Active Directory Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 23 28 48
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,232 1,090 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.42% 7.23% 5.62%
As % of the System Software category 49.90% 44.67% 32.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 914 963
10th Percentile £24,350 £23,750 £24,050
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £27,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,000 £35,400
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -3.95% -11.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £49,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £60,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,469 2,440 3,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.87% 16.18% 17.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,978 1,666 2,360
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the South East 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
Thames Valley +6 477 £40,000 +23.08% 70
Hampshire +12 312 £36,000 +10.09% 51
Berkshire +34 247 £44,400 +36.62% 27
Surrey +26 154 £39,500 +17.04% 8
Oxfordshire +12 121 £40,000 +24.03% 22
Kent -12 112 £34,000 -15.00% 28
Buckinghamshire -26 109 £38,000 +16.92% 21
East Sussex +10 87 £30,000 -45.45% 8
West Sussex +40 60 £35,000 -17.16% 20
Middlesex - 31 £32,500 - 1
Sussex - 7 £35,000 -
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 323 (26.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 190 (15.42%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.41%) IIS
4 13 (1.06%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.81%) WordPress
6 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.24%) CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.081%) Apache
9 1 (0.081%) nginx
9 1 (0.081%) WebSphere
Applications
1 215 (17.45%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.24%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.081%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.081%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.081%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.32%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.24%) assyst
3 1 (0.081%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 733 (59.50%) Microsoft 365
2 598 (48.54%) Azure
3 309 (25.08%) Entra ID
4 122 (9.90%) OneDrive
5 53 (4.30%) AWS
6 42 (3.41%) IaaS
7 27 (2.19%) Power Platform
7 27 (2.19%) SaaS
8 25 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (1.79%) Azure Storage
10 19 (1.54%) Mimecast
11 18 (1.46%) PaaS
12 17 (1.38%) Google Workspace
12 17 (1.38%) Power Automate
13 16 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (1.22%) Nutanix
14 15 (1.22%) WhatsApp
15 13 (1.06%) OCI
16 12 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (0.97%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 353 (28.65%) Firewall
2 301 (24.43%) DNS
3 205 (16.64%) DHCP
4 116 (9.42%) VPN
5 104 (8.44%) TCP/IP
6 92 (7.47%) WAN
7 87 (7.06%) VoIP
8 85 (6.90%) Broadband
9 77 (6.25%) 5G
9 77 (6.25%) LAN
9 77 (6.25%) Wireless
10 71 (5.76%) SAN
11 58 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
12 50 (4.06%) VLAN
13 37 (3.00%) Network Security
14 36 (2.92%) NAS
15 24 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
15 24 (1.95%) SD-WAN
16 18 (1.46%) FTP
16 18 (1.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 29 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (2.19%) Power BI
4 14 (1.14%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.06%) MySQL
6 9 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (0.73%) Oracle Database
6 9 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.49%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.49%) MariaDB
8 6 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.16%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.081%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (1.62%) Jenkins
2 19 (1.54%) Git
3 16 (1.30%) JIRA
4 10 (0.81%) Trac
5 9 (0.73%) MSI
6 6 (0.49%) GitLab
6 6 (0.49%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.32%) AdminStudio
7 4 (0.32%) Hudson
7 4 (0.32%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.081%) Chocolatey
General
1 342 (27.76%) Social Skills
2 145 (11.77%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 67 (5.44%) Finance
5 62 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (3.00%) Telecoms
8 31 (2.52%) Legal
9 27 (2.19%) Law
10 22 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.62%) Retail
12 12 (0.97%) Games
13 11 (0.89%) Back Office
13 11 (0.89%) Marketing
13 11 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.73%) Digital Economy
15 8 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.65%) Public Sector
16 6 (0.49%) Advertising
17 5 (0.41%) Banking
Job Titles
1 232 (18.83%) Support Engineer
2 223 (18.10%) IT Support
3 180 (14.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 173 (14.04%) Analyst
4 173 (14.04%) IT Engineer
5 137 (11.12%) Senior
6 130 (10.55%) IT Support Engineer
7 106 (8.60%) 2nd Line Support
8 91 (7.39%) 1st Line Support
9 89 (7.22%) 3rd Line Support
10 74 (6.01%) Support Analyst
11 73 (5.93%) IT Analyst
12 70 (5.68%) Technical Specialist
13 67 (5.44%) IT Technician
13 67 (5.44%) Linux Specialist
14 66 (5.36%) Infrastructure Support
14 66 (5.36%) Lead
15 64 (5.19%) Systems Engineer
16 61 (4.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 56 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.14%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.89%) .NET
2 11 (0.89%) LDAP
3 7 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.49%) CSS
4 6 (0.49%) HTML
4 6 (0.49%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.32%) Keycloak
