Active Directory Job Trends in Aberdeen

Microsoft Active Directory
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 2 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeen 1.69% 4.84% 7.79%
As % of the System Software category 33.33% 54.55% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile - £35,250 £45,000
25th Percentile - £47,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% +30.95%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £62,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £30,250 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -24.38% +2.56% +11.43%

All System Software Skills
Aberdeen

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Aberdeen.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6 11 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 5.08% 8.87% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 9
10th Percentile £40,000 - £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -
75th Percentile - £70,000 £58,750
90th Percentile - - £63,500
Scotland median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow