Active Directory Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Active Directory
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 63 67
Rank change year-on-year +22 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 71 33 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 6.17% 3.06% 3.76%
As % of the System Software category 52.99% 27.73% 23.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23 20 43
10th Percentile £21,250 £26,225 -
25th Percentile £24,500 £35,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £54,712 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -49.74% +45.90% +7.14%
75th Percentile £30,250 £55,625 £47,500
90th Percentile £46,900 £87,125 £57,000
Scotland median annual salary £28,000 £38,614 £37,500
% change year-on-year -27.49% +2.97% -

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 134 119 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.65% 11.03% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 42 77 182
10th Percentile £24,500 £36,150 £27,625
25th Percentile £25,875 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £70,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +17.60% +1.75%
75th Percentile £54,000 £85,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £78,411 £108,750 £82,250
Scotland median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.30% +15.00% -9.09%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
Balerno - 1 - -
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (9.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.63%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (5.63%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (5.63%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (28.17%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (5.63%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 68 (95.77%) Azure
2 63 (88.73%) Entra ID
3 30 (42.25%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (30.99%) AWS
5 20 (28.17%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (28.17%) GitHub
5 20 (28.17%) OCI
6 13 (18.31%) SaaS
7 7 (9.86%) OneDrive
8 4 (5.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (5.63%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (5.63%) dbt
8 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (5.63%) Power Automate
8 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
8 4 (5.63%) PowerApps
8 4 (5.63%) Snowflake
9 2 (2.82%) GCP
9 2 (2.82%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.86%) DHCP
1 7 (9.86%) DNS
2 5 (7.04%) Firewall
3 4 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.82%) Broadband
5 1 (1.41%) LAN
5 1 (1.41%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.41%) VPN
5 1 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (28.17%) Jenkins
1 20 (28.17%) Oracle Forms
General
1 36 (50.70%) Finance
2 10 (14.08%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Law
6 2 (2.82%) Games
7 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (46.48%) Applications Engineer
2 29 (40.85%) Senior
3 22 (30.99%) Cloud Engineer
4 20 (28.17%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 18 (25.35%) Support Engineer
6 13 (18.31%) Applications Support
6 13 (18.31%) Applications Support Engineer
7 12 (16.90%) IT Support
8 11 (15.49%) Analyst
8 11 (15.49%) Support Analyst
9 7 (9.86%) IT Analyst
9 7 (9.86%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (7.04%) IT Engineer
10 5 (7.04%) IT Support Engineer
11 4 (5.63%) 1st Line Support
11 4 (5.63%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 4 (5.63%) Junior
11 4 (5.63%) Junior IT Engineer
11 4 (5.63%) Junior IT Support
11 4 (5.63%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (30.99%) SOAP
2 20 (28.17%) JSON
2 20 (28.17%) RESTful
2 20 (28.17%) XML
3 2 (2.82%) GraphQL
3 2 (2.82%) LDAP
3 2 (2.82%) OAuth
3 2 (2.82%) OpenID
3 2 (2.82%) REST
3 2 (2.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.80%) Cloud Native
2 20 (28.17%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (11.27%) Product Ownership
3 8 (11.27%) Security Posture
4 4 (5.63%) Client/Server
4 4 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.82%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 32 (45.07%) Windows
2 6 (8.45%) Mac OS
3 5 (7.04%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.63%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (5.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (5.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (4.23%) Linux
6 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.41%) Unix
6 1 (1.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (50.70%) Asset Management
1 36 (50.70%) Coaching
2 35 (49.30%) DevOps
3 34 (47.89%) Agile
4 29 (40.85%) Mentoring
5 26 (36.62%) CI/CD
6 25 (35.21%) Root Cause Analysis
7 24 (33.80%) Identity Access Management
8 21 (29.58%) Migration
9 20 (28.17%) API Integration
9 20 (28.17%) Business Strategy
9 20 (28.17%) Data Governance
9 20 (28.17%) ERP
9 20 (28.17%) ITIL
9 20 (28.17%) Observability
9 20 (28.17%) Test Automation
9 20 (28.17%) Translating Business Requirements
10 12 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (14.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (46.48%) SQL
2 20 (28.17%) Java
2 20 (28.17%) PL/SQL
2 20 (28.17%) Python
2 20 (28.17%) Shell Script
3 16 (22.54%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.82%) Bash
4 2 (2.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.82%) Degree
2 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (2.82%) NCSC
1 2 (2.82%) NIST
2 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (12.68%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.82%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.41%) Docker
3 1 (1.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (30.99%) Terraform
2 20 (28.17%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (11.27%) SCCM
5 2 (2.82%) Ansible
6 1 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.41%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (53.52%) Microsoft
2 20 (28.17%) Okta
2 20 (28.17%) Oracle
3 4 (5.63%) Ab Initio
3 4 (5.63%) Dell
3 4 (5.63%) HP
3 4 (5.63%) IBM
4 1 (1.41%) Apple
4 1 (1.41%) Citrix
4 1 (1.41%) Freshdesk
4 1 (1.41%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.41%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow