Active Directory Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 61 100
Rank change year-on-year +18 +39 -35
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,895 2,076 2,546
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.60% 4.99% 3.71%
As % of the System Software category 44.07% 33.63% 19.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,424 1,733 2,185
10th Percentile £27,825 £25,525 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,854 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £75,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,300 6,173 12,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.70% 14.85% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,431 4,562 7,605
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,874 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%

Active Directory
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory.

Active Directory salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Active Directory salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 524 (27.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 273 (14.41%) SharePoint
3 65 (3.43%) IIS
4 17 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.42%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2000
8 4 (0.21%) SAS
9 3 (0.16%) Apache
9 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.16%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.16%) JBoss
10 2 (0.11%) Confluence
10 2 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.053%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.053%) Moodle
11 1 (0.053%) Site Server
11 1 (0.053%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 195 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.16%) SPSS
5 2 (0.11%) CATIA
5 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.11%) NASTRAN
5 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.63%) NEC Housing
3 8 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.053%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,212 (63.96%) Azure
2 1,066 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
3 763 (40.26%) Entra ID
4 171 (9.02%) AWS
5 100 (5.28%) OneDrive
6 74 (3.91%) IaaS
7 67 (3.54%) Power Platform
8 55 (2.90%) SaaS
9 46 (2.43%) GCP
10 43 (2.27%) PaaS
11 40 (2.11%) Azure Storage
12 37 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
12 37 (1.95%) Nutanix
13 35 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (1.85%) Power Automate
14 34 (1.79%) PowerApps
15 32 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
16 31 (1.64%) GitHub
17 26 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 447 (23.59%) DNS
2 406 (21.42%) Firewall
3 329 (17.36%) DHCP
4 257 (13.56%) WAN
5 229 (12.08%) Broadband
6 220 (11.61%) 5G
7 209 (11.03%) LAN
8 184 (9.71%) VPN
9 147 (7.76%) SAN
10 125 (6.60%) TCP/IP
11 112 (5.91%) Wi-Fi
12 86 (4.54%) Internet
13 73 (3.85%) Wireless
14 72 (3.80%) VLAN
15 61 (3.22%) VoIP
16 60 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
17 58 (3.06%) SD-WAN
18 38 (2.01%) Network Security
19 30 (1.58%) NAS
20 29 (1.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (8.92%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.27%) Power BI
3 41 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 15 (0.79%) MySQL
7 15 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.74%) Oracle Database
9 13 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (0.58%) Redis
12 7 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.37%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.37%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.21%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.21%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.21%) PowerPivot
14 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (1.79%) JIRA
2 26 (1.37%) Git
3 19 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.79%) GitLab
5 10 (0.53%) Trac
6 7 (0.37%) CircleCI
6 7 (0.37%) git-flow
7 5 (0.26%) MSI
8 4 (0.21%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.21%) InstallShield
9 3 (0.16%) Moq
9 3 (0.16%) Postman
9 3 (0.16%) Selenium
9 3 (0.16%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 542 (28.60%) Social Skills
2 328 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
3 257 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 255 (13.46%) Finance
5 77 (4.06%) Law
6 72 (3.80%) Retail
7 65 (3.43%) Legal
7 65 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (3.27%) Public Sector
9 36 (1.90%) Banking
10 31 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 23 (1.21%) Games
13 18 (0.95%) German Language
14 14 (0.74%) Marketing
14 14 (0.74%) Police
15 13 (0.69%) Advertising
16 12 (0.63%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.63%) General Ledger
17 11 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 368 (19.42%) Senior
2 301 (15.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 254 (13.40%) Analyst
4 234 (12.35%) Support Engineer
5 225 (11.87%) IT Support
6 224 (11.82%) IT Engineer
7 214 (11.29%) Technical Specialist
8 210 (11.08%) Linux Specialist
9 134 (7.07%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 127 (6.70%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 127 (6.70%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (6.70%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 123 (6.49%) IT Support Engineer
12 120 (6.33%) IT Analyst
13 109 (5.75%) Support Analyst
14 105 (5.54%) 3rd Line Support
15 98 (5.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 96 (5.07%) 2nd Line Support
17 85 (4.49%) Consultant
17 85 (4.49%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.37%) .NET
2 21 (1.11%) ARM Templates
3 20 (1.06%) LDAP
4 17 (0.90%) OAuth
5 10 (0.53%) CSS
5 10 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
6 9 (0.47%) SailPoint
