Active Directory Job Trends in Durham

Microsoft Active Directory
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham 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 18 17 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -13 +10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 16 23 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 6.93% 11.27% 17.05%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 71.88% 73.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 14
10th Percentile - £27,950 £29,675
25th Percentile £29,750 £38,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.50% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £52,700 £48,750
North East median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £32,750
% change year-on-year -17.33% +14.50% -12.67%

All System Software Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 24 32 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 10.39% 15.69% 23.26%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 22
10th Percentile - £30,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +11.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £56,000 £58,286 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 -
North East median annual salary £43,750 £52,500 £42,155
% change year-on-year -16.67% +24.54% -17.34%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Durham

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Durham over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Durham

Active Directory
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Durham region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Newton Aycliffe - 2 - -
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (25.00%) IIS
3 3 (18.75%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 3 (18.75%) SaaS
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Firewall
1 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 4 (25.00%) Internet
2 4 (25.00%) LAN
2 4 (25.00%) SAN
2 4 (25.00%) SSL
2 4 (25.00%) VoIP
2 4 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (6.25%) DHCP
3 1 (6.25%) DNS
3 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) IT Support
2 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) IT Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (12.50%) IT Technician
5 2 (12.50%) Support Technician
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Client/Server
2 4 (25.00%) Clustering
3 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Change Control
2 4 (25.00%) CRM
2 4 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 4 (25.00%) ITSM
2 4 (25.00%) Release Management
3 3 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity
5 1 (6.25%) Business Strategy
5 1 (6.25%) Change Management
5 1 (6.25%) Coaching
5 1 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.25%) High Availability
5 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.25%) Server Management
5 1 (6.25%) Storage Management
5 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (43.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (56.25%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) Atlassian
3 3 (18.75%) Forcepoint
3 3 (18.75%) Proofpoint
3 3 (18.75%) Zscaler
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco
4 2 (12.50%) Veeam
5 1 (6.25%) Dell
5 1 (6.25%) Dell Compellent
5 1 (6.25%) HP
5 1 (6.25%) Nimble Storage