Active Directory Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 23 17
Rank change year-on-year -12 -6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 191 285 254
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.50% 8.23% 8.70%
As % of the System Software category 75.20% 55.02% 49.32%
Number of salaries quoted 135 194 221
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,875 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +1.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £54,500 £50,188 £41,240
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,250 £55,000
England median annual salary £36,500 £42,500 £40,895
% change year-on-year -14.12% +3.92% -0.03%

All System Software Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 254 518 515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.99% 14.97% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 186 296 434
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £62,063 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,125 £83,750
England median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.78% +9.52% -4.55%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in the East of England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the East of England

Active Directory
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Hertfordshire 0 94 £55,000 +10.00% 32
Essex -11 40 £28,000 +24.44% 21
Cambridgeshire -15 26 £30,000 -3.23% 12
Bedfordshire +16 13 £31,000 -7.29% 8
Norfolk -15 12 £30,592 -2.50% 13
Suffolk -7 6 £47,500 +46.15% 8
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 61 (31.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (10.47%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.14%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.09%) Confluence
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (12.57%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.52%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (65.45%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (54.97%) Azure
3 65 (34.03%) Entra ID
4 19 (9.95%) Azure Logic Apps
5 15 (7.85%) Power Platform
6 13 (6.81%) OneDrive
7 9 (4.71%) AWS
7 9 (4.71%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.66%) Google Workspace
8 7 (3.66%) IaaS
9 6 (3.14%) PaaS
10 5 (2.62%) SaaS
11 3 (1.57%) Cohesity
11 3 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 64 (33.51%) Firewall
2 53 (27.75%) DHCP
3 50 (26.18%) DNS
4 34 (17.80%) TCP/IP
5 25 (13.09%) VPN
6 21 (10.99%) WAN
6 21 (10.99%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (9.95%) LAN
8 13 (6.81%) VoIP
8 13 (6.81%) Wireless
9 11 (5.76%) SAN
10 10 (5.24%) VLAN
11 8 (4.19%) IP Telephony
12 7 (3.66%) Network Security
13 6 (3.14%) IMAP
13 6 (3.14%) POP3
13 6 (3.14%) Skype
13 6 (3.14%) SMTP
13 6 (3.14%) Unified Communications
14 5 (2.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.62%) Power BI
3 1 (0.52%) Cognos Connection
3 1 (0.52%) Cognos Event Studio
3 1 (0.52%) Cognos Framework Manager
3 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.52%) Metadata
3 1 (0.52%) OLAP
3 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.19%) JIRA
2 3 (1.57%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (41.36%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.24%) Finance
3 9 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.57%) Advertising
7 3 (1.57%) Legal
8 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.05%) Marketing
8 2 (1.05%) Retail
8 2 (1.05%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.52%) Aviation
9 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 63 (32.98%) IT Support
2 37 (19.37%) Support Engineer
3 32 (16.75%) IT Engineer
4 29 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (12.57%) IT Support Engineer
6 22 (11.52%) Analyst
7 21 (10.99%) 2nd Line Support
8 18 (9.42%) Senior
9 16 (8.38%) IT Analyst
9 16 (8.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (8.38%) Support Analyst
9 16 (8.38%) Support Specialist
10 15 (7.85%) 1st Line Support
10 15 (7.85%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (7.85%) IT Support Specialist
11 13 (6.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 12 (6.28%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 12 (6.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (6.28%) Systems Engineer
13 11 (5.76%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) EDI
1 1 (0.52%) LDAP
1 1 (0.52%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.42%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.85%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.24%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.62%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.09%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.57%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.57%) iPad
7 3 (1.57%) PKI
7 3 (1.57%) RSA SecurID
8 2 (1.05%) CCTV
8 2 (1.05%) Clustering
8 2 (1.05%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.52%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (0.52%) CMDB
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.52%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 179 (93.72%) Windows
2 116 (60.73%) Windows Server
3 34 (17.80%) Windows 10
4 27 (14.14%) Mac OS
5 25 (13.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (8.90%) Linux
7 15 (7.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (7.33%) Android
9 12 (6.28%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.52%) VMS
11 1 (0.52%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.52%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.52%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (35.08%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (29.84%) Customer Service
3 39 (20.42%) ITIL
4 38 (19.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 32 (16.75%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (13.09%) Service Delivery
7 21 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (8.90%) Mentoring
8 17 (8.90%) Roadmaps
8 17 (8.90%) Technology Roadmap
9 14 (7.33%) Inventory Management
9 14 (7.33%) ITSM
10 11 (5.76%) Preventative Maintenance
11 10 (5.24%) Asset Management
11 10 (5.24%) Computer Science
11 10 (5.24%) Security Patching
11 10 (5.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (4.71%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (4.71%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (4.19%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (20.42%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.14%) Bash
2 6 (3.14%) Python
2 6 (3.14%) SQL
3 1 (0.52%) Bicep
3 1 (0.52%) VB
3 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (18.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (10.47%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (10.47%) Degree
3 16 (8.38%) CCNA
4 13 (6.81%) Azure Certification
5 12 (6.28%) DBS Check
6 11 (5.76%) A+ Certification
6 11 (5.76%) Security Cleared
7 9 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.19%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (3.14%) CCNP
10 6 (3.14%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (2.62%) RHCE
12 4 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (2.09%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.09%) MCITP
12 4 (2.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.57%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.57%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.62%) GDPR
1 5 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.09%) SLA
3 1 (0.52%) GxP
3 1 (0.52%) NIST
3 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (9.95%) Virtual Desktop
1 19 (9.95%) vSphere
2 18 (9.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.76%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.57%) Lustre
4 3 (1.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (32.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (7.85%) SCCM
3 8 (4.19%) Ansible
4 6 (3.14%) SCOM
4 6 (3.14%) WSUS
5 5 (2.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.09%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (1.05%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.52%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 164 (85.86%) Microsoft
2 45 (23.56%) VMware
3 19 (9.95%) Cisco
4 14 (7.33%) Mitel
5 13 (6.81%) Apple
6 11 (5.76%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.19%) Fortinet
7 8 (4.19%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.66%) Google
8 7 (3.66%) HP
9 6 (3.14%) SolarWinds
10 5 (2.62%) Dell
10 5 (2.62%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.62%) Remedy
10 5 (2.62%) Veeam
11 4 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (2.09%) IBM
11 4 (2.09%) Juniper
11 4 (2.09%) SAP
12 3 (1.57%) NetApp