Active Directory Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 54 30
Rank change year-on-year +27 -24 -8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 779 514 870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.14% 5.80% 7.78%
As % of the System Software category 55.64% 41.38% 53.60%
Number of salaries quoted 665 434 755
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,150 £23,550
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £36,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +4.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £45,500 £52,188 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,400 1,242 1,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.03% 14.01% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 728 1,281
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,938 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
West Midlands +31 472 £34,375 -4.51% 85
East Midlands +16 301 £32,500 -10.96% 58
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 213 (27.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (18.23%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.70%) IIS
4 5 (0.64%) Confluence
5 4 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.51%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.39%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 145 (18.61%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) CATIA
5 2 (0.26%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.64%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 529 (67.91%) Microsoft 365
2 376 (48.27%) Azure
3 236 (30.30%) Entra ID
4 40 (5.13%) AWS
5 37 (4.75%) OneDrive
6 22 (2.82%) Google Workspace
7 19 (2.44%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.05%) Mimecast
9 12 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
9 12 (1.54%) Nutanix
10 11 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.28%) SaaS
12 9 (1.16%) IaaS
13 7 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (0.90%) GCP
13 7 (0.90%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.64%) ChatGPT
14 5 (0.64%) PaaS
14 5 (0.64%) WhatsApp
15 4 (0.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 243 (31.19%) DNS
2 211 (27.09%) Firewall
3 207 (26.57%) DHCP
4 106 (13.61%) TCP/IP
5 104 (13.35%) WAN
6 98 (12.58%) LAN
7 78 (10.01%) VPN
8 77 (9.88%) VLAN
9 74 (9.50%) SAN
10 59 (7.57%) Wi-Fi
11 31 (3.98%) Wireless
12 21 (2.70%) Network Security
13 20 (2.57%) Internet
14 18 (2.31%) PBX
15 17 (2.18%) VoIP
16 16 (2.05%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (2.05%) SD-WAN
17 12 (1.54%) SMTP
18 11 (1.41%) SNMP
18 11 (1.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.91%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (2.18%) Power BI
3 9 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.03%) MySQL
5 6 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.51%) Redis
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.26%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.26%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.26%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (0.77%) JIRA
General
1 264 (33.89%) Social Skills
2 65 (8.34%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (7.57%) Finance
4 53 (6.80%) Law
5 42 (5.39%) Retail
6 40 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 31 (3.98%) Telecoms
8 28 (3.59%) Legal
9 26 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.80%) Local Government
12 11 (1.41%) Banking
13 10 (1.28%) German Language
13 10 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.77%) Police
15 5 (0.64%) Back Office
15 5 (0.64%) Games
16 4 (0.51%) Automotive
16 4 (0.51%) Aviation
16 4 (0.51%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 201 (25.80%) IT Support
2 163 (20.92%) Support Engineer
3 159 (20.41%) IT Engineer
4 108 (13.86%) Analyst
5 103 (13.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 101 (12.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 77 (9.88%) Senior
8 74 (9.50%) IT Technician
9 62 (7.96%) 2nd Line Support
10 55 (7.06%) Support Technician
11 50 (6.42%) IT Support Technician
12 47 (6.03%) IT Analyst
13 43 (5.52%) 1st Line Support
14 39 (5.01%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (4.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 37 (4.75%) IT Support Analyst
15 37 (4.75%) Support Analyst
16 36 (4.62%) Administrator
17 35 (4.49%) IT Manager
18 34 (4.36%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.03%) 802.1X
2 6 (0.77%) .NET
3 4 (0.51%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.39%) LDAP
5 2 (0.26%) ADO
5 2 (0.26%) LAMP
5 2 (0.26%) SAML
5 2 (0.26%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.26%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.99%) Driving Licence
2 59 (7.57%) Data Centre
3 43 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (4.62%) Management Information System
