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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 18 31
Rank change year-on-year -17 +13 +2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 210 476 438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.07% 7.85% 7.97%
As % of the System Software category 56.76% 55.09% 48.78%
Number of salaries quoted 170 388 350
10th Percentile £23,425 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -17.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £52,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

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 370 864 898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.45% 14.25% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 293 724 609
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,888 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% +8.77%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,400 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 1 May 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 1 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
Hertfordshire -14 57 £52,500 +40.00% 28
Cambridgeshire +9 44 £31,000 -3.13% 18
Essex +5 41 £29,000 +5.45% 18
Bedfordshire -8 24 £39,950 +53.65% 13
Norfolk -8 22 £32,000 +8.47% 12
Suffolk -27 22 £26,250 -4.55% 15
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 69 (32.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (29.05%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.29%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (3.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 8 (3.81%) IIS
4 8 (3.81%) Skype for Business
5 6 (2.86%) Apache
6 5 (2.38%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.43%) nginx
8 1 (0.48%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 17 (8.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 151 (71.90%) Microsoft 365
2 94 (44.76%) Azure
3 73 (34.76%) Entra ID
4 23 (10.95%) OneDrive
5 12 (5.71%) AWS
5 12 (5.71%) Mimecast
6 9 (4.29%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.81%) Cohesity
7 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.86%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.38%) Azure Storage
11 4 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.90%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.90%) SaaS
12 3 (1.43%) Nutanix
13 2 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (32.38%) Firewall
2 52 (24.76%) DNS
3 34 (16.19%) VPN
4 29 (13.81%) DHCP
5 25 (11.90%) WAN
6 21 (10.00%) LAN
7 19 (9.05%) VLAN
8 16 (7.62%) TCP/IP
9 10 (4.76%) SAN
9 10 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (3.81%) IMAP
10 8 (3.81%) Skype
10 8 (3.81%) SMTP
11 7 (3.33%) VoIP
12 6 (2.86%) SD-WAN
13 5 (2.38%) Network Security
13 5 (2.38%) SSL
13 5 (2.38%) Wireless
13 5 (2.38%) Wireless Security
14 4 (1.90%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.38%) Power BI
3 4 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.48%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.48%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.43%) GitLab
2 3 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
General
1 81 (38.57%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.62%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (5.24%) German Language
5 7 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.38%) Finance
7 4 (1.90%) Advertising
7 4 (1.90%) Czech Language
7 4 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.43%) Legal
8 3 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.43%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.43%) Retail
9 2 (0.95%) Aviation
9 2 (0.95%) Local Government
10 1 (0.48%) Back Office
10 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Law
10 1 (0.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (26.67%) IT Support
2 44 (20.95%) Support Engineer
3 40 (19.05%) Analyst
4 38 (18.10%) IT Engineer
5 32 (15.24%) IT Support Engineer
6 23 (10.95%) 2nd Line Support
7 22 (10.48%) 1st Line Support
8 21 (10.00%) Support Analyst
9 20 (9.52%) IT Technician
10 17 (8.10%) Administrator
11 16 (7.62%) Desktop Engineer
12 15 (7.14%) Desktop Support
12 15 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 15 (7.14%) Junior
12 15 (7.14%) Junior Desktop Engineer
12 15 (7.14%) Junior Desktop Support
12 15 (7.14%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
12 15 (7.14%) Junior IT Engineer
12 15 (7.14%) Junior IT Support
12 15 (7.14%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.24%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.90%) JSON
2 4 (1.90%) LDAP
2 4 (1.90%) REST
2 4 (1.90%) SOAP
2 4 (1.90%) XML
3 3 (1.43%) EDI
4 2 (0.95%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.48%) .NET
5 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.48%) SAML
5 1 (0.48%) ServiceStack
5 1 (0.48%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.19%) Driving Licence
2 20 (9.52%) Data Centre
3 18 (8.57%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (5.24%) Virtual Team
6 10 (4.76%) Blackberry
7 7 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.86%) PKI
9 5 (2.38%) Social Media
10 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.43%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.43%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.95%) Biopharmaceutical
12 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.95%) iPad
12 2 (0.95%) iPhone
12 2 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 129 (61.43%) Windows
2 75 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 27 (12.86%) Linux
4 13 (6.19%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.24%) Mac OS
6 8 (3.81%) VMS
7 7 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.38%) Android
9 5 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.90%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.90%) Unix
11 2 (0.95%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (33.81%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (24.76%) Customer Service
3 41 (19.52%) ITIL
4 30 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 20 (9.52%) Identity Management
7 17 (8.10%) Mentoring
8 15 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (7.14%) ITSM
8 15 (7.14%) Service Delivery
9 14 (6.67%) Information Security
9 14 (6.67%) Roadmaps
9 14 (6.67%) Technology Roadmap
10 13 (6.19%) Risk Assessment
10 13 (6.19%) Service Management
11 12 (5.71%) Identity Access Management
11 12 (5.71%) Project Management
11 12 (5.71%) Risk Management
12 10 (4.76%) Line Management
13 9 (4.29%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.62%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.62%) SQL
3 9 (4.29%) Bash
4 5 (2.38%) Java
5 4 (1.90%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.90%) Python
5 4 (1.90%) VBA
6 1 (0.48%) C#
6 1 (0.48%) Go
6 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (14.29%) Degree
1 30 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 11 (5.24%) A+ Certification
3 11 (5.24%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.24%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.90%) MCSA
5 3 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.43%) MCP
5 3 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (0.95%) CCNA
6 2 (0.95%) CCNP
6 2 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.48%) CCSP
7 1 (0.48%) CISSP
7 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.48%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.81%) SLA
2 6 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.38%) GDPR
4 3 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.43%) NIST
4 3 (1.43%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 22 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.62%) Hyper-V
3 11 (5.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (3.33%) vSphere
6 3 (1.43%) Firmware
6 3 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.95%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.95%) pfSense
7 2 (0.95%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 43 (20.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.29%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (3.33%) Ansible
5 5 (2.38%) SmoothWall
6 4 (1.90%) Graylog
6 4 (1.90%) SCCM
7 3 (1.43%) Autotask
7 3 (1.43%) Nagios
7 3 (1.43%) Puppet
7 3 (1.43%) Rundeck
7 3 (1.43%) SCOM
8 2 (0.95%) cPanel
8 2 (0.95%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.95%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.95%) vRealize
8 2 (0.95%) VxRail
8 2 (0.95%) WSUS
Vendors
1 144 (68.57%) Microsoft
2 31 (14.76%) VMware
3 16 (7.62%) Cisco
4 13 (6.19%) Citrix
5 12 (5.71%) Okta
6 11 (5.24%) NetApp
6 11 (5.24%) Salesforce
7 9 (4.29%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.33%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.86%) WatchGuard
10 5 (2.38%) Meraki
10 5 (2.38%) Oracle
10 5 (2.38%) Pure Storage
10 5 (2.38%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.43%) Dell
11 3 (1.43%) Juniper
11 3 (1.43%) PagerDuty
11 3 (1.43%) Remedy
12 2 (0.95%) Datto
12 2 (0.95%) Linksys