Active Directory Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 47 29
Rank change year-on-year +21 -18 -4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 765 600 849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.57% 6.23% 7.83%
As % of the System Software category 54.92% 45.08% 52.09%
Number of salaries quoted 666 472 740
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,000 £23,475
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £36,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +4.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £45,438 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,393 1,331 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.96% 13.83% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 801 1,297
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £79,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +24 466 £35,000 -6.67% 104
East Midlands +14 293 £33,500 -5.63% 52
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 220 (28.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (18.43%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.61%) IIS
4 5 (0.65%) Confluence
4 5 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.52%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.39%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 142 (18.56%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.26%) CATIA
5 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 525 (68.63%) Microsoft 365
2 373 (48.76%) Azure
3 227 (29.67%) Entra ID
4 47 (6.14%) AWS
5 38 (4.97%) OneDrive
6 24 (3.14%) Google Workspace
7 18 (2.35%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
9 13 (1.70%) Mimecast
10 11 (1.44%) GCP
11 10 (1.31%) IaaS
11 10 (1.31%) SaaS
12 9 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.18%) Nutanix
13 7 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (0.78%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.65%) ChatGPT
15 5 (0.65%) PaaS
16 3 (0.39%) Azure Stack
16 3 (0.39%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 244 (31.90%) DNS
2 213 (27.84%) Firewall
3 211 (27.58%) DHCP
4 108 (14.12%) TCP/IP
5 101 (13.20%) WAN
6 95 (12.42%) LAN
7 82 (10.72%) VLAN
8 81 (10.59%) SAN
9 76 (9.93%) VPN
10 61 (7.97%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (3.53%) Wireless
12 23 (3.01%) VoIP
13 22 (2.88%) Internet
14 19 (2.48%) Network Security
15 16 (2.09%) Remote Desktop
16 15 (1.96%) PBX
17 14 (1.83%) iSCSI
18 13 (1.70%) SD-WAN
18 13 (1.70%) SMTP
19 12 (1.57%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.23%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.09%) Power BI
4 10 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.92%) MySQL
5 7 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.39%) Redis
8 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.26%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.26%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.26%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 256 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 61 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (6.54%) Law
4 49 (6.41%) Finance
5 42 (5.49%) Retail
6 39 (5.10%) Manufacturing
7 33 (4.31%) Telecoms
8 32 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.48%) Legal
11 14 (1.83%) Local Government
12 11 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.31%) German Language
14 7 (0.92%) Police
15 5 (0.65%) Games
16 4 (0.52%) Automotive
16 4 (0.52%) Aviation
16 4 (0.52%) Avionics
16 4 (0.52%) Back Office
17 3 (0.39%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 198 (25.88%) IT Support
2 158 (20.65%) IT Engineer
3 157 (20.52%) Support Engineer
4 108 (14.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 97 (12.68%) IT Support Engineer
6 95 (12.42%) Analyst
7 74 (9.67%) IT Technician
8 61 (7.97%) 2nd Line Support
9 59 (7.71%) Senior
10 54 (7.06%) Support Technician
11 50 (6.54%) IT Support Technician
12 46 (6.01%) IT Analyst
13 41 (5.36%) 1st Line Support
14 39 (5.10%) Administrator
14 39 (5.10%) IT Manager
15 38 (4.97%) Support Analyst
16 37 (4.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 37 (4.84%) IT Support Analyst
17 34 (4.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 32 (4.18%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.05%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.65%) .NET
3 3 (0.39%) .NET Core
3 3 (0.39%) LDAP
4 2 (0.26%) LAMP
4 2 (0.26%) SAML
4 2 (0.26%) ServiceStack
4 2 (0.26%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.67%) Driving Licence
