Active Directory Jobs in the East Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 26 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 124 217 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.09% 7.25% 8.96%
As % of the System Software category 38.99% 46.37% 53.23%
Number of salaries quoted 105 168 289
10th Percentile £23,350 £24,775 £21,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,438 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £56,500 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,000 £55,000 £55,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £41,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +1.22% +5.13% -6.02%

All System Software Skills
East Midlands

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 318 468 588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 18.17% 15.63% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 239 331 465
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the East Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the East Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the East Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
Leicestershire -24 36 £40,000 +23.08% 18
Northamptonshire +8 32 £50,000 +21.95% 11
Derbyshire +23 29 £30,000 -14.38% 23
Nottinghamshire +24 11 £57,500 +27.78% 19
Lincolnshire +14 11 £32,500 +20.37% 18
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 12 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.06%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.61%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 67 (54.03%) Azure
2 64 (51.61%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (20.16%) Entra ID
4 17 (13.71%) AWS
5 13 (10.48%) GCP
6 9 (7.26%) IaaS
6 9 (7.26%) Mimecast
7 7 (5.65%) Nutanix
8 6 (4.84%) OneDrive
9 5 (4.03%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.42%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.61%) PaaS
11 2 (1.61%) SaaS
12 1 (0.81%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (37.10%) DHCP
1 46 (37.10%) DNS
2 31 (25.00%) Firewall
3 25 (20.16%) WAN
4 22 (17.74%) TCP/IP
4 22 (17.74%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (15.32%) VLAN
6 13 (10.48%) LAN
6 13 (10.48%) Wireless
7 12 (9.68%) SD-WAN
8 9 (7.26%) VoIP
9 7 (5.65%) Internet
9 7 (5.65%) VPN
10 6 (4.84%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (4.84%) SAN
11 3 (2.42%) FTP
11 3 (2.42%) Network Security
11 3 (2.42%) SMTP
12 2 (1.61%) MPLS
12 2 (1.61%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.81%) MS Access
3 1 (0.81%) MySQL
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
General
1 25 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.87%) Retail
3 8 (6.45%) Law
4 6 (4.84%) Manufacturing
4 6 (4.84%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.03%) Finance
5 5 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.42%) Banking
6 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.61%) Legal
8 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (19.35%) IT Support
2 19 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 18 (14.52%) IT Engineer
4 17 (13.71%) Support Engineer
5 12 (9.68%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (8.06%) Senior
7 9 (7.26%) Administrator
7 9 (7.26%) IT Manager
8 8 (6.45%) Analyst
8 8 (6.45%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (5.65%) Security Engineer
10 6 (4.84%) IT Analyst
10 6 (4.84%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (4.84%) Network Manager
10 6 (4.84%) Service Desk Support
10 6 (4.84%) Support Analyst
11 5 (4.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 5 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (4.03%) IT Technician
11 5 (4.03%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.42%) YAML
2 1 (0.81%) .NET
2 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.81%) Akka.NET
2 1 (0.81%) REST
2 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.71%) Driving Licence
2 11 (8.87%) PKI
3 8 (6.45%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.45%) Virtual Team
4 5 (4.03%) Clustering
4 5 (4.03%) Replication
5 4 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.61%) IoT
6 2 (1.61%) iPhone
6 2 (1.61%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.81%) Handset
7 1 (0.81%) iPad
7 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 99 (79.84%) Windows
2 64 (51.61%) Windows Server
3 17 (13.71%) Windows Server 2016
3 17 (13.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 16 (12.90%) Apple iOS
5 13 (10.48%) Android
5 13 (10.48%) Windows 10
6 9 (7.26%) Mac OS
7 8 (6.45%) Linux
8 5 (4.03%) Windows 2000
8 5 (4.03%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (4.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (3.23%) CentOS
10 2 (1.61%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (18.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (13.71%) Customer Service
4 12 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (8.06%) Business Strategy
5 10 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (7.26%) Computer Science
6 9 (7.26%) Customer Requirements
7 8 (6.45%) Problem Management
7 8 (6.45%) Project Delivery
7 8 (6.45%) Roadmaps
8 7 (5.65%) Business Continuity
8 7 (5.65%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (5.65%) Preventative Maintenance
8 7 (5.65%) Software Deployment
9 6 (4.84%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (4.84%) Kalman Filter
9 6 (4.84%) SIEM
9 6 (4.84%) Time Management
9 6 (4.84%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.19%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.26%) SQL
3 5 (4.03%) Bash
4 2 (1.61%) Python
5 1 (0.81%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (16.13%) Degree
1 20 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.29%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.84%) DBS Check
6 5 (4.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (4.03%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (3.23%) MCSA
8 3 (2.42%) MBCS
8 3 (2.42%) MCP
8 3 (2.42%) MCSE
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.81%) CCNA
9 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.03%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (4.03%) RMADS
3 4 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.42%) NCSC
4 3 (2.42%) NIST
5 1 (0.81%) GDPR
5 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (23.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (22.58%) Hyper-V
3 9 (7.26%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (4.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (4.03%) Firmware
5 5 (4.03%) vSphere
6 3 (2.42%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.61%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.81%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 24 (19.35%) SCCM
2 20 (16.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (7.26%) WSUS
4 8 (6.45%) vCenter Server
5 7 (5.65%) McAfee ePO
6 6 (4.84%) PaperCut
6 6 (4.84%) SmoothWall
7 5 (4.03%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (4.03%) Kubernetes
7 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (4.03%) Nessus
7 5 (4.03%) Terraform
8 2 (1.61%) Ansible
8 2 (1.61%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (46.77%) Microsoft
2 46 (37.10%) VMware
3 19 (15.32%) Cisco
4 18 (14.52%) Meraki
5 14 (11.29%) Google
6 9 (7.26%) Citrix
6 9 (7.26%) SolarWinds
7 7 (5.65%) HP
7 7 (5.65%) McAfee
7 7 (5.65%) Nasuni
7 7 (5.65%) Rapid7
8 6 (4.84%) Apple
9 5 (4.03%) AlienVault
9 5 (4.03%) Oracle
9 5 (4.03%) Sophos
9 5 (4.03%) Symantec
9 5 (4.03%) Veritas
10 4 (3.23%) Veeam
11 2 (1.61%) arcserve
11 2 (1.61%) Synology