7 8 (0.42%) ASP.NET
7 8 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (0.42%) HTML
7 8 (0.42%) REST
8 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (0.37%) React
9 6 (0.32%) Entity Framework
9 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.32%) RESTful
9 6 (0.32%) SPFx
10 5 (0.26%) Middleware
10 5 (0.26%) SAML
10 5 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 217 (11.45%) Social Media
2 167 (8.81%) Data Centre
3 138 (7.28%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (4.75%) Driving Licence
5 80 (4.22%) Management Information System
6 76 (4.01%) Public Cloud
7 69 (3.64%) PKI
8 62 (3.27%) Onboarding
9 40 (2.11%) Clustering
10 34 (1.79%) Private Cloud
11 32 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
11 32 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
12 28 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
13 25 (1.32%) Replication
14 24 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.21%) Client/Server
16 21 (1.11%) iPad
17 20 (1.06%) IoT
18 17 (0.90%) Cyberattack
19 16 (0.84%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1,263 (66.65%) Windows
2 714 (37.68%) Windows Server
3 462 (24.38%) Linux
4 355 (18.73%) Windows 10
5 250 (13.19%) Ubuntu
6 150 (7.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 121 (6.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 113 (5.96%) Windows Server 2019
9 65 (3.43%) Windows 7
10 45 (2.37%) VMS
11 41 (2.16%) Apple iOS
12 40 (2.11%) Windows 8
13 30 (1.58%) Windows Server 2008
14 27 (1.42%) Android
14 27 (1.42%) Mac OS
14 27 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 21 (1.11%) Unix
16 9 (0.47%) Mac OS X
16 9 (0.47%) Windows NT
17 8 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (23.17%) Cybersecurity
2 402 (21.21%) ITIL
3 400 (21.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 272 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
5 261 (13.77%) CRM
6 242 (12.77%) Customer Service
7 228 (12.03%) IT Strategy
8 222 (11.72%) Artificial Intelligence
9 217 (11.45%) Technology Strategy
10 154 (8.13%) Agile
11 149 (7.86%) DevOps
12 127 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 126 (6.65%) Mentoring
14 113 (5.96%) Service Management
15 104 (5.49%) Migration
16 86 (4.54%) Change Management
17 85 (4.49%) Server Management
18 84 (4.43%) Project Management
19 83 (4.38%) Information Security
20 81 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 357 (18.84%) PowerShell
2 262 (13.83%) Bash
3 207 (10.92%) SQL
4 52 (2.74%) C#
5 50 (2.64%) Python
6 38 (2.01%) T-SQL
7 37 (1.95%) VB
8 33 (1.74%) VBScript
9 27 (1.42%) PL/SQL
10 20 (1.06%) Perl
11 15 (0.79%) Bicep
12 14 (0.74%) Java
12 14 (0.74%) JavaScript
13 9 (0.47%) ActionScript
14 8 (0.42%) Korn
14 8 (0.42%) Ruby
15 7 (0.37%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
17 4 (0.21%) VBA
18 3 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 233 (12.30%) Degree
2 179 (9.45%) Security Cleared
3 135 (7.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (5.12%) DV Cleared
5 93 (4.91%) SC Cleared
6 60 (3.17%) Azure Certification
7 43 (2.27%) MCP
8 28 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 23 (1.21%) MCSE
11 21 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
12 17 (0.90%) DBS Check
13 16 (0.84%) APMP
13 16 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.84%) MCSA
14 15 (0.79%) CCNA
15 14 (0.74%) PMI Certification
15 14 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 12 (0.63%) CISSP
16 12 (0.63%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.07%) SLA
2 57 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (0.95%) GDPR
5 14 (0.74%) NIST
6 12 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 12 (0.63%) SOC 2
7 9 (0.47%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.42%) GRC
9 7 (0.37%) QA
10 5 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.16%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.16%) WCAG
13 2 (0.11%) ITGC
13 2 (0.11%) PMO
14 1 (0.053%) GxP
System Software
1 411 (21.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 295 (15.57%) Hyper-V
3 94 (4.96%) VMware ESXi
4 82 (4.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 67 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
6 57 (3.01%) vSphere
7 56 (2.96%) Docker
8 48 (2.53%) XenApp
9 41 (2.16%) XenDesktop
10 30 (1.58%) VirtualBox
11 21 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
12 17 (0.90%) NFS
13 14 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
14 11 (0.58%) Firmware
14 11 (0.58%) Terminal Services
15 10 (0.53%) DFS Replication
15 10 (0.53%) pfSense
16 9 (0.47%) Forefront TMG
16 9 (0.47%) OpenSSH
16 9 (0.47%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 566 (29.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 217 (11.45%) Jamf Pro
3 183 (9.66%) SCCM
4 103 (5.44%) Ansible
5 91 (4.80%) WSUS
6 85 (4.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 79 (4.17%) Terraform
8 73 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
9 68 (3.59%) Kubernetes
10 65 (3.43%) vCenter Server
11 50 (2.64%) SCOM
12 26 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
13 24 (1.27%) ZABBIX
14 19 (1.00%) Grafana
15 18 (0.95%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 14 (0.74%) Puppet
17 12 (0.63%) CA Single Sign-On
17 12 (0.63%) FortiGate
17 12 (0.63%) Opsgenie
17 12 (0.63%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,339 (70.66%) Microsoft
2 603 (31.82%) VMware
3 223 (11.77%) CyberArk
4 210 (11.08%) Tanium
5 163 (8.60%) Cisco
6 152 (8.02%) Citrix
7 89 (4.70%) Apple
8 86 (4.54%) ServiceNow
9 78 (4.12%) Veeam
10 62 (3.27%) Meraki
11 53 (2.80%) Dell
12 50 (2.64%) HP
13 49 (2.59%) Adobe
14 46 (2.43%) SolarWinds
15 42 (2.22%) Fortinet
16 41 (2.16%) NetApp
17 37 (1.95%) Oracle
17 37 (1.95%) Red Hat
18 34 (1.79%) Commvault
19 31 (1.64%) Sophos