Active Directory Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 54 58
Rank change year-on-year +21 +4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 544 370 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.90% 5.35% 5.19%
As % of the System Software category 45.30% 31.60% 29.89%
Number of salaries quoted 480 312 277
10th Percentile £25,225 £25,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,440 £28,750 £26,737
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,375 £66,750
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,201 1,171 1,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.02% 16.93% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 973 728 882
10th Percentile £27,370 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,050
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.09% +0.09%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Gloucestershire +45 158 £41,500 +23.88% 11
Bristol +30 113 £37,500 +25.00% 22
Wiltshire +3 94 £49,000 +15.29% 23
Somerset +24 60 £33,500 -17.28% 13
Devon -1 59 £40,000 +14.29% 5
Dorset -20 45 £37,000 -7.50% 8
Cornwall -16 12 £30,000 -11.76% 3
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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
1 151 (27.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (18.01%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.02%) SharePoint 2010
3 11 (2.02%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (1.10%) IIS
5 3 (0.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.55%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.55%) JBoss
5 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.37%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 69 (12.68%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 300 (55.15%) Microsoft 365
2 251 (46.14%) Azure
3 121 (22.24%) Entra ID
4 54 (9.93%) AWS
5 52 (9.56%) OneDrive
6 30 (5.51%) GCP
7 19 (3.49%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.31%) IaaS
9 17 (3.13%) PaaS
10 11 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.84%) SaaS
12 8 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.47%) Nutanix
12 8 (1.47%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.47%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.29%) Mimecast
14 6 (1.10%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.92%) OpenShift
16 3 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 93 (17.10%) DNS
2 86 (15.81%) LAN
3 78 (14.34%) DHCP
3 78 (14.34%) Firewall
3 78 (14.34%) WAN
4 65 (11.95%) TCP/IP
5 51 (9.38%) VPN
6 42 (7.72%) SAN
7 38 (6.99%) Wi-Fi
8 37 (6.80%) Wireless
9 26 (4.78%) VLAN
10 17 (3.13%) NAS
10 17 (3.13%) Network Security
10 17 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
11 12 (2.21%) IPsec
11 12 (2.21%) VoIP
11 12 (2.21%) VSAN
11 12 (2.21%) WLAN
12 10 (1.84%) Internet
12 10 (1.84%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.47%) MySQL
2 8 (1.47%) Power BI
3 5 (0.92%) RDBMS
3 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.37%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 3 (0.55%) GitLab
2 2 (0.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.18%) MSI
General
1 173 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 41 (7.54%) Finance
3 37 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
3 37 (6.80%) Public Sector
4 25 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (3.86%) Law
6 18 (3.31%) Legal
7 17 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.76%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.57%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.02%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.65%) Automotive
12 7 (1.29%) Military
13 6 (1.10%) Marketing
14 5 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
15 4 (0.74%) Banking
15 4 (0.74%) Publishing
16 3 (0.55%) Retail
17 2 (0.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 136 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 100 (18.38%) IT Engineer
2 100 (18.38%) IT Support
3 88 (16.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 75 (13.79%) Analyst
5 72 (13.24%) Senior
6 54 (9.93%) IT Support Engineer
7 51 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 46 (8.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 40 (7.35%) IT Technician
10 39 (7.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 37 (6.80%) Field Engineer
12 33 (6.07%) Service Analyst
13 32 (5.88%) Wintel Engineer
14 31 (5.70%) Support Technician
15 30 (5.51%) Desktop Support
16 29 (5.33%) Senior Wintel Engineer
16 29 (5.33%) Service Desk Analyst
17 28 (5.15%) IT Support Technician
18 26 (4.78%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.84%) JSON
