Active Directory Engineer Jobs

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer salary in the UK is £51,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 952 1141
Rank change year-on-year +82 +189 -345
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 41 47 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.045% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.050% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 26 36 64
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £26,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £51,250 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -12.77% +46.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £62,250 £58,750 £109,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £25,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +76.00% -47.37% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Active Directory Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +86 37 £51,750 +25.45% 3
UK excluding London -7 23 £44,000 +76.00% 2
London +114 16 £55,000 +0.46% 1
Midlands +21 10 £47,500 +13.10%
West Midlands +23 9 £47,500 +13.10%
East of England +29 8 £30,000 -
Work from Home +69 6 £53,500 +1.90% 2
North of England +37 3 £25,500 -53.64%
North West +13 3 £25,500 -53.64%
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East Midlands -15 1 £44,000 -

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Active Directory Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (87.80%) Active Directory
2 25 (60.98%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (53.66%) Windows
4 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
5 15 (36.59%) Azure
6 14 (34.15%) Windows Server
7 13 (31.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (29.27%) VMware
9 11 (26.83%) Hyper-V
10 9 (21.95%) ServiceNow
11 8 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
11 8 (19.51%) Degree
11 8 (19.51%) SCCM
11 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
12 7 (17.07%) Customer Service
12 7 (17.07%) Windows 10
12 7 (17.07%) DNS
12 7 (17.07%) Entra ID
12 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Intune
13 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
13 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
13 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
13 6 (14.63%) ITIL
13 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
13 6 (14.63%) VPN
13 6 (14.63%) Finance
13 6 (14.63%) Firewall
13 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2016
14 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2019

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Simulink
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 25 (60.98%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (36.59%) Azure
3 7 (17.07%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.32%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.88%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.44%) AWS
6 1 (2.44%) IaaS
6 1 (2.44%) SaaS
6 1 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.07%) DNS
2 6 (14.63%) Firewall
2 6 (14.63%) VPN
3 4 (9.76%) DHCP
4 3 (7.32%) VLAN
5 2 (4.88%) SAN
6 1 (2.44%) IPv4
6 1 (2.44%) IPv6
6 1 (2.44%) NAS
6 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (31.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.88%) Automotive
5 2 (4.88%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) ADSI
1 1 (2.44%) OAuth
1 1 (2.44%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Virtual Team
2 3 (7.32%) Replication
3 2 (4.88%) PKI
4 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 22 (53.66%) Windows
2 14 (34.15%) Windows Server
3 7 (17.07%) Windows 10
4 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.44%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.44%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) Customer Service
2 6 (14.63%) ITIL
2 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (12.20%) Migration
3 5 (12.20%) Service Delivery
3 5 (12.20%) Validation
4 4 (9.76%) Application Packaging
4 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (9.76%) Project Management
5 3 (7.32%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (7.32%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (7.32%) Requirements Management
5 3 (7.32%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (7.32%) Ticket Management
6 2 (4.88%) CI/CD
6 2 (4.88%) Data Acquisition
6 2 (4.88%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 2 (4.88%) Project Delivery
6 2 (4.88%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) C
2 2 (4.88%) MATLAB
2 2 (4.88%) Python
2 2 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
2 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CISSP
5 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.44%) MCSA
5 1 (2.44%) MCSE
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (87.80%) Active Directory
2 11 (26.83%) Hyper-V
3 8 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (9.76%) vSphere
5 2 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.44%) DFS Replication
6 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) SCCM
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.32%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.44%) SCOM
4 1 (2.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (29.27%) VMware
3 9 (21.95%) ServiceNow
4 3 (7.32%) Palo Alto
4 3 (7.32%) SonicWALL
4 3 (7.32%) Sophos
4 3 (7.32%) Veeam
5 2 (4.88%) Aruba
5 2 (4.88%) N-able
5 2 (4.88%) Sun
6 1 (2.44%) Agilent
6 1 (2.44%) Apple
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco
6 1 (2.44%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.44%) HP
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle
6 1 (2.44%) Workday