Active Directory Jobs in England

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 46 73
Rank change year-on-year +18 +27 -28
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 5,510 5,024 6,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.16% 5.82% 4.84%
As % of the System Software category 51.34% 37.24% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,402 4,211 5,508
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,420 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,732 13,492 25,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.00% 15.62% 18.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,561 9,046 13,735
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
London +21 1,406 £50,000 - 243
South East -1 1,174 £37,500 +7.14% 205
North of England +28 1,094 £35,000 -7.89% 211
Midlands +27 782 £33,500 -8.84% 138
South West +22 540 £37,500 +1.35% 127
North West +9 510 £37,500 -11.76% 114
East of England +11 488 £31,000 -17.33% 90
West Midlands +30 473 £35,000 -4.11% 81
Yorkshire +41 393 £32,500 -5.80% 81
East Midlands +11 303 £32,500 -10.96% 57
North East +30 191 £33,000 -8.97% 19
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1,516 (27.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 882 (16.01%) SharePoint
3 143 (2.60%) IIS
4 44 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 28 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
6 23 (0.42%) Confluence
6 23 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 20 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 20 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
8 18 (0.33%) SharePoint 2010
9 17 (0.31%) WordPress
10 16 (0.29%) CMS
11 13 (0.24%) Tomcat
12 12 (0.22%) Apache
13 11 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
14 8 (0.15%) SAS
15 6 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
16 5 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
17 4 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
17 4 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 887 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
2 131 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 56 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 18 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.073%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.073%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.054%) SPSS
8 2 (0.036%) CATIA
8 2 (0.036%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.018%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.018%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.018%) InCopy
9 1 (0.018%) InDesign
9 1 (0.018%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.018%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.018%) Weka
Business Applications
1 29 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 11 (0.20%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.091%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.091%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.073%) Eikon
8 3 (0.054%) Epicor Tropos
8 3 (0.054%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.054%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.036%) assyst
9 2 (0.036%) iTrent
10 1 (0.018%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.018%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.018%) MIS ActiveH
10 1 (0.018%) Sage 300 ERP
10 1 (0.018%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.018%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3,371 (61.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2,746 (49.84%) Azure
3 1,568 (28.46%) Entra ID
4 428 (7.77%) AWS
5 391 (7.10%) OneDrive
6 154 (2.79%) Power Platform
7 150 (2.72%) IaaS
8 133 (2.41%) SaaS
9 117 (2.12%) Mimecast
10 107 (1.94%) PaaS
11 96 (1.74%) GCP
12 89 (1.62%) Power Automate
13 83 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
14 78 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
15 76 (1.38%) Google Workspace
16 73 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
17 70 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
18 67 (1.22%) PowerApps
19 63 (1.14%) Nutanix
20 55 (1.00%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 1,225 (22.23%) DNS
2 1,215 (22.05%) Firewall
3 936 (16.99%) DHCP
4 759 (13.77%) WAN
5 658 (11.94%) LAN
6 546 (9.91%) VPN
7 488 (8.86%) TCP/IP
8 406 (7.37%) SAN
9 352 (6.39%) Wireless
10 340 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
11 277 (5.03%) VLAN
12 262 (4.75%) Broadband
13 240 (4.36%) VoIP
14 220 (3.99%) 5G
15 189 (3.43%) SD-WAN
16 180 (3.27%) Internet
17 157 (2.85%) Network Security
