Active Directory Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 37 48 50
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 -17
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 497 500 613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.13% 6.28% 6.51%
As % of the System Software category 51.24% 41.39% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 445 420 530
10th Percentile £22,850 £23,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +19.40% -16.25%
75th Percentile £46,250 £49,594 £48,750
90th Percentile £63,000 £57,500 £63,875
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 970 1,208 1,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.00% 15.17% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 839 828 1,098
10th Percentile £24,450 £25,420 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the North West 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
Manchester +10 213 £40,000 -5.88% 45
Cheshire -4 141 £30,500 -18.67% 28
Lancashire +22 64 £50,000 +81.82% 18
Merseyside 0 64 £35,000 -12.50% 11
Cumbria -21 14 £36,500 -18.89% 5
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 118 (23.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (9.86%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.82%) IIS
4 4 (0.80%) CMS
4 4 (0.80%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.40%) Confluence
6 1 (0.20%) Site Server
Applications
1 56 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.80%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.20%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 354 (71.23%) Microsoft 365
2 242 (48.69%) Azure
3 118 (23.74%) Entra ID
4 68 (13.68%) AWS
5 23 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 21 (4.23%) SaaS
7 17 (3.42%) GCP
8 16 (3.22%) OneDrive
9 14 (2.82%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.61%) IaaS
10 8 (1.61%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.41%) AWS KMS
11 7 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (1.41%) PaaS
12 6 (1.21%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.60%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 125 (25.15%) DNS
2 101 (20.32%) DHCP
3 92 (18.51%) Firewall
4 71 (14.29%) WAN
5 61 (12.27%) LAN
6 38 (7.65%) TCP/IP
7 32 (6.44%) VPN
8 28 (5.63%) VoIP
9 24 (4.83%) SAN
10 23 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (4.02%) Internet
11 20 (4.02%) Wireless
12 15 (3.02%) SD-WAN
13 14 (2.82%) WLAN
14 13 (2.62%) SSL
15 12 (2.41%) iSCSI
16 11 (2.21%) Broadband
17 10 (2.01%) NAS
17 10 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
18 9 (1.81%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.65%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.21%) MySQL
3 10 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.01%) MaxDB
4 5 (1.01%) Power BI
4 5 (1.01%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.40%) JIRA
1 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.20%) MSI
General
1 168 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (11.87%) Retail
4 48 (9.66%) Finance
5 29 (5.84%) Law
6 20 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (3.42%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.22%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.41%) Legal
11 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.01%) Local Government
12 4 (0.80%) Military
12 4 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.40%) Billing
15 1 (0.20%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 113 (22.74%) Analyst
2 100 (20.12%) IT Support
3 90 (18.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 83 (16.70%) IT Engineer
5 68 (13.68%) Support Engineer
6 57 (11.47%) IT Support Engineer
7 55 (11.07%) Service Analyst
8 51 (10.26%) Service Desk Analyst
9 48 (9.66%) Senior
10 37 (7.44%) 2nd Line Support
10 37 (7.44%) IT Analyst
11 30 (6.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 30 (6.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 29 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
13 28 (5.63%) IT Technician
14 27 (5.43%) IT Manager
14 27 (5.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 24 (4.83%) Support Analyst
15 24 (4.83%) Support Technician
16 22 (4.43%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.22%) OLE
2 6 (1.21%) LDAP
3 5 (1.01%) BREW
3 5 (1.01%) SAP Basis
3 5 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.80%) CSS
4 4 (0.80%) HTML
5 3 (0.60%) .NET
6 1 (0.20%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.87%) Driving Licence
2 27 (5.43%) Onboarding
2 27 (5.43%) Smartphone
3 24 (4.83%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.42%) Public Cloud
5 14 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.41%) PMI
8 10 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.01%) EPoS
9 9 (1.81%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.81%) Replication
10 8 (1.61%) Cyberattack
11 7 (1.41%) FMCG
11 7 (1.41%) PKI
12 6 (1.21%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.21%) Fat Client
12 6 (1.21%) Thin Client
13 5 (1.01%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 280 (56.34%) Windows
2 117 (23.54%) Windows Server
3 79 (15.90%) Windows 10
4 59 (11.87%) Linux
5 33 (6.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 29 (5.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (4.02%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (2.41%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.61%) Android
9 8 (1.61%) Apple iOS
10 7 (1.41%) VMS
11 4 (0.80%) Debian
11 4 (0.80%) Windows Vista
12 3 (0.60%) Unix
12 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.40%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.40%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.20%) CentOS
14 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (24.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 119 (23.94%) ITIL
3 103 (20.72%) Customer Service
4 93 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 56 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (9.26%) ITSM
8 38 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (7.65%) Project Management
8 38 (7.65%) Time Management
9 37 (7.44%) ERP
10 36 (7.24%) Capacity Planning
10 36 (7.24%) Service Management
11 31 (6.24%) Migration
12 30 (6.04%) Server Management
13 26 (5.23%) Presales
14 25 (5.03%) Incident Management
14 25 (5.03%) Mentoring
15 24 (4.83%) Roadmaps
16 23 (4.63%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 62 (12.47%) PowerShell
2 59 (11.87%) SQL
3 16 (3.22%) R
4 13 (2.62%) Python
5 9 (1.81%) Bash
6 6 (1.21%) Java
7 5 (1.01%) ABAP
7 5 (1.01%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.80%) C#
9 2 (0.40%) VB
10 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 60 (12.07%) Degree
2 48 (9.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (4.23%) MCP
4 17 (3.42%) A+ Certification
5 13 (2.62%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.62%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.41%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.01%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.41%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.01%) CCNA
10 5 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.80%) MCSA
11 4 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.40%) GIAC
12 2 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.64%) SLA
2 22 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 79 (15.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 68 (13.68%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.01%) vSphere
6 4 (0.80%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.20%) Docker
9 1 (0.20%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.20%) Postfix
9 1 (0.20%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 86 (17.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.43%) SCCM
3 18 (3.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (2.41%) Opsgenie
4 12 (2.41%) VxRail
4 12 (2.41%) ZABBIX
5 10 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.41%) CA Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.21%) WSUS
8 4 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.80%) Terraform
9 3 (0.60%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.40%) CASB
10 2 (0.40%) Grafana
10 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.40%) vRealize
11 1 (0.20%) Ansible
11 1 (0.20%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 329 (66.20%) Microsoft
2 123 (24.75%) VMware
3 45 (9.05%) Cisco
3 45 (9.05%) Citrix
4 30 (6.04%) Apple
5 26 (5.23%) Veeam
6 21 (4.23%) Fortinet
7 17 (3.42%) SolarWinds
8 16 (3.22%) Adobe
8 16 (3.22%) NetApp
8 16 (3.22%) ServiceNow
9 15 (3.02%) Dell
10 14 (2.82%) Sophos
11 12 (2.41%) CA
12 11 (2.21%) Virgin Media
13 9 (1.81%) Aruba
14 7 (1.41%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.41%) ESET
14 7 (1.41%) F5
14 7 (1.41%) Meraki