 27 (5.25%) Smartphone
3 26 (5.06%) Data Centre
4 22 (4.28%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.50%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.31%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.33%) PMI
7 12 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.95%) EPoS
9 9 (1.75%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.75%) Replication
10 8 (1.56%) Cyberattack
10 8 (1.56%) PKI
11 7 (1.36%) FMCG
12 6 (1.17%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.17%) NHS
13 5 (0.97%) CCTV
13 5 (0.97%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 276 (53.70%) Windows
2 106 (20.62%) Windows Server
3 78 (15.18%) Windows 10
4 55 (10.70%) Linux
5 27 (5.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (5.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (2.33%) Mac OS
9 10 (1.95%) Apple iOS
10 9 (1.75%) Android
11 8 (1.56%) VMS
11 8 (1.56%) Windows Vista
12 4 (0.78%) Debian
13 3 (0.58%) Unix
13 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.39%) Windows XP
15 1 (0.19%) CentOS
15 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (23.15%) ITIL
2 116 (22.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 110 (21.40%) Customer Service
4 87 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (14.20%) Disaster Recovery
6 62 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (8.17%) ITSM
8 39 (7.59%) Time Management
9 38 (7.39%) Project Management
10 36 (7.00%) ERP
10 36 (7.00%) Service Management
11 34 (6.61%) Agile
11 34 (6.61%) Capacity Planning
12 33 (6.42%) Roadmaps
13 32 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (6.23%) Migration
14 29 (5.64%) Server Management
15 27 (5.25%) Coaching
16 26 (5.06%) Presales
17 24 (4.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 71 (13.81%) PowerShell
2 66 (12.84%) SQL
3 16 (3.11%) R
4 13 (2.53%) Python
5 9 (1.75%) Bash
6 7 (1.36%) Java
7 6 (1.17%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.97%) ABAP
9 3 (0.58%) C#
10 1 (0.19%) Perl
10 1 (0.19%) PHP
10 1 (0.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (11.09%) Degree
2 51 (9.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (5.06%) MCP
4 21 (4.09%) A+ Certification
5 14 (2.72%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.53%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.33%) PMI Certification
8 11 (2.14%) Security Cleared
9 9 (1.75%) CCNA
9 9 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (1.56%) SC Cleared
11 7 (1.36%) MCSA
12 4 (0.78%) MCSE
12 4 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.39%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.39%) GIAC
13 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.23%) SLA
2 20 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.19%) NCSC
4 1 (0.19%) NIST
4 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (14.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 72 (14.01%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (1.95%) RACF
5 9 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.17%) vSphere
7 4 (0.78%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.58%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.39%) XenApp
9 2 (0.39%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.19%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.19%) Docker
10 1 (0.19%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.19%) Postfix
10 1 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 95 (18.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.28%) SCCM
3 18 (3.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (2.33%) Opsgenie
4 12 (2.33%) VxRail
4 12 (2.33%) ZABBIX
5 10 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.36%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.97%) WSUS
8 4 (0.78%) Terraform
9 3 (0.58%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.39%) Grafana
10 2 (0.39%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.39%) SCOM
10 2 (0.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.39%) vRealize
11 1 (0.19%) Ansible
11 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 345 (67.12%) Microsoft
2 119 (23.15%) VMware
3 46 (8.95%) Cisco
4 44 (8.56%) Citrix
5 30 (5.84%) Apple
6 26 (5.06%) Veeam
7 21 (4.09%) Fortinet
8 18 (3.50%) SolarWinds
9 17 (3.31%) CyberArk
9 17 (3.31%) NetApp
10 16 (3.11%) Adobe
11 15 (2.92%) Dell
11 15 (2.92%) ServiceNow
11 15 (2.92%) Sophos
12 12 (2.33%) CA
13 11 (2.14%) Virgin Media
14 9 (1.75%) Aruba
14 9 (1.75%) ESET
15 8 (1.56%) HP
16 7 (1.36%) F5