Active Directory Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 60 58
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 211 262 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.12% 5.28% 5.61%
As % of the System Software category 42.03% 35.50% 32.51%
Number of salaries quoted 191 224 275
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,650 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,188 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -18.60%
75th Percentile £47,250 £53,750 £49,625
90th Percentile £67,968 £60,875 £63,250
North West median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +19.40% -16.25%

All System Software Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 502 738 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.79% 14.88% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 430 515 747
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,027 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,625 £76,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,200
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Manchester

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Manchester

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Manchester

Active Directory
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 4 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
Salford +25 10 £72,500 +38.10% 2
Bury - 10 £41,250 -
Oldham +35 8 £42,500 +7.59%
Stockport +30 7 £29,250 +6.36% 2
Bolton +11 4 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Sale - 3 £25,000 - 1
Rochdale +17 2 £46,250 +21.71%
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 52 (24.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (15.64%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.69%) IIS
4 4 (1.90%) CMS
4 4 (1.90%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.47%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 167 (79.15%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (46.45%) Azure
3 60 (28.44%) Entra ID
4 22 (10.43%) AWS
5 15 (7.11%) OneDrive
6 14 (6.64%) GCP
7 13 (6.16%) Power Platform
7 13 (6.16%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.32%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.42%) AWS KMS
9 3 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.42%) SaaS
10 2 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.95%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.47%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 60 (28.44%) DNS
2 44 (20.85%) Firewall
3 43 (20.38%) DHCP
4 31 (14.69%) WAN
5 22 (10.43%) LAN
5 22 (10.43%) VPN
6 20 (9.48%) SAN
7 15 (7.11%) Wireless
8 14 (6.64%) SD-WAN
9 12 (5.69%) iSCSI
9 12 (5.69%) SSL
9 12 (5.69%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (4.27%) VLAN
10 9 (4.27%) VoIP
11 7 (3.32%) Network Security
11 7 (3.32%) TCP/IP
11 7 (3.32%) WLAN
12 6 (2.84%) NAS
13 5 (2.37%) IPsec
14 4 (1.90%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.37%) MaxDB
2 5 (2.37%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.95%) MySQL
5 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
General
1 69 (32.70%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.11%) Finance
3 30 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.00%) Law
5 12 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.32%) Retail
8 5 (2.37%) Legal
8 5 (2.37%) Local Government
9 4 (1.90%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 49 (23.22%) IT Support
2 46 (21.80%) IT Engineer
3 35 (16.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (15.64%) Support Engineer
5 30 (14.22%) IT Support Engineer
6 25 (11.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (11.85%) Senior
7 23 (10.90%) Analyst
8 22 (10.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 22 (10.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 17 (8.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 16 (7.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (7.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 15 (7.11%) Administrator
11 15 (7.11%) Support Technician
12 14 (6.64%) Field Engineer
12 14 (6.64%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (5.69%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (5.69%) IT Administrator
13 12 (5.69%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.84%) LDAP
2 5 (2.37%) BREW
2 5 (2.37%) SAP Basis
2 5 (2.37%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (1.90%) CSS
3 4 (1.90%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.43%) Data Centre
2 19 (9.00%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.64%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.16%) Public Cloud
5 12 (5.69%) PMI
6 10 (4.74%) EPoS
7 9 (4.27%) Private Cloud
8 8 (3.79%) Replication
9 7 (3.32%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.37%) CCTV
11 4 (1.90%) FMCG
11 4 (1.90%) PKI
12 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.42%) Mainframe
13 1 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
13 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
13 1 (0.47%) Housing Association
13 1 (0.47%) IoT
13 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 122 (57.82%) Windows
2 55 (26.07%) Windows Server
3 45 (21.33%) Windows 10
4 36 (17.06%) Linux
5 18 (8.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (8.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (5.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.84%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.90%) Windows Vista
10 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.95%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.47%) CentOS
12 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.47%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (20.38%) Customer Service
3 39 (18.48%) ITIL
3 39 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (15.17%) Disaster Recovery
5 28 (13.27%) Project Management
6 26 (12.32%) Cybersecurity
7 24 (11.37%) Migration
7 24 (11.37%) Service Management
8 18 (8.53%) Capacity Planning
8 18 (8.53%) Mentoring
9 17 (8.06%) Server Management
10 16 (7.58%) Presales
10 16 (7.58%) Software Licensing
11 12 (5.69%) Agile
11 12 (5.69%) Line Management
12 11 (5.21%) Roadmaps
13 10 (4.74%) Coaching
14 9 (4.27%) ERP
14 9 (4.27%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.90%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.84%) Java
3 5 (2.37%) ABAP
3 5 (2.37%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.37%) SQL
4 1 (0.47%) Bash
4 1 (0.47%) Perl
4 1 (0.47%) Python
4 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (14.69%) Degree
2 21 (9.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (5.69%) PMI Certification
4 9 (4.27%) MCP
5 6 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.90%) CCNA
6 4 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (1.90%) MCSA
7 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.95%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.95%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.47%) CCA
9 1 (0.47%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.47%) MCSE
9 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.58%) SLA
2 8 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.95%) NIST
4 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (19.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (10.43%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.79%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.90%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.95%) vSphere
6 1 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.47%) Docker
6 1 (0.47%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.47%) Postfix
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (25.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (9.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 14 (6.64%) SCCM
4 12 (5.69%) Opsgenie
4 12 (5.69%) VxRail
4 12 (5.69%) ZABBIX
5 6 (2.84%) WSUS
6 4 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.42%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.95%) Grafana
8 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.95%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.47%) Ansible
9 1 (0.47%) CASB
9 1 (0.47%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.47%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.47%) Terraform
9 1 (0.47%) WMI
Vendors
1 122 (57.82%) Microsoft
2 64 (30.33%) VMware
3 37 (17.54%) Cisco
4 25 (11.85%) Apple
5 21 (9.95%) Fortinet
6 18 (8.53%) Citrix
7 17 (8.06%) NetApp
8 16 (7.58%) Adobe
9 15 (7.11%) Dell
9 15 (7.11%) SolarWinds
10 10 (4.74%) Veeam
11 7 (3.32%) Aruba
11 7 (3.32%) F5
11 7 (3.32%) Meraki
12 6 (2.84%) Extreme Networks
13 5 (2.37%) ESET
13 5 (2.37%) SAP
13 5 (2.37%) ServiceNow
13 5 (2.37%) Sophos
13 5 (2.37%) Sybase