Active Directory Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 30 18
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 37 27 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 6.31% 5.99% 11.70%
As % of the System Software category 74.00% 27.27% 61.76%
Number of salaries quoted 34 20 41
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £24,625 £26,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -13.33% +2.74%
75th Percentile £37,875 £42,438 £51,500
90th Percentile £46,750 £55,125 £52,500
South West median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -13.75% +17.65%

All System Software Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 50 99 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 8.53% 21.95% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 45 43 60
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,563
25th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £52,500 £41,024
Median % change year-on-year -44.76% +27.97% +7.17%
75th Percentile £47,500 £71,250 £51,500
90th Percentile £58,250 £89,750 £58,750
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.14% +3.16%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Devon

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Devon over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Devon

Active Directory
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Devon region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Exeter +10 21 £25,000 -11.48% 9
Plymouth -4 12 £28,000 -10.40% 1
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 15 (40.54%) SharePoint
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 34 (91.89%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (62.16%) Azure
3 19 (51.35%) Entra ID
4 9 (24.32%) OneDrive
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (5.41%) Google Workspace
6 2 (5.41%) IaaS
6 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (37.84%) DHCP
1 14 (37.84%) DNS
2 6 (16.22%) VPN
3 4 (10.81%) Broadband
3 4 (10.81%) VLAN
4 3 (8.11%) Firewall
5 2 (5.41%) Internet
5 2 (5.41%) LAN
5 2 (5.41%) NAS
5 2 (5.41%) SAN
5 2 (5.41%) WAN
5 2 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (5.41%) Wireless
6 1 (2.70%) DMZ
6 1 (2.70%) IPsec
6 1 (2.70%) Network Security
6 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.70%) SSL
6 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.70%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Law
3 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Advertising
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.41%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (62.16%) IT Support
1 23 (62.16%) IT Support Technician
1 23 (62.16%) IT Technician
1 23 (62.16%) Support Technician
2 3 (8.11%) IT Engineer
3 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (5.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (5.41%) Lead
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Engineer
3 2 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (5.41%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 2 (5.41%) Team Leader
4 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (2.70%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Developer
4 1 (2.70%) Network Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Security Engineer
4 1 (2.70%) Senior
4 1 (2.70%) Senior Developer
4 1 (2.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) GraphQL
1 2 (5.41%) LDAP
1 2 (5.41%) OAuth
1 2 (5.41%) OpenID
1 2 (5.41%) REST
1 2 (5.41%) SAML
1 2 (5.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (40.54%) Onboarding
2 13 (35.14%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (27.03%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.41%) Cyberattack
4 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (86.49%) Windows
2 14 (37.84%) Windows 10
2 14 (37.84%) Windows Server
3 13 (35.14%) Apple iOS
4 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) ITIL
2 9 (24.32%) Customer Service
2 9 (24.32%) User Experience
3 6 (16.22%) Mentoring
4 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (8.11%) Cloud Security
6 3 (8.11%) Coaching
7 2 (5.41%) Change Control
7 2 (5.41%) Email Filtering
7 2 (5.41%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (5.41%) Platform Engineering
7 2 (5.41%) Programme Delivery
7 2 (5.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 2 (5.41%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.41%) Server Management
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (5.41%) Virtual Environments
7 2 (5.41%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.41%) Bash
2 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.70%) CCNA
2 1 (2.70%) CCNP
2 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) GDPR
1 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (8.11%) SLA
2 2 (5.41%) NCSC
2 2 (5.41%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (16.22%) SCCM
3 2 (5.41%) Terraform
3 2 (5.41%) WSUS
4 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.70%) Nessus
Vendors
1 26 (70.27%) Microsoft
2 9 (24.32%) VMware
3 4 (10.81%) Apple
3 4 (10.81%) Veeam
4 3 (8.11%) SolarWinds
4 3 (8.11%) Sophos
5 2 (5.41%) Clearswift
5 2 (5.41%) Datto
5 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.41%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.70%) Dell
6 1 (2.70%) HP
6 1 (2.70%) Tenable