Active Directory Job Trends in the Home Counties

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Home Counties

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Home Counties requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Home Counties 14.29% - -
As % of the System Software category 25.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%

All System Software Skills
Home Counties

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in the Home Counties.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Home Counties 57.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £65,750 - -
25th Percentile £78,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile £92,000 - -
South East median annual salary £56,375 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +12.75% +5.26% -3.06%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Home Counties

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SonicWALL