Active Directory Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 28 54 34
Rank change year-on-year +26 -20 -11
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 476 325 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.93% 5.58% 7.20%
As % of the System Software category 57.14% 46.70% 52.39%
Number of salaries quoted 389 280 476
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,703 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,500 £29,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,000 £58,775 £60,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 833 696 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.37% 11.94% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 679 490 846
10th Percentile £25,243 £25,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,650 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +14 154 £36,250 -10.49% 10
Staffordshire -7 93 £30,000 -13.04% 19
Worcestershire +1 36 £36,298 +18.04% 10
Warwickshire +48 35 £32,000 -37.56% 17
Shropshire +10 30 £36,500 +40.38% 1
Solihull +6 20 £47,500 +35.71% 2
Coventry +8 13 £34,750 -6.08% 5
Wednesbury -1 9 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Wolverhampton +4 8 £21,500 -57.00% 4
Herefordshire +4 8 £30,000 -29.41%
Dudley +5 4 £24,500 -20.97% 2
Walsall +6 3 - -
West Bromwich -1 2 £28,500 - 2
Stourbridge - 2 £50,000 - 1
Halesowen - 2 £27,500 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 - 1
Sutton Coldfield -13 1 £27,000 +1.89%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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
1 139 (29.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (14.08%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.68%) IIS
4 4 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.84%) IBM Notes
5 3 (0.63%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.63%) nginx
6 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 75 (15.76%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.84%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 315 (66.18%) Microsoft 365
2 226 (47.48%) Azure
3 148 (31.09%) Entra ID
4 27 (5.67%) AWS
5 25 (5.25%) OneDrive
6 12 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (2.52%) Google Workspace
7 10 (2.10%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.68%) SaaS
9 7 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.05%) IaaS
10 5 (1.05%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.84%) GCP
11 4 (0.84%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.63%) DigitalOcean
13 2 (0.42%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.42%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.42%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 125 (26.26%) DNS
2 123 (25.84%) Firewall
3 113 (23.74%) DHCP
4 69 (14.50%) LAN
5 68 (14.29%) WAN
6 55 (11.55%) TCP/IP
7 45 (9.45%) Wi-Fi
8 40 (8.40%) VPN
9 31 (6.51%) SAN
9 31 (6.51%) VLAN
10 18 (3.78%) PBX
10 18 (3.78%) Wireless
11 16 (3.36%) Network Security
12 14 (2.94%) VoIP
13 11 (2.31%) iSCSI
13 11 (2.31%) SMTP
14 10 (2.10%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (2.10%) SNMP
15 8 (1.68%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (1.68%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.51%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.68%) Power BI
5 6 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.42%) MySQL
8 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 157 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 54 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (9.45%) Law
4 42 (8.82%) Finance
5 29 (6.09%) Retail
6 23 (4.83%) Manufacturing
7 21 (4.41%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.94%) Legal
9 13 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.10%) Local Government
12 6 (1.26%) Banking
12 6 (1.26%) Police
13 5 (1.05%) Back Office
13 5 (1.05%) Games
14 3 (0.63%) Military
14 3 (0.63%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.63%) Norwegian Language
14 3 (0.63%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.42%) French Language
Job Titles
1 115 (24.16%) Support Engineer
2 111 (23.32%) IT Support
3 98 (20.59%) IT Engineer
4 78 (16.39%) Analyst
5 69 (14.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 54 (11.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 53 (11.13%) Senior
8 36 (7.56%) 2nd Line Support
9 32 (6.72%) IT Technician
10 29 (6.09%) IT Analyst
11 26 (5.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 26 (5.46%) 3rd Line Support
12 23 (4.83%) Service Analyst
13 22 (4.62%) IT Manager
13 22 (4.62%) IT Support Analyst
14 21 (4.41%) Support Technician
15 20 (4.20%) Service Desk Analyst
16 19 (3.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 18 (3.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 18 (3.78%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.42%) ADO
1 2 (0.42%) LAMP
1 2 (0.42%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.21%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.19%) Data Centre
