Microsoft Active Directory
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 50 75
Rank change year-on-year +18 +25 -31
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 5,963 5,606 7,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.01% 5.62% 4.77%
As % of the System Software category 49.80% 36.45% 25.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,811 4,647 6,162
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,625
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,375 £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 £56,313 £55,769
90th Percentile £65,625 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% -6.67%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,974 15,382 29,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.07% 15.43% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,482 10,092 15,613
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
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 £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the UK

Active Directory
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +19 5,500 £37,500 -6.25% 1,050
UK excluding London +16 4,359 £35,000 -4.11% 854
Work from Home +18 1,859 £46,500 +3.33% 357
London +24 1,464 £51,375 +2.75% 241
South East 0 1,171 £37,500 +7.14% 214
North of England +34 1,074 £34,000 -10.53% 190
Midlands +26 761 £33,500 -10.67% 158
South West +23 531 £37,500 +1.35% 120
North West +11 498 £37,500 -6.25% 105
East of England +12 474 £31,000 -17.33% 114
West Midlands +28 461 £34,750 -13.13% 98
Yorkshire +42 386 £32,500 -8.45% 68
East Midlands +18 294 £32,500 -10.96% 60
Scotland -40 242 £35,000 -7.28% 50
North East +27 190 £32,750 -9.03% 19
Wales +17 88 £28,290 -24.56% 19
Northern Ireland -5 12 £37,500 -13.29% 6
Channel Islands -1 4 £85,000 +34.92%
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 - 2

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1,633 (27.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 946 (15.86%) SharePoint
3 151 (2.53%) IIS
4 46 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
5 30 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
6 29 (0.49%) Confluence
6 29 (0.49%) OpenStack
7 24 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 18 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
9 17 (0.29%) CMS
9 17 (0.29%) WordPress
10 16 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
11 12 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 11 (0.18%) Apache
12 11 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
13 8 (0.13%) SAS
14 6 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2000
15 5 (0.084%) SharePoint Server
16 4 (0.067%) BizTalk Server
16 4 (0.067%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 936 (15.70%) Microsoft Office
2 152 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.084%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.067%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.050%) SPSS
10 2 (0.034%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.034%) CATIA
10 2 (0.034%) InCopy
10 2 (0.034%) InDesign
10 2 (0.034%) NASTRAN
11 1 (0.017%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.017%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.017%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.017%) Weka
Business Applications
1 29 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
3 11 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.10%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.084%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.067%) Eikon
8 4 (0.067%) Epicor Tropos
9 3 (0.050%) Adaptiv
9 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.050%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.034%) assyst
10 2 (0.034%) iTrent
11 1 (0.017%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.017%) MIS ActiveH
11 1 (0.017%) Sage 300 ERP
11 1 (0.017%) SAP Business One
11 1 (0.017%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3,645 (61.13%) Microsoft 365
2 2,972 (49.84%) Azure
3 1,648 (27.64%) Entra ID
4 479 (8.03%) AWS
5 426 (7.14%) OneDrive
6 178 (2.99%) Power Platform
7 167 (2.80%) IaaS
8 153 (2.57%) SaaS
9 130 (2.18%) PaaS
10 120 (2.01%) Mimecast
11 113 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 103 (1.73%) GCP
13 97 (1.63%) Power Automate
14 86 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
15 81 (1.36%) Google Workspace
16 78 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
16 78 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
16 78 (1.31%) PowerApps
17 68 (1.14%) Nutanix
18 53 (0.89%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 1,287 (21.58%) DNS
2 1,278 (21.43%) Firewall
3 975 (16.35%) DHCP
