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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 58 89
Rank change year-on-year -24 +31 +3
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 25 112 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.02% 3.61% 2.89%
As % of the System Software category 25.00% 36.72% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 20 102 57
10th Percentile £29,850 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,625 £29,750 £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 £53,375 £51,875 £44,096
90th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £51,650
South West median annual salary £33,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -10.67% +2.74% +4.29%

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 100 305 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 8.07% 9.84% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 73 272 222
10th Percentile £37,350 £28,050 £28,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £36,250 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -12.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £122,500 £87,500 £89,750
South West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -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 15 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 (24.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Azure
2 16 (64.00%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (44.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (24.00%) OneDrive
4 6 (24.00%) PaaS
4 6 (24.00%) SaaS
5 5 (20.00%) IaaS
6 4 (16.00%) AWS
6 4 (16.00%) Serverless
7 3 (12.00%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (4.00%) Mimecast
8 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (40.00%) Firewall
2 6 (24.00%) DHCP
2 6 (24.00%) DNS
3 4 (16.00%) Network Security
4 3 (12.00%) VLAN
5 2 (8.00%) Internet
5 2 (8.00%) LAN
5 2 (8.00%) VPN
5 2 (8.00%) WAN
6 1 (4.00%) BGP
6 1 (4.00%) Broadband
6 1 (4.00%) DMZ
6 1 (4.00%) EIGRP
6 1 (4.00%) OSPF
6 1 (4.00%) SAN
6 1 (4.00%) SSL
6 1 (4.00%) VoIP
6 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.00%) Wireless
6 1 (4.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Advertising
4 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) IT Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Automation Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Cloud Automation Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) IT Support
3 3 (12.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Security Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IT Support Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior IT Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior IT Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Senior IT Support
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (8.00%) Educational Technology
3 2 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (8.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.00%) CCTV
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.00%) Replication
4 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (20.00%) Linux
4 2 (8.00%) Android
4 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (8.00%) Unix
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 5 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (16.00%) Agile
5 4 (16.00%) Analytics
5 4 (16.00%) CI/CD
5 4 (16.00%) Configuration Management
5 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (16.00%) ITIL
5 4 (16.00%) Kanban
5 4 (16.00%) RBAC
5 4 (16.00%) Scrum
5 4 (16.00%) Web Filtering
6 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.00%) Python
3 2 (8.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.00%) PMP
2 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CCNA
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) MCP
3 1 (4.00%) MCSA
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) GDPR
2 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (8.00%) NIST
4 2 (8.00%) SLA
5 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.00%) vSphere
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (4.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.00%) SCCM
3 2 (8.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (4.00%) Ansible
4 1 (4.00%) Iperf
4 1 (4.00%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (44.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (12.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco
4 2 (8.00%) Nimble Storage
4 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.00%) Splunk
4 2 (8.00%) Veeam
4 2 (8.00%) Zscaler
5 1 (4.00%) Citrix
5 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.00%) Google
5 1 (4.00%) Meraki
5 1 (4.00%) Mitel
5 1 (4.00%) MobileIron
5 1 (4.00%) Ruckus Wireless
5 1 (4.00%) SonicWALL
5 1 (4.00%) Sun
5 1 (4.00%) Symantec