Active Directory Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 13 30
Rank change year-on-year -5 +17 -3
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 137 112 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.80% 12.36% 8.23%
As % of the System Software category 64.32% 72.26% 66.42%
Number of salaries quoted 121 105 85
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,050 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +25.42% -1.67%
75th Percentile £44,250 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
North West median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +19.40% -19.28%

All System Software Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 213 155 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 13.69% 17.11% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 180 132 111
10th Percentile £22,750 £24,775 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,668 £23,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +10.29% -20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £85,500 £58,625 £58,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.17% +1.05%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Cheshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Warrington +6 75 £32,000 -1.54% 10
Northwich -1 13 £37,500 +20.00% 3
Winsford -7 10 £52,500 +105.88% 2
Chester -8 7 £37,500 +45.12% 3
Alderley Edge -6 4 £30,500 -43.26%
Runcorn -7 3 £42,500 -
Middlewich - 3 £26,000 - 1
Macclesfield - 2 £24,000 -
Knutsford -5 1 £22,500 +7.14% 1
Crewe -6 1 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 40 (29.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (9.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (10.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 97 (70.80%) Microsoft 365
2 73 (53.28%) Azure
3 33 (24.09%) AWS
4 24 (17.52%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.84%) SaaS
6 5 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.65%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.92%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.19%) GCP
9 1 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.73%) CloudFront
9 1 (0.73%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (23.36%) DNS
2 30 (21.90%) DHCP
3 20 (14.60%) Firewall
4 18 (13.14%) LAN
4 18 (13.14%) WAN
5 13 (9.49%) Internet
6 11 (8.03%) Broadband
6 11 (8.03%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.65%) VPN
7 5 (3.65%) WLAN
8 3 (2.19%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.73%) SAN
9 1 (0.73%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.30%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.92%) Power BI
3 4 (2.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.19%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.73%) MSI
General
1 50 (36.50%) Social Skills
2 40 (29.20%) Retail
3 11 (8.03%) Telecoms
4 8 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.46%) Billing
6 2 (1.46%) Law
6 2 (1.46%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.73%) Finance
7 1 (0.73%) Legal
Job Titles
1 54 (39.42%) Analyst
2 33 (24.09%) Service Analyst
2 33 (24.09%) Service Desk Analyst
3 24 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (15.33%) IT Support
5 17 (12.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (12.41%) IT Analyst
5 17 (12.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 12 (8.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (8.76%) Support Analyst
7 11 (8.03%) Technical Support
8 10 (7.30%) IT Technician
9 9 (6.57%) IT Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) IT Support Technician
9 9 (6.57%) Senior
9 9 (6.57%) Support Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Support Technician
10 7 (5.11%) Consultant
10 7 (5.11%) Technical Analyst
10 7 (5.11%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.68%) OLE
2 1 (0.73%) .NET
2 1 (0.73%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.44%) Driving Licence
2 27 (19.71%) Smartphone
3 9 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.19%) FMCG
4 3 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.46%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.46%) Thin Client
5 2 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 63 (45.99%) Windows
2 25 (18.25%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.76%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.11%) Linux
4 7 (5.11%) VMS
5 3 (2.19%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (37.23%) Customer Service
2 39 (28.47%) ITIL
3 34 (24.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (21.90%) Time Management
5 29 (21.17%) ITSM
6 26 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (17.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (15.33%) Incident Management
9 19 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (12.41%) Capacity Planning
10 17 (12.41%) Proactive Monitoring
11 12 (8.76%) DevOps
11 12 (8.76%) Server Management
12 10 (7.30%) Presales
13 9 (6.57%) Business Continuity
13 9 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (6.57%) ERP
14 8 (5.84%) Software Delivery
15 7 (5.11%) Process Improvement
16 6 (4.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.06%) SQL
2 18 (13.14%) PowerShell
3 16 (11.68%) R
4 8 (5.84%) Bash
4 8 (5.84%) Python
5 4 (2.92%) C#
6 1 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (18.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (9.49%) A+ Certification
3 12 (8.76%) Degree
3 12 (8.76%) MCP
4 3 (2.19%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.73%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Master
5 1 (0.73%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (6.57%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (28.47%) Hyper-V
2 22 (16.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.46%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.73%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (15.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (2.19%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.73%) SCCM
3 1 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 104 (75.91%) Microsoft
2 34 (24.82%) VMware
3 23 (16.79%) Citrix
4 11 (8.03%) Virgin Media
5 8 (5.84%) Veeam
6 4 (2.92%) Epicor
6 4 (2.92%) Sophos
7 3 (2.19%) Apple
7 3 (2.19%) IBM
7 3 (2.19%) Oracle
8 1 (0.73%) CA
8 1 (0.73%) ServiceNow