4 809 (13.57%) WAN
5 701 (11.76%) LAN
6 578 (9.69%) VPN
7 510 (8.55%) TCP/IP
8 424 (7.11%) SAN
9 384 (6.44%) Wireless
10 353 (5.92%) Wi-Fi
11 299 (5.01%) VLAN
12 262 (4.39%) Broadband
13 257 (4.31%) VoIP
14 220 (3.69%) 5G
15 212 (3.56%) SD-WAN
16 186 (3.12%) Internet
17 166 (2.78%) Network Security
18 153 (2.57%) Remote Desktop
19 139 (2.33%) NAS
20 118 (1.98%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 389 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 104 (1.74%) Power BI
3 95 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
4 65 (1.09%) Metadata
5 63 (1.06%) MySQL
6 49 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 47 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
8 42 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 30 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 29 (0.49%) Relational Database
11 20 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 18 (0.30%) Oracle Database
13 17 (0.29%) Redis
14 16 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
15 13 (0.22%) MariaDB
15 13 (0.22%) NoSQL
15 13 (0.22%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.12%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 114 (1.91%) Jenkins
2 106 (1.78%) Git
3 85 (1.43%) Bitbucket
4 81 (1.36%) JIRA
5 66 (1.11%) Artifactory
6 28 (0.47%) GitLab
7 12 (0.20%) Visual Studio
8 11 (0.18%) MSI
9 10 (0.17%) Trac
10 7 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
11 6 (0.10%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.10%) git-flow
11 6 (0.10%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.084%) Moq
12 5 (0.084%) Postman
12 5 (0.084%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.067%) Hudson
13 4 (0.067%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,930 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 720 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
3 693 (11.62%) Finance
4 432 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 361 (6.05%) Law
6 216 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
7 212 (3.56%) Retail
8 177 (2.97%) Legal
9 168 (2.82%) Manufacturing
10 149 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 139 (2.33%) Telecoms
12 105 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
13 100 (1.68%) Marketing
14 88 (1.48%) Banking
15 51 (0.86%) Games
16 50 (0.84%) Local Government
16 50 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
17 43 (0.72%) Back Office
18 28 (0.47%) Aerospace
19 27 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,218 (20.43%) IT Support
2 1,026 (17.21%) Support Engineer
3 951 (15.95%) Analyst
4 817 (13.70%) IT Engineer
5 742 (12.44%) Senior
6 726 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 559 (9.37%) IT Support Engineer
8 464 (7.78%) 2nd Line Support
9 380 (6.37%) IT Analyst
10 364 (6.10%) IT Technician
11 359 (6.02%) Support Analyst
12 320 (5.37%) Lead
13 311 (5.22%) Service Analyst
14 304 (5.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 289 (4.85%) Service Desk Analyst
16 254 (4.26%) 1st Line Support
17 251 (4.21%) Support Technician
18 241 (4.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 234 (3.92%) Technical Specialist
20 224 (3.76%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (1.91%) LDAP
2 101 (1.69%) SAML
3 90 (1.51%) JSON
4 85 (1.43%) Web Services
5 82 (1.38%) .NET
5 82 (1.38%) RESTful
6 74 (1.24%) XML
7 73 (1.22%) OpenID
8 65 (1.09%) JSON-LD
9 49 (0.82%) ARM Templates
10 29 (0.49%) OAuth
11 28 (0.47%) HTML
12 23 (0.39%) CSS
13 22 (0.37%) .NET Core
14 21 (0.35%) 802.1X
14 21 (0.35%) React
15 19 (0.32%) REST
16 16 (0.27%) OLE
16 16 (0.27%) YAML
17 15 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 378 (6.34%) Driving Licence
2 354 (5.94%) Data Centre
3 294 (4.93%) Management Information System
4 259 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
5 219 (3.67%) Social Media
6 192 (3.22%) Onboarding
7 158 (2.65%) Replication
8 144 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
9 129 (2.16%) Public Cloud
10 127 (2.13%) PKI
11 111 (1.86%) Clustering
12 95 (1.59%) Wiki
13 94 (1.58%) Smartphone
14 82 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
15 72 (1.21%) iPhone
16 66 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
17 65 (1.09%) Reference Data
18 63 (1.06%) Cyberattack
19 62 (1.04%) iPad
20 48 (0.80%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4,132 (69.29%) Windows
2 2,138 (35.85%) Windows Server
3 1,271 (21.31%) Windows 10
4 823 (13.80%) Linux
5 394 (6.61%) Windows Server 2016
6 362 (6.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 360 (6.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 295 (4.95%) Ubuntu
9 273 (4.58%) Android
10 218 (3.66%) Mac OS
11 186 (3.12%) Windows 7
