Active Directory Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 38 25
Rank change year-on-year -2 -13 +8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 163 162 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.46% 8.28% 6.34%
As % of the System Software category 71.18% 61.83% 53.69%
Number of salaries quoted 137 156 273
10th Percentile £26,750 - £23,025
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -3.08% -13.33%
75th Percentile £43,750 £39,438 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +3.90% +2.67% -6.25%

All System Software Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 229 262 583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.87% 13.39% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 197 201 506
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,240
25th Percentile £29,625 £26,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £46,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £59,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

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 7 June 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
Nottinghamshire -15 49 £29,625 -15.36% 2
Leicestershire -12 36 £36,750 -8.13% 11
Northamptonshire +9 32 £45,000 +38.46% 8
Derbyshire -18 23 £29,500 +7.27% 3
Lincolnshire -8 20 £27,500 - 4
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 36 (22.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (19.02%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.45%) Exchequer
1 4 (2.45%) Primavera
2 3 (1.84%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.61%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.61%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 130 (79.75%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (38.65%) Azure
3 53 (32.52%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.52%) IaaS
5 8 (4.91%) Mimecast
6 7 (4.29%) OneDrive
6 7 (4.29%) PaaS
7 6 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.07%) AWS
9 4 (2.45%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.45%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.84%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.84%) SaaS
11 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.61%) Azure Storage
12 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.61%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 45 (27.61%) DNS
2 40 (24.54%) DHCP
3 37 (22.70%) Firewall
4 22 (13.50%) TCP/IP
5 19 (11.66%) VLAN
5 19 (11.66%) VPN
6 17 (10.43%) Internet
7 14 (8.59%) VoIP
8 13 (7.98%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (7.36%) Wireless
10 11 (6.75%) Network Security
11 9 (5.52%) SAN
12 7 (4.29%) LAN
12 7 (4.29%) WAN
13 5 (3.07%) IP Telephony
14 4 (2.45%) LoRaWAN
14 4 (2.45%) MQTT
15 2 (1.23%) Broadband
15 2 (1.23%) SD-WAN
15 2 (1.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.45%) MySQL
2 4 (2.45%) Neo4j
3 1 (0.61%) KNIME
3 1 (0.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.61%) Metasploit
General
1 42 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (6.13%) Finance
3 10 (6.13%) Law
4 8 (4.91%) Legal
5 6 (3.68%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.07%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.07%) Local Government
6 5 (3.07%) Marketing
6 5 (3.07%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.45%) Dutch Language
7 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.45%) Portuguese Language
7 4 (2.45%) Spanish Language
8 3 (1.84%) Retail
9 2 (1.23%) French Language
10 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 61 (37.42%) IT Support
2 47 (28.83%) IT Engineer
3 32 (19.63%) Support Engineer
4 29 (17.79%) IT Support Engineer
5 24 (14.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (12.88%) Support Technician
7 17 (10.43%) IT Technician
8 16 (9.82%) IT Support Technician
9 14 (8.59%) Administrator
9 14 (8.59%) Analyst
9 14 (8.59%) Systems Administrator
10 12 (7.36%) Applications Support
10 12 (7.36%) IT Administrator
10 12 (7.36%) IT Systems Administrator
10 12 (7.36%) Support Analyst
11 9 (5.52%) 1st Line Support
11 9 (5.52%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 9 (5.52%) 3rd Line Support
11 9 (5.52%) IT Manager
12 8 (4.91%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) GraphQL
1 2 (1.23%) LDAP
1 2 (1.23%) OAuth
1 2 (1.23%) OpenID
1 2 (1.23%) REST
1 2 (1.23%) SAML
1 2 (1.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.02%) Driving Licence
2 15 (9.20%) Clustering
3 11 (6.75%) CCTV
4 10 (6.13%) Replication
5 9 (5.52%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.45%) IoT
7 3 (1.84%) iPad
7 3 (1.84%) PMI
7 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.23%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.23%) PKI
8 2 (1.23%) Social Media
9 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.61%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (63.80%) Windows
2 64 (39.26%) Windows Server
3 27 (16.56%) Windows 10
4 15 (9.20%) Mac OS
5 14 (8.59%) Linux
6 5 (3.07%) Android
6 5 (3.07%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.45%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.99%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (23.31%) Customer Service
3 27 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (16.56%) ITIL
4 25 (15.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (15.34%) ITSM
5 20 (12.27%) Service Delivery
6 18 (11.04%) Mentoring
7 15 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (7.98%) Patch Management
8 13 (7.98%) Time Management
9 12 (7.36%) CRM
10 11 (6.75%) Collaborative Culture
10 11 (6.75%) Identity Management
10 11 (6.75%) Server Management
11 10 (6.13%) Mobile Device Management
11 10 (6.13%) Roadmaps
12 9 (5.52%) Business Continuity
12 9 (5.52%) Task Automation
13 8 (4.91%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.25%) SQL
2 28 (17.18%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.68%) VBA
4 2 (1.23%) Bash
4 2 (1.23%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.61%) Bicep
5 1 (0.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (13.50%) Degree
2 17 (10.43%) DBS Check
3 14 (8.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.45%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.45%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.84%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.84%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.61%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (0.61%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.61%) GPEN
6 1 (0.61%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (11.66%) SLA
3 16 (9.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (6.13%) GDPR
5 9 (5.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (3.68%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.45%) ISO 22301
7 4 (2.45%) NIST
8 2 (1.23%) NCSC
9 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.61%) GRC
System Software
1 36 (22.09%) Hyper-V
2 14 (8.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.13%) vSphere
4 2 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.61%) Docker
5 1 (0.61%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (19.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.13%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.45%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (2.45%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.84%) WSUS
6 2 (1.23%) Autotask
7 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.61%) Nessus
7 1 (0.61%) Nmap
Vendors
1 97 (59.51%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.88%) VMware
3 14 (8.59%) Apple
4 13 (7.98%) Veeam
5 11 (6.75%) ServiceNow
6 8 (4.91%) Logitech
6 8 (4.91%) SonicWALL
6 8 (4.91%) Yealink
7 6 (3.68%) Cisco
8 5 (3.07%) Meraki
9 4 (2.45%) Sage
10 3 (1.84%) ESET
10 3 (1.84%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.84%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.84%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (1.23%) Google
12 1 (0.61%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.61%) HP
12 1 (0.61%) SAP
12 1 (0.61%) Zerto