2 6 (1.10%) ARM Templates
2 6 (1.10%) EJB
3 5 (0.92%) SAML
4 3 (0.55%) LDAP
5 2 (0.37%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.18%) OAuth
6 1 (0.18%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 84 (15.44%) Driving Licence
2 47 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.31%) Clustering
5 16 (2.94%) iPhone
6 12 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.21%) PKI
6 12 (2.21%) Smartphone
7 11 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.02%) Replication
8 9 (1.65%) Fat Client
8 9 (1.65%) Thin Client
9 7 (1.29%) CMDB
9 7 (1.29%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.92%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.92%) EMC VNX
11 5 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.74%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 418 (76.84%) Windows
2 229 (42.10%) Windows Server
3 136 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 65 (11.95%) Linux
5 50 (9.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 46 (8.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 39 (7.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (5.51%) Mac OS
9 28 (5.15%) Windows 7
10 19 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (2.94%) AIX
12 12 (2.21%) Android
12 12 (2.21%) Apple iOS
13 11 (2.02%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.74%) Unix
14 4 (0.74%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.74%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.55%) Solaris
16 2 (0.37%) Windows 2000
17 1 (0.18%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (23.35%) ITIL
2 108 (19.85%) Customer Service
3 98 (18.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 87 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (9.93%) Incident Management
6 52 (9.56%) Service Management
7 45 (8.27%) ITSM
8 42 (7.72%) Service Delivery
9 40 (7.35%) Change Management
9 40 (7.35%) Time Management
10 39 (7.17%) Mentoring
11 33 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
13 31 (5.70%) Project Delivery
14 28 (5.15%) Mobile Device Management
15 25 (4.60%) Information Security
16 22 (4.04%) Configuration Management
17 21 (3.86%) Customer Requirements
17 21 (3.86%) Disaster Recovery
17 21 (3.86%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 119 (21.88%) PowerShell
2 56 (10.29%) SQL
3 24 (4.41%) Python
4 19 (3.49%) Bash
5 8 (1.47%) Java
6 5 (0.92%) C#
7 2 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.18%) Go
8 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 145 (26.65%) Security Cleared
2 101 (18.57%) SC Cleared
3 67 (12.32%) DV Cleared
4 54 (9.93%) Degree
5 49 (9.01%) DBS Check
6 42 (7.72%) A+ Certification
7 39 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (4.78%) ITIL Certification
9 23 (4.23%) MCP
10 16 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (2.76%) MCSE
12 11 (2.02%) MCITP
12 11 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (1.10%) GIAC
13 6 (1.10%) MCSA
14 4 (0.74%) CCNA
14 4 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
15 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.55%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.64%) SLA
2 21 (3.86%) GDPR
3 9 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 131 (24.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 102 (18.75%) Hyper-V
3 24 (4.41%) vSphere
4 19 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (2.94%) XenDesktop
6 15 (2.76%) XenApp
7 10 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.29%) VMware Workstation
9 5 (0.92%) Docker
10 4 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.55%) Forefront TMG
12 2 (0.37%) Firmware
12 2 (0.37%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 114 (20.96%) SCCM
2 92 (16.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (3.13%) WSUS
4 14 (2.57%) vCenter Server
5 13 (2.39%) Backup Exec
6 12 (2.21%) NetBackup
7 10 (1.84%) Nagios
8 9 (1.65%) McAfee ePO
9 8 (1.47%) Kubernetes
9 8 (1.47%) SCVMM
10 6 (1.10%) Icinga
11 5 (0.92%) Ansible
11 5 (0.92%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (0.92%) OfficeScan
12 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 4 (0.74%) SCOM
12 4 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 373 (68.57%) Microsoft
2 173 (31.80%) VMware
3 51 (9.38%) Cisco
3 51 (9.38%) Citrix
4 42 (7.72%) HP
5 32 (5.88%) Google
6 28 (5.15%) Veeam
7 25 (4.60%) Oracle
7 25 (4.60%) SolarWinds
8 22 (4.04%) ServiceNow
9 21 (3.86%) Red Hat
10 19 (3.49%) Dell
11 17 (3.13%) McAfee
12 14 (2.57%) Aruba
13 13 (2.39%) Hitachi
13 13 (2.39%) NetApp
13 13 (2.39%) Veritas
14 12 (2.21%) Snow
15 11 (2.02%) iManage
15 11 (2.02%) Sophos