12 164 (2.75%) Apple iOS
13 91 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
14 84 (1.41%) VMS
15 78 (1.31%) Windows 8
16 64 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 46 (0.77%) Unix
18 44 (0.74%) CentOS
19 42 (0.70%) Mac OS X
20 28 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,233 (20.68%) ITIL
2 1,164 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
3 1,042 (17.47%) Customer Service
4 947 (15.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 858 (14.39%) Cybersecurity
6 387 (6.49%) Agile
7 383 (6.42%) Service Management
8 367 (6.15%) Disaster Recovery
9 360 (6.04%) ITSM
10 318 (5.33%) Mentoring
11 317 (5.32%) Service Delivery
12 311 (5.22%) DevOps
13 303 (5.08%) CRM
14 299 (5.01%) IT Strategy
15 295 (4.95%) Continuous Improvement
16 294 (4.93%) Migration
17 292 (4.90%) Project Management
18 289 (4.85%) Roadmaps
19 267 (4.48%) Incident Management
20 259 (4.34%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 895 (15.01%) PowerShell
2 589 (9.88%) SQL
3 339 (5.69%) Bash
4 144 (2.41%) Python
5 110 (1.84%) C#
6 69 (1.16%) Go
7 65 (1.09%) Prolog
7 65 (1.09%) SPARQL
8 45 (0.75%) T-SQL
8 45 (0.75%) VB
9 38 (0.64%) Bicep
10 36 (0.60%) VBScript
11 35 (0.59%) JavaScript
12 31 (0.52%) Perl
13 30 (0.50%) Java
14 27 (0.45%) PL/SQL
15 19 (0.32%) R
16 15 (0.25%) TypeScript
17 13 (0.22%) Shell Script
18 12 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 783 (13.13%) Degree
2 556 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 490 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 322 (5.40%) SC Cleared
5 258 (4.33%) DV Cleared
6 195 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
7 186 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 178 (2.99%) Azure Certification
9 171 (2.87%) A+ Certification
10 160 (2.68%) DBS Check
11 152 (2.55%) MCP
11 152 (2.55%) MCSE
12 149 (2.50%) CCNA
13 107 (1.79%) Master's Degree
14 103 (1.73%) MCSA
15 89 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
16 73 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 51 (0.86%) CISSP
18 50 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
19 47 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 470 (7.88%) SLA
2 128 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 124 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 108 (1.81%) GDPR
5 34 (0.57%) NIST
6 29 (0.49%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 18 (0.30%) QA
9 14 (0.23%) Data Quality
10 13 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.22%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.18%) PMO
13 9 (0.15%) GRC
14 6 (0.10%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.084%) IASME
15 5 (0.084%) ISO 9001
16 4 (0.067%) NCSC
17 3 (0.050%) JSP 440
17 3 (0.050%) WCAG
System Software
1 1,160 (19.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 921 (15.45%) Hyper-V
3 357 (5.99%) VMware ESXi
4 207 (3.47%) vSphere
5 206 (3.45%) XenApp
6 183 (3.07%) XenDesktop
7 160 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 143 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
9 99 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
10 81 (1.36%) Docker
11 77 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
12 43 (0.72%) VirtualBox
13 38 (0.64%) Firmware
14 26 (0.44%) Terminal Services
14 26 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
15 21 (0.35%) VMware Server
16 20 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 18 (0.30%) NFS
17 18 (0.30%) pfSense
18 14 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 1,189 (19.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 681 (11.42%) SCCM
3 265 (4.44%) Jamf Pro
4 184 (3.09%) WSUS
5 154 (2.58%) vCenter Server
6 142 (2.38%) Terraform
7 134 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
8 129 (2.16%) Ansible
9 121 (2.03%) SCOM
10 114 (1.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 109 (1.83%) Kubernetes
12 99 (1.66%) AirWatch
13 44 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
14 42 (0.70%) FortiGate
14 42 (0.70%) NetBackup
15 41 (0.69%) ZABBIX
16 37 (0.62%) Backup Exec
17 35 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
18 27 (0.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
19 24 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3,987 (66.86%) Microsoft
2 1,721 (28.86%) VMware
3 658 (11.03%) Cisco
4 592 (9.93%) Citrix
5 404 (6.78%) Veeam
6 235 (3.94%) CyberArk
7 227 (3.81%) Apple
8 210 (3.52%) Tanium
9 209 (3.50%) HP
10 197 (3.30%) ServiceNow
11 188 (3.15%) Dell
12 165 (2.77%) Google
13 140 (2.35%) Meraki
14 106 (1.78%) NetApp
15 103 (1.73%) SolarWinds
16 101 (1.69%) Sophos
17 95 (1.59%) Fortinet
17 95 (1.59%) Oracle
18 78 (1.31%) Red Hat
19 76 (1.27%) Commvault