5 35 (4.49%) Replication
6 26 (3.34%) PKI
7 24 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.31%) Clustering
9 15 (1.93%) CCTV
9 15 (1.93%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.41%) Fat Client
10 11 (1.41%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.41%) Thin Client
11 8 (1.03%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (0.90%) EFT
12 7 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.90%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.77%) Cyberattack
14 5 (0.64%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 593 (76.12%) Windows
2 355 (45.57%) Windows Server
3 117 (15.02%) Windows 10
4 76 (9.76%) Linux
5 59 (7.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 57 (7.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 51 (6.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 34 (4.36%) Mac OS
9 15 (1.93%) CentOS
10 14 (1.80%) Android
10 14 (1.80%) Windows 7
11 11 (1.41%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.28%) Apple iOS
13 9 (1.16%) Unix
14 8 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
14 8 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
15 6 (0.77%) Mac OS X
15 6 (0.77%) VMS
16 5 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 4 (0.51%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (20.28%) ITIL
3 152 (19.51%) Customer Service
4 131 (16.82%) Cybersecurity
5 128 (16.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 65 (8.34%) Service Management
7 56 (7.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 52 (6.68%) Mentoring
9 50 (6.42%) Agile
9 50 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (6.29%) ITSM
10 49 (6.29%) Project Delivery
11 48 (6.16%) Migration
12 43 (5.52%) Service Delivery
13 41 (5.26%) Change Management
14 36 (4.62%) Roadmaps
15 34 (4.36%) Server Management
16 31 (3.98%) ERP
17 30 (3.85%) Asset Management
18 27 (3.47%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 120 (15.40%) PowerShell
2 59 (7.57%) SQL
3 6 (0.77%) Bash
4 5 (0.64%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.39%) Bicep
5 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.39%) Python
5 3 (0.39%) R
6 2 (0.26%) Java
7 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (12.45%) Degree
2 80 (10.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 38 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
3 38 (4.88%) Security Cleared
4 34 (4.36%) CCNA
4 34 (4.36%) MCP
5 29 (3.72%) DBS Check
6 26 (3.34%) A+ Certification
7 24 (3.08%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.08%) SC Cleared
8 21 (2.70%) MCSE
9 15 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.80%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (1.67%) CCNP
12 12 (1.54%) MCSA
13 11 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 9 (1.16%) Citrix Certification
15 8 (1.03%) MCITP
16 7 (0.90%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.13%) SLA
2 20 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (2.44%) GDPR
4 8 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.51%) NIST
7 3 (0.39%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 192 (24.65%) Hyper-V
2 181 (23.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
4 27 (3.47%) vSphere
5 20 (2.57%) Virtual Servers
6 16 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 10 (1.28%) RACF
9 9 (1.16%) Docker
9 9 (1.16%) VMware Server
10 8 (1.03%) pfSense
10 8 (1.03%) Terminal Services
10 8 (1.03%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.77%) XenApp
11 6 (0.77%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.64%) NFS
12 5 (0.64%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.26%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 158 (20.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (11.17%) SCCM
3 15 (1.93%) SCOM
3 15 (1.93%) Terraform
4 13 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 13 (1.67%) vCenter Server
5 12 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.41%) SmoothWall
7 10 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (1.16%) AirWatch
9 8 (1.03%) WSUS
10 7 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.90%) Kubernetes
11 6 (0.77%) Backup Exec
11 6 (0.77%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.64%) Autotask
13 4 (0.51%) SCOrch
13 4 (0.51%) vMotion
14 2 (0.26%) Trend Micro Deep Security
15 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 524 (67.27%) Microsoft
2 258 (33.12%) VMware
3 114 (14.63%) Veeam
4 102 (13.09%) Cisco
5 52 (6.68%) Dell
6 51 (6.55%) Citrix
7 50 (6.42%) HP
8 39 (5.01%) Apple
9 31 (3.98%) ServiceNow
10 25 (3.21%) Meraki
11 24 (3.08%) Google
12 22 (2.82%) Nimble Storage
12 22 (2.82%) Sophos
13 21 (2.70%) Fortinet
14 18 (2.31%) Acronis
15 17 (2.18%) Adobe
16 15 (1.93%) SonicWALL
16 15 (1.93%) Ubiquiti
17 14 (1.80%) CyberArk
17 14 (1.80%) Sage