Active Directory Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 27 55
Rank change year-on-year -1 +28 -12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,169 1,029 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.71% 7.30% 5.43%
As % of the System Software category 48.89% 43.64% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 994 856 960
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,950
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.64% -10.13%
75th Percentile £52,500 £51,925 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £61,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,391 2,358 3,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.73% 16.73% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,901 1,598 2,362
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the South East 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
Thames Valley 0 445 £40,000 +23.08% 78
Hampshire -2 284 £36,000 +10.30% 42
Berkshire +27 242 £49,750 +53.08% 30
Surrey +19 140 £40,000 +14.29% 26
Kent -11 118 £34,000 -15.00% 22
Oxfordshire +14 116 £40,000 +23.08% 19
East Sussex +17 91 £30,000 -45.45% 14
Buckinghamshire -42 87 £38,000 +16.92% 29
West Sussex +33 60 £35,000 -17.65% 14
Middlesex - 31 £32,500 -
Sussex - 7 £35,000 - 3
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 299 (25.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 197 (16.85%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.25%) IIS
4 11 (0.94%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.86%) WordPress
6 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.26%) CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.086%) Apache
9 1 (0.086%) WebSphere
Applications
1 206 (17.62%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.26%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.086%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.086%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.26%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.17%) assyst
2 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 723 (61.85%) Microsoft 365
2 595 (50.90%) Azure
3 314 (26.86%) Entra ID
4 128 (10.95%) OneDrive
5 53 (4.53%) AWS
6 41 (3.51%) IaaS
7 32 (2.74%) Power Platform
8 29 (2.48%) SaaS
9 28 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
10 25 (2.14%) Azure Storage
11 21 (1.80%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (1.45%) PaaS
14 16 (1.37%) Mimecast
15 15 (1.28%) Google Workspace
15 15 (1.28%) Nutanix
16 14 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (1.11%) OCI
17 13 (1.11%) PowerApps
17 13 (1.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 343 (29.34%) Firewall
2 294 (25.15%) DNS
3 196 (16.77%) DHCP
4 112 (9.58%) VPN
5 102 (8.73%) TCP/IP
6 85 (7.27%) Broadband
6 85 (7.27%) VoIP
7 83 (7.10%) WAN
8 79 (6.76%) Wireless
9 77 (6.59%) 5G
10 71 (6.07%) LAN
11 68 (5.82%) SAN
12 58 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
13 46 (3.93%) VLAN
14 37 (3.17%) Network Security
15 36 (3.08%) NAS
16 23 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
17 22 (1.88%) SD-WAN
18 19 (1.63%) Internet
18 19 (1.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.24%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (2.74%) Power BI
4 12 (1.03%) MySQL
5 11 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.43%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.43%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.086%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (1.80%) Git
2 20 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.20%) JIRA
4 12 (1.03%) MSI
5 10 (0.86%) Trac
6 6 (0.51%) AdminStudio
6 6 (0.51%) GitLab
6 6 (0.51%) InstallShield
6 6 (0.51%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.34%) Hudson
8 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.086%) Chocolatey
General
1 349 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 142 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 79 (6.76%) Finance
5 62 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
6 40 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
6 40 (3.42%) Telecoms
7 30 (2.57%) Legal
8 28 (2.40%) Law
9 27 (2.31%) Manufacturing
10 17 (1.45%) Retail
11 14 (1.20%) Games
12 13 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (0.94%) Back Office
13 11 (0.94%) Marketing
14 9 (0.77%) Advertising
14 9 (0.77%) Digital Economy
14 9 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.43%) Banking
15 5 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 212 (18.14%) IT Support
2 211 (18.05%) Support Engineer
3 170 (14.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 164 (14.03%) IT Engineer
5 163 (13.94%) Analyst
6 125 (10.69%) Senior
7 123 (10.52%) IT Support Engineer
8 94 (8.04%) 2nd Line Support
9 85 (7.27%) 1st Line Support
10 84 (7.19%) 3rd Line Support
11 73 (6.24%) Lead
11 73 (6.24%) Support Analyst
12 72 (6.16%) IT Technician
13 68 (5.82%) IT Analyst
14 67 (5.73%) Linux Specialist
14 67 (5.73%) Technical Specialist
15 60 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
16 57 (4.88%) Infrastructure Support
17 55 (4.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 52 (4.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.45%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.94%) .NET
3 10 (0.86%) LDAP
4 6 (0.51%) CSS
4 6 (0.51%) HTML
4 6 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.51%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.34%) Keycloak
5 4 (0.34%) LAMP
6 3 (0.26%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.26%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.26%) FIDO
6 3 (0.26%) jQuery
6 3 (0.26%) OAuth
6 3 (0.26%) OpenID
6 3 (0.26%) React
6 3 (0.26%) SAML
6 3 (0.26%) WebAuthn
7 1 (0.086%) JSON
7 1 (0.086%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.73%) Social Media
2 66 (5.65%) Driving Licence
3 64 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
4 62 (5.30%) Data Centre
5 53 (4.53%) PKI
6 38 (3.25%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 26 (2.22%) Replication
9 21 (1.80%) Clustering
10 16 (1.37%) Smartphone
11 15 (1.28%) CMDB
11 15 (1.28%) NHS
11 15 (1.28%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.20%) IoT
13 9 (0.77%) BYOD
13 9 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.77%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.68%) Client/Server
15 7 (0.60%) CCTV
16 6 (0.51%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 887 (75.88%) Windows
2 487 (41.66%) Windows Server
3 304 (26.01%) Windows 10
4 188 (16.08%) Linux
5 129 (11.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 119 (10.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 95 (8.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 82 (7.01%) Windows 7
9 73 (6.24%) Ubuntu
10 52 (4.45%) Windows 8
11 46 (3.93%) Apple iOS
12 30 (2.57%) Android
13 28 (2.40%) Mac OS
14 17 (1.45%) Windows XP
15 16 (1.37%) VMS
16 12 (1.03%) Windows NT
17 10 (0.86%) CentOS
18 8 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 7 (0.60%) Mac OS X
19 7 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (24.47%) ITIL
2 263 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 240 (20.53%) Customer Service
4 207 (17.71%) Cybersecurity
5 204 (17.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 92 (7.87%) Service Management
7 83 (7.10%) CRM
8 78 (6.67%) Project Management
9 75 (6.42%) Artificial Intelligence
10 74 (6.33%) DevOps
11 73 (6.24%) IT Strategy
12 67 (5.73%) Technology Strategy
13 66 (5.65%) Agile
14 63 (5.39%) Mentoring
15 62 (5.30%) Service Delivery
16 57 (4.88%) Change Management
17 55 (4.70%) Disaster Recovery
18 46 (3.93%) Incident Management
18 46 (3.93%) Problem Management
19 42 (3.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 162 (13.86%) PowerShell
2 145 (12.40%) SQL
3 97 (8.30%) Bash
4 45 (3.85%) Python
5 42 (3.59%) VB
6 37 (3.17%) C#
7 24 (2.05%) VBScript
8 19 (1.63%) Perl
9 17 (1.45%) Bicep
10 13 (1.11%) ActionScript
11 8 (0.68%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.68%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.43%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.26%) PHP
14 1 (0.086%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 183 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 169 (14.46%) Degree
3 107 (9.15%) SC Cleared
4 106 (9.07%) DV Cleared
5 93 (7.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (3.93%) MCP
8 40 (3.42%) CCNA
9 37 (3.17%) A+ Certification
10 27 (2.31%) CCNP
11 25 (2.14%) MCSE
12 23 (1.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 22 (1.88%) DBS Check
14 17 (1.45%) HNC
14 17 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (1.28%) Azure Certification
16 14 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
17 13 (1.11%) MCSA
18 12 (1.03%) AWS Certification
19 11 (0.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (11.46%) SLA
2 30 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (2.31%) GDPR
4 19 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.34%) NIST
7 4 (0.34%) QA
8 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.086%) GRC
10 1 (0.086%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.086%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.086%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.086%) NCSC
System Software
1 267 (22.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 248 (21.21%) Hyper-V
3 64 (5.47%) XenApp
4 55 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (4.53%) VMware ESXi
6 50 (4.28%) vSphere
7 45 (3.85%) XenDesktop
8 42 (3.59%) VirtualBox
9 41 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 28 (2.40%) Docker
11 27 (2.31%) Firmware
12 13 (1.11%) OpenSSH
13 11 (0.94%) NFS
14 10 (0.86%) pfSense
15 9 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
16 7 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 7 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
17 6 (0.51%) VMware Server
18 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 231 (19.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 137 (11.72%) SCCM
3 85 (7.27%) WSUS
4 67 (5.73%) Jamf Pro
5 56 (4.79%) SCOM
6 48 (4.11%) vCenter Server
7 36 (3.08%) Kubernetes
8 35 (2.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 24 (2.05%) Ansible
10 20 (1.71%) EMC NetWorker
11 19 (1.63%) NetBackup
12 17 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
13 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (1.37%) SCDPM
14 14 (1.20%) FortiGate
14 14 (1.20%) IBM BigFix
14 14 (1.20%) Terraform
15 13 (1.11%) PowerCLI
16 12 (1.03%) Grafana
16 12 (1.03%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 814 (69.63%) Microsoft
2 381 (32.59%) VMware
3 131 (11.21%) Citrix
4 104 (8.90%) Cisco
5 79 (6.76%) Veeam
6 67 (5.73%) CyberArk
6 67 (5.73%) Tanium
7 47 (4.02%) Apple
8 39 (3.34%) Juniper
9 35 (2.99%) Dell
10 31 (2.65%) Google
11 29 (2.48%) ServiceNow
12 27 (2.31%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.22%) Fortinet
14 25 (2.14%) Oracle
15 24 (2.05%) Draytek
16 22 (1.88%) HP
17 21 (1.80%) Adobe
18 20 (1.71%) EMC
19 19 (1.63%) McAfee