Active Directory Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 43 61 109
Rank change year-on-year +18 +48 -40
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,907 1,923 2,636
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.48% 4.99% 3.54%
As % of the System Software category 44.70% 34.72% 18.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,358 1,634 2,209
10th Percentile £27,729 £25,575 £25,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,000 £31,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,266 5,539 14,478
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.26% 14.37% 19.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,302 4,311 7,744
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,299 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%

Active Directory
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory.

Active Directory salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Active Directory salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 487 (25.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 271 (14.21%) SharePoint
3 69 (3.62%) IIS
4 15 (0.79%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
6 9 (0.47%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2000
8 4 (0.21%) Apache
8 4 (0.21%) SAS
9 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.16%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.16%) JBoss
10 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.10%) WordPress
11 1 (0.052%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.052%) Site Server
Applications
1 190 (9.96%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) SPSS
5 2 (0.10%) CATIA
5 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
3 10 (0.52%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.052%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,217 (63.82%) Azure
2 1,033 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
3 829 (43.47%) Entra ID
4 155 (8.13%) AWS
5 95 (4.98%) OneDrive
6 75 (3.93%) IaaS
7 66 (3.46%) Power Platform
8 53 (2.78%) SaaS
9 52 (2.73%) Azure Storage
10 43 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
10 43 (2.25%) GCP
11 42 (2.20%) PaaS
12 41 (2.15%) Nutanix
13 36 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
14 35 (1.84%) Power Automate
15 34 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
15 34 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
16 32 (1.68%) PowerApps
17 26 (1.36%) GitHub
17 26 (1.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 437 (22.92%) DNS
2 409 (21.45%) Firewall
3 316 (16.57%) DHCP
4 256 (13.42%) WAN
5 229 (12.01%) Broadband
6 220 (11.54%) 5G
7 208 (10.91%) LAN
8 173 (9.07%) VPN
9 147 (7.71%) SAN
10 125 (6.55%) TCP/IP
11 118 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
12 97 (5.09%) Internet
13 73 (3.83%) Wireless
14 67 (3.51%) VLAN
15 60 (3.15%) SD-WAN
16 58 (3.04%) Remote Desktop
16 58 (3.04%) VoIP
17 40 (2.10%) Network Security
18 33 (1.73%) WLAN
19 29 (1.52%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (8.81%) SQL Server
2 42 (2.20%) Power BI
3 37 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 17 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (0.73%) MySQL
8 14 (0.73%) Oracle Database
9 12 (0.63%) Redis
10 10 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.42%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.37%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.26%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.26%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.26%) PowerPivot
14 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (1.78%) JIRA
2 25 (1.31%) Git
3 15 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.52%) Trac
5 9 (0.47%) GitLab
6 5 (0.26%) MSI
7 4 (0.21%) AdminStudio
7 4 (0.21%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.21%) git-flow
7 4 (0.21%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.16%) Moq
8 3 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.16%) Postman
8 3 (0.16%) Selenium
8 3 (0.16%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.16%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 545 (28.58%) Social Skills
2 341 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
3 308 (16.15%) Finance
4 256 (13.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (5.82%) Legal
6 77 (4.04%) Banking
7 71 (3.72%) Law
8 69 (3.62%) Retail
9 63 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
10 61 (3.20%) Public Sector
11 29 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (1.36%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.26%) Games
14 19 (1.00%) German Language
15 16 (0.84%) Advertising
16 13 (0.68%) Marketing
17 12 (0.63%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.63%) General Ledger
17 12 (0.63%) Police
18 11 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 411 (21.55%) Senior
2 302 (15.84%) Analyst
3 293 (15.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 228 (11.96%) Support Engineer
5 225 (11.80%) IT Support
6 223 (11.69%) IT Engineer
7 212 (11.12%) Technical Specialist
8 210 (11.01%) Linux Specialist
9 135 (7.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 127 (6.66%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 127 (6.66%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (6.66%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 122 (6.40%) IT Support Engineer
12 121 (6.35%) IT Analyst
13 105 (5.51%) Support Analyst
14 97 (5.09%) 3rd Line Support
15 96 (5.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 85 (4.46%) Lead
17 84 (4.40%) 2nd Line Support
17 84 (4.40%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.42%) ARM Templates
2 25 (1.31%) .NET
3 18 (0.94%) LDAP
3 18 (0.94%) OAuth
