Active Directory Jobs in Central London

Microsoft Active Directory
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 26 29
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 187 288 438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 7.36% 7.61% 8.27%
As % of the System Software category 57.72% 57.26% 41.95%
Number of salaries quoted 171 249 377
10th Percentile £32,250 £31,950 £30,950
25th Percentile £37,750 £39,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £79,050
London median annual salary £52,371 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.25% +5.00% -

All System Software Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 324 503 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.76% 13.30% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 268 448 918
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,750 £35,588
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £85,313 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Central London

Active Directory
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -7 149 £45,000 -17.05% 22
Camden -7 4 - -
West End of London -8 4 £39,000 -20.00% 2
Southwark -6 3 £52,242 +49.26%
Active Directory
London

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 84 (44.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (22.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.21%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (2.67%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.07%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.07%) IIS
5 2 (1.07%) Liferay
Applications
1 42 (22.46%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.07%) Acrobat
4 2 (1.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.14%) Elite 3E
2 2 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.07%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.53%) Eikon
3 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 130 (69.52%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (59.89%) Azure
3 70 (37.43%) Entra ID
4 24 (12.83%) OneDrive
5 21 (11.23%) AWS
6 11 (5.88%) Mimecast
7 10 (5.35%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.74%) Google Workspace
8 7 (3.74%) SaaS
9 6 (3.21%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.67%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.14%) IaaS
11 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.14%) PaaS
12 3 (1.60%) Azure AKS
12 3 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.83%) DNS
2 23 (12.30%) DHCP
2 23 (12.30%) LAN
3 20 (10.70%) WAN
4 15 (8.02%) Firewall
4 15 (8.02%) VLAN
5 13 (6.95%) VPN
6 11 (5.88%) TCP/IP
7 9 (4.81%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (4.28%) VoIP
8 8 (4.28%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (4.28%) Wireless
9 7 (3.74%) Network Security
9 7 (3.74%) WebEx
10 5 (2.67%) Kerberos
11 4 (2.14%) Internet
11 4 (2.14%) IPsec
11 4 (2.14%) NetScaler
11 4 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.60%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.53%) Power BI
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (3.21%) JIRA
2 2 (1.07%) Git
3 1 (0.53%) Eclipse
General
1 71 (37.97%) Social Skills
2 38 (20.32%) Finance
3 28 (14.97%) Law
4 22 (11.76%) Legal
5 20 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.67%) Games
8 4 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.60%) Retail
10 2 (1.07%) Back Office
10 2 (1.07%) Banking
10 2 (1.07%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (1.07%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.07%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.53%) Advertising
11 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (29.41%) Analyst
2 35 (18.72%) Support Analyst
3 34 (18.18%) IT Support
4 25 (13.37%) IT Analyst
5 24 (12.83%) Support Engineer
6 22 (11.76%) Desktop Support
7 20 (10.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (9.63%) IT Engineer
8 18 (9.63%) Service Analyst
9 17 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
10 16 (8.56%) Senior
11 15 (8.02%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (6.42%) Service Desk Analyst
13 11 (5.88%) Support Manager
14 10 (5.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 10 (5.35%) IT Support Engineer
15 9 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
16 8 (4.28%) Desktop Analyst
16 8 (4.28%) Desktop Manager
16 8 (4.28%) Desktop Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.21%) LDAP
1 6 (3.21%) SailPoint
2 5 (2.67%) JSON
2 5 (2.67%) OAuth
2 5 (2.67%) OpenID
2 5 (2.67%) SAML
3 2 (1.07%) CSS
3 2 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.07%) HTML
3 2 (1.07%) React
4 1 (0.53%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.70%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.35%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.81%) iPhone
5 6 (3.21%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.67%) PKI
6 5 (2.67%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.14%) CMDB
7 4 (2.14%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.14%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.14%) Mobile Games
8 3 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.07%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.07%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.53%) IoT
10 1 (0.53%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 151 (80.75%) Windows
2 67 (35.83%) Windows Server
3 60 (32.09%) Windows 10
4 25 (13.37%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (10.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (9.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (8.02%) Linux
8 11 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (5.35%) Windows 7
10 7 (3.74%) Apple iOS
11 4 (2.14%) Mac OS
11 4 (2.14%) Mac OS X
12 2 (1.07%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (27.81%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (20.86%) ITIL
3 35 (18.72%) Customer Service
4 28 (14.97%) Disaster Recovery
5 25 (13.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (12.30%) ITSM
7 17 (9.09%) Agile
8 16 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (8.56%) Project Management
9 15 (8.02%) Infrastructure Management
10 14 (7.49%) Asset Management
10 14 (7.49%) Identity Management
11 13 (6.95%) Incident Management
12 12 (6.42%) Change Management
12 12 (6.42%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (6.42%) People Management
13 11 (5.88%) Mentoring
13 11 (5.88%) Migration
13 11 (5.88%) Service Delivery
14 10 (5.35%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (26.74%) PowerShell
2 12 (6.42%) Python
3 10 (5.35%) SQL
4 2 (1.07%) C#
4 2 (1.07%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.07%) VB
5 1 (0.53%) Bash
5 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (21.39%) Degree
2 25 (13.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.81%) Azure Certification
3 9 (4.81%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.21%) A+ Certification
4 6 (3.21%) CISM
4 6 (3.21%) CISSP
5 5 (2.67%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.67%) MCSA
6 4 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.14%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.60%) MCP
8 2 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.07%) MCSE
9 1 (0.53%) ACSA
9 1 (0.53%) CCENT
9 1 (0.53%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.51%) SLA
2 7 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.07%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.07%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.07%) NIST
4 2 (1.07%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.07%) QA
4 2 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.07%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.53%) COBIT
5 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.53%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (19.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (5.88%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.60%) Docker
5 2 (1.07%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.53%) vSphere
6 1 (0.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 74 (39.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (17.65%) SCCM
3 16 (8.56%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (6.42%) Terraform
5 8 (4.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (4.28%) Ansible
6 5 (2.67%) QRadar
7 4 (2.14%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.60%) NetBackup
8 3 (1.60%) SCOM
8 3 (1.60%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.60%) WSUS
9 2 (1.07%) Nagios
10 1 (0.53%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.53%) DameWare
10 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.53%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 128 (68.45%) Microsoft
2 53 (28.34%) VMware
3 25 (13.37%) Citrix
4 19 (10.16%) ServiceNow
5 18 (9.63%) Cisco
6 17 (9.09%) HP
7 14 (7.49%) iManage
8 12 (6.42%) Apple
8 12 (6.42%) Intapp
9 8 (4.28%) Aderant
9 8 (4.28%) Google
10 7 (3.74%) Bloomberg
10 7 (3.74%) Meraki
10 7 (3.74%) Splunk
11 6 (3.21%) NetApp
11 6 (3.21%) SolarWinds
12 5 (2.67%) Sophos
13 4 (2.14%) Adobe
13 4 (2.14%) Mitel
13 4 (2.14%) Veeam