5 4 (0.32%) LAMP
6 3 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.24%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.24%) FIDO
6 3 (0.24%) jQuery
6 3 (0.24%) OAuth
6 3 (0.24%) OpenID
6 3 (0.24%) React
6 3 (0.24%) SAML
6 3 (0.24%) WebAuthn
7 1 (0.081%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.081%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.44%) Social Media
2 64 (5.19%) Data Centre
2 64 (5.19%) Driving Licence
3 59 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (4.63%) PKI
5 44 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 42 (3.41%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.19%) Replication
8 20 (1.62%) CMDB
9 19 (1.54%) Clustering
10 17 (1.38%) NHS
10 17 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.22%) IoT
12 13 (1.06%) Smartphone
13 10 (0.81%) BYOD
13 10 (0.81%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (0.65%) CCTV
15 8 (0.65%) Client/Server
16 5 (0.41%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 937 (76.06%) Windows
2 526 (42.69%) Windows Server
3 304 (24.68%) Windows 10
4 199 (16.15%) Linux
5 129 (10.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 129 (10.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 93 (7.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 84 (6.82%) Windows 7
8 72 (5.84%) Ubuntu
9 59 (4.79%) Windows 8
10 43 (3.49%) Apple iOS
11 31 (2.52%) Mac OS
12 26 (2.11%) Android
13 17 (1.38%) Windows XP
14 16 (1.30%) VMS
15 14 (1.14%) Windows NT
16 11 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 11 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
17 10 (0.81%) CentOS
18 9 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (23.05%) ITIL
2 263 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
3 244 (19.81%) Customer Service
4 220 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 210 (17.05%) Cybersecurity
6 89 (7.22%) Service Management
7 81 (6.57%) DevOps
8 80 (6.49%) CRM
9 77 (6.25%) IT Strategy
9 77 (6.25%) Project Management
10 75 (6.09%) Artificial Intelligence
11 67 (5.44%) Technology Strategy
12 66 (5.36%) Problem Management
13 62 (5.03%) Change Management
14 61 (4.95%) Agile
15 58 (4.71%) Incident Management
15 58 (4.71%) Mentoring
16 57 (4.63%) Disaster Recovery
17 54 (4.38%) Service Delivery
18 42 (3.41%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 191 (15.50%) PowerShell
2 171 (13.88%) SQL
3 114 (9.25%) Bash
4 80 (6.49%) Python
5 34 (2.76%) VB
6 32 (2.60%) C#
7 21 (1.70%) VBScript
8 20 (1.62%) Perl
9 14 (1.14%) Bicep
10 10 (0.81%) ActionScript
11 8 (0.65%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.65%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.24%) PHP
14 1 (0.081%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 217 (17.61%) Security Cleared
2 176 (14.29%) Degree
3 138 (11.20%) SC Cleared
4 112 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 93 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 72 (5.84%) Cisco Certification
7 56 (4.55%) CCNA
8 46 (3.73%) MCP
9 36 (2.92%) A+ Certification
10 26 (2.11%) CCNP
11 25 (2.03%) MCSE
12 22 (1.79%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (1.30%) Azure Certification
15 16 (1.30%) HNC
16 15 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
17 14 (1.14%) MCSA
18 12 (0.97%) AWS Certification
19 9 (0.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (11.20%) SLA
2 29 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (2.11%) GDPR
4 20 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.22%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.16%) NIST
8 1 (0.081%) GRC
8 1 (0.081%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.081%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.081%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.081%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.081%) NCSC
8 1 (0.081%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.081%) QA
System Software
1 304 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 260 (21.10%) Hyper-V
3 66 (5.36%) XenApp
4 60 (4.87%) VMware ESXi
5 54 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
6 50 (4.06%) XenDesktop
7 47 (3.81%) VirtualBox
8 44 (3.57%) vSphere
9 37 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
10 30 (2.44%) Firmware
11 27 (2.19%) Docker
12 11 (0.89%) NFS
13 10 (0.81%) OpenSSH
13 10 (0.81%) pfSense
14 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
15 8 (0.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 5 (0.41%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.41%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
17 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 234 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 132 (10.71%) SCCM
3 81 (6.57%) WSUS
4 69 (5.60%) Jamf Pro
5 58 (4.71%) SCOM
6 52 (4.22%) vCenter Server
7 33 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 33 (2.68%) Kubernetes
8 25 (2.03%) Ansible
9 19 (1.54%) EMC NetWorker
9 19 (1.54%) NetBackup
10 17 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
11 16 (1.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 16 (1.30%) SCDPM
11 16 (1.30%) Terraform
12 15 (1.22%) FortiGate
13 14 (1.14%) Nessus
13 14 (1.14%) Sysprep
14 12 (0.97%) Grafana
14 12 (0.97%) IBM BigFix
Vendors
1 850 (68.99%) Microsoft
2 414 (33.60%) VMware
3 135 (10.96%) Citrix
4 122 (9.90%) Cisco
5 78 (6.33%) Veeam
6 67 (5.44%) CyberArk
6 67 (5.44%) Tanium
7 48 (3.90%) Apple
8 40 (3.25%) Dell
8 40 (3.25%) Juniper
9 32 (2.60%) Google
10 30 (2.44%) ServiceNow
11 27 (2.19%) Fortinet
11 27 (2.19%) Oracle
11 27 (2.19%) Palo Alto
12 25 (2.03%) HP
13 24 (1.95%) Draytek
14 21 (1.70%) Adobe
15 20 (1.62%) McAfee
15 20 (1.62%) Sophos