Active Directory Job Trends in Canterbury

Microsoft Active Directory
Kent > Canterbury

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Canterbury requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Canterbury 3.85% - 17.39%
As % of the System Software category 16.67% - 88.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £45,250
75th Percentile - - £50,000
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +3.90%

All System Software Skills
Canterbury

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 Canterbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Canterbury 23.08% - 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £48,000
75th Percentile £46,250 - £50,000
90th Percentile - - £53,500
Kent median annual salary £34,750 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.13% -5.88% -2.30%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Canterbury

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Canterbury

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Canterbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canterbury 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) WatchGuard