4 10 (0.52%) CSS
5 8 (0.42%) HTML
5 8 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (0.42%) React
5 8 (0.42%) SailPoint
5 8 (0.42%) SAML
5 8 (0.42%) YAML
6 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET
6 7 (0.37%) REST
7 6 (0.31%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (0.31%) RESTful
7 6 (0.31%) SPFx
8 5 (0.26%) Middleware
8 5 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 216 (11.33%) Social Media
2 158 (8.29%) Data Centre
3 137 (7.18%) Self-Motivation
4 125 (6.55%) Management Information System
5 91 (4.77%) Driving Licence
6 78 (4.09%) Public Cloud
7 74 (3.88%) PKI
8 58 (3.04%) Onboarding
9 44 (2.31%) Clustering
10 35 (1.84%) Private Cloud
11 33 (1.73%) Enterprise Storage
12 31 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
12 31 (1.63%) Replication
13 28 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
14 27 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.21%) IoT
16 21 (1.10%) Client/Server
17 18 (0.94%) Cyberattack
17 18 (0.94%) iPad
18 16 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1,228 (64.39%) Windows
2 675 (35.40%) Windows Server
3 468 (24.54%) Linux
4 344 (18.04%) Windows 10
5 254 (13.32%) Ubuntu
6 148 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 116 (6.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 115 (6.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 60 (3.15%) Windows 7
10 46 (2.41%) VMS
11 43 (2.25%) Apple iOS
12 35 (1.84%) Windows 8
13 30 (1.57%) Android
14 27 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
15 25 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 24 (1.26%) Mac OS
17 19 (1.00%) Unix
18 11 (0.58%) Mac OS X
19 9 (0.47%) CentOS
20 6 (0.31%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (25.38%) Cybersecurity
2 397 (20.82%) ITIL
3 389 (20.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 278 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 263 (13.79%) CRM
6 245 (12.85%) Customer Service
7 228 (11.96%) IT Strategy
8 222 (11.64%) Artificial Intelligence
9 215 (11.27%) Technology Strategy
10 206 (10.80%) Agile
11 155 (8.13%) DevOps
12 129 (6.76%) Roadmaps
13 128 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
14 127 (6.66%) Mentoring
15 125 (6.55%) Information Security
16 113 (5.93%) Service Management
17 95 (4.98%) Identity Access Management
17 95 (4.98%) Migration
18 89 (4.67%) Project Management
19 87 (4.56%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 394 (20.66%) PowerShell
2 261 (13.69%) Bash
3 252 (13.21%) SQL
4 51 (2.67%) C#
5 50 (2.62%) Python
6 43 (2.25%) VB
7 36 (1.89%) VBScript
8 33 (1.73%) T-SQL
9 24 (1.26%) Bicep
9 24 (1.26%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.00%) Perl
11 15 (0.79%) Java
12 14 (0.73%) JavaScript
13 13 (0.68%) ActionScript
14 6 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.31%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.26%) Korn
15 5 (0.26%) Ruby
16 4 (0.21%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 234 (12.27%) Degree
2 177 (9.28%) Security Cleared
3 136 (7.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 100 (5.24%) DV Cleared
5 89 (4.67%) SC Cleared
6 68 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 45 (2.36%) MCP
8 29 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 22 (1.15%) MCSE
11 21 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
13 19 (1.00%) CCNA
14 18 (0.94%) DBS Check
15 17 (0.89%) MCITP
16 16 (0.84%) APMP
17 14 (0.73%) PMI Certification
17 14 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 13 (0.68%) A+ Certification
18 13 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.30%) SLA
2 57 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.68%) GDPR
6 12 (0.63%) NIST
6 12 (0.63%) SOC 2
7 9 (0.47%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.42%) GRC
9 7 (0.37%) QA
10 5 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.16%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.16%) WCAG
13 2 (0.10%) GxP
13 2 (0.10%) ITGC
13 2 (0.10%) PMO
14 1 (0.052%) HIPAA
System Software
1 406 (21.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 289 (15.15%) Hyper-V
3 92 (4.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 91 (4.77%) VMware ESXi
5 78 (4.09%) Virtual Machines
6 66 (3.46%) vSphere
7 52 (2.73%) Docker
7 52 (2.73%) XenApp
8 50 (2.62%) RACF
9 43 (2.25%) XenDesktop
10 27 (1.42%) VirtualBox
11 22 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
12 18 (0.94%) NFS
13 14 (0.73%) VMware Workstation
14 12 (0.63%) OpenSSH
14 12 (0.63%) Terminal Services
15 10 (0.52%) Firmware
15 10 (0.52%) pfSense
16 9 (0.47%) Forefront TMG
16 9 (0.47%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 557 (29.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (11.17%) Jamf Pro
3 172 (9.02%) SCCM
4 97 (5.09%) Ansible
5 86 (4.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 86 (4.51%) Terraform
6 84 (4.40%) WSUS
7 73 (3.83%) Single Sign-On
8 68 (3.57%) vCenter Server
9 65 (3.41%) Kubernetes
10 52 (2.73%) SCOM
11 27 (1.42%) Microsoft Clustering
12 24 (1.26%) ZABBIX
13 18 (0.94%) Grafana
13 18 (0.94%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 14 (0.73%) PowerCLI
15 12 (0.63%) CA Single Sign-On
15 12 (0.63%) IBM BigFix
15 12 (0.63%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.63%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,359 (71.26%) Microsoft
2 591 (30.99%) VMware
3 273 (14.32%) CyberArk
4 210 (11.01%) Tanium
5 159 (8.34%) Cisco
6 149 (7.81%) Citrix
7 81 (4.25%) Apple
7 81 (4.25%) ServiceNow
7 81 (4.25%) Veeam
8 58 (3.04%) Meraki
9 52 (2.73%) Dell
10 49 (2.57%) Adobe
11 45 (2.36%) Fortinet
12 44 (2.31%) SolarWinds
13 43 (2.25%) HP
14 40 (2.10%) NetApp
14 40 (2.10%) Oracle
15 38 (1.99%) Commvault
16 34 (1.78%) Red Hat
17 28 (1.47%) Sophos