Active Directory Jobs in Durham

Microsoft Active Directory
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 9 31
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 -19
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 23 62 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 7.42% 13.96% 6.05%
As % of the System Software category 88.46% 78.48% 42.22%
Number of salaries quoted 9 36 15
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile - £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £33,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% -30.00% +18.75%
75th Percentile - £45,813 £52,188
90th Percentile £39,500 £47,500 £59,750
North East median annual salary £32,000 £33,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year -3.03% -8.97% +8.21%

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 26 79 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 8.39% 17.79% 14.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12 51 16
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile - £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% -21.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £50,440 £47,500 £51,406
90th Percentile £74,258 £57,500 £59,375
North East median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -21.05% +5.56%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Durham

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Durham

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Durham over the 6 months to 28 May 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 28 May 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
Darlington -1 5 £37,500 -16.67%
Hartlepool -1 4 £40,000 +45.45%
Stockton-on-Tees -2 4 - - 3
Peterlee - 2 £25,000 -
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (91.30%) Azure
2 13 (56.52%) Entra ID
3 10 (43.48%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Firewall
1 6 (26.09%) VPN
2 5 (21.74%) DHCP
2 5 (21.74%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) VoIP
4 1 (4.35%) LAN
4 1 (4.35%) VLAN
4 1 (4.35%) WAN
4 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Identity Management Specialist
1 13 (56.52%) Technology Specialist
2 7 (30.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (13.04%) IT Support
4 2 (8.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 2 (8.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 3 (13.04%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) ITIL
2 13 (56.52%) Identity Management
3 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
4 5 (21.74%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (21.74%) Patch Management
4 5 (21.74%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.70%) Asset Management
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.35%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) DBS Check
1 13 (56.52%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Hyper-V
1 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (21.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) VMware