Active Directory Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 32 45 43
Rank change year-on-year +13 -2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 4,446 3,518 4,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.83% 6.22% 6.18%
As % of the System Software category 50.06% 39.63% 36.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,649 2,910 3,742
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,700 £27,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £47,716 £50,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,882 8,878 12,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.65% 15.70% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,978 5,644 8,334
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

Active Directory
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the UK excluding London 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
South East -3 1,173 £37,500 +7.14% 203
North of England +28 1,101 £35,000 -6.67% 207
Midlands +25 789 £33,500 -8.22% 139
South West +23 540 £37,500 +1.35% 115
North West +9 514 £37,500 -11.76% 116
East of England +11 493 £31,000 -17.33% 79
West Midlands +26 476 £35,000 -2.78% 75
Yorkshire +38 396 £32,500 -5.80% 75
East Midlands +11 308 £32,500 -13.33% 64
Scotland -52 244 £33,000 -5.39% 59
North East +27 191 £33,000 -8.33% 19
Wales +13 88 £28,290 -24.56% 18
Northern Ireland -11 12 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Channel Islands +1 4 £85,000 -5.56%
Isle of Man -11 4 £43,000 -40.69% 1
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1,163 (26.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 719 (16.17%) SharePoint
3 107 (2.41%) IIS
4 30 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
5 25 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 15 (0.34%) CMS
7 14 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 12 (0.27%) Confluence
8 12 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
8 12 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
8 12 (0.27%) WordPress
9 10 (0.22%) Skype for Business
10 9 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
11 7 (0.16%) Apache
12 6 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2000
12 6 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
14 4 (0.090%) Exchange Server 2003
14 4 (0.090%) IBM Notes
14 4 (0.090%) SAS
Applications
1 736 (16.55%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 57 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.067%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.045%) CATIA
8 2 (0.045%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 9 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.11%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.067%) Epicor Tropos
5 3 (0.067%) iTrent
5 3 (0.067%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.067%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.045%) assyst
7 1 (0.022%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.022%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.022%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.022%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2,791 (62.78%) Microsoft 365
2 2,117 (47.62%) Azure
3 1,191 (26.79%) Entra ID
4 340 (7.65%) OneDrive
5 309 (6.95%) AWS
6 118 (2.65%) Power Platform
7 90 (2.02%) IaaS
8 82 (1.84%) SaaS
9 75 (1.69%) GCP
10 73 (1.64%) Mimecast
11 64 (1.44%) Power Automate
12 59 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
13 56 (1.26%) PowerApps
14 53 (1.19%) Google Workspace
14 53 (1.19%) PaaS
15 49 (1.10%) Nutanix
16 47 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
17 39 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
18 36 (0.81%) Azure Monitor
18 36 (0.81%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 1,013 (22.78%) DNS
2 1,001 (22.51%) Firewall
3 799 (17.97%) DHCP
4 553 (12.44%) WAN
5 509 (11.45%) LAN
6 425 (9.56%) TCP/IP
7 409 (9.20%) VPN
8 343 (7.71%) SAN
9 262 (5.89%) Wi-Fi
10 240 (5.40%) VLAN
11 230 (5.17%) Wireless
12 221 (4.97%) VoIP
13 125 (2.81%) Network Security
14 112 (2.52%) Internet
14 112 (2.52%) NAS
15 110 (2.47%) Remote Desktop
16 97 (2.18%) Broadband
17 84 (1.89%) SD-WAN
18 77 (1.73%) 5G
18 77 (1.73%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (5.76%) SQL Server
2 85 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
3 81 (1.82%) Power BI
4 65 (1.46%) Metadata
5 38 (0.85%) MySQL
6 35 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (0.43%) Relational Database
9 15 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.29%) Oracle Database
11 12 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.20%) RDBMS
14 9 (0.20%) Redis
15 8 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.18%) NoSQL
16 7 (0.16%) MariaDB
17 6 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
17 6 (0.13%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 97 (2.18%) Git
2 87 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 68 (1.53%) Bitbucket
4 65 (1.46%) Artifactory
5 40 (0.90%) JIRA
6 13 (0.29%) MSI
7 10 (0.22%) Trac
8 9 (0.20%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.16%) GitLab
10 6 (0.13%) AdminStudio
10 6 (0.13%) InstallShield
10 6 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.090%) Hudson
12 3 (0.067%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.067%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.045%) Postman
13 2 (0.045%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.045%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.045%) webpack
General
1 1,419 (31.92%) Social Skills
2 487 (10.95%) Finance
3 401 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 256 (5.76%) Law
5 222 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 181 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
7 159 (3.58%) Manufacturing
8 152 (3.42%) Retail
9 141 (3.17%) Legal
10 131 (2.95%) Telecoms
11 100 (2.25%) Public Sector
12 86 (1.93%) Marketing
13 84 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 57 (1.28%) Banking
15 38 (0.85%) Games
16 29 (0.65%) Local Government
17 23 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (0.49%) Advertising
19 20 (0.45%) Aerospace
20 19 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 935 (21.03%) IT Support
2 829 (18.65%) Support Engineer
3 748 (16.82%) Analyst
4 692 (15.56%) IT Engineer
5 586 (13.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 477 (10.73%) IT Support Engineer
7 453 (10.19%) Senior
8 385 (8.66%) 2nd Line Support
9 334 (7.51%) IT Technician
10 278 (6.25%) IT Analyst
11 256 (5.76%) Service Analyst
12 254 (5.71%) Lead
13 248 (5.58%) Support Analyst
14 241 (5.42%) Support Technician
15 240 (5.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 237 (5.33%) Service Desk Analyst
17 216 (4.86%) 1st Line Support
18 200 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 195 (4.39%) IT Support Technician
20 189 (4.25%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (2.11%) LDAP
2 83 (1.87%) SAML
3 80 (1.80%) RESTful
4 76 (1.71%) Web Services
5 75 (1.69%) JSON
6 72 (1.62%) OpenID
7 70 (1.57%) XML
8 65 (1.46%) JSON-LD
9 32 (0.72%) .NET
10 29 (0.65%) ARM Templates
11 16 (0.36%) OLE
12 14 (0.31%) CSS
13 13 (0.29%) HTML
13 13 (0.29%) OAuth
14 8 (0.18%) 802.1X
14 8 (0.18%) SailPoint
15 7 (0.16%) EJB
16 6 (0.13%) LAMP
16 6 (0.13%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (0.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 358 (8.05%) Driving Licence
2 259 (5.83%) Management Information System
3 247 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 211 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
5 134 (3.01%) Onboarding
6 115 (2.59%) Replication
7 108 (2.43%) PKI
8 91 (2.05%) Clustering
9 87 (1.96%) Public Cloud
10 74 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
11 68 (1.53%) Social Media
12 67 (1.51%) Smartphone
13 65 (1.46%) Reference Data
14 43 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
15 41 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
16 40 (0.90%) Fat Client
16 40 (0.90%) Thin Client
17 36 (0.81%) Private Cloud
18 35 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
19 33 (0.74%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3,120 (70.18%) Windows
2 1,724 (38.78%) Windows Server
3 905 (20.36%) Windows 10
4 505 (11.36%) Linux
5 334 (7.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 314 (7.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 285 (6.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 168 (3.78%) Mac OS
9 162 (3.64%) Windows 7
10 143 (3.22%) Android
11 122 (2.74%) Apple iOS
12 102 (2.29%) Ubuntu
13 72 (1.62%) Windows 8
14 59 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
15 40 (0.90%) VMS
16 38 (0.85%) CentOS
16 38 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 30 (0.67%) Unix
18 25 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
19 24 (0.54%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,000 (22.49%) ITIL
2 916 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
3 874 (19.66%) Customer Service
4 755 (16.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 564 (12.69%) Cybersecurity
6 305 (6.86%) Service Management
7 299 (6.73%) Agile
8 271 (6.10%) Disaster Recovery
9 254 (5.71%) Roadmaps
10 241 (5.42%) Mentoring
11 239 (5.38%) Service Delivery
12 231 (5.20%) ITSM
13 214 (4.81%) Project Management
14 212 (4.77%) Incident Management
15 209 (4.70%) Migration
16 197 (4.43%) Continuous Improvement
17 184 (4.14%) Change Management
18 172 (3.87%) Identity Access Management
19 170 (3.82%) DevOps
20 155 (3.49%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 635 (14.28%) PowerShell
2 468 (10.53%) SQL
3 136 (3.06%) Bash
4 98 (2.20%) Python
5 69 (1.55%) Go
6 65 (1.46%) Prolog
6 65 (1.46%) SPARQL
7 54 (1.21%) C#
8 51 (1.15%) VB
9 39 (0.88%) VBScript
10 27 (0.61%) Bicep
11 26 (0.58%) JavaScript
12 21 (0.47%) Java
13 20 (0.45%) Perl
14 19 (0.43%) R
15 14 (0.31%) ActionScript
15 14 (0.31%) T-SQL
16 9 (0.20%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.18%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 530 (11.92%) Degree
2 440 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 412 (9.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 281 (6.32%) SC Cleared
5 204 (4.59%) DV Cleared
6 158 (3.55%) A+ Certification
7 150 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
7 150 (3.37%) MCP
8 132 (2.97%) DBS Check
9 125 (2.81%) CCNA
10 118 (2.65%) Azure Certification
11 112 (2.52%) MCSE
12 81 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
13 76 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
14 63 (1.42%) MCSA
15 47 (1.06%) CCNP
16 46 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 42 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
18 35 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 31 (0.70%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 359 (8.07%) SLA
2 94 (2.11%) GDPR
3 82 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 80 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (0.43%) NIST
6 16 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.34%) Data Quality
8 9 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.13%) QA
11 4 (0.090%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.090%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.090%) NCSC
11 4 (0.090%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.067%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.022%) GxP
13 1 (0.022%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.022%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.022%) PMO
13 1 (0.022%) SOC 2
System Software
1 916 (20.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 840 (18.89%) Hyper-V
3 181 (4.07%) VMware ESXi
4 166 (3.73%) vSphere
5 133 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 132 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
7 98 (2.20%) XenApp
8 81 (1.82%) XenDesktop
9 52 (1.17%) Docker
10 49 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
11 44 (0.99%) RACF
12 41 (0.92%) VirtualBox
13 31 (0.70%) Firmware
14 22 (0.49%) VMware Server
15 20 (0.45%) Terminal Services
15 20 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
16 19 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 18 (0.40%) pfSense
18 16 (0.36%) NFS
19 13 (0.29%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 813 (18.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 455 (10.23%) SCCM
3 151 (3.40%) WSUS
4 110 (2.47%) SCOM
5 107 (2.41%) vCenter Server
6 100 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
7 83 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 74 (1.66%) Kubernetes
9 64 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
10 54 (1.21%) Terraform
11 52 (1.17%) Ansible
12 42 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
13 40 (0.90%) ZABBIX
14 36 (0.81%) FortiGate
15 32 (0.72%) NetBackup
16 27 (0.61%) Backup Exec
17 25 (0.56%) EMC NetWorker
17 25 (0.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 19 (0.43%) Autotask
18 19 (0.43%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2,964 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1,372 (30.86%) VMware
3 437 (9.83%) Cisco
4 379 (8.52%) Citrix
5 323 (7.26%) Veeam
6 164 (3.69%) Apple
7 160 (3.60%) Dell
8 155 (3.49%) HP
9 133 (2.99%) ServiceNow
10 130 (2.92%) CyberArk
11 109 (2.45%) Meraki
12 107 (2.41%) Google
13 95 (2.14%) Sophos
14 89 (2.00%) NetApp
15 87 (1.96%) Fortinet
16 72 (1.62%) SolarWinds
17 70 (1.57%) Oracle
18 67 (1.51%) Tanium
19 60 (1.35%) Aruba
20 58 (1.30%) Adobe