Active Directory Jobs in the City of London

Microsoft Active Directory
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 29 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +25
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 147 250 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 7.26% 7.50% 8.06%
As % of the System Software category 57.65% 56.05% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 133 209 312
10th Percentile £34,200 £31,650 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £69,000 £72,500 £69,050
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £78,750
Central London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.31% +4.50%

All System Software Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 255 446 906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 12.60% 13.37% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 215 391 786
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% -3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £106,250 £109,375
Central London median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.62% -7.14% -3.45%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the City of London

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the City of London

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the City of London

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 60 (40.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (23.13%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.40%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (2.72%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.36%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.36%) Liferay
6 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (23.13%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) Elite 3E
2 3 (2.04%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.68%) Eikon
4 1 (0.68%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 92 (62.59%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (53.74%) Azure
3 54 (36.73%) Entra ID
4 19 (12.93%) OneDrive
5 13 (8.84%) AWS
6 10 (6.80%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (5.44%) Google Workspace
7 8 (5.44%) Mimecast
8 5 (3.40%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.40%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.72%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.72%) Nutanix
10 3 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (2.04%) IaaS
10 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.04%) PaaS
10 3 (2.04%) SaaS
11 1 (0.68%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.61%) DNS
2 19 (12.93%) DHCP
3 14 (9.52%) Structured Cabling
4 13 (8.84%) VLAN
4 13 (8.84%) VPN
5 12 (8.16%) LAN
6 11 (7.48%) WAN
7 10 (6.80%) Firewall
8 9 (6.12%) WebEx
9 8 (5.44%) Network Security
9 8 (5.44%) Wireless
10 7 (4.76%) TCP/IP
11 5 (3.40%) Kerberos
11 5 (3.40%) SSL
11 5 (3.40%) VoIP
11 5 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (2.72%) IPsec
12 4 (2.72%) NetScaler
12 4 (2.72%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (2.04%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.12%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.72%) JIRA
2 2 (1.36%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 61 (41.50%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.37%) Finance
3 18 (12.24%) Law
4 14 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.76%) Legal
7 4 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.04%) Banking
9 2 (1.36%) Back Office
9 2 (1.36%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.36%) Retail
10 1 (0.68%) Advertising
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Games
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (23.13%) Analyst
2 25 (17.01%) Desktop Support
3 23 (15.65%) Support Engineer
4 21 (14.29%) Support Analyst
5 20 (13.61%) IT Support
6 17 (11.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (11.56%) Senior
7 16 (10.88%) Support Manager
8 15 (10.20%) IT Engineer
9 13 (8.84%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (8.84%) Desktop Manager
9 13 (8.84%) Desktop Support Manager
9 13 (8.84%) IT Analyst
10 11 (7.48%) Service Analyst
11 10 (6.80%) Administrator
12 9 (6.12%) IT Support Analyst
12 9 (6.12%) Service Desk Analyst
13 8 (5.44%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
13 8 (5.44%) IT Support Engineer
14 7 (4.76%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.08%) LDAP
1 6 (4.08%) SailPoint
2 5 (3.40%) JSON
2 5 (3.40%) OAuth
2 5 (3.40%) OpenID
2 5 (3.40%) SAML
3 2 (1.36%) CSS
3 2 (1.36%) HTML
3 2 (1.36%) React
4 1 (0.68%) .NET
4 1 (0.68%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.84%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.40%) PKI
5 4 (2.72%) iPhone
5 4 (2.72%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.04%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.36%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.36%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.68%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.68%) IoT
8 1 (0.68%) iPad
8 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.68%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 126 (85.71%) Windows
2 50 (34.01%) Windows 10
3 49 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 19 (12.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (8.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (7.48%) Linux
8 8 (5.44%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (4.08%) Windows 7
10 5 (3.40%) Apple iOS
11 4 (2.72%) Mac OS X
12 2 (1.36%) Android
12 2 (1.36%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (24.49%) ITIL
3 25 (17.01%) Customer Service
4 24 (16.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (14.97%) ITSM
6 20 (13.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (10.88%) Agile
9 15 (10.20%) Project Management
10 13 (8.84%) People Management
11 12 (8.16%) Identity Management
12 10 (6.80%) Business Continuity
12 10 (6.80%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (6.80%) Infrastructure Management
12 10 (6.80%) Mentoring
12 10 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (6.12%) Asset Management
14 8 (5.44%) Identity Access Management
15 7 (4.76%) Incident Management
15 7 (4.76%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.17%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.12%) SQL
3 8 (5.44%) Python
4 2 (1.36%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.68%) Bash
5 1 (0.68%) PHP
5 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (25.85%) Degree
2 21 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (5.44%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 6 (4.08%) CISM
5 6 (4.08%) CISSP
6 5 (3.40%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.40%) MCSA
7 4 (2.72%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.72%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.36%) MCP
9 2 (1.36%) MCSE
10 1 (0.68%) CCNA
10 1 (0.68%) CCSP
10 1 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (21.09%) SLA
2 4 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.36%) ISO 22301
3 2 (1.36%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.36%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.36%) QA
3 2 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.36%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.68%) COBIT
4 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) NCSC
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (23.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.36%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 56 (38.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (17.69%) SCCM
3 17 (11.56%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (7.48%) Terraform
5 5 (3.40%) Ansible
5 5 (3.40%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (3.40%) QRadar
6 4 (2.72%) SCOM
6 4 (2.72%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.04%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.04%) WSUS
8 2 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.68%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.68%) DameWare
9 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.68%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.68%) Plesk
9 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 105 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 43 (29.25%) VMware
3 22 (14.97%) Citrix
4 18 (12.24%) Cisco
5 14 (9.52%) HP
6 12 (8.16%) Apple
6 12 (8.16%) ServiceNow
7 7 (4.76%) Google
8 6 (4.08%) Bloomberg
8 6 (4.08%) Meraki
8 6 (4.08%) SolarWinds
9 5 (3.40%) NetApp
9 5 (3.40%) Sophos
9 5 (3.40%) Splunk
9 5 (3.40%) Veeam
10 4 (2.72%) FactSet
10 4 (2.72%) iManage
10 4 (2.72%) Mitel
10 4 (2.72%) Zscaler
11 3 (2.04%) Okta