Active Directory Jobs in Bristol

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 78 50 93
Rank change year-on-year -28 +43 +5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 20 126 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.69% 3.84% 2.86%
As % of the System Software category 22.73% 41.31% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 18 107 52
10th Percentile £30,525 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £38,938 £28,375 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +25.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £52,188 £50,000 £41,125
90th Percentile £58,625 £55,000 £49,975
South West median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +1.35% +5.71%

All System Software Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 88 305 391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 7.43% 9.30% 15.54%
Number of salaries quoted 68 262 218
10th Percentile £37,600 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £52,500 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -16.33% +4.58%
75th Percentile £94,083 £72,433 £78,491
90th Percentile £123,250 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% - -4.76%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Bristol

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Bristol

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Bristol

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Bristol

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (85.00%) Azure
2 14 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (45.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (20.00%) AWS
4 4 (20.00%) IaaS
4 4 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 4 (20.00%) PaaS
4 4 (20.00%) SaaS
5 2 (10.00%) Serverless
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) DHCP
2 4 (20.00%) DNS
2 4 (20.00%) Network Security
3 3 (15.00%) LAN
3 3 (15.00%) VLAN
3 3 (15.00%) WAN
4 2 (10.00%) Internet
4 2 (10.00%) SAN
4 2 (10.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (10.00%) VPN
4 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (10.00%) Wireless
5 1 (5.00%) BGP
5 1 (5.00%) Broadband
5 1 (5.00%) OSPF
5 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (5.00%) SSL
5 1 (5.00%) VoIP
5 1 (5.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Advertising
3 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Senior
3 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) IT Support
4 3 (15.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Cloud Automation Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (10.00%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior IT Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior IT Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Senior IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Educational Technology
2 2 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.00%) CCTV
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 7 (35.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (10.00%) Android
3 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (10.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (30.00%) Business Continuity
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.00%) IT Strategy
4 3 (15.00%) ITSM
4 3 (15.00%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (15.00%) Migration
4 3 (15.00%) Network Design
4 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (15.00%) Server Management
5 2 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (10.00%) Email Filtering
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (10.00%) Patch Management
5 2 (10.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (10.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.00%) CCNA
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.00%) MCP
2 1 (5.00%) MCSA
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) GDPR
2 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (10.00%) NIST
3 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) XenApp
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (5.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (15.00%) SCCM
3 2 (10.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (5.00%) Ansible
4 1 (5.00%) Iperf
4 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (40.00%) VMware
3 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco
4 2 (10.00%) Citrix
5 1 (5.00%) Aruba
5 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.00%) Meraki
5 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.00%) Ruckus Wireless
5 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (5.00%) SonicWALL
5 1 (5.00%) Sun