Active Directory Jobs in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 26 48
Rank change year-on-year -5 +22 -32
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 25 25 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 4.37% 5.34% 5.45%
As % of the System Software category 56.82% 69.44% 38.37%
Number of salaries quoted 23 18 33
10th Percentile - - £34,071
25th Percentile £32,750 £21,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,400 £26,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.45% -41.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53,125 £31,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,000 £33,750 £74,000
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £31,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% -17.33% -1.32%

All System Software Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 44 36 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.69% 7.69% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 32 28 75
10th Percentile £32,750 £21,250 £36,814
25th Percentile £33,237 £24,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £32,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.44% -46.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £55,625 £62,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,900 £68,375 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% +3.33%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Bedfordshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Bedfordshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Bedfordshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Luton +16 16 £47,500 - 13
Bedford -1 2 £39,950 +50.75%
Leighton Buzzard -8 1 - - 3
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 15 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.00%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (68.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (32.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (28.00%) Azure
4 6 (24.00%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (20.00%) AWS
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
6 1 (4.00%) PaaS
6 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (52.00%) DHCP
1 13 (52.00%) DNS
2 12 (48.00%) Firewall
3 7 (28.00%) Network Security
4 6 (24.00%) NGFW
4 6 (24.00%) SD-WAN
4 6 (24.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (24.00%) WAN
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (4.00%) LAN
5 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (4.00%) SAN
5 1 (4.00%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (4.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (4.00%) VoIP
5 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Advertising
2 5 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.00%) Aviation
3 2 (8.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Security Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) AWS Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) IT Support
3 4 (16.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Support
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IT Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Platform Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Data Centre
1 6 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.00%) CSOC
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (76.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.00%) Linux
3 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.00%) Android
4 1 (4.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) Incident Management
3 6 (24.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (24.00%) Computer Forensics
3 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (24.00%) Identity Management
3 6 (24.00%) Incident Response
3 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (24.00%) Malware Analysis
3 6 (24.00%) SIEM
4 5 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (12.00%) ITIL
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
6 2 (8.00%) Change Management
6 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.00%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (8.00%) User Experience
6 2 (8.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) SCCM
2 1 (4.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) Citrix
2 7 (28.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco
3 2 (8.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) Ab Initio
4 1 (4.00%) arcserve
4 1 (4.00%) Aruba
4 1 (4.00%) Avaya
4 1 (4.00%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (4.00%) Dell
4 1 (4.00%) Forcepoint
4 1 (4.00%) Linksys
4 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto