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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 49 29
Rank change year-on-year +23 -20 -4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 771 604 850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.62% 6.26% 7.83%
As % of the System Software category 55.07% 45.41% 52.05%
Number of salaries quoted 672 474 738
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £36,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +4.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £45,500 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £56,250
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 1,400 1,330 1,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.02% 13.78% 15.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 805 1,295
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,675
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% - +1.38%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £79,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

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 25 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 25 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 +25 470 £35,000 -6.67% 96
East Midlands +15 295 £33,500 -1.47% 55
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
1 221 (28.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (18.42%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.59%) 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
1 143 (18.55%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.20%) 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
1 529 (68.61%) Microsoft 365
2 377 (48.90%) Azure
3 230 (29.83%) Entra ID
4 47 (6.10%) AWS
5 38 (4.93%) OneDrive
6 24 (3.11%) Google Workspace
7 18 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 13 (1.69%) Mimecast
10 12 (1.56%) GCP
11 10 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.30%) IaaS
11 10 (1.30%) SaaS
12 9 (1.17%) Nutanix
13 7 (0.91%) 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
1 247 (32.04%) DNS
2 216 (28.02%) Firewall
3 214 (27.76%) DHCP
4 109 (14.14%) TCP/IP
5 102 (13.23%) WAN
6 96 (12.45%) LAN
7 84 (10.89%) VLAN
8 81 (10.51%) SAN
9 75 (9.73%) VPN
10 63 (8.17%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (3.63%) Wireless
12 24 (3.11%) VoIP
13 22 (2.85%) Internet
14 19 (2.46%) Network Security
15 16 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
16 15 (1.95%) PBX
17 14 (1.82%) iSCSI
18 13 (1.69%) SD-WAN
18 13 (1.69%) SMTP
19 12 (1.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.98%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.08%) Power BI
4 10 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.91%) MySQL
5 7 (0.91%) 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
1 258 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 61 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (6.36%) Finance
3 49 (6.36%) Law
4 42 (5.45%) Retail
5 38 (4.93%) Manufacturing
6 33 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (4.28%) Telecoms
7 27 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.46%) Legal
9 15 (1.95%) Local Government
10 11 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.30%) German Language
12 7 (0.91%) Police
13 5 (0.65%) Games
14 4 (0.52%) Automotive
14 4 (0.52%) Aviation
14 4 (0.52%) Avionics
14 4 (0.52%) Back Office
14 4 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 199 (25.81%) IT Support
2 160 (20.75%) IT Engineer
3 158 (20.49%) Support Engineer
4 110 (14.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 98 (12.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 95 (12.32%) Analyst
7 74 (9.60%) IT Technician
8 61 (7.91%) 2nd Line Support
9 59 (7.65%) Senior
10 54 (7.00%) Support Technician
11 50 (6.49%) IT Support Technician
12 46 (5.97%) IT Analyst
13 41 (5.32%) 1st Line Support
14 40 (5.19%) IT Manager
15 39 (5.06%) Administrator
16 38 (4.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 38 (4.93%) Support Analyst
17 37 (4.80%) IT Support Analyst
18 34 (4.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 33 (4.28%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.04%) 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 76 (9.86%) Driving Licence
2 63 (8.17%) Data Centre
3 44 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (4.28%) Replication
5 28 (3.63%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.24%) PKI
7 21 (2.72%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.59%) Clustering
9 15 (1.95%) CCTV
10 11 (1.43%) Fat Client
10 11 (1.43%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.43%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.43%) Thin Client
11 10 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.04%) EFT
12 8 (1.04%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.78%) Cyberattack
14 5 (0.65%) Enterprise Storage
14 5 (0.65%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 602 (78.08%) Windows
2 367 (47.60%) Windows Server
3 118 (15.30%) Windows 10
4 75 (9.73%) Linux
5 61 (7.91%) Windows Server 2012
6 59 (7.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 52 (6.74%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (4.54%) Mac OS
9 21 (2.72%) Windows 7
10 15 (1.95%) Apple iOS
10 15 (1.95%) CentOS
11 14 (1.82%) Android
12 12 (1.56%) Ubuntu
12 12 (1.56%) Unix
13 11 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (1.04%) 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
1 176 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (19.97%) ITIL
3 144 (18.68%) Customer Service
4 134 (17.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 113 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
6 60 (7.78%) Disaster Recovery
7 59 (7.65%) Service Management
8 51 (6.61%) Project Delivery
9 50 (6.49%) Migration
10 48 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (6.23%) Mentoring
11 47 (6.10%) Service Delivery
12 43 (5.58%) ITSM
13 42 (5.45%) Change Management
14 41 (5.32%) Agile
15 33 (4.28%) ERP
16 32 (4.15%) Kalman Filter
16 32 (4.15%) Server Management
17 29 (3.76%) Problem Management
18 28 (3.63%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (14.53%) PowerShell
2 49 (6.36%) SQL
3 7 (0.91%) 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 (11.54%) Degree
2 78 (10.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 36 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (4.67%) Security Cleared
4 32 (4.15%) CCNA
4 32 (4.15%) DBS Check
4 32 (4.15%) MCP
5 29 (3.76%) SC Cleared
6 28 (3.63%) A+ Certification
7 21 (2.72%) MCSE
8 19 (2.46%) Azure Certification
9 17 (2.20%) MCSA
10 14 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (1.56%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.43%) CCNP
13 10 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (0.78%) CCA
14 6 (0.78%) Citrix Certification
14 6 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.54%) SLA
2 22 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (2.46%) GDPR
4 8 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.39%) NIST
7 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 193 (25.03%) Hyper-V
2 180 (23.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (4.80%) VMware ESXi
4 23 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 23 (2.98%) vSphere
5 22 (2.85%) Virtual Servers
6 13 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (1.17%) Docker
9 8 (1.04%) pfSense
9 8 (1.04%) Terminal Services
9 8 (1.04%) VMware Server
9 8 (1.04%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.78%) NFS
11 5 (0.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.26%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.26%) XenApp
12 2 (0.26%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 161 (20.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 92 (11.93%) SCCM
3 15 (1.95%) AirWatch
3 15 (1.95%) SCOM
3 15 (1.95%) SmoothWall
3 15 (1.95%) WSUS
4 13 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 13 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
4 13 (1.69%) vCenter Server
5 11 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.30%) Terraform
7 9 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.91%) Kubernetes
9 6 (0.78%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.65%) Autotask
11 4 (0.52%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.52%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.39%) SCOrch
12 3 (0.39%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 3 (0.39%) vMotion
Vendors
1 526 (68.22%) Microsoft
2 258 (33.46%) VMware
3 110 (14.27%) Veeam
4 104 (13.49%) Cisco
5 57 (7.39%) Dell
6 54 (7.00%) HP
7 49 (6.36%) Apple
8 47 (6.10%) Citrix
9 32 (4.15%) ServiceNow
10 31 (4.02%) Meraki
11 30 (3.89%) Google
12 25 (3.24%) Nimble Storage
13 22 (2.85%) Sophos
14 20 (2.59%) Fortinet
15 18 (2.33%) Acronis
16 16 (2.08%) Adobe
17 15 (1.95%) SonicWALL
17 15 (1.95%) Ubiquiti
18 14 (1.82%) Aruba
18 14 (1.82%) Sage