18 130 (2.36%) NAS
18 130 (2.36%) Remote Desktop
19 93 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 355 (6.44%) SQL Server
2 88 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
2 88 (1.60%) Power BI
3 57 (1.03%) MySQL
4 45 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 43 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 27 (0.49%) Relational Database
7 27 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 18 (0.33%) Redis
10 16 (0.29%) Oracle Database
11 13 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (0.24%) MariaDB
12 12 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (0.20%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.18%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.13%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 68 (1.23%) JIRA
2 37 (0.67%) Jenkins
3 36 (0.65%) Git
4 20 (0.36%) GitLab
5 14 (0.25%) MSI
6 13 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.18%) Trac
7 10 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.13%) Katalon Studio
9 6 (0.11%) AdminStudio
9 6 (0.11%) InstallShield
9 6 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.091%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.073%) Hudson
12 3 (0.054%) Moq
12 3 (0.054%) Postman
12 3 (0.054%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.054%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.036%) webpack
General
1 1,803 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 689 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 618 (11.22%) Finance
4 337 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 274 (4.97%) Law
6 204 (3.70%) Retail
7 203 (3.68%) Legal
8 201 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
9 157 (2.85%) Manufacturing
10 126 (2.29%) Telecoms
11 120 (2.18%) Banking
12 107 (1.94%) Public Sector
13 100 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
14 46 (0.83%) Back Office
14 46 (0.83%) Games
14 46 (0.83%) Local Government
15 34 (0.62%) Marketing
16 32 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (0.51%) Aerospace
18 27 (0.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,121 (20.34%) IT Support
2 967 (17.55%) Support Engineer
3 924 (16.77%) Analyst
4 773 (14.03%) IT Engineer
5 704 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 675 (12.25%) Senior
7 531 (9.64%) IT Support Engineer
8 418 (7.59%) 2nd Line Support
9 345 (6.26%) IT Analyst
10 342 (6.21%) IT Technician
11 327 (5.93%) Support Analyst
12 298 (5.41%) Service Analyst
13 285 (5.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 275 (4.99%) Service Desk Analyst
15 250 (4.54%) Lead
16 243 (4.41%) 1st Line Support
17 240 (4.36%) Support Technician
18 233 (4.23%) Technical Specialist
19 227 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
20 210 (3.81%) Linux Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (1.32%) .NET
2 47 (0.85%) ARM Templates
3 44 (0.80%) LDAP
4 29 (0.53%) SAML
5 27 (0.49%) OAuth
6 25 (0.45%) HTML
7 23 (0.42%) CSS
8 21 (0.38%) .NET Core
8 21 (0.38%) 802.1X
9 18 (0.33%) React
10 16 (0.29%) OLE
10 16 (0.29%) Web Services
10 16 (0.29%) YAML
11 15 (0.27%) REST
12 14 (0.25%) JSON
13 13 (0.24%) LAMP
13 13 (0.24%) RESTful
14 12 (0.22%) EJB
14 12 (0.22%) SailPoint
15 10 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 375 (6.81%) Driving Licence
2 301 (5.46%) Data Centre
3 248 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
4 225 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 218 (3.96%) Social Media
6 155 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 141 (2.56%) Replication
8 130 (2.36%) PKI
9 127 (2.30%) Public Cloud
10 120 (2.18%) Video Conferencing
11 114 (2.07%) Clustering
12 96 (1.74%) Smartphone
13 78 (1.42%) Wiki
14 61 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
15 58 (1.05%) iPad
16 57 (1.03%) iPhone
17 49 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
18 46 (0.83%) Private Cloud
19 45 (0.82%) Fat Client
19 45 (0.82%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3,842 (69.73%) Windows
2 1,961 (35.59%) Windows Server
3 1,182 (21.45%) Windows 10
4 778 (14.12%) Linux
5 372 (6.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 341 (6.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 334 (6.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 293 (5.32%) Ubuntu
9 242 (4.39%) Android
10 209 (3.79%) Mac OS
11 177 (3.21%) Windows 7
12 148 (2.69%) Apple iOS
13 86 (1.56%) VMS
13 86 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 72 (1.31%) Windows 8
15 60 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 42 (0.76%) Unix
17 41 (0.74%) Mac OS X
18 34 (0.62%) CentOS
