Active Directory Jobs in Birmingham

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 45 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 -22
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 144 117 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.32% 5.80% 5.99%
As % of the System Software category 57.60% 40.77% 38.40%
Number of salaries quoted 131 108 162
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,438 £32,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.88% -10.05%
75th Percentile £47,375 £56,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £56,250 £71,250 £66,000
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -6.25%

All System Software Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 250 287 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 9.23% 14.23% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 223 237 407
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £32,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,919 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Birmingham

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Birmingham

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Birmingham

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 41 (28.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (19.44%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.17%) IIS
4 3 (2.08%) Apache
4 3 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (2.08%) IBM Notes
4 3 (2.08%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.39%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 104 (72.22%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (56.25%) Azure
3 68 (47.22%) Entra ID
4 17 (11.81%) OneDrive
5 11 (7.64%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (6.25%) AWS
7 6 (4.17%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.47%) IaaS
8 5 (3.47%) SaaS
9 4 (2.78%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.08%) Azure Stack
10 3 (2.08%) DigitalOcean
11 2 (1.39%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.39%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.39%) OpenDNS
12 1 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.69%) GCP
12 1 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (36.81%) Firewall
2 41 (28.47%) DHCP
2 41 (28.47%) DNS
3 18 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 17 (11.81%) WAN
5 14 (9.72%) VLAN
6 12 (8.33%) PBX
6 12 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (7.64%) iSCSI
7 11 (7.64%) LAN
8 10 (6.94%) SAN
9 6 (4.17%) SNMP
9 6 (4.17%) Wireless
10 5 (3.47%) Unified Communications
11 4 (2.78%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (2.78%) NGFW
11 4 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (2.78%) SD-WAN
11 4 (2.78%) VPN
11 4 (2.78%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (2.78%) Power BI
4 3 (2.08%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 44 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 7 (4.86%) Police
5 5 (3.47%) Finance
5 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.78%) Law
6 4 (2.78%) Legal
7 3 (2.08%) Fire and Rescue
7 3 (2.08%) Local Government
7 3 (2.08%) Norwegian Language
8 2 (1.39%) French Language
8 2 (1.39%) Retail
9 1 (0.69%) Back Office
9 1 (0.69%) Front Office
9 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (27.08%) Support Engineer
2 28 (19.44%) IT Engineer
3 27 (18.75%) IT Support
4 22 (15.28%) Senior
5 19 (13.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
6 18 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (11.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 14 (9.72%) Analyst
8 14 (9.72%) IT Technician
9 13 (9.03%) 2nd Line Support
10 11 (7.64%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (6.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (6.25%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
12 9 (6.25%) Senior IT Support
12 9 (6.25%) Service Analyst
13 8 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 7 (4.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 7 (4.86%) Windows Server Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.39%) LAMP
1 2 (1.39%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.69%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.36%) Data Centre
2 20 (13.89%) Replication
3 10 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (6.25%) Private Cloud
5 7 (4.86%) Driving Licence
5 7 (4.86%) PKI
6 4 (2.78%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.39%) CCTV
8 2 (1.39%) EFT
8 2 (1.39%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.69%) Derivative
9 1 (0.69%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.69%) Tandem
9 1 (0.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 113 (78.47%) Windows
2 62 (43.06%) Windows Server
3 45 (31.25%) Windows 10
4 32 (22.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (13.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (13.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (5.56%) Linux
7 5 (3.47%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.78%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.78%) VMS
9 3 (2.08%) SUSE
9 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.39%) Unix
11 1 (0.69%) CentOS
11 1 (0.69%) Debian
11 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.69%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (21.53%) Customer Service
4 28 (19.44%) ITIL
5 27 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (10.42%) Presales
6 15 (10.42%) Software Licensing
7 14 (9.72%) Service Delivery
8 11 (7.64%) Incident Management
8 11 (7.64%) Security Operations
9 9 (6.25%) Line Management
10 8 (5.56%) Proactive Monitoring
10 8 (5.56%) Project Delivery
11 7 (4.86%) Agile
12 6 (4.17%) Change Management
12 6 (4.17%) Communications Security
12 6 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
12 6 (4.17%) Migration
12 6 (4.17%) Server Management
12 6 (4.17%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.64%) SQL
2 10 (6.94%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.08%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.08%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.08%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.69%) Bicep
4 1 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (9.72%) Degree
2 14 (9.72%) SC Cleared
2 14 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.25%) MCP
4 7 (4.86%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.78%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.78%) MCSA
6 2 (1.39%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.69%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.69%) CCNA
7 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.08%) SLA
3 2 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.39%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (27.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (26.39%) Hyper-V
3 20 (13.89%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (4.86%) vSphere
5 6 (4.17%) pfSense
6 5 (3.47%) NFS
7 2 (1.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (1.39%) Docker
7 2 (1.39%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 50 (34.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (17.36%) SCCM
3 3 (2.08%) Trend Micro Deep Security
4 2 (1.39%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.39%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.69%) Ansible
5 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.69%) Terraform
5 1 (0.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 103 (71.53%) Microsoft
2 55 (38.19%) VMware
3 32 (22.22%) Veeam
4 19 (13.19%) Cisco
5 17 (11.81%) Apple
6 15 (10.42%) Adobe
7 10 (6.94%) Citrix
7 10 (6.94%) Dell
8 9 (6.25%) Aruba
8 9 (6.25%) Fortinet
9 8 (5.56%) Sophos
10 7 (4.86%) HP
11 6 (4.17%) Google
12 5 (3.47%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (3.47%) WatchGuard
12 5 (3.47%) Zerto
13 4 (2.78%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (2.78%) Brocade
13 4 (2.78%) Dell Compellent
13 4 (2.78%) SolarWinds