Active Directory Job Trends in Bradford

Microsoft Active Directory
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 4 5 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Bradford 2.35% 6.85% 15.06%
As % of the System Software category 57.14% 100.00% 65.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 25
10th Percentile £33,275 - £25,000
25th Percentile £37,438 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £30,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.33% +3.45% -10.77%
75th Percentile £43,250 £35,000 £30,938
90th Percentile - - £36,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -18.75%

All System Software Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 7 5 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bradford 4.12% 6.85% 22.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 33
10th Percentile £34,200 - £25,150
25th Percentile £39,750 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £30,000 £29,625
Median % change year-on-year +38.33% +1.27% -8.85%
75th Percentile £43,250 £35,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £56,300 - £57,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% -8.79%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Bradford

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Bradford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford 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 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) FMCG
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Patch Management
1 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Sophos