19 26 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,158 (21.02%) ITIL
2 1,069 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
3 993 (18.02%) Customer Service
4 900 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 823 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
6 378 (6.86%) Service Management
7 357 (6.48%) Agile
8 338 (6.13%) Disaster Recovery
8 338 (6.13%) ITSM
9 304 (5.52%) CRM
10 298 (5.41%) Mentoring
11 294 (5.34%) IT Strategy
12 291 (5.28%) Service Delivery
13 278 (5.05%) Migration
14 273 (4.95%) Project Management
15 272 (4.94%) DevOps
16 266 (4.83%) Continuous Improvement
17 252 (4.57%) Incident Management
18 241 (4.37%) Artificial Intelligence
19 238 (4.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 885 (16.06%) PowerShell
2 597 (10.83%) SQL
3 332 (6.03%) Bash
4 134 (2.43%) Python
5 101 (1.83%) C#
6 52 (0.94%) VB
7 44 (0.80%) Bicep
8 39 (0.71%) VBScript
9 36 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 31 (0.56%) JavaScript
11 30 (0.54%) Java
11 30 (0.54%) Perl
12 26 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 19 (0.34%) R
14 14 (0.25%) ActionScript
15 13 (0.24%) TypeScript
16 10 (0.18%) Ruby
17 9 (0.16%) VB.NET
18 8 (0.15%) Shell Script
19 5 (0.091%) Korn
Qualifications
1 728 (13.21%) Degree
2 508 (9.22%) Security Cleared
3 470 (8.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 292 (5.30%) SC Cleared
5 249 (4.52%) DV Cleared
6 175 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
7 164 (2.98%) A+ Certification
8 160 (2.90%) DBS Check
9 157 (2.85%) MCP
10 151 (2.74%) Azure Certification
11 150 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 140 (2.54%) MCSE
13 136 (2.47%) CCNA
14 91 (1.65%) MCSA
15 86 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
15 86 (1.56%) Master's Degree
16 65 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 49 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
18 48 (0.87%) CCNP
18 48 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 436 (7.91%) SLA
2 107 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 106 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 90 (1.63%) GDPR
5 34 (0.62%) NIST
6 25 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.27%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (0.24%) QA
8 13 (0.24%) SOC 2
9 10 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.18%) PMO
10 7 (0.13%) GRC
11 6 (0.11%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.073%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.073%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.073%) NCSC
13 3 (0.054%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.036%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,070 (19.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 891 (16.17%) Hyper-V
3 330 (5.99%) VMware ESXi
4 201 (3.65%) vSphere
5 197 (3.58%) XenApp
6 170 (3.09%) XenDesktop
7 154 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 136 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
9 83 (1.51%) Microsoft App-V
10 74 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
11 66 (1.20%) Docker
12 45 (0.82%) RACF
13 42 (0.76%) VirtualBox
14 36 (0.65%) Firmware
15 28 (0.51%) Terminal Services
16 26 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
17 22 (0.40%) VMware Server
18 21 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 19 (0.34%) NFS
20 18 (0.33%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 1,119 (20.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 638 (11.58%) SCCM
3 266 (4.83%) Jamf Pro
4 184 (3.34%) WSUS
5 157 (2.85%) vCenter Server
6 133 (2.41%) Terraform
7 128 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
8 121 (2.20%) SCOM
9 114 (2.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 111 (2.01%) Ansible
11 94 (1.71%) Kubernetes
12 80 (1.45%) AirWatch
13 43 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
14 41 (0.74%) NetBackup
15 38 (0.69%) FortiGate
16 37 (0.67%) Backup Exec
17 35 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
18 34 (0.62%) ZABBIX
19 28 (0.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
20 25 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3,758 (68.20%) Microsoft
2 1,606 (29.15%) VMware
3 602 (10.93%) Cisco
4 550 (9.98%) Citrix
5 377 (6.84%) Veeam
6 277 (5.03%) CyberArk
7 225 (4.08%) Apple
8 210 (3.81%) Tanium
9 196 (3.56%) HP
10 189 (3.43%) ServiceNow
11 185 (3.36%) Dell
12 154 (2.79%) Google
13 123 (2.23%) Meraki
14 99 (1.80%) SolarWinds
15 97 (1.76%) NetApp
16 92 (1.67%) Fortinet
17 91 (1.65%) Sophos
18 89 (1.62%) Oracle
19 72 (1.31%) Red Hat
20 70 (1.27%) Commvault