Active Directory Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 19 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 18 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 239 465 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.81% 8.69% 7.76%
As % of the System Software category 52.99% 55.36% 48.96%
Number of salaries quoted 185 390 353
10th Percentile £21,250 £23,725 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £26,000 £30,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,000 £39,113
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -20.74% +18.52%
75th Percentile £53,750 £41,508 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,300 £52,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -

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 451 840 913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.74% 15.70% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 314 719 626
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,968 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% -15.79% +18.75%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -1.79%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the East of England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the East of England

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 19 March 2025.

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 19 March 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
Hertfordshire -8 77 £52,500 +40.00% 26
Cambridgeshire +5 53 £32,000 - 13
Essex +3 46 £22,500 -18.18% 13
Norfolk -6 25 £27,500 -5.17% 3
Bedfordshire -22 22 £39,500 +51.92% 10
Suffolk -26 16 £30,000 +1.69% 13
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 98 (41.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (28.87%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 10 (4.18%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (4.18%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.51%) IIS
5 3 (1.26%) Apache
5 3 (1.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.42%) Confluence
6 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (8.79%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 160 (66.95%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (43.10%) Azure
3 72 (30.13%) Entra ID
4 23 (9.62%) OneDrive
5 12 (5.02%) AWS
6 11 (4.60%) Mimecast
7 10 (4.18%) Cohesity
8 9 (3.77%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.09%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.67%) SaaS
12 3 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.84%) PaaS
14 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
14 1 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 76 (31.80%) Firewall
2 60 (25.10%) DNS
3 48 (20.08%) VPN
4 27 (11.30%) DHCP
5 21 (8.79%) WAN
6 20 (8.37%) VLAN
7 18 (7.53%) LAN
7 18 (7.53%) Skype
8 15 (6.28%) TCP/IP
8 15 (6.28%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (5.86%) SAN
10 10 (4.18%) IMAP
10 10 (4.18%) SMTP
11 7 (2.93%) Internet
12 5 (2.09%) Network Security
12 5 (2.09%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.67%) IPv4
14 3 (1.26%) Cisco Nexus
14 3 (1.26%) HTTP
14 3 (1.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.51%) Power BI
3 3 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.26%) GitLab
2 3 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 79 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (4.60%) Finance
4 11 (4.60%) German Language
5 8 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (3.35%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.93%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.51%) Marketing
8 5 (2.09%) Legal
9 3 (1.26%) Advertising
9 3 (1.26%) Aviation
9 3 (1.26%) Local Government
9 3 (1.26%) Retail
10 2 (0.84%) Publishing
11 1 (0.42%) Back Office
11 1 (0.42%) Law
11 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (27.20%) IT Support
2 45 (18.83%) Support Engineer
3 44 (18.41%) IT Engineer
4 36 (15.06%) IT Support Engineer
5 34 (14.23%) Analyst
6 30 (12.55%) IT Technician
7 24 (10.04%) 2nd Line Support
8 23 (9.62%) 1st Line Support
9 22 (9.21%) Desktop Engineer
10 21 (8.79%) Desktop Support
10 21 (8.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 21 (8.79%) Junior
10 21 (8.79%) Junior Desktop Engineer
10 21 (8.79%) Junior Desktop Support
10 21 (8.79%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
10 21 (8.79%) Junior IT Engineer
10 21 (8.79%) Junior IT Support
10 21 (8.79%) Junior Support Engineer
11 18 (7.53%) Messaging Engineer
11 18 (7.53%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.60%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.51%) LDAP
3 3 (1.26%) EDI
4 2 (0.84%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.42%) .NET
5 1 (0.42%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.42%) SAML
5 1 (0.42%) ServiceStack
5 1 (0.42%) Web Services
5 1 (0.42%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.57%) Driving Licence
2 24 (10.04%) Management Information System
3 19 (7.95%) Data Centre
4 12 (5.02%) Blackberry
5 11 (4.60%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.93%) Biopharmaceutical
6 7 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.09%) Life Science
7 5 (2.09%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.67%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Licensing
8 4 (1.67%) PKI
9 3 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.26%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.84%) iPad
10 2 (0.84%) iPhone
10 2 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 128 (53.56%) Windows
2 70 (29.29%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.04%) Linux
4 17 (7.11%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.77%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.51%) Android
8 5 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.67%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.26%) VMS
10 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.84%) SUSE
12 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (29.29%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (22.59%) Customer Service
3 36 (15.06%) ITIL
4 35 (14.64%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (10.04%) Mentoring
6 21 (8.79%) Collaborative Working
7 20 (8.37%) Identity Management
7 20 (8.37%) Service Delivery
8 17 (7.11%) Information Security
8 17 (7.11%) ITSM
9 14 (5.86%) Patch Management
9 14 (5.86%) Problem Management
9 14 (5.86%) Risk Assessment
10 13 (5.44%) Identity Access Management
11 12 (5.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (5.02%) Line Management
11 12 (5.02%) Risk Management
12 11 (4.60%) Preventative Maintenance
12 11 (4.60%) Service Management
13 10 (4.18%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.81%) PowerShell
2 13 (5.44%) SQL
3 9 (3.77%) Bash
4 4 (1.67%) Python
5 1 (0.42%) C#
5 1 (0.42%) Go
5 1 (0.42%) Java
5 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (14.23%) Degree
2 25 (10.46%) SC Cleared
2 25 (10.46%) Security Cleared
3 24 (10.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (4.60%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.51%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.09%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.09%) MCSA
7 3 (1.26%) CCNA
7 3 (1.26%) CCNP
7 3 (1.26%) MCP
7 3 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.84%) CCSP
8 2 (0.84%) CISM
8 2 (0.84%) CISSP
8 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.02%) SLA
2 8 (3.35%) GDPR
3 5 (2.09%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.67%) NIST
5 3 (1.26%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 25 (10.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (5.44%) Hyper-V
2 13 (5.44%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (5.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (3.77%) vSphere
5 5 (2.09%) Firmware
6 3 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.84%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.84%) pfSense
7 2 (0.84%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.42%) Docker
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 33 (13.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.93%) SCCM
3 6 (2.51%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.67%) Ansible
5 4 (1.67%) Graylog
5 4 (1.67%) SCOM
6 3 (1.26%) Autotask
6 3 (1.26%) Nagios
6 3 (1.26%) Puppet
6 3 (1.26%) Rundeck
6 3 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.84%) cPanel
7 2 (0.84%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.84%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.84%) vRealize
7 2 (0.84%) VxRail
7 2 (0.84%) WSUS
8 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 160 (66.95%) Microsoft
2 40 (16.74%) VMware
3 16 (6.69%) Salesforce
4 13 (5.44%) NetApp
5 12 (5.02%) Okta
6 11 (4.60%) Cisco
6 11 (4.60%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.77%) Citrix
8 5 (2.09%) Dell
8 5 (2.09%) Pure Storage
8 5 (2.09%) Remedy
8 5 (2.09%) WatchGuard
9 4 (1.67%) Aruba
9 4 (1.67%) Juniper
9 4 (1.67%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.67%) Veeam
10 3 (1.26%) HP
10 3 (1.26%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.84%) Datto
11 2 (0.84%) Isilon