Active Directory Jobs in Kent

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 10 23
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 -9
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 112 165 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 7.58% 14.36% 9.84%
As % of the System Software category 63.28% 71.74% 53.85%
Number of salaries quoted 110 138 122
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +19.40% -4.96%
75th Percentile £43,750 £49,688 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,250 -
South East median annual salary £37,500 £34,000 £35,400
% change year-on-year +10.29% -3.95% -11.50%

All System Software Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 177 230 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 11.98% 20.02% 18.28%
Number of salaries quoted 168 174 166
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,750 £27,875
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +5.19% +1.32%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Kent

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Kent

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Kent over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Kent

Active Directory
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Kent region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Maidstone +12 33 £33,000 +24.53% 4
Dartford - 16 £31,500 - 5
Canterbury - 10 £39,747 -
Tonbridge - 8 £37,375 - 4
West Malling -7 5 £65,000 -
Tunbridge Wells -13 3 £65,000 +113.11% 1
Faversham - 3 £24,000 -
Sevenoaks -3 2 £47,500 +63.79% 3
Sittingbourne -5 2 £24,500 -32.41% 1
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 37 (33.04%) SharePoint
2 23 (20.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (30.36%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 72 (64.29%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (52.68%) Azure
3 38 (33.93%) Entra ID
4 12 (10.71%) AWS
5 10 (8.93%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.68%) Azure App Service
6 3 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.79%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.79%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 49 (43.75%) DNS
2 43 (38.39%) Firewall
3 36 (32.14%) DHCP
4 13 (11.61%) TCP/IP
5 12 (10.71%) VLAN
5 12 (10.71%) VPN
6 9 (8.04%) LAN
6 9 (8.04%) WAN
7 7 (6.25%) FTP
8 6 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (5.36%) Wireless
9 4 (3.57%) SAN
10 3 (2.68%) NAS
10 3 (2.68%) Network Security
11 2 (1.79%) SNMP
12 1 (0.89%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 22 (19.64%) Social Skills
2 15 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.36%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.57%) Legal
4 4 (3.57%) Retail
5 3 (2.68%) Local Government
6 1 (0.89%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.89%) Finance
6 1 (0.89%) Law
6 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (32.14%) Analyst
2 22 (19.64%) Support Analyst
3 21 (18.75%) 1st Line Support
3 21 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support
3 21 (18.75%) IT Support
3 21 (18.75%) Support Engineer
4 19 (16.96%) Help Desk Support
5 16 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (12.50%) Help Desk Analyst
7 14 (12.50%) Senior
8 12 (10.71%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 12 (10.71%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
8 12 (10.71%) First Line Help Desk Support
8 12 (10.71%) Help Desk Support Analyst
8 12 (10.71%) Lead
9 11 (9.82%) IT Engineer
10 10 (8.93%) IT Support Engineer
11 7 (6.25%) Help Desk Engineer
11 7 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.36%) .NET
2 3 (2.68%) ASP.NET
2 3 (2.68%) CSS
2 3 (2.68%) HTML
2 3 (2.68%) jQuery
2 3 (2.68%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.25%) Client/Server
1 7 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.46%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.46%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.68%) Replication
3 3 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 82 (73.21%) Windows
2 29 (25.89%) Windows Server
3 24 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.25%) Android
4 7 (6.25%) Apple iOS
5 5 (4.46%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.68%) Mac OS X
7 3 (2.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (27.68%) ITIL
3 21 (18.75%) Project Management
4 18 (16.07%) Customer Service
5 15 (13.39%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 14 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 14 (12.50%) Patch Management
7 13 (11.61%) Strategic Planning
8 12 (10.71%) Performance Optimisation
8 12 (10.71%) Proactive Maintenance
8 12 (10.71%) Process Improvement
9 11 (9.82%) Business Continuity
9 11 (9.82%) Penetration Testing
9 11 (9.82%) Threat Detection
9 11 (9.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 9 (8.04%) Gamification
10 9 (8.04%) Migration
11 7 (6.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.04%) SQL
2 4 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.68%) C#
3 3 (2.68%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.68%) VB.NET
4 2 (1.79%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.61%) MCSE
2 13 (11.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (10.71%) CCNP
3 12 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (8.04%) Degree
5 8 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 5 (4.46%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.89%) CCA
7 1 (0.89%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.89%) MCSA
7 1 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.71%) SLA
2 11 (9.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (15.18%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (9.82%) WSUS
3 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.79%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (65.18%) Microsoft
2 21 (18.75%) Cisco
3 20 (17.86%) VMware
4 14 (12.50%) WatchGuard
5 9 (8.04%) Meraki
6 5 (4.46%) Apple
6 5 (4.46%) Veeam
7 4 (3.57%) Citrix
8 2 (1.79%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.79%) Google
8 2 (1.79%) Sage
8 2 (1.79%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.89%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.89%) Spiceworks