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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 50 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 -19
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 145 108 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.32% 5.43% 6.02%
As % of the System Software category 58.23% 39.13% 38.68%
Number of salaries quoted 132 100 163
10th Percentile £25,550 £25,000 £26,350
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,438 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +5.88% -10.05%
75th Percentile £47,313 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £56,075 £71,250 £66,000
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £38,288
% change year-on-year -6.67% -2.06% -4.28%

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 249 276 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 9.13% 13.88% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 223 225 406
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,750 £41,553
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% -5.68%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £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 5 May 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 42 (28.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (19.31%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.14%) IIS
4 3 (2.07%) Apache
4 3 (2.07%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (2.07%) IBM Notes
4 3 (2.07%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 106 (73.10%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (56.55%) Azure
3 70 (48.28%) Entra ID
4 17 (11.72%) OneDrive
5 10 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (6.21%) AWS
7 6 (4.14%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.45%) IaaS
8 5 (3.45%) SaaS
9 4 (2.76%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.07%) DigitalOcean
11 2 (1.38%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.38%) Azure Stack
11 2 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.38%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.38%) OpenDNS
12 1 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.69%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (36.55%) Firewall
2 42 (28.97%) DHCP
2 42 (28.97%) DNS
3 18 (12.41%) TCP/IP
4 17 (11.72%) WAN
5 14 (9.66%) PBX
5 14 (9.66%) VLAN
6 12 (8.28%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (7.59%) iSCSI
7 11 (7.59%) LAN
8 9 (6.21%) SAN
9 7 (4.83%) Wireless
10 6 (4.14%) SNMP
11 5 (3.45%) Unified Communications
11 5 (3.45%) VPN
12 4 (2.76%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (2.76%) NGFW
12 4 (2.76%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (2.76%) SD-WAN
12 4 (2.76%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (2.76%) Power BI
4 3 (2.07%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 46 (31.72%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.28%) Telecoms
4 8 (5.52%) Police
5 6 (4.14%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.45%) Finance
7 4 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.76%) Law
7 4 (2.76%) Legal
8 3 (2.07%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (2.07%) Local Government
8 3 (2.07%) Norwegian Language
9 2 (1.38%) French Language
9 2 (1.38%) Retail
10 1 (0.69%) Back Office
10 1 (0.69%) Front Office
10 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (28.28%) Support Engineer
2 28 (19.31%) IT Engineer
3 27 (18.62%) IT Support
4 22 (15.17%) Senior
5 18 (12.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (12.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (11.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 17 (11.72%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (10.34%) Analyst
8 14 (9.66%) 2nd Line Support
8 14 (9.66%) IT Technician
9 11 (7.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (6.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 9 (6.21%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.21%) Infrastructure Manager
11 9 (6.21%) Senior IT Support
11 9 (6.21%) Service Analyst
12 7 (4.83%) 1st Line Support
12 7 (4.83%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) LAMP
1 2 (1.38%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.69%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.55%) Data Centre
2 21 (14.48%) Replication
3 10 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (6.21%) Private Cloud
5 7 (4.83%) Driving Licence
5 7 (4.83%) PKI
6 4 (2.76%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.38%) CCTV
8 2 (1.38%) EFT
8 2 (1.38%) 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
Operating Systems
1 115 (79.31%) Windows
2 63 (43.45%) Windows Server
3 48 (33.10%) Windows 10
4 35 (24.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (13.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (13.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (4.83%) Linux
7 5 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.76%) VMS
9 3 (2.07%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.38%) SUSE
10 2 (1.38%) Unix
10 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2003
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 41 (28.28%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (24.83%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (21.38%) Customer Service
4 28 (19.31%) ITIL
5 26 (17.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (10.34%) Presales
6 15 (10.34%) Software Licensing
7 14 (9.66%) Service Delivery
8 12 (8.28%) Incident Management
9 11 (7.59%) Security Operations
10 9 (6.21%) Line Management
11 8 (5.52%) Proactive Monitoring
11 8 (5.52%) Project Delivery
12 7 (4.83%) Agile
13 6 (4.14%) Change Management
13 6 (4.14%) Communications Security
13 6 (4.14%) Infrastructure Management
13 6 (4.14%) Migration
13 6 (4.14%) Server Management
13 6 (4.14%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.59%) SQL
2 10 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.07%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.07%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.07%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.69%) Bicep
4 1 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (11.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (9.66%) Degree
2 14 (9.66%) SC Cleared
2 14 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.21%) MCP
4 8 (5.52%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.76%) MCSA
6 2 (1.38%) 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 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.07%) SLA
3 2 (1.38%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.38%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (28.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (26.90%) Hyper-V
3 22 (15.17%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (4.83%) vSphere
5 6 (4.14%) pfSense
6 5 (3.45%) NFS
7 3 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.38%) Docker
8 2 (1.38%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 50 (34.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (18.62%) SCCM
3 2 (1.38%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.38%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 2 (1.38%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.69%) Ansible
4 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.69%) Terraform
4 1 (0.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 102 (70.34%) Microsoft
2 57 (39.31%) VMware
3 33 (22.76%) Veeam
4 19 (13.10%) Cisco
5 17 (11.72%) Apple
6 16 (11.03%) Adobe
7 10 (6.90%) Dell
8 9 (6.21%) Citrix
8 9 (6.21%) Fortinet
9 8 (5.52%) Aruba
9 8 (5.52%) Sophos
10 7 (4.83%) HP
11 6 (4.14%) Google
12 5 (3.45%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (3.45%) WatchGuard
12 5 (3.45%) Zerto
13 4 (2.76%) Acronis
13 4 (2.76%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (2.76%) Dell Compellent
13 4 (2.76%) QNAP