2 32 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (5.88%) Replication
4 26 (5.46%) Management Information System
5 20 (4.20%) Driving Licence
6 18 (3.78%) PKI
7 12 (2.52%) Clustering
7 12 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.31%) Fat Client
8 11 (2.31%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.31%) Thin Client
9 10 (2.10%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.89%) CCTV
11 8 (1.68%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.47%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.26%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.26%) EFT
13 6 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (1.05%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 353 (74.16%) Windows
2 216 (45.38%) Windows Server
3 84 (17.65%) Windows 10
4 50 (10.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 49 (10.29%) Linux
6 38 (7.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 31 (6.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (4.41%) Mac OS
9 12 (2.52%) CentOS
10 10 (2.10%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.68%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.47%) Windows 7
13 6 (1.26%) Unix
14 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.84%) VMS
16 2 (0.42%) Android
16 2 (0.42%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.42%) SUSE
16 2 (0.42%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (20.17%) ITIL
3 94 (19.75%) Customer Service
4 82 (17.23%) Cybersecurity
5 77 (16.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (8.19%) Project Delivery
7 35 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (7.35%) Service Management
8 31 (6.51%) Change Management
9 29 (6.09%) ERP
10 28 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
10 28 (5.88%) Service Delivery
11 27 (5.67%) Line Management
11 27 (5.67%) Roadmaps
12 26 (5.46%) Asset Management
12 26 (5.46%) Server Management
13 23 (4.83%) Agile
14 21 (4.41%) Mentoring
15 19 (3.99%) Identity Access Management
16 18 (3.78%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.45%) PowerShell
2 37 (7.77%) SQL
3 5 (1.05%) T-SQL
4 4 (0.84%) Bash
5 3 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.63%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.63%) R
6 1 (0.21%) Bicep
6 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (13.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (11.13%) Degree
3 37 (7.77%) Security Cleared
4 25 (5.25%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.99%) A+ Certification
6 18 (3.78%) MCSE
7 17 (3.57%) CCNA
7 17 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (2.94%) MCP
9 13 (2.73%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (2.10%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.89%) MCSA
13 7 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (1.26%) MCITP
14 6 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (1.05%) CCNP
16 4 (0.84%) CCIE
16 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.98%) SLA
2 16 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.10%) GDPR
4 3 (0.63%) JSP 440
4 3 (0.63%) NIST
5 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 120 (25.21%) Hyper-V
2 119 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (9.03%) VMware ESXi
4 20 (4.20%) vSphere
5 18 (3.78%) Virtual Servers
6 14 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (1.89%) Docker
9 8 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.68%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (1.26%) pfSense
10 6 (1.26%) XenApp
10 6 (1.26%) XenDesktop
11 5 (1.05%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (1.05%) NFS
11 5 (1.05%) RACF
11 5 (1.05%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.05%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.63%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.42%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 94 (19.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (15.13%) SCCM
3 14 (2.94%) vCenter Server
4 13 (2.73%) Terraform
5 11 (2.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (2.10%) Failover Clustering
6 10 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.89%) AirWatch
8 7 (1.47%) Kubernetes
9 6 (1.26%) SCOM
10 5 (1.05%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.84%) Autotask
11 4 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.42%) Trend Micro Deep Security
13 2 (0.42%) WSUS
14 1 (0.21%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 319 (67.02%) Microsoft
2 178 (37.39%) VMware
3 58 (12.18%) Cisco
4 55 (11.55%) Veeam
5 41 (8.61%) Citrix
6 39 (8.19%) Dell
7 29 (6.09%) Apple
8 27 (5.67%) HP
9 21 (4.41%) Sophos
10 16 (3.36%) Adobe
10 16 (3.36%) Fortinet
11 15 (3.15%) ServiceNow
12 12 (2.52%) Aruba
12 12 (2.52%) Nimble Storage
12 12 (2.52%) Sage
12 12 (2.52%) WatchGuard
13 11 (2.31%) Zerto
14 10 (2.10%) Remedy
15 9 (1.89%) EqualLogic
15 9 (1.89%) Google