2 62 (8.10%) Data Centre
3 44 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (4.31%) Replication
5 26 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.27%) PKI
7 21 (2.75%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.61%) Clustering
9 15 (1.96%) CCTV
10 11 (1.44%) Fat Client
10 11 (1.44%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.44%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.44%) Thin Client
11 10 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (1.18%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.05%) EFT
13 8 (1.05%) Product Ownership
14 6 (0.78%) Cyberattack
15 5 (0.65%) Client/Server
15 5 (0.65%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 594 (77.65%) Windows
2 362 (47.32%) Windows Server
3 117 (15.29%) Windows 10
4 75 (9.80%) Linux
5 59 (7.71%) Windows Server 2012
6 56 (7.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 49 (6.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (4.58%) Mac OS
9 20 (2.61%) Windows 7
10 15 (1.96%) Apple iOS
10 15 (1.96%) CentOS
11 14 (1.83%) Android
12 12 (1.57%) Ubuntu
13 11 (1.44%) Unix
13 11 (1.44%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.78%) Mac OS X
15 6 (0.78%) VMS
15 6 (0.78%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
2 152 (19.87%) ITIL
3 145 (18.95%) Customer Service
4 132 (17.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 113 (14.77%) Cybersecurity
6 60 (7.84%) Disaster Recovery
6 60 (7.84%) Service Management
7 50 (6.54%) Migration
8 49 (6.41%) Project Delivery
9 48 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 48 (6.27%) Mentoring
10 45 (5.88%) Service Delivery
11 43 (5.62%) ITSM
12 41 (5.36%) Change Management
13 40 (5.23%) Agile
14 33 (4.31%) ERP
15 32 (4.18%) Server Management
16 31 (4.05%) Kalman Filter
17 28 (3.66%) Asset Management
17 28 (3.66%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (14.64%) PowerShell
2 49 (6.41%) SQL
3 7 (0.92%) T-SQL
4 6 (0.78%) Bash
5 3 (0.39%) Bicep
5 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.39%) Python
6 2 (0.26%) Java
7 1 (0.13%) R
7 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 89 (11.63%) Degree
2 79 (10.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (4.58%) Security Cleared
5 33 (4.31%) CCNA
6 32 (4.18%) MCP
7 31 (4.05%) DBS Check
8 28 (3.66%) A+ Certification
8 28 (3.66%) SC Cleared
9 22 (2.88%) MCSE
10 19 (2.48%) Azure Certification
11 17 (2.22%) MCSA
12 14 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
13 12 (1.57%) DV Cleared
14 11 (1.44%) CCNP
15 10 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 6 (0.78%) CCA
16 6 (0.78%) Citrix Certification
16 6 (0.78%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.58%) SLA
2 20 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (2.48%) GDPR
4 8 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.26%) NIST
6 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 191 (24.97%) Hyper-V
2 180 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
4 23 (3.01%) vSphere
5 22 (2.88%) Virtual Servers
6 21 (2.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 9 (1.18%) Docker
10 8 (1.05%) pfSense
10 8 (1.05%) Terminal Services
10 8 (1.05%) VMware Server
10 8 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.78%) NFS
12 5 (0.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.26%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.26%) XenApp
13 2 (0.26%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 157 (20.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (11.76%) SCCM
3 15 (1.96%) SCOM
4 14 (1.83%) AirWatch
4 14 (1.83%) SmoothWall
4 14 (1.83%) WSUS
5 13 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (1.70%) Failover Clustering
5 13 (1.70%) vCenter Server
6 11 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.31%) Terraform
8 9 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.92%) Kubernetes
10 6 (0.78%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.65%) Autotask
12 4 (0.52%) Backup Exec
13 3 (0.39%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.39%) SCOrch
13 3 (0.39%) Trend Micro Deep Security
13 3 (0.39%) vMotion
Vendors
1 520 (67.97%) Microsoft
2 256 (33.46%) VMware
3 110 (14.38%) Veeam
4 102 (13.33%) Cisco
5 56 (7.32%) Dell
6 54 (7.06%) HP
7 48 (6.27%) Apple
8 47 (6.14%) Citrix
9 31 (4.05%) ServiceNow
10 30 (3.92%) Meraki
11 28 (3.66%) Google
12 25 (3.27%) Nimble Storage
13 22 (2.88%) Sophos
14 19 (2.48%) Fortinet
15 18 (2.35%) Acronis
16 16 (2.09%) Adobe
17 15 (1.96%) SonicWALL
17 15 (1.96%) Ubiquiti
18 14 (1.83%) Aruba
18 